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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.

A decent season in the Premier League and a few caps for Nigeria would probably be enough for that lot.

Still far from convinced, but he’s undeniably been able to get a lot more out of Dolan, Cantwell, and Ohashi than Eustace did.

For the Norwegian members: Is there any discussion up there about him not making the national squad? I know Norway has a strong crop of players currently, but surely he should at least be sniffing around?

Why? There’s nothing left to play for.

Gave away an equalizer yesterday with one of the worst howlers I've ever seen (1:55), then restored Malmö's lead with the game-winning goal (3:25).

In this January window, Cardiff bought Salech for £3 million, a 23 year old striker from a smaller league who has now scored 5 in 12 for a struggling team and is now likely worth 2-3 times as much. We brought in an unfit Emmanuel Dennis on loan with a hefty salary, who hasn't scored once. One of these strategies is how you run a football club in 2025, the other one is how you did it in 1997. Apart from all the other problems with this club, we'll never go anywhere if we keep bringing in proven mediocrity with no resale value.

Would like us to poach Mousinho from Pompey, he’s done good work there from both strong and weak starting positions and seems to be flexible in how he wants his team to play. Most importantly, he’s on his way up and has momentum in his career.

We all know Sigurdsson hasn't reached his full potential here, because of injuries or otherwise, but this situation is a shambles. Here we have a 25 year old attacker, entering what's usually the best years in his career, who a few seasons back scored against Roma and Real Madrid in the Champions League. Players like that need to be given time and chances, because he has the potential to both propel the team AND be sold for a substantial fee, which can (at least partly) be reinvested in the team. Now instead we're shunting him out to make place for three journeymen, out of match fitness loanees.

I know it’s spelt differently, but that’s still an unfortunate surname!

…which probably didn’t help him adapt. Still, Serie B to Premier League in the early 00’s must have been a massive leap both culturally and in quality, Souness was mad to approve that transfer (or enticed by a brown envelope or two).

I don’t buy it. We’ll see, but this sounds more like conjecture based on frustration. Eustace is a pro like most managers, he works season to season and can’t be concerned about ”visions for the years ahead” when he knows his position is under threat whenever he loses a couple of games in a row, no matter who the owners are.

Buckley! This is the resurrection, mark my words!

Is it Buckley or JRC that releases Beck down the left hand side before the goal? Either way it’s a good example of what they offer in central midfield that Tronstad and Travis don’t.

If nothing else, Gueye is so far continuously available for selection. Gallagher missed out on about a third of our games through injury both last season and the one before that.

How come the highlights video from Hull's Youtube account use several more camera angles and replays than Rovers, from an Ewood game no less?

It was a good header as well, and if Weimann hadn’t pulled off that volley he’d still be in a great position to advance on their goal. Great contribution from Gueye.

Giles was such an idiotic transfer, bringing in the best crosser in the division when we were playing Buckley as a false 9. Completely meaningless.

We’ve had similar great runs under Mowbray and JDT only to get found out, but the difference this time around is that we’re so much better defensively and have a much more balanced squad. Long may it continue. Great to see Gueye finally get of the mark, great work getting over the shoulders of his defender but I have a gnawing feeling that header is very close to ramming the crossbar rather than going in.

The goal yesterday was a good demonstration of the advantages of playing out from the back. It’s not about vainly trying to play tippy tappy, it’s about inviting the other team to close down and play past them.

I don’t understand what Ohashi is doing in the lead up to the penalty yesterday. He gets the ball at the center line, plays a good pass to Dolan in the channel who runs at their goal from a good position, but instead of following along in the center of the pitch Ohashi takes a few steps in the other direction before running towards their goal, which means he’s not there when Dolan then has the opportunity for a cross or cut back. He might be aiming to arrive late to get at a secondary ball, but surely that should be the job of Cantwell or Travis/Trondstad? As a lime striker Ohashi should barrel down at their goal as soon as Dolan gets the ball to draw defenders away and be a direct option for in the box! I don’t know if he’s coached to play that way or if he has too much of a midfielder’s mindset.

I don’t mind a good defensive midfield block, but they need to be complemented with at least some attacking flair. Of the six starters in front of the back four today only Cantwell plays because of his attacking nous, the rest are there for defensive skill and/or work rate. It’s not an insane choice to go with a defensive setup against one of the stronger teams in the league, but we need to show we have more ways of getting points in our toolbox.