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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.

We couldn't afford to get signings wrong before, there wasn't the money to pay people off and bring in a second player if the first didn't work out, or to let them graze for a few months ago while they adjusted.

We should have access to many more players now so no need to stop vetting people for being arses. I don't think it was ever as simple as someone having done a bad thing so they are off the list but hard work and research that paid off.

Post of the day.

I came here to say basically the same thing.

He is young and lost his mother at 19. That's going to rock even the hardiest of us.... but at 19 that's a catastrophic life event. Its no wonder he lost his way a bit and probably questioned everything around him. He was likely angry and confused and knocked completely for six.

I back us to give him a nurturing environment where he will find his feet in football again and to become an excellent signing for us.

Good luck and welcome to the family Alex.