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Saddlebrains

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  • Today at 11:33 AM
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SBT said:
There is an extremely high chance that it is, in fact, good enough. We shall see at the end of the season.

Are we no longer classing Jake Bidwell or Josh Eccles as capable players now?
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Bidwell absolutely
 
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Balli001

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  • Today at 11:35 AM
  • #8,402
Ccfcisparks said:
The usual anti signing brigade are saying we should be happy with what we have.

All thats being asked for is a statement midfield signing ala Hamer, Louza, Onyeka and Andrews going out on loan.

That isn't asking for the world, particularly for a team at the top of the league looking to cement their position there.
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You are correct it isnt asking for much., You however go into a major meltdown if we dont actually acheive that
 
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steve101

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  • Today at 11:39 AM
  • #8,403
Ccfcisparks said:
I dont want Bidwell playing any games in the run in, you are correct.
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If we get to a point in the season where not losing is what's needed (rather than needing the 3 points), then Bidwell will be useful, or protecting a lead in the last 10. He is still a decent defender. If we are playing a team who are launching it into the box, Bidwell will be more useful than DaSilva.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:39 AM
  • #8,404
Balli001 said:
You are correct it isnt asking for much., You however go into a major meltdown if we dont actually acheive that
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I dont really do I.

In the summer me and a few other posters said the squad was thin and we would probably suffer as a consequence, which we did.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:40 AM
  • #8,405
I also dont get this notion its not fair on the players who've got us "here" to sign new players and not let them finish the job.

If you told the players tomorrow Hamer was signing they would all be over the moon. (no, not the fizzy one)
 
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Bernie Rhodes Nose

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  • Today at 11:45 AM
  • #8,406
Brighton Sky Blue said:
He’s been displaced by Granit Xhaka who’s the best player in that squad by a long distance. I no longer think he’s what we need but he isn’t a bad player.
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And as good as if not better than quite a few midfielders in the Prem
 
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SBT

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  • Today at 11:48 AM
  • #8,407
Ccfcisparks said:
In the summer me and a few other posters said the squad was thin and we would probably suffer as a consequence, which we did.
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We've suffered this season?
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:48 AM
  • #8,408
SBT said:
We've suffered this season?
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We have certainly suffered the last month or so yes.
 
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SBT

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  • Today at 11:49 AM
  • #8,409
Ccfcisparks said:
We have certainly suffered the last month or so yes.
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Yes, what agony it was
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:50 AM
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SBT said:
Yes, what agony it was
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Well yes we have gone from 14 point head start to being in nail biting territory so yes it was pretty bad, glad you agree.
 
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Trueskyblue20

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  • Today at 11:52 AM
  • #8,411
I mean, this was the bench against Birmingham

Lampard has done an amazing job with what he has but our poor form in December was because our squad was running on empty



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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:52 AM
  • #8,412
Trueskyblue20 said:
I mean, this was the bench against Birmingham

Lampard has done an amazing job with what he has but our poor form in December was because our squad was running on empty



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Exactly.
 

Chris1987

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  • Today at 11:53 AM
  • #8,413
Ccfcisparks said:
The usual anti signing brigade are saying we should be happy with what we have.

All thats being asked for is a statement midfield signing ala Hamer, Louza, Onyeka and Andrews going out on loan.

That isn't asking for the world, particularly for a team at the top of the league looking to cement their position there.
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What I find difficult to comprehend is why it seems to take us so long to get some of the players we want in. We can only speculate
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 11:54 AM
  • #8,414
Chris1987 said:
What I find difficult to comprehend is why it seems to take us so long to get some of the players we want in. We can only speculate
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Because they're players in demand from elsewhere as well as here.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:55 AM
  • #8,415
Chris1987 said:
What I find difficult to comprehend is why it seems to take us so long to get some of the players we want in. We can only speculate
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I appreciate that yes for Onyeka for example there could be multiple moving parts with AFCON etc, but to me it suggests theres been pretty poor planning all told.
 
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SBT

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  • Today at 11:58 AM
  • #8,416
We had a series of injuries, illnesses and suspensions coupled with a string of some of the hardest games of the season and a couple of rivals hitting form. We signed two new players in positions where we had literally no cover, and now all those injured and suspended players are back. Through it all we remained top of the league by a multi-game margin.

