Ridiculous.
Sheaf is here getting the weird O’Hare treatment from our fans. We know he’ll leave soon so suddenly he’s not good enough.
Reality is he can be one of the best in the division and we should hope he can reach his best
Think this is the weaker year with Luton messing up, Norwich/West Brom (recent play off teams) in transition, and promoted teams being mid table at best.
Top 4 look good other than that it’s very so so
Our best 11 in my mind is:
Easier Games:
Dovin
MvE Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Grimes
Sheaf Rudoni
Saka Simms Wright
Tougher Games:
Dovin
MvE Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Grimes Sheaf
Torp
Rudoni Simms Wright
- Sheaf has to start if fit but expect him to be rotated way more. Have...
Think we really need 10+ from the next 5 as the next block of 5 includes Sunderland, Sheff U, and Burnley so would be good to create a buffer before those games.
If we're within 3 points after the Burnley game I think we'll do it
Think it has been a 7/10 window.
Positive is that Grimes looks like a great buy and we haven’t lost anyone
Lack of depth on our right hand side stopping it from being a great window. We’re a freak injury to MvE from having no RB and if we go back to 4-3-3 we only have Sakamoto as a natural RW
The plan is (or was) to get another winger to replace BTA (hence interest in Thomas and Matondo)
We’re only going to play 1 up front and have 3 solid options. We definitely do not need a fourth.
Besides, nobody will loan a player us who will not play
Binks wasn’t on 30k at Bologna and he’s definitely not on 30k here. TransferMarkt is guessing most players wages
I can’t believe this conversation is happening again, maybe we should discuss Vik’s sell-on percentage instead?
Proof will be in the pudding I guess
Sheaf will be managed better for sure (no more injections and playing 90 mins while carrying an injury) but if he's fully fit he plays
Gives us flexibility in the middle for the first time in a long time.
Can double-pivot against the strong teams in the division or play two 8's against teams who will sit back
Naive to only sign one type of player and has been our downfall this season.
Brighton are the best in the country at developing young talent to sell, but still signed Lallana, Milner, Welbeck etc to help the squad.
If Wright comes back on top form until the end of the season he will go in the summer.
World Cup in the USA means his agent will be pushing for a move.
Frank wants a 6 who can receive the ball from the defence on the half turn and progress us forward and two dynamic creative number 8’s in midfield.
Eccles is neither of those things
EMC is going to have to be an impact-sub/rotation option at LW for the rest of the season in the knowledge that we’ll sell Wright and he’ll be first-choice next year
Fulham and Bournemouth already had Premier League stints with a lot of cash and were bouncing back
Forest are the outliers having not been in the Prem for so long (like us), but it took a ridiculous amount of signings and breaking FFP
The gap is getting bigger.
Southampton could break the record for lowest points total but will no doubt be chasing autos next season. Sheff U were terrible and have been the best team this season.
A team like Bournemouth would not be able to survive multiple seasons at the level previously...
On the playing style, I’m not sure what people expect when we've had game after game since Frank has come in.
I watch a decent amount of EFL so taking Kieran McKenna as an example.
He went into Ipswich mid-season and made them difficult to beat. It was only after his first pre-season that he...