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I would.

If you remember Lee Molyneux we signed from Everton in the dark days, another "promising" left back that didn't make it - he carved out a decent career in the lower leagues by playing left wing, so perhaps a change of position (or just good coaching) could work for him. Small will be one of those players that in FM2035 we can't believe is still around and he'll only be 30. I'll be in my mid-60's if he goes on to play until he's 40. 😵

Leeds have the fire power but are more inconsistent than us and our defence at full strength is better than theirs. But they have Farke and he's been there and done that with promotions. I'd still bet on us to win the play-offs if we got there but I'd rather avoid that lottery. There's every chance that last day game against them at Elland Road could be crucial.

Good call re: Brooks being cup tied. Forgot that. Shame - Mara or Adams for the extra player in my team then.

I'd love to see us tested against Liverpool whatever the result so as much as I'd rather we concentrate on the League (and ergo normally a defeat here wouldn't be a bad result) the prize on offer at Anfield to watch our superstars against their journeymen is too much to put out a second string side. Sure, rest one or two of the more important players to protect them, Stu maybe, but we need to put out a strong enough team to beat Watford. Lumley, KWP, Bednarek, Stephens, Manning, Charles, Smallbone, Rothwell, Brooks, AA, Edozie could be enough to see us through. Good Luck Russ, over to you.

Ipswich aren't out of it and they made some important signings in January in Sarmiento, Al-Hamadi and Moore but I do think it's a two horse race between us and Leeds for 2nd. We can aim for Leicester but I think they're clear now, we just need to keep our noses ahead of Leeds and their immense fire power.

One, and another one is two, and another one is, yes that's 3. 54321 time for some numberfun...

Tricky because we've had so many good players this season. You could argue that Fraser, Downes, THB and SArmstrong are all up there, possibly even Bednarek and Bazunu, but there are only 2 in the running for me, AA and KWP. To decide between those two is going to me one hell of a headache.

A win is a win, damage done in the first half.

Fraser is a great striker of a ball. His finishes this season have (mostly) been very well struck. I always used to think Jay Rodriguez's finishing was like that. Crisp. Shame it hit the post.

Leicester and Ipswich are where we all want to be (EDIT - in the League standings, not geographically!). I don't believe we're under pressure, we just keep doing what we've been doing. We're not looking nervously over our shoulders like they are.

Even a draw puts Leeds ahead of us but as long as keep playing the way we have been, we should be OK. A win puts BC two points off the play offs though so 🤞 they can do us a favour. If anything a Leeds win should put the pressure on the top 2, not us.

Gangnam Style - 2 players, one song. Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Walker-Peters Style, Heyyyyyyyy Adam Armstrong, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Walker-Peters style. Everyone has to do the moves too or we lose our position as the most macho club in the country.

I said they'd be a good shout for a play off spot since the start of the season, their summer signings were Philogene (who we were interested in apparently and who was on fire before his injury), Delap, Vinagre, Morton and Connolly and they've topped it off with Carvalho, Zaroury and, from what media have been saying, a decent Turkish lad. They're building well there, seem to be in good hands.

When you think we had Cuco Martina playing for us in the Prem and now we have KWP playing for us in the Championship... football can be fucked up sometimes. Madness. We are very lucky to have him.

The window softly closes. Rothwell and Brooks in, Holgate and Charly out. Keeping Che and Mara up top, KWP stays. Bring on the promotion run! 🤞🤞🤞🤞 The summer transfer window thread will be interesting as it depends on what League we're in.

It's a decent bit of experience for Ipswich especially as they lost a striker to a bad injury recently but their striker signing from Wimbledon (the Iraqi lad I forget his name...Al-Hamadi thanks Google) might want to be the one to watch apparently if he can make the step up.

Interesting last 15 minutes in the Wolves/United match. Wolves thought they had a point and United have just nicked it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68175450 Definitely an odd transfer that. Charles for 4th choice it is then. Or Simeu...

Lee Hendrie and Gary O'Neil now playing darts on SSN. Tis a slow news day for sure.

Glad I'm not the only one to think she's poor (and sounds like she's been inhaling helium). I had to use Twitter to find out who she was. Absolutely nothing wrong with women in football and I support it but just as you can have bad male analysts (and Sky have a few) you can also have bad female analysts.

Biggest transfer of the day - Hamilton to Ferrari. Not even football!

Broja to Fulham. Makes sense geographically at the very least!

Not much going on today - I haven't watched SSN yet but I bet they're still overselling it. FFP and the points deduction for Everton have really shat teams up. Not that Saints really needed much, Brooks and Rothwell on loan strengthen what was already one of the strongest teams in the League. Alcaraz is a loss to a point but financially understandable and he's not first choice for us, same with Holgate. I'm greedy, I still would like another Striker and CB in but realistically our squad should be good enough now to get promoted. I look forward to seeing Brooks' contribution.