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Would be a huge mistake imo. Leo was well marshalled by the Brum full back but he tends to get the better of most opponents and also provided the assist for our goal.

If Ramsdale stays my guess is we will only ever see Long off the bench if Peretz gets injured during a match. If Peretz is injured then I would think Ramsdale will start in his place.

Mubama has played around 80 minutes league football and scored one goal. That's a decent record considering he's only getting 20 minutes per game. As others have said we need to adapt how we play when he is on the pitch. He's more of an Ollie Watkins (not suggesting he's on the same level) than a battering ram so requires the ball played on the deck into the channels and down the flanks to get the best out of him. Plus he needs more game time as 20 minutes doesn't give him enough time to hone his game or for his team mates to learn to play with him.

So just the two then.

Who replaces Leo?

Great football that, good movement, touch and accurate passing. At our best we can play like that but currently we look just a wee bit clunky rather than like a well oiled machine. Despite that results have been decent and I think we'll sharpen up on our passing and first touch as the season progresses

Some good points well made but we football fans tend to always expect the worst case scenarios 🙂

Still he won't be needing to save supermarket coupons on £78k a week 🙂 and must have a fair chunk of money invested and making a healthy return.

I agree but my slight issue is how we work him into the team on a regular basis. It's a chicken and egg situation in that he needs games but is not really showing anything to suggest he'll make the team better in any position. I assume he was signed to start plenty of games or to come on from the bench and make a difference.

Yeah, I have him on speed dial 🙂

Agree but it's the only available market until January. Guess we're stuck with what we've got but I agree with others that we should have brought in a striker in Larin's mould as cover. Maybe Mubama, if we adapt our style, can provide that cover but it seems too much of a gamble with what is at stake. Maybe Princewill Whateverhisnameis is considered good enough to make the step up. Unfortunately there are no cup games to try him out so he needs to be chucked in the deep end from the bench for 30 minutes in a game where we have victory already secured to see if he sinks or swims.

How about free agent Marcus Forss. A 27 year old Finnish international centre forward with plenty of experience of playing in England. His career has been a bit stop start due to injuries which is probably why he finds himself without a club. Might be worth a gamble as support for Larin.

Mubama needs to be judged on minutes on the pitch. In the league he has played around 80 minutes and scored one goal which is a decent return. He's being given the last 20 minutes in games and it must be quite hard to make an immediate impact which he more or less has to do. We don't really know how he'll perform when starting league games and also it's tricky to get used to his team mates and vice versa in short bursts. Far too early to judge him for me.

It's a game we should expect to win. Work as hard as them from the start and our superior skills should be enough for a victory.

Agree. We need to get him latching on to cute passes from Azaz like he did against Stoke. He's not a target man but if we hit it into the channels or down the wings accurately he'll probably have more chance of holding the ball up in those situations than a big lump to him from the back.