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Where/when has that style of play worked in the EFL? Genuinely. Remember how we laughed at Rochdale, Forest Green, Carlisle, etc, when they tried these tactics and looked comical. And even Oxford under Robbo, when they would spend all game against us knocking the ball around their back four, barely get near our goal, and then concede a couple on the counter attack.

It is terrible to watch, and it is a ticking time bomb for lower league defenders who don't have the quality on the ball of a John Stones or Nathan Ake

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Do we have the quality to try and have 75% possession every week? I'm not convinced. Watching CBs pass it to each other all day is boring, it's boring when teams do it against us and it would be boring if we did it

Strongly disagree. I watched his Southampton side in a Championship game last year. It was possession for possession's sake. Absolutely tedious. And their suicidal playing out from the back led to them conceding two calamitous goals. All the Saints fans around me were furious. I would hate to watch us play like that

I'd keep Butcher if he's happy, can never have too much MF depth

Anyone who believes in their philosophy may not be a good call. We need someone to believe in Dan Rice’s philosophy!

@StrongestTeam and other train travellers..

You can nearly halve the cost by splitting your tickets on long journeys.

E.g. returns from hw-brum and brum-preston total around £60.

You may get it even cheaper by splitting further.

The last government said they were going to sort out these ridiculous price differences but I've seen no evidence of it yet.

(Note: the Birmingham to Preston price above is for advance tickets so may not be available on the day)

Audacious as it would be, we've got to be pulling all the stops out to get Russell Martin. Hardly unheard of for a sacked Prem manager to drop to this level for their next job.

Considering his complete lack of minutes, I think that's a big "if"

If I was to guess I'd say Taff, Wheeler, Butcher and possibly Hanlan could all be on the move.