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I think Buckley is easier to like for a particular sort of person (including me) in that he's not a typical modern footballer. He's unpredictable, highly talented and skilled in a way that you often have a hard time wrapping your head around, but also uneven and seemingly a bit lazy or dispassionate. Modern football is becoming more and more uniform by the year with players seeming more and more like robots, and Buckley stood against that.

I just got caught up on the rumors about Gestede bullying staff and demanding a woman employee "cover her arms". Unbelievable nerve from that deeply mediocre journeyman footballer to think he's cock of the walk just because he fell ass backwards into a corporate position with some small amount of power over others. If it's true he should be sacked immediately.

Of the players we've lost it's only Brittain and possibly Dolan that I feel are very tricky to find solid replacements for, but more or less having a fire sale from our starting 11 of last season to teams in the same division is seriously bad news. I feel like this season and the club as a whole can go south very quickly.

Seems a likely explanation.

Permanent purchase option must mean Rovers don’t believe in him much. Too bad, this would have been an interesting test of his ability otherwise.

2 goals in 3 games, all created after some calamity in the box from a long throw or corner. Nothing wrong with those, but we need to create goals from open play. Cantwell is one of very few in the squad who’s able to do that, Ismael getting a tune out of him is probably his main achievement as a manager for us so far.

Definitely seems like he’s under orders to not upset anyone at the club in order to retain access.

It was never in doubt how good he is at pressing and helping out his full back, it’s just that he’s near useless once we go behind.

Pears would have let in at least one more of their chances, possibly two. I don’t think it was a penalty, but a free kick just outside their penalty area and possibly a red card. I think we missed Cantwell, and dare I say it Buckley.

With all this endless back and forth over Baradji, it would be kind of funny if we did finally sign him and he turned out to be absolutely mediocre.

Championship winner: Soton Runner-up: Ipswich Semi-finalists: Sheffield United, Norwich, Leicester, WBA Relegated: Wednesday, Oxford, Hull Rovers finish: 16th First manager to go: Jakirovic, Hull PL winners: City Wild card: A former Rover comes out as a Trump supporter, dividing the fan base.

Seen a decent amount as I follow that league pretty closely. I wouldn’t say he stands out if you take the whole league into account, a good player who plays for a team that’s suited to his strengths would be a fairer description. Always hard to tell how well someone would make the transition to Championship football, his playing style certainly wouldn’t be out of place but playing 40+ games in a season will definitely be a challenge. I think he could operate in all midfield positions, even as a winger, but I see him as competition for Tronstad and Travis more than Cantwell even if I’m not sure the club agrees.

It’s certainly not needed, but I’m sure it’s a nice little revenue stream for the club, particularly these days with football tops being both fashionable and collected.

Henriksson is a good player, somewhat similar to Travis but more attack-minded. He’s energetic, a good presser, likes to get stuck in and can both run at a defence and arrive late in the box to finish, has a decent shot as well. He’s not silky smooth on the ball though, and I wouldn’t expect him to regularly thread inch-perfect passes to forwards.

The balls used today would be noticeably lighter and thinner than the leather balls Payton played with in the 80’s and 90’s.