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This is true but it leaves a situation were we don't have any left footers or natural left sided players in the whole backline. A right footed LCB, passing to a right footed LB whilst under pressure from a press could cause issues.

I wouldn't be mad at that if VK goes, leaving Toffolo and Thomas as our LB choices.

I know, right. I watched the first 10 minutes, went out, painted my shed, got heat stroke, went in a shower, watched more as I cooked dinner, ate dinner then watched the last 10 minutes. It was insane.

I'm interested as to who will play as striker in lineup 1. Mcateer, Silko or Monga.

I mean, you are not wrong but I think the amount of youngsters keep it interesting.

Martin is clearly gearing up for 3 at the back. They have 7 CB's right now but everyone expects Propper and Davies to leave as well as Leon King going out on loan so they would probably still be looking for 2 more.

100% but there is absolutely no way he could have entered any sort of talks with Rangers and expected much more. By their standards, it's a crazy offer.

Only? Thats about 20k more than their current highest earner and probably about 30k more than the vast majority of their squad. It may not be a lot by PL/Championship standard but be SPFL standards it is a crazy show of intent.

He has! Then moved on to a higher level. Then moved on to a higher level and so on. Achieving what was set to achieve at each club without massively OVER- achieving. Exactly what you would expect from a young coach. The only difference is, this young coach has almost 400 games under his belt. That's what I like about this appointment, he is one of the only managers linked who is on the way UP. His career is going forwards, not backwards.

Plus... you do realise that Cifuentes has a reputation for going up against his board at more than one club he's been at? He's not a "yes man" but Dyche who is actual freinds with Rudkin will be better?

Harshly treated in what sense? The guy stood in front of TV cameras and said "i don't know what to do, I've tried everything." You speak about someone coming in and putting people in their place yet suggest O'Neil who admitted he lost the dressing room and had players scrapping each other on the pitch...

So... higher floor, lower ceiling? Or in O'Neil's case, lower floor, lower ceiling.

Right, spill the beans. Did this guy rattle your Mrs or something? There is an origin story here somewhere...

If we end up looking for a backup AM/winger and money is tight, I could very well see us going for Lucas Andersen. Played for MC at Aalborg (it might even have been him that signed him) and then he signed him for QPR. Now a free agent.

Rangers collecting CB's like Pokemon. If Coady signs, he'll be their 8th! I imagine one or two will go but if there was any doubt that Martin plans to play 3 at the back...

I agree with this but I think the main reason that Marti's style maybe be more suited to the PL than Enzo's other than the latters insistence of a slow build up is pressing. Enzo didn't push the press too much, MC does and we've seen teams like Bournmouth last season have success with that.

To be fair, this video is about his tactics as a whole. If i remember the RVN correctly, it was about a specific match.

11am tomorrow.

I'm starting to think he might go to Rangers for a year.

Nothing new there. They could never be trusted.

I think it will be a 6pm announcement. I feel it in my loins.

Marti Mattress!

But you are missing this from SOUMARE'S perspective. Why would he agree to a permanent transfer for lower wages NOW when he can have us pay him his full wage for a year and command more in wages/SO fee next season? A loan is the only real compromise.... We get some sort of (loan) fee for him as opposed to losing him for nothing. We also get at least some of his wages off the books. The loan club get to pay less wages now and potentially buy him for free next year after a test run. He gets a big sign on fee next year, big wages this year and first team football this season.

I agree with most of this but I'm sure Bade Aluko is a RB and I'm not 100% sold on Thomas at LB either. He's worth a shot but a purple patch or two in amongst a LOT of poor performances is a gamble making him our starter. We are definitely set at RB. Woyo, Justin, Ricardo, Aluko and even Jayden Joseph and although a few of them can cover for LB, I'm not convinced we don't need a starter in that position. If Thomas ends up being crap, we are relying on a bunch or RB's to step up. I would also like to see Ricardo played more as a CM because that group has a worryingly low amount of creativity and like I said, we are strong at RB already.

Oh, I 100% believe he'll go out on loan. Like I said, it's a chance to test drive him before committing.