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The spine is stronger than it was for the first half of last season when we dropped lot of points and pretty similar in strength to the second half of last season when we did extremely well.

If (and it is a big if) he does well and they want him, it looks like St. Louis are capable of signing players for relatively big fees. So they may actually be able to fund his buy option. They just broke the MLS record for a MLS to MLS purchase with a $12m buy.

It's this level of arrogance that routinely sees us fall flat on our collective faces. Lincoln may well be a weaker side on paper but we should show them the same level of respect we would show Wolves or West Ham. They've brought a fair few players in and they will be at home against one of the big boys on the division. Their fans will expect a blood and thunder performance, the kind of game we have a tendency to struggle in. We absolutely have to start with the strongest starting 11 as possible. We absolutely cannot afford this to turn into another game like Oxford last season.

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I'd say we're weaker down the spine GK(backup assuming ramsdale still leaves), CB(starter), CM (rotational starter), CF (rotational starter) Everywhere else i'd say we're level, though given the investment the hope would be Dobbin would be an improvement over archer.

Quite possibly our worst signing of all time in terms of fee paid versus actual ability. At no point during any of his brief appearances for us did he ever look even remotely like a professional footballer. What an utterly bizarre bit of scouting.

Also doesn't take into account the lack of cover loosing fringe players such as Archer - we just look light up front

Very selective I would say : Striker - Mubama downgrade on Stewart (even if partially fit) Goalkeeper - WTF is this giving a commitment to Long and Jones ? I can understand Peretz being confirmed as number 1 but why have to give a commitment to the others at the expense of not using Ramsdale? Also comparisons against last season are not valid because Standing Still is going Backwards - e.g. the deterioration of Stephens now he is nearly 33

Swansea now look like prime Barcelona

Quite fitting that dog shit player gets dog food sponsor for the season....

I read an article on Monday that had a police statement from Sunday's carnival brushing off the number of arrests made as 'perfectly normal' for such a large gathering of people. Odd that they never say such things when large numbers attend football. Even more odd that Sunday's Carnival is effectively the kids version. Not sure why such behaviour is normalised during a kid's event.

An Englishman, Irishman, Scotsman......

No need to be sad. It's only a loan, he'll be back soon.

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Is there any correlation between the posters writing off Mubama after 4 brief appearances and those claiming Broja was a nailed on future top 6 team player after 4 or 5 full games with us?

I see people saying we are weaker than last season. Exactly the same in: RB LB CM LW ST (Stewart was slightly better than Mubama but Mubama doesn't have constant injury problems so we'll get similar output) Stronger in: GK (Ramsdale staying) DM (JWP better defensively than Charles) AM (Dobbin) RW (Akachukwu) Left side CB (Schlotterbeck) Downgraded in: Right side CB (THB to Abbott) All while pocketing £40m and offloading nearly 250/300k worth of wages a week. Leaves some emergency cash for January, if anything is needed plus potential of offloading Ramsdale in Jan. 7.5/10 window just lacking a proper THB replacement and offloading Ramsdale

Hmmm, doesn't exactly scream "ready to play a role in a Championship promotion chasing team", does it?!

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12 appearances, 3 starts, 9 off the bench, no goals....

Bye mate. Thanks for.......um.....uh........oh never mind.

Agree, in an ideal world would've definitely done that (possibly ahead of spending £10m on a CB)

We're going to regret this. Who is going to warm the bench now? At Staplewood?

You’re likely right about Azaz, however Tonda has indicated that he likes a small squad and will trust the players at his disposal. Both Mubama and Dobbin need minutes to find their place in the team - what better way to do this against one of the weaker teams in the league (with all respect to Lincoln)? In a long season in a tough league we need to pace certain players - careful squad management is part of the reason why we were so successful last season. Dobbin could replace Scienza, however he’s not a natural winger - his strengths are playing off the main striker.