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CCFCSteve

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fernandopartridge said:
I wonder what the expectation was for Bassette when he signed. Where was he supposed to fit in? Similar to BTA really, in hindsight not bad players on the face of it but not obviously suited to a role in our favoured system.
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Yeah, very strange. BTA is the weirder one for me as he’s hitting his peak years and yet I just couldn’t/can’t see him being a regular starter here. Did he really see that for himself ? Wonder what Robins told him ?

Bassette is still young, he should've just got his head down, worked hard on developing his game and made the most of his chances as and when they came along. Doesn’t sound like he’s had that attitude so far though. I’d still prefer loan only as I reckon with the right mindset he could end up being a really good player
 
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RoboCCFC90

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skyblue025 said:
Is Doyle better than Kitch? If the answer is Yes (it is) we will be better off with him in the team. If the fee was 4-5 mil people wouldn’t be questioning it. The rumour is Man City want 10 mil, if we could do 5 mil and the rest in add ons it would be a good deal. Doyle looks to have a very high ceiling which could easily see us double our money in a couple of years.
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Doyle's rating on FotMob for 24/25 was 7.09, Kitching's was 6.91.

Doyle played 40 games to Kitching's 27 in the Championship and contributed more goals (1 more) and assists (7).
 
mmttww

mmttww

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Did someone call out when the XIs were posted for a friendly that Binks and Bassette were missing, or did I imagine it?.
 
TomRad85

TomRad85

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skyblue025 said:
Is Doyle better than Kitch? If the answer is Yes (it is) we will be better off with him in the team. If the fee was 4-5 mil people wouldn’t be questioning it. The rumour is Man City want 10 mil, if we could do 5 mil and the rest in add ons it would be a good deal. Doyle looks to have a very high ceiling which could easily see us double our money in a couple of years.
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I don't mind Kitching, think he gets a hard time from a few on here and for the last couple of seasons we've always been better when he's in the team. But the answer to your question is still yes, Doyle is better.
 
TomRad85

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Matt smith said:
I think Kitching is good but after striker he’s definitely the next upgrade in terms of the first 11, if this brau is decent
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Yes LB is a funny one. Hopefully Brau is the answer if not it's going to be another season of that being the obvious weakness.
 
Mucca Mad Boys

Mucca Mad Boys

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CCFCSteve said:
Yeah, very strange. BTA is the weirder one for me as he’s hitting his peak years and yet I just couldn’t/can’t see him being a regular starter here. Did he really see that for himself ? Wonder what Robins told him ?

Bassette is still young, he should've just got his head down, worked hard on developing his game and made the most of his chances as and when they came along. Doesn’t sound like he’s had that attitude so far though. I’d still prefer loan only as I reckon with the right mindset he could end up being a really good player
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Having 4 strikers for 1 starting position must’ve caused a lot of problems last year. None of them got a good run of games and either got bit part minutes, played out of position or both.

Pretty sure all 4 strikers believe they should all be starting in their preferred position. Signing Bassette after BTA was strange because it was a multi-million pound signing without a specific need to fill.

A loan for Bassette makes sense to me because unlike Simms and BTA, he has no track record in this league, he’s soundly a 4th choice option.
 
Mucca Mad Boys

Mucca Mad Boys

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Matt smith said:
I think Kitching is good but after striker he’s definitely the next upgrade in terms of the first 11, if this brau is decent
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Not Sakamoto? His FotMob match rating was 6.80 over 44 games. His goal tally of 4 outperformed his xG of 3.11 (or something like that). Bobby Thomas’ xG was 4.78 for reference and had about 15 more shots too.

When you’ve got 10+ wingers from last season on 12-15+ goal contributions and we have none, it’s a problem. When we only have 2 goal scorers in Wright and Rudoni.

I’d say the same about EMC, but his same size was a lot smaller and his underlying numbers suggest he could be a 15 goal/assist player over 40+ games.
 
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Matt smith

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Not Sakamoto? His FotMob match rating was 6.80 over 44 games. His goal tally of 4 outperformed his xG of 3.11 (or something like that). Bobby Thomas’ xG was 4.78 for reference and had about 15 more shots too.

