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FM has got considerably easier over time, in my opinion.

FM25 is looking poor so far so take advantage of this peeps!

Lambert was a bit more pragmatic than most people realise. We scored some good goals in the Prem but actually, we played more long balls than any other team that season. We had a genuinely two-footed winger in Pilkington which is oddly still unusual, and a Holt who was physical and horrible to play again who would run channels all game (to cries of fans asking why he wasn't in the middle, but there we go). We knew we weren't good enough to play through teams but if we could get it "up the other end" quickly, Holt and Morison were both difficult for defenders despite not being quick and if they could knock the ball down to a Wes then we had someone who could genuinely dribble past someone in the prem and open up opportunities.

Farke had a say in every signing. That Farke has changed a considerable amount even at this level with Leeds tells you even he didn't believe his Norwich style could work, especially after failure in Germany and further failure last season.

As a CB everything about him is too good for the Championship.

Can we all just take a minute to pause and think how poor @Midlands Yellow must be feeling after his beloved Coventry lost 😢 😉

It's improved quite considerably game on game, ignoring results. Positive coaching signs..

Yeah, his passing has never statistically been good and it's not like historically it's been high risk reward as he doesn't have the assists to show for it. But actually the biggest problem for me is how often he was easily dispossessed in build up. Subbing him at half time was 100% the correct decision. He will continue starting as we saw for 10 minutes against Palace how our midfield looks without him. For anyone who doesn't like the stats / facts just watch that back 🙃

Arguably we've still created chances without strengthening the team. Even vs Palace you could argue we had just as good opportunities as they did. If we can regularly create good chances - at a better rate than last season, then that in itself can start replacing the lost goals without additional players. I'm pretty happy with the signings we've made although of course it's really early, they seem to fit an ethos at the very least. Crnac feels like a lot of money but he might not do by the end of the season.

We could just look at the 25 goals they've scored individually and look at what we've lost if you like, and still draw the same conclusion.

We've lost 25 goal contributions from Sara, and 14 from Rowe. That's nearly 40 goals we've lost. Crnac's best ever season is 8 goals. I like the business we've done so far but perhaps Knapper & Thorup should have dampened expectations rather than citing a target of play-offs. It's asking a lot from unfamiliar players from different leagues to hit the ground running, and for us to create enough under Thorup's style.

I'm confident we won't sell him now. We won't be able to get a suitable replacement in last minute and we'd have looked totally ineffective in our league games without him.

90pts Leeds wanted him last season, 4 managers in a row see him as a starter in a side that is either in the prem or trying to get there, successfully twice and playoffs last season.

We've lost probably our only 2 players who may have been at that level.

I think we all knew that