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Gotta be honest that definition seems a bit vague and woolly to me. Maybe you could give us a definitive list of the clubs that's acceptable to buy from and not be considered a cast-off? Is Dobbin a cast off?

It was sarcasm to illustrate that very point. If we're shopping at premier league clubs then obviously it'll be for players not deemed good enough for the 1st team. Or cast offs in Badgers language.

Would they not be classed as castoffs then?

Both good points and if we're looking at players from premier league clubs then we should only be targeting the players they want to keep. If they're not 1st team players then it's probably not worth bothering with.

Eh? This means nothing to me.

Yeah, his xG was double the amount he actually scored whereas Jebbison has an xG roughly the same amount as he did score so, if stats are your thing, then Jebbsion is the more clinical of the two. I think I read that Azon missed more big chances than anyone else in the league last season.

I don't know that they're that similar, Jebbison is a fair bit taller and much quicker. Neither have really scored a huge amount though. This is why I was hoping we'd get Stewart back demonstrates the sort of market we're looking at in terms of getting a replacement in. I doubt either will score more than Stewart.

Just out of interest, why would you prefer Azon if it's lack of goals you're concerned about? Azon scored pretty much the same as Jebbison but had way more chances and has never been prolific anywhere he's been.

I don't know too much about either but Jebbison at least has a better physical profile and doesn't miss as much as Azon does. Everything I've heard about Azon suggests hard worker, not really technical, definitely not prolific, not that tall, and not that quick and I think well we've already got that with BBD.

TBF I'd probably pay Derby 3M to take him.

Yeah, key will be how many minutes he's likely to get but he's not going to get enough playing for us anyway. Hopefully he has a loan with an effect similar to Tella although cracking Serie A is a big ask.

I don't get too much into stats but I think I'm right in that Jebbison scores the amount of goals xG expects him to score? So his six goals last season was probably about right and indicates that either Preston weren't creating any decent chances, or he wasn't getting in the right positions. From recollection Azon scored about half the number of goals you would expect him to score so I guess, if stats are your thing, that Jebbison is probably better in that regard. To be honest I don't know enough about the lad and the YouTube footage is fairly sparse on him. I like that physically he seems to be quite big, strong and very fast but then I thought that was the kind of player we'd be getting with Downs.

You'd need broad shoulders to pull that off.

You don't hear Benny or Joey bandied around much anymore.

Shame, I'd have taken him back. He's a very good goal scorer at this level, knows the club and how we want to play and back end of last season showed that you probably can manage his minutes and keep him fit. Plus he would have been cheaper than getting someone else in. I get the worry about injury but I'd probably have taken it over the risk we sign another BBD, Downs, Mara or Archer (and yeah, I know they weren't all signed under Spors). Hopefully we can get someone decent in. Wasn't particularly impressed by the link with the Spanish lad on loan to Ipswich last season.