When you’ve got 10+ wingers from last season on 12-15+ goal contributions and we have none, it’s a problem. When we only have 2 goal scorers in Wright and Rudoni.

I’d say the same about EMC, but his same size was a lot smaller and his underlying numbers suggest he could be a 15 goal/assist player over 40+ games.
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I like Sakamoto, do I think we need competition in that area with the potential to upgrade? Yes

but I just think it’s more imperative we upgrade at lcb

to answer EMC, I think we’ll sign a number 9 and I’d then have haji on the left
 
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Lamps

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shmmeee said:
The gap from 4th to 5th is probably the biggest in the division and definitely larger than 5th to 12th IMO. If you were clustering us we aren’t with the top four, we’re with those below us like Norwich Middlesbrough etc.
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Last season Sunderland were 4th. They may have got promotion through the playoffs but are you seriously saying they were lots better than us?

As you know my prediction for this season is 2nd to 4th. Have we improved much? What position do you see us finishing in as you keep mentioning a mid table side?
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Not Sakamoto? His FotMob match rating was 6.80 over 44 games. His goal tally of 4 outperformed his xG of 3.11 (or something like that). Bobby Thomas’ xG was 4.78 for reference and had about 15 more shots too.

When you’ve got 10+ wingers from last season on 12-15+ goal contributions and we have none, it’s a problem. When we only have 2 goal scorers in Wright and Rudoni.

I’d say the same about EMC, but his same size was a lot smaller and his underlying numbers suggest he could be a 15 goal/assist player over 40+ games.
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I was going to post that RW is a bigger priority than CB for me. Sakamoto a decent player but not effective enough consistently enough, ignoring the recency bias.
 
skybluecam

skybluecam

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Balli001 said:
Option to buy is a lot different to obligation to buy. Option means they can make an offer, doesnt mean we have to accept it
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Option: The club can choose if they want to buy him or not for a pre agreed fee

Obligation: The club must buy him for a pre agreed fee

We get no say either way.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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Matt smith said:
EMC needs a big season that’s for sure if he wants to be our frontline left winger
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He'll almost certainly be the preferred option on the left. Obviously along with being a goal threat, he wants his wingers to be a creative outlet by delivering balls into the box and creating chances.

I've mentioned this previously, it's not that Haji necessarily doesn't do that, but as a natural striker he will often look for the goalscoring opportunity.
 
Londonccfcfan

Londonccfcfan

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Would it not be stupidity to come back to a club on loan after you was there 2/3 seasons ago. Albeit we are slightly higher profile now.

So can only see a move if its obligation to buy if promoted.
 
TomRad85

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To throw in a positive, isn't it nice that our middling/squad players hold some decent value. I know we've had a couple of players worth a lot before but generally the bulk of the squad for many years was worth the grand sum of fuck all.
 
Mucca Mad Boys

Mucca Mad Boys

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Matt smith said:
I like Sakamoto, do I think we need competition in that area with the potential to upgrade? Yes

but I just think it’s more imperative we upgrade at lcb

to answer EMC, I think we’ll sign a number 9 and I’d then have haji on the left
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fernandopartridge said:
I was going to post that RW is a bigger priority than CB for me. Sakamoto a decent player but not effective enough consistently enough, ignoring the recency bias.
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If we want to improve on 5th place, we need more than 20 goal contributions in a season from the wing.

This debate has been had out, but it’s pretty clear that Haji wants to play striker and that’s also where Lampard wants to him. Haji is a blue chip striker in this league and his output for us is better when he’s playing upfront.

I don’t want anyone to get things twisted, Sakamoto is a good player but my opinion is that he’d make more of an impact as a game changer from the bench. The facts speak for themselves, Thomas is bigger goal threat than Sakamoto. EMC’s numbers in a fraction of the minutes are encouraging and suggest he could actually be a quality championship winger.

Overall, we absolutely need 3-4 wingers who can contribute and it’s a pretty low hanging fruit to find a winger capable of improving on 4 goals for the season. Outside of the starting unit… we have Rapha. That isn’t enough to get us through a 50 game season.
 
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