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That's far better than our previous championship squad. Saints 2 Brighton 2. COYR!!

Time to cash in my life savings if it's that much of a foregone conclusion...

What a ridiculous statement you ****ing **** trumpet (no offence)

Sounds like you need a rocket up your arse

I think you've lost the plot...

I re-fuse...

Calling @tartanowl to the thread

Have they charged that Guy fella that tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament yet? P.s. any news on the Skacel deal too?

Good 👍🏻

You pesky nincompoop, you

Have you been a buffoon your entire life, or is it a recent development? (seeing as we're now lowering ourselves to insult territory )

Touche! <MLG Mode> Although technically it was a typo due to speed of typing rather than an intentional misspell (hence the immediate correction before I saw your swift quip) p.s. good to see the addition of a comma in your edit

I appreciate open-mindedness is a difficult concept for certain people to grasp...

You're ok, it doesn't show...

Incorrect....Where have I said that? All I've questioned is whether the current squad is "far better" than the 2023/24 squad. It could be slightly better, it could be about the same, it could be worse. In other words, I'm undecided, other than thinking that "far better" is stretching the reality somewhat.

I'm not sure there's such a thing in the black-and-white world that some people seem to live in...

Ok Professor Le God... ;)

I'm not "struggling" with it... (a) I don't see the point in comparing oranges with apples and (b) even if we do, I still don't class the squad 'now' as "far better" than it was at the end of the 2024 summer transfer window. We just happen to disagree on that assessment, which is fine. Maybe it's someone else that's "struggling" here...

Predicted starting line up...? Bazunu, Bree, Stephens, Quarshie, Welington, Charles, Downes, Fraser, Robinson, Archer, Downs

Fair enough. To me, that doesn't equate to our squad being "far better" now than it was at the same point in time before Martin's championship campaign, but you're obviously entitled to see it differently 👍

I guess so, but all that does is underline the subjectivity of coming to a judgement in the first place. Our championship players could perform to the same levels they've performed at before, or there's equally the possibility they might not. Some people seem to be suggesting that because they performed well before, it's likely they'll do the same again, which is creeping towards non-sequitur territory. All I'm doing is keeping an open mind where others perhaps are not...

Indeed. As a fence sitter, I of course agree.... but there are some that seem to believe it'll only go one way, and turn a convenient blind eye to the alternative outcome....

Is there any reason why you focus on players' hard skills and hardly mention their soft skills, if at all? (that's a rhetorcial question, in case it's not obvious...) Yes, we obviously have players that have played well in this division before (that goes without saying, except for those that like to repeat such observations several times... ), but you're assuming that, psychologically, they are in the same place now as they were back then. It's not unreasonable to question if they are mentally capable of achieving what they've achieved before, as well as physically, given what they've subsequently been through...

Come on guys... sort this out between you... I'm very confused now... are we "far better" or "unequivocally weaker"...?

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