By the same token, comparing assists doesn't tell the whole tale. It's a bit easier setting them up for an on-fire BBD than it is for whatever shite striker/s they got relegated with. They had a good one the season before I think, then lost him? We had Armstrong that season though, 2nd top scorer in the league. FWIW though. I think the past 2 seasons are the fairest way to compare their assists, since they're the same age and both played in the same league those seasons, plus Barnsley did better than us at the end of the prior season. 2021/22 - Nyambe 0 in 31 games, Brittain 3 in 36 2020/22 - Nyambe 4 in 38, Brittain 5 in 42 So we're talking over 2 seasons, 3 additional assists in 9 extra games (Nyambe used to be TM's fave sub move too, so minutes might paint a different picture, but I dunno how Brittain was used in that regard). Tbh, I'd want a bit more than that when the main selling point is he's a better attacker. He needs to be at least close to as good a defender as Ryan for it to be a clear upgrade, as I reckon RN is good for preventing more than 1.5 goals extra per season compared with most RBs in this league. Of course, the usual caveat of stats being unable to tell the entire story, including for reasons already mentioned.

That doesn't mean the opposition had it in advanced areas a lot. Anyway it was 4th lowest, and Barnsley had 5th lowest, according to this: https://www.fotmob.com/leagues/48/stats/season/16391/teams/possession_percentage_team

Barnsley got relegated, they'll have been under attack a lot more, giving more opportunity for tackles, clearances etc. Things like a tackles won percentage would be fairer to compare.

Or Wigan. Basically any Championship club.

He won the Champions League twice with Cercle Brugge. Oh sorry, that was on my FM game...

Cheers. They're the U21s now. The club needs to catch up, clearly.

The official website hasn't even updated how the U21s got on against Lancaster City on the 8th July!! No news there about the Blackpool game today for the U18s either, unsurprisingly.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20287786.freedom---jon-dahl-tomasson-explains-sam-gallagher-position-switch/ Sounds like 'Gally on the wing' isn't going away.

It is, and you didn't demonstrate any.

Ahh you mean like when you replied to K-Hod with just 'That is nonsense' and no supporting argument.

Which on its own demonstrates the system is nonsense.

If you did, fair enough and I retract the comment. Just how it came across, that you didn't think the basic explanation was basic.

Yes, very Lidl at all.

I'd honestly rather play one of the even younger, entirely untested youngsters than play Magloire again. At least there's a possibility they won't suck.

As people did in fact predict...

What's most bizarre is, we know Chaddy, we know he didn't ask anything controversial or anything that would have been answered with sensitive information. It's borderline unimaginable that anything from the discussion needs keeping on the down-low. Personally, I think he isn't answering questions because he knows he can't handle them, not from any sense of secrecy.

I don't see how it matters. Babies are expensive by normal people's standards but not once you're on a few k a week. Does the baby need Gucci bibs or something?

Lmao! As if Nyambe and Ayala's injury records are comparable. You've scored an own goal there, RoverRB.

You don't reckon he can afford to raise a baby on just a few grand a week?

Because our offer wasn't good enough.

Worryingly high. If he does, it means getting nothing next summer, or best case scenario, roughly our initial transfer fee back in January. The odds he stays because he signs a new deal are virtually non-existent.

If you didn't understand that, then yeh I'd just swerve any new technology if I were you.

Wh...what?!? Surely...surely it isn't your place to say! 🤣 N.B- I'm highly amused that he didn't want to ask the CEO of the football club any questions about signing players, but will pester every two-bit journalist on Twitter about it who more often than not doesn't have a scooby, or even a scrappy, doo.

Well that's an odd perspective, since we loaned them all out because they weren't as good as the players in their positions last season. They were assets the club didn't need at the time and in most cases still don't, not stars that we loaned out for large loan fees to bigger clubs. Magloire and Butterworth clearly have no future here. We can argue Carter was a squad player and may have improved a bit with his loan, but he's still not better than JPVH or Lenihan based on current evidence. Vale may have improved and be worthy of a squad place (or more if he takes his opportunities). Everyone else loaned out was either too irrelevant to mention, or too irrelevant for me to remember. So at best it's 2 players who need to have improved in order to be good enough.

It won't be much of a chance if they don't have the right support around them on the pitch with at least a modicum of experience.