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And with +70% possession here we go!

Let's be honest no one has any idea if this is a good deal or not. He has shown a lot of promise in pre season which is good but was pretty underwhelming last season which is a negative. If Larin can stay fit then we won't have to rely on him too much anyway. Let's hope he's blossomed like a Delap or a Kane and in a better team that creates more he can score more and be a handful. Not the sure thing I was hoping for after Stewart left but could still end up as a smart acquisition.

Spike Brits.

Tonda played a blinder showing Spots how much we need to replace Stewart yesterday.

My gran would be an upgrade on BBD and she has been dead over a decade!

It's a Spider Graph (I think they probably call them something fancy in the world of footy analytics, like a Player Radar or something) anyway, What this one sort of shows (and given the minutes are similar, it's reasonably useful): Mubama is stronger all-round/physical forward profile. Lankshear: comparable player, with some potentially more interesting attacking numbers. Which, given what we want is fine. We want a classic link-up man to bring the midfielders and wingers up the pitch as well as a finisher. I wouldn't trust just this graph, but it's a decent comparison for sure.

Not particularly enamoured with our wing options either, Scienza aside. I was hoping Dragan's bullish talk of absolutely going for it this season would have looked a bit more ambitious, but I guess he said all the right things before season tickets went on sale, and here we are. The squad's good, and we should certainly make the top 8. But the league is stronger this year, so standing still is not going to cut it.

Hopefully an upgrade on BBD though

Young, Hungry and therefore GUARANTEED to improve!

We don't have 'plenty' of midfielders. We need 4 CMs for the system and way we play. Critical that we replace Shea. Also critical that we bring in one or more like 2 strikers (and get rid of BBD/Down). Also need a backup keeper.

Didn't see that he did and in his interview he came across as level-headed so would be surprised. His first senior goal so let him celebrate it.

S'ok. I think most of us got where you were coming from.

I think we probably have to accept that any Stewart replacement would/will be a perceived downgrade. The only reason we'd have had a striker as good as Stewart as our backup striker is because he is made of biscuits

Bearing in mind how wrong I was about Larin I'm not going to judge. Seem to remember him being a handful against us before he got sent off last season. This is a great chance to offer him minutes in a side that's going to get a lot of crosses in without expecting him to do it all on his own or expecting him to play 90 minutes every game. West Ham fans reckon they'd happily take him back on loan.

That was from January to March. Hope this isn't our Stewart replacement because he looks a pretty significant downgrade.

First pro loan and he was in a crap team. Probably best off not paying too much attention to it. Clearly highly regarded and was in demand again this summer by decent coaches

Exactly, youth football & loans are choppy waters in terms of predicting future outcomes. Reading / Blackpool / Cambridge fans probably wouldn’t be saying Dom Ballard is going to boss League one in the 2025/26 season.

Looks like the kid was hung out to dry there.

Meanwhile. Leicester are off to a winning start. The redemption arc commences!

This will be the lowest point for any Rangers supporter. When people start thinking that Martin would be a better option than what they have. It's reminiscent of Will Still last season for us.

Seems similar to chat about Larin before he signed.

JJ is about 3 years old at Man Utd & looks a ridiculous talent.

Unlikely although possible. Durham would have to take a right old thumping at Worcs and we'd need a big big win. Even then Worcs could top us if they get a big enough win to put Durham's RRR at less than ours.

Who is JJ Gabriel? Divan Mukamba, is he any good?

Also aligns with the change in strategy from buying players we can hopefully sell for a nice profit to buying players to form a football team Also a change in business guru Ted-talk bollocks to something more akin to “if something is broken, consider fixing it”