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As for 5-0, we'd be in ecstasy.

Don't think Leo will be fit for this one.

We can only dream of leading 4-0 at Ashton Gate.

You know THB will go and probably for less than he's worth. Business, if any, will be left til the final few hours of the window so governed by panic rather than planned and considered. Typical SR.

Nothing from CoT?

Year before we got promoted so would have made millions from that.

Add the fact that we appear to have fitness issues at the football club which will soon manifest in any new signings.

Maybe I don't understand PSR but didn't we make a substantial net profit on player trading last summer? I think it was in excess of £60 million.

Rebuild with a lot more physicality, power and pace and we might just build a side capable of surviving in the Premier League. Continue to recruit small guys who are easy to knock off the ball and we have no chance.

I don't use those stats - I watch the games and just judge what I see with my own eyes.

If you look at how useless our passing is it paints an entirely different picture. Blame it on poor coaching or any number of things but if professional footballers can't make simple passes they are not as good as they're cracked up to be.

Maybe in terms of point accumulation. In terms of performance levels on the pitch, less so - our passing is still excruciatingly poor and something we must improve on.

The nonsense of Xg laid bare - how do you score 0.74 of a goal. They could at least round their figures up or down as appropriate.

Not being in a good position to chase promotion is not a strong reason not to do business in this or any other window. Transfer windows should be used to trim and strengthen the squad. Ours has clearly not been good enough to sustain a promotion attempt and needs work so, if the right deals are unearthed, we should do some business. As previously said the big caveat is that most of us have no faith in SR, Spors/Ankersen to get it right.

You make a fair point and clearly no club gets all their signings right and everyone wastes money on some who don't work out for whatever reason. My only counter is that we don't unearth enough nuggets of gold and I'm convinced the reason is the set up at the football club.