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Ohashi needs a proper striker up there with him. He's good support but we can't rely on him as a regular goalscorer in the same way we can Gudjohnsen. As you say, he just doesn't have that instinct. It's not a knock on Ohashi necessarily as he's decent in many other areas, and would be a solid player in a team that had enough depth to give him better players to work alongside when Andri is unavailable.

TGH is on the bench, we should have just started him and brought Baradji on later if he's still not in condition to play from the start. Better bringing him on when the opposition are tired, you'd think.

The only line his playing biography is going to require.

Chansiri destroyed their team in the summer. They're regularly fielding youngsters these days - hence the one win all season.

We're at the halfway point 💪

If it's anything to do with the boycott then it is pure idiocy, as the vast majority of those still buying tickets won't boycott anyway. If anything this would drive more people to do so out of feeling disrespected.

Unleaded has never been a regular poster to begin with in fairness, he usually only pops up around the transfer window periods.

It's interesting because you could see that as bailing them out - but if that was the purpose wouldn't you suggest it in private, rather than broadcasting such a strange compromise publicly? To me that came across more as Ismael highlighting how dysfunctional and financially restricted things are without outright saying so. I don't think he'll ever outright criticise them, but comments like "take money out of the transfer budget to sort the pitch out", after essentially calling it ridiculous that our pitch is sub-standard, don't seem like bailing out as much as putting a glaring spotlight on those in charge.

It's worse in a way because we can afford all of those things - the owners/Suhail are just actively choosing not to adequately fund any of these areas.

People call it a two team league because, by and large, only two teams ever win it. You have to go back to 1985, 40 years ago, to find another winner. Celtic have won 13 of the last 14 titles, so it's more like a one team league these days. Of course there are other teams there, but the suggestion is that they are mainly there to make up the numbers, which is difficult to argue. That's not to say the other teams don't have value - of course they do. It's just not very exciting for an outsider when you know the same team is pretty much always going to take the title. Fans of the other teams can have hope of their club getting into Europe, or avoiding relegation against the odds, or winning one of the domestic cups, so for those invested in an SPL team it's not a total loss. It's just a shame the odds are so heavily stacked in one team's favour (two technically, but again, 13/14 of the last league titles have gone to Celtic). Another team challenging at the top is great to see. Even if Hearts don't get there this year, I hope they can build on this base and become a genuine threat in future years. It can only be a positive for the competition as a whole.

Val has his limitations but he's doing alright with what's available to him. It obviously helps that the division is such a shitshow this season. Some of his recent comments have been very interesting reading between the lines. He himself identified the fans' discontent goes back many years, which combined with the comment about this being the most difficult challenge of his career and the club being run in an unusual way, was certainly him indirectly pointing the finger in Suhail and Venky's direction. Perhaps subtly enough that they wouldn't pick up on it, or at least he'd have plausible deniability. Self-preservation, for sure, but not the actions of a total yes man.

Think he's on about £60k a week, so even if they have him away for free he'd have to accept a brutal pay cut to return here. Granted he might have had a wage reduction after relegation, but even so, well out of our price range!

Can't argue with a draw away at 2nd place. Another team in a lofty position who struggle against us. Such a shame we did what we did in the summer - nothing to fear in this division at all.

Sheff weds 2-1 Hull 🤣 this league...

Portsmouth and Oxford now 1-1. Norwich 1-0 ahead.

Odds on a Henriksson yellow card in the first 20 minutes?

I think our disagreement is probably more on context. I'd agree that relative to the budget given most of the signings have at least been adequate. However, as far as my ambitions for the club are concerned, not so much. I want us to be better than relegation battlers and history suggests we absolutely should be. In that sense, Alebiosu is probably the only signing I'd put in the good category. Maybe Gudjohnsen at a push but he's still a downgrade on the likes of Armstrong or Szmodics.

Our league position isn't an opinion. Unless you're saying Ismael is the problem? In which case fair enough.

If 6/10 of our signings are C or above (mostly A or then that is the majority. Granted maybe C is more adequate than good, but still.

I think our league position tells you everything you need to know about the summer window. The idea that the majority of our signings have been good and only a couple didn't work out doesn't really align with our swift downward trajectory from playoff hopefuls to survival hopefuls.

McLoughlin was a backup at Hull wasn't he? On that basis he's done alright for us. He wasn't an upgrade on anything we had, but he's about what I expected. Miller has been hit and miss. His long throw isn't effective though which is disappointing. Alebiosu is the star pick of our summer business, and imo it isn't even a contest. Really good player. Gudjohnsen is a solid poacher but has very little else to his game. For the market we're in, though, he can be considered a success for sure. Personally I like Morishita and think he'll continue to improve as time goes on. TGH is... well, he's there. Doesn't really do anything wrong, but not a game changer either. Adequate utility man. The rest were a waste of money.

Can't say I'd be surprised if I found out the club had just left him to his own devices rather than ensuring he was getting the best care. Let's hope it's just a bullshit story though.

Lol, didn't realise there was such a split in the fan base when Kidd was sacked. The bloke clearly wasn't cut out to be a first team manager. Score one for Uncle Jack there.

We all know where this ends, too. If we aren't willing to pay decent Championship wages we will soon not be playing in the Championship anymore. Those in charge may be arrogant enough to believe they have the secret to success that bypasses the need to pay proper wages, but they will find they are wrong. We've already bombed from playoff contenders to relegation scrappers within half a season - it won't be long before they do enough damage to relegate us. Could still happen this season, although I think we may be saved by Oxford and Portsmouth (Sheff Weds are obv already goners).

I mean, all players have bad games. We can hope Brittain has a poor game again when they play us, but by all accounts for most of this season he's very much been as good as them as he was for us in his final season or so. I'm expecting he'll come into the game with a bit of extra motivation to perform.