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Yeah, Doherty was behind him but the formation was more like a 4 2 3 1 or 4 3 2 1 at times. Azaz certainly wasn’t playing up front most of the time.

So basically your point is the formation and not really where he plays within it. Yeah, I agree we should change to a back 4 but that’s not specific to Azaz

He didn’t play alongside Charles against Watford when we didn’t have many options so I don’t think it’s likely Still will play him there when we’ve got Downes and Janker available

Mostly but they moved him around a fair bit and he played on the left for some of the time. I’d have liked to see him drop a bit deeper at times. Even in a difficult game that he struggled to get into he still managed to play a lovely one two with Manning, force a very good save from the keeper and took some decent corners too. Strikes me as a player that will do better in teams that have more possession (which we should in the majority of games)

Yeah, I did the same thing and pretty much agree with you. Manning had a very good game and shows up very well on set pieces. Difficult game for Azaz. I think he’s going to divide opinion, he’s not really going to press effectively or offer too much defensively but does have good vision and tie things together going forward. I like how he gets his head up and spots an early pass.

Haven't heard anything so it's hard to tell. I'd have thought Edozie would probably be moved either loan or permanent but that's only because I'm not sure we'd have sanctioned the Scienza deal if we thought he'd still be here.

Yeah, don't think we ever did find out the reason for that.

Yeah, Still doesn't seem afraid to chuck new players in quickly. I remember Ralph - he didn't want to play anyone until they'd had about a month of training with us.

I'd probably swap Downes for Jander but that's only because I haven't seen Jander play. Other than that I'd go for the same.

Stephens ain't great either but he's been better than Edwards. I'll be honest though, I don't rate Edwards. There seems to be a lot of hype about him but I haven't seen anything to justify it.

Have to be honest, I don't see how he gets into the team now. THB, Stephens and Wood all ahead of him and probably Quarshie too. Small sample size but he looks slow(ish) and too passive in his defending.

Welcome Leo. You look like Bobby Davro.

TBH I'm not sure there's many championship clubs that have great strikers. Sargeant stands out at this level but that's about it - the rest all have a few question marks over them. Seems to me that since teams started adopting a lone striker with supporting wide men over a two man partnership that the number of goals scored by the lone striker has dropped off fairly dramatically and the goals are shared around a bit more.

Yeah, they're not quite the same kind of player but that's quite an outlay. Would have thought someone in the Championship would fancy him on loan though but I guess wages might be an issue for some.

Except for Valenciennes fans, they're OK.

William Boving is a similar player to Scienza and we were linked with him earlier in the window. Could be an option if we can't get Scienza.

I thought the midfield was the issue today and I'm not sure we draw if Downes plays. Personally I'd have played Manning in midfield and had Charlie Taylor at left wing back. Manning has played midfield before (think that's what he started out as at QPR). Manning would probably have done a better job than Robinson at any rate who I thought had a terrible game. I like Robinson a lot but today asked a lot of him. A lot of the midfield problems are self imposed though. I know we're looking to move on Aribo but he'd have been fine today.

Apologies if posted before but didn't realise Wolves had been linked earlier this year: https://www.molineux.news/opinion/wolves-interest-in-game-changer-target-could-hand-vitor-pereira-his-own-raul-jimenez-heres-why/

I dunno, Valencia was a nightmare for BBD and that was before he signed for us. I just think his confidence is so low that it's going to be very hard for him to come back and certainly not here where he'll have too much competition to even get in the squad. I actually feel sorry for him. There's a clip from the Norwich game where he tries something and it doesn't come off and the look on his face and his body language is pure dejection. Lad desperately needs a fresh start and hopefully he gets it.

Hi Will Still!

Martin playing him in a deeper midfield role when Downes got injured didn't help. It's just not his game. Kind of feel he became a lightning rod for dissatisfaction with the style of play than anything specific to Smallbone.

Isn't Bree in the last year of his contract? Would have thought the club would try and get some money now if they can.

Lot of work still to be done on that deal - we've done the initial weighing up but we've still got to prepare a bid, make initial enquiries, consider our options, walk away, come back, make second bid and that's without all the work on the player side of things. Don't forget the player will need to do the same too. Modern transfers eh?

They won't be laughing when they find out we've swapped him for BBD.

Probably been posted before but here's a largely stats based summary on Guilavogui:https://www.attackingfootball.com/meet-the-winger-will-still-didnt-want-at-rc-lens-but-is-now-trying-to-sign-for-southampton/ Sounds like a hard working winger who doesn't attempt too many dribbles or crosses. Awesome.