I gotta add my name to Wolph's in encouraging experimentation - especially at the moment. Tho' to be honest, I'd rather us try different things and lose than continually ramming our heads into the ol' LI/M2M wall.
We're never going to win/finish well by trying to play the same games as the big boys.
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