I have a bloke like they behind me. Relentless moaning every game. Tempted to move seats but I’ll probably get another dickheadBloke behind me doesn’t know what to do anymore now he can’t shout abuse at Wright and Simms…the bellend
I have a bloke like they behind me. Relentless moaning every game. Tempted to move seats but I’ll probably get another dickheadBloke behind me doesn’t know what to do anymore now he can’t shout abuse at Wright and Simms…the bellend
not very quickly thenIf anyone offered more than we got for Vik, we should snap their hands off quicker than Simms can control a simple ball.
I have a bloke like they behind me. Relentless moaning every game. Tempted to move seats but I’ll probably get another dickhead
Do I sit near youI have a bloke like they behind me. Relentless moaning every game. Tempted to move seats but I’ll probably get another dickhead
21 so there must be many of these arseholesBlock 22?
The same can be said for speculating over whether or not something will happen according to a perceived model.Clearly a far more rounded striker than the one that joined. I’d hope he sees that progress and thinks another year here is best for his career. However, again it comes back to the fact that if we got £15-20m to ‘go again’ it would need to be considered.
As an aside, can’t be arsed with this “we don’t follow a model do we ladz!!!!1” nonsense. Load of wibble.
I am worried that we are trying a cheap version of that model, and that it's going to lead to a slow decline over the next few years. I hope we will have a re-think in the summer and start being more flexible and pragmatic.The idea that we’re somehow following the Brighton and Brentford model is just ridiculous.
I am worried that we are trying a cheap version of that model, and that it's going to lead to a slow decline over the next few years. I hope we will have a re-think in the summer and start being more flexible and pragmatic.
I disagree. You end up always with inconsistency playing prospects rather than players at the top of their game.Selling one player a year and buying 3-5 new ones isn’t going to lead to decline as long as the scouting can consistently find more gems than duds. Which so far it has.
The next trick is having succession planned so there’s not a rush to replace in the same window. If we play it right and get a young ST, RB, wide player in in case Wright/Simms/MvE/Saka/EMC is next summers sale then all those funds can go on improving elsewhere or stocking up more potential gems for when the next one goes.
I disagree. You end up always with inconsistency playing prospects rather than players at the top of their game.
I think Thomas and Kitching will be really good players but they will leave once they are for example. We'll have them while they are making mistakes regularly.
But if the squad is stronger how come we ended up lower this season than last?We don’t have a squad with the quality or quantity where it needs to be. There’s no use having one or two stars and 9 makeweights in the side. The only way to build that out is big sales. These are players going on to a higher standard, even off their peak they’re among the best in the division. We need one more eight figure sale in my eyes to finish building out a squad that can challenge. If we’re smart with that we can plan ahead, but I’d expect the squad to be stronger if we sold sheaf and spent and extra ten million than if we didn’t. Just as it’s stronger now for selling Vik and Gus.
We can't afford to buy players at the top of their game though so we have to develop them.I disagree. You end up always with inconsistency playing prospects rather than players at the top of their game.
I think Thomas and Kitching will be really good players but they will leave once they are for example. We'll have them while they are making mistakes regularly.
Have to be at least £15-20m to consider it.
Whole point of this season was getting the players bedded in for a proper go next season, so ripping the spine out would make it a waste.
I think now he's finally settled in he could be an absolute beast next year and vital to any promotion challenge.
But if the squad is stronger how come we ended up lower this season than last?
The point is to sign players who will already be at the standard you want when the player ahead of him is sold. So as opposed to going ‘oh shit we need a right back’, we have one ready made.I disagree. You end up always with inconsistency playing prospects rather than players at the top of their game.
I think Thomas and Kitching will be really good players but they will leave once they are for example. We'll have them while they are making mistakes regularly.
Rate simms a lot but £20m and I’ll give him a lift
Hope they can both reach that milestone on Saturday.The latest alleged link is that Brentford and Bournemouth want Simms...
Part of the problem is that his heroics at Wembley - and arguably, the heroics of the team (and Robins) - will have gained extra profile.
That will generate speculation throughout the summer. It’s an additional complication because Robins will be trying to build a squad and trying to fend off unwanted interest.
Pointless demanding that King turns down offers because players are now more influential than ever and money talks.
One of most rewarding things is that we have two strikers both close to 20 goals in one season. That’s pretty impressive and I was certainly critical of Simms and Wright at the start of the season. All credit to the players and coaching staff but they aren’t the finished article yet.
We are not selling Simms or Wright unless we get an absolutely stupidly big bid.
Neither player is looking to leave or is going to be agitate for a move.
FFS stop pissing the bed every time someone fills column inches linking a random club to one of our players.
Some of you folk will give yourselves a stroke the way you are going.
I wouldn't lose any sleep if any of them were to leave, they're all replaceable, as long as we received a decent feeSome people get palpitations when Cov players leave
But if the squad is stronger how come we ended up lower this season than last?
Not many I've been sad to lose over the past but several spring to mindWe are not selling Simms or Wright unless we get an absolutely stupidly big bid.
Neither player is looking to leave or is going to be agitate for a move.
FFS stop pissing the bed every time someone fills column inches linking a random club to one of our players.
Some of you folk will give yourselves a stroke the way you are going.
Not many I've been sad to lose over the past but several spring to mind
Gillespie
Gallagher
Dublin
Danny Thomas
Mark Hately
Vic
Speedie
Steve Hunt
Mortimer
Wallace
Not many considering I've been attending for over 50 years
I don't understand what the alternative 'model' is?I am worried that we are trying a cheap version of that model, and that it's going to lead to a slow decline over the next few years. I hope we will have a re-think in the summer and start being more flexible and pragmatic.
The squad has been stronger this season but so has the rest of the league.The teams that came down were far more equipped to return to the premier league than in previous seasons.But if the squad is stronger how come we ended up lower this season than last?
According to the model purists on here you can't have loans, experienced leaders or players at the top of their career. According to them the squad has to be made up entirely of young prospects who have high potential sell on values, so that we improve in the long term.I don't understand what the alternative 'model' is?
We have to sell players and reinvest wisely whilst funding the operating costs. There isn't a benefactor covering our losses.
What are these flexible and pragmatic alternatives? More loans?
We are not selling Simms or Wright unless we get an absolutely stupidly big bid.
Neither player is looking to leave or is going to be agitate for a move.
FFS stop pissing the bed every time someone fills column inches linking a random club to one of our players.
Some of you folk will give yourselves a stroke the way you are going.