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at 22:04 26 Nov 2025

So much depends on keeping a clean sheet, and they did great tonight.

Burrell up top every time for me. Not sure what the deal with Kone is, hasn't scored for a while. Makes the team selection easier though, hopefully JS realises this and keeps Chair as the no. 10 and rotates Kone and Burrell in attack.

Its looking a more settled team, especially with Mbengue at RB, which makes a lot of sense.

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Loveliest Town in England Match Thread
at 21:42 26 Nov 2025

Come on, hang in there for a bit longer. Team is built for 4-2-3-1 - Burrell up top on his own, Chair as the no. 10, two fast wingers, any of Dembele, Smyth, Saito

JS got the team selection right tonight, irrespective of the result. Good call.

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Expectations for the rest of the season
at 09:09 12 Nov 2025

Exactly this. I do find 3-5-2 quite interesting, and alway watch out for Inter Milan when they play, as they have the purest version of this. For us though, too many players don't fit into this system, and the RWB/LWB roles need a certain type of player. RND would work on the left, and maybe Smyth on the right? But it's not ideal, and other than those two I don't see any others in the squad that can fill those roles.

If we sign Edwards (yes please), though, well then I see him as part of a back three carrying the ball out of defence and into midfield. Maybe then a 3-4-3 (with wingers) is then possible, no need for full backs, as we don't have any anyway. But the Kone/Burrell conundrum persists.

I've personally always favoured a compact, resilient and counterattcking 4-4-2. Grit in midfield, and pace down the wings and up front.

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Expectations for the rest of the season
at 07:51 12 Nov 2025

Morning all! First post, long time lurker here, so though I'd finally join.

I think we'll end up around mid-table. The leaky defence and overall inconsistency will mean we'll in stuck in that middle pack. I think Stephan is still trying to work out how to get Kone and Burrell in the team at the same time. Clearly he wants them as a front two, but that leaves central midfield understaffed, but playing Kone deeper, or Burrell out wide, is not ideal either. We'll likely see different iterations of this until the end of the season.

Mbengue at RB and Dunne at CB makes a lot of sense, I hope we see that again.

Team is a big improvement over last season, though. So we're moving in the right direction, albeit slowly.

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