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We kept Morelos, Kent, Goldson, Aribo, Kamara, etc. long after their peak value. How much did we win? We're still counting the cost. We need to get the player trading model working.

Diomande started for Côte d'Ivoire.

He cost £1m.

Marinakis owns a few clubs, so I don't think that's right. I could be wrong.

Cech Ferdinand - Stam - Kompany Scholes Gerrard - Veira Silva Suarez - Rooney - Henry

My latest creation! It's interesting how few players we have at 'peak' age (red section) that play decent minutes. We do have a few younger players approaching peak age, though, which is good.

This is outrageous from Barry:

Strong connections on the right - over the last few games it has been the left that had the stronger connections with Jefte a major hub. It would be interesting to see Tavernier and Jefte play as WBs. Sterling again showing up well. Tavernier looks quite impressive, finding / found by Raskin and Diomande a lot. Cerny and Dessers a little isolated. I liked Ridvan's positioning, but he was a little isolated, too. I wonder if Celtic allowed the pass from Butland to Balogun? Balogun isn't great on the ball, yet is clearly the outlet for Butland.

I have argued before that I think we have a decent core of young players with which to build. This summer needs to see the acquisition of first-team quality players to supplement our core.

What are your thoughts, folks?

No.

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I've rewatched Skooshy Boi more than the goals.

The 3-4-1-2 was pretty effective, allowing us a structure to press well.

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When they pan across the crowd...

I've just noticed there's no Jefte.

It could be the 3-4-3 we utilised against Fenerbahce.

I had a defender. They conceded twice. Stupid game...

I've got 3 Forest players in my fantasy team. They're 3-0 up and I've got 0 points!

Sterling looked to be very involved. Jefte and Diomande again having a good connection, with the former playing very high. I know Balogun is a decent defender but he is a bit of a black hole when it comes to ball circulation. It's more stark when you compare him to the few minutes Propper had in the last game. In that 20-odd minute spell Propper had more connections than Balogun had in two matches. Of course you want them to defend first, but at this level we do need the ability to progress the ball. It looks like we never found Dessers that much. Raskin and Barron had a lot of strong connections.

A 'squad overhaul' suggests a squad clear out. I don't think we need a clear out - other than the few that have contracts ending. We just need to start improving the team with quality additions. This is still the rebuild we started in the summer.