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Hermansen Justin Vestergaard Okoli Fatawu Skipp Winks Ricardo Buonanotte Mavididi Vardy Feel like Ricardo needs to start, even though he doesn't suit the system. Maybe LB could work for him? He could also start instead of Skipp? Edit - This is the 'in possession' shape.

We won there in 2020, I believe.

You are right yes. My bad.

I have this hypothesis about the expansion delay. The club built the new training facilities for £100m, thinking the entire cost would be exempt from PSR rules. This was then rejected by the authorities, leading to us breaking the rules. The board therefore is worried that pressing ahead with the stadium expansion will inevitably lead to another deduction, in the years to come. So they've put the plans on hold, until they can make sure they avoid further sanctions. Thoughts? Edit - Maybe not, now I think about it more. It doesn't explain how we lost £89m in the 22/23 season, after the training facilities were already finished.

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I believe the 2 loans is just for domestic loans, so we could loan more from abroad. Could be wrong though. My information is from Football Manager 😂

To be fair, an option wouldn't benefit us at all. It's not like the loaning club is forced to bid at that price (like Bologna with Kristiansen). We're just forced to accept it, if they do. An obligation would've benefited us however.

If you just flipped the sides, it suits our players much more. Push #3 back, and play Justin there. Faes/Okoli/Nelson are all right-footed and could cover that role. Push #2 up and that suits Kristiansen. We would lack depth there though. Swap #7 to the right-side and that allows us to play Fatawu in his best position. All we'd need for the starting XI, is it to sign a new starter for #11, i.e. Soule or O'Riley. Ricardo could cover either at #6 or #8, and BDR could cover for #7, #10 and #11, so we'd only need a back-up for #2. To be fair, enough players are still on holiday that we might see this once we have our full squad available.

We wouldn't have to find a player like Bassey, if we'd just not let him leave in the first place 😂

I know he's a pricey signing, and maybe an area we don't desperately need (if Ndidi renews), but Florentino Luis seems like someone we should go all out for. Could really elevate our team with the defensive numbers he puts up. I did read somewhere that Cooper likes to play a flat midfield trio, with 3 defensive midfielders. So maybe Ndidi - Luis - Winks.

'Fatawu used curled long-shot' 'It was super effective'

Would like to see Souttar and Cannon start. Two good players frozen out unfairly and, with Faes and Daka/Vardy not performing, they could make the difference. With Souttar, he'd offer so much from set-pieces, both attacking and defensive. Remember West Brom loved a long throw in the first match. Although he's worse on the ball than Faes and Coady, I do believe he's better in defence than both of them. I feel like what he'd bring to the team would outweigh what we'd lose. With Cannon, he likes to get early shots off, which I like. Our plan is to create the 'perfect chance'. The idea being that, although we'll get less of them, we should score more when it does come off. The problem is that we're missing these big chances, so the gameplan isn't working. With that in mind, we might as shoot earlier and gamble that one or two of those shots do go in. Cannon in particular would offer that. Changes to the XI are definitely needed at the very least.