If we decide we want a short-term loan to plug a gap or want to get our PL shopping started early then I'm all for it, but this notion that we're doomed to miss out on promotion unless we sign four or five new PL offcuts in this window is just people struggling to deal with the stress of a (extremely favourable) promotion race.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Today at 11:59 AM
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TBH if we don’t bring anyone in when we clearly want to my bigger concern is that yet again Doug and Dean have between them failed to do business they’ve deemed the club need. We saw it with EMC, with the Hamer replacement, with Kitching. There’s a trend of not identifying players in our budget and overpaying because of lack of options causing time pressures. Which going into the biggest window of the last quarter century or more is a worry.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 11:59 AM
  • #8,418
SBT said:
We had a series of injuries, illnesses and suspensions coupled with a string of some of the hardest games of the season and a couple of rivals hitting form. We signed two new players in positions where we had literally no cover, and now all those injured and suspended players are back. Through it all we remained top of the league by a multi-game margin.

If we decide we want a short-term loan to plug a gap or want to get our PL shopping started early then I'm all for it, but this notion that we're doomed to miss out on promotion unless we sign four or five new PL offcuts in this window is just people struggling to deal with the stress of a (extremely favourable) promotion race.
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OK so you think we are likely to suffer no injuries before season end, correct?
 
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SBT

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  • Today at 12:02 PM
  • #8,419
Ccfcisparks said:
OK so you think we are likely to suffer no injuries before season end, correct?
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Yes it is actually no longer possible for us to have anymore injuries and suspensions this season, that's why I've been arguing this all along
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 12:03 PM
  • #8,420
SBT said:
Yes it is actually no longer possible for us to have anymore injuries and suspensions this season, that's why I've been arguing this all along
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That is your most cohesive argument yet
 

shmmeee

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  • Today at 12:03 PM
  • #8,421
SBT said:
Yes it is actually no longer possible for us to have anymore injuries and suspensions this season, that's why I've been arguing this all along
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Do you accept the club think they want another midfielder even if you disagree?
 
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Bernie Rhodes Nose

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  • Today at 12:04 PM
  • #8,422
Trueskyblue20 said:
I wonder what everyone’s favourite packet of crisps is
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Raspberry ripple
 

covcity4life

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  • Today at 12:04 PM
  • #8,423
Saddlebrains said:
Bidwell absolutely
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Capable enough to help us get 3pts on boxing day
 
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Matt smith

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  • Today at 12:05 PM
  • #8,424
KKH will be the back up left back I’d hope but agree I think we should be strengthening there too
 
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Matt smith

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  • Today at 12:05 PM
  • #8,425
covcity4life said:
Capable enough to help us get 3pts on boxing day
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He’s not good enough, it’s quite simple
 
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SBT

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  • Today at 12:06 PM
  • #8,426
shmmeee said:
Do you accept the club think they want another midfielder even if you disagree?
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What's the evidence that they do - newspaper/ITK rumours? Anything more concrete than that?

I don't think the club share the view that if we don't get someone in then we're doomed to miss out on promotion
 

covcity4life

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  • Today at 12:06 PM
  • #8,427
Matt smith said:
He’s not good enough, it’s quite simple
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For what?

Prem? Agree
Next season for us if still in championship? Agree

For 4 more months this season as a back up LB? Of course he is.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 12:07 PM
  • #8,428
SBT said:
What's the evidence that they do - newspaper/ITK rumours? Anything more concrete than that?

I don't think the club share the view that if we don't get someone in then we're doomed to miss out on promotion
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Christ this is desperate
 

Matt smith

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  • Today at 12:07 PM
  • #8,429
covcity4life said:
For what?

Prem? Agree
Next season for us if still in championship? Agree

For 4 more months this season as a back up LB? Of course he is.
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He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.
 

Matt smith

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  • Today at 12:08 PM
  • #8,430
Fingers crossed we get a midfielder through the door this week
 
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SBT

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  • Today at 12:08 PM
  • #8,431
Matt smith said:
He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.
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Have you seen the Championship table in the last five months?
 
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covcity4life

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  • Today at 12:08 PM
  • #8,432
Matt smith said:
He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.
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He played Vs Swansea and we won and we kept a clean sheet.

We're top of the league.

He is good enough for that role clearly
 
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TomRad85

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  • Today at 12:09 PM
  • #8,433
We do need another CM. Probably best to wait until the window is over before moaning about it though.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 12:10 PM
  • #8,434
TomRad85 said:
We do need another CM. Probably best to wait until the window is over before moaning about it though.
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You do know we have games before the window closes?
 
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wingy

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  • Today at 12:11 PM
  • #8,435
Matt smith said:
He’s not good enough as a back up for a team top of the league.
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So long as it's a portion of a game or 1 in 3 there is no reason to doubt his professionalism imo.
 
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