There’s nothing quite like a 7-0 shellacking to blow the cobwebs away. Do we need a new number 10? A new striker? It’s tough to justify the outlay on a potentially dud signing like, say, Cameron Archer after that. Besides, what difference would he have made?

There has been much conjecture around Daniel Farke’s playing style this season. There have been several soporific games so devoid of entertainment and emotion that they have, at times, reduced this whole football malarky to a transactional service. I want three points, here’s my money. The bit in between has fallen through the cracks.

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