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  1. SirRodneyEffing

    Why we can go up.

    So we can't afford to be in a division which gives you £200m minimum just for popping in, but if we don't get promoted then the Prince will need more money in quickly from somewhere else? So, we can't afford promotion and can't afford no promotion? I'm legitimately confused by this post :shrug:
  2. SirRodneyEffing

    Hull game off

    I see QPR's COVID cleared up at the exact same time as all their injuries. What a crazy random happenstance... They allegedly look into it before allowing the games to be called off, but I'd be surprised if any actual proof was required. Either way, there should be an investigation into the...
  3. SirRodneyEffing

    January Signings

    We're 6 points off a play-off place with a game in hand and more than half a season to go. It's clearly still possible for us to get promoted. I don't see how selling all our players for the first available offer is going to help at all.
  4. SirRodneyEffing

    So then....'Omicron'

    This has been an obvious tactic for years, even before the pandemic. Economists did the same thing before the Brexit referendum and climate scientists have been doing the same thing to help force through "green" measures. My issue is that the press goes along with it without questioning any of...
  5. SirRodneyEffing

    January Signings

    If you think Berge isn't the answer then try asking a better question. Also, where's your evidence that we can't afford him? According to the stats, creating chances and controlling games isn't an issue for us. We'd be 3rd if we'd taken the chances we should've and not conceded the ones we...
  6. SirRodneyEffing

    January Signings

    We've signed four new midfielders in the last two years, one of which cost us £23m. We don't need a new midfield at all. We definitely need at least one new centre back, maybe more. If Davies is injured (or gets a move to West Ham) then we only have Robinson as a back up, and our backups for...
  7. SirRodneyEffing

    BLADES seal deal for Jili Buyabu

    He'd have to go to a Championship club though, in order to keep qualifying for a work permit. The likes of Barnsley, Peterborough and Hull would probably be interested I would imagine. If it's true that Norwich want to sign Hourihane (which I have doubts around) then I'd give the lad a go in...
  8. SirRodneyEffing

    BLADES seal deal for Jili Buyabu

    There's a Beerschot fan who regularly posts on S2 and he says that he's been injured most of the season. He seems like a stand-up guy, so I've no reason to doubt him. That appears to be the case. If we wait until the end of the season and they are relegated then he won't get enough points to...
  9. SirRodneyEffing

    So then....'Omicron'

    There's a headline in a newspaper today saying "no evidence Omicron is milder, experts say", which is weird because I've actually seen the evidence that it is (released by South African doctors, the actual Omicron experts) with my own eyes. I really hope that when all this stuff is behind us we...
  10. SirRodneyEffing

    BLADES seal deal for Jili Buyabu

    He's injured and has been most of the season. He's comfortably their best player when fit.
  11. SirRodneyEffing

    Shouldn’t laugh

  12. SirRodneyEffing

    Us and Middlesbrough

    The "if life was fair" table says we should be 3rd, with 16 points more than we currently have, joined in the play-off places by Boro. Interestingly, Bournemouth shouldn't even be in the top 6!
  13. SirRodneyEffing

    MGW to face us…

    I doubt the mortgage repayments are large enough to take up all the PL money, so I think we'd spend some on players. Perhaps not as much as we did last time though, and hopefully more wisely as well... I never said he'd definitely sign for us, I said we could afford him if we are promoted. I...
  14. SirRodneyEffing

    Shouldn’t laugh

  15. SirRodneyEffing

    MGW to face us…

    We spent more than a hundred million in the PL in the last two seasons, so I'd expect there to be more money made available should we get back. Especially as MGW fits the bill in regards to signing players who are young and can improve their value.
  16. SirRodneyEffing

    Academy

    Highlights from the U23s 2-0 win against Crewe last night:
  17. SirRodneyEffing

    MGW to face us…

    We'll be able to afford him if we get promoted...
  18. SirRodneyEffing

    HOW OLD

    It's either early forties or thirty-nine again, depending on how I'm feeling...
  19. SirRodneyEffing

    Us and Middlesbrough

    I think all four play-off places are still up for grabs for the chasing pack, given that all the current occupants have flattered to deceive on a number of occasions so far. I'd expect West Brom and QPR to have enough quality to stay the course (although the former might need to sack their...
  20. SirRodneyEffing

    When did we last have a good (attacking) header of the ball in the team?

    Richard Stearman and Ethan Ebanks-Landell were both dangerous from set pieces. Harry Maguire as well. It's been a while since we had a forward who was consistently a threat though.
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