Rushworth brings it up to 25.
Raphael is now a senior player.
Rushworth brings it up to 25.Counting up I believe the club has only 24 over 21 y.o. players even counting Collins & the injured players so there is still room for 1 more player. Amirite?
He'd more likely go when fit in August I guess but if a club is confident on the progress of his injury then they may decide to try earlier to be beat the queue!!!He's out for a month or so, not done his ACL
It's a go-to response, I am sure soon he will whip out your interaction stats to try and belittle you more.Why are you making it personal? it’s a discussion on a football forum, don’t get so flustered about differing opinions. I made the point about the defence being the issue and not goal scoring. You jumped in asking how many the strikers scored. So one would assume you felt goalscoring was an issue not the defence.
When someone makes a valid counter argument to something you’ve said. You seem to turn to insults about people’s intelligence rather than make a balanced response. Odd
For the record, I’m not sure I even commented on the Wilson starting thread?
You mentioned I discussed the centre halves. I haven't mentioned them at all, you then said i was flittering between different points.Why are you making it personal? it’s a discussion on a football forum, don’t get so flustered about differing opinions. I made the point about the defence being the issue and not goal scoring. You jumped in asking how many the strikers scored. So one would assume you felt goalscoring was an issue not the defence.
When someone makes a valid counter argument to something you’ve said. You seem to turn to insults about people’s intelligence rather than make a balanced response. Odd
For the record, I’m not sure I even commented on the Wilson starting thread?
His reaction score is fairly decent.It's a go-to response, I am sure soon he will whip out your interaction stats to try and belittle you more.
I have mentioned his tedious passion for gazumping people and his self congratulatory nature to him but alas it's to no avail.It's a go-to response, I am sure soon he will whip out your interaction stats to try and belittle you more.
Completely agree, one permanent and on loanI think we will use the loan market for one of the forward areas
Maybe , depending on funds and squad numbersCompletely agree, one permanent and on loan
And to be honest then I'd be happy. 4 quality signings. I'm sure we shall see the departure of one of the following (Allen, Simms, Bidwell, Binks) so that might free up more cash for another signing. And 1 or 2 of the following will be loaned out (Obikwu, Bassette, Rodrigues, Andrews)We are not going to sign 2 players. We will sign a player who can play both St and RW
Yes agreed.And to be honest then I'd be happy. 4 quality signings. I'm sure we shall see the departure of one of the following (Allen, Simms, Bidwell, Binks) so that might free up more cash for another signing. And 1 or 2 of the following will be loaned out (Obikwu, Bassette, Rodrigues, Andrews)
It is not a priority - the defensive record post Lampard could be improved a bit but definitely improved (1.47 goals per game pre Lampard to 1.13 post), and better still it went to 1 per game from Norwich onwards when the Kitching and Thomas partnership was restored.
The strikers arent shit at all. Even Simms who most would acknowledge has come in for some stick is a proven championship striker. It’s a fact. So are Wright and BTA. We can improve there but to say they are shit is ridiculousYou mentioned I discussed the centre halves. I haven't mentioned them at all, you then said i was flittering between different points.
My point is. The strikers are shit.
On the centre halves, the backup 2 are shit also.
Ahh yeah, Rapha just snuck into the over 21 category. In which case there is no alternative, Collins out!Rushworth brings it up to 25.
Raphael is now a senior player.
I make 26 as Raphael and Bell were both over 21 at 1 January 2025Counting up I believe the club has only 24 over 21 y.o. players even counting Collins & the injured players so there is still room for 1 more player. Amirite?
They could always deregister Dovin until January to free up a space, recovery time depending of courseRushworth brings it up to 25.
Raphael is now a senior player.
Either Bell or Collins wont get registered anywayI make 26 as Raphael and Bell were both over 21 at 1 January 2025
I think Bell will be out on loan, the club won't be registering him with up to 4 goalies ahead of him.I make 26 as Raphael and Bell were both over 21 at 1 January 2025
They could always deregister Dovin until January to free up a space, recovery time depending of course
They could always deregister Dovin until January to free up a space, recovery time depending of course
Smart, that’s actually a good idea
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Just deregister Collins. Not like he’s going to play while we have three other goalies plus BellNot if Dovin is ready to play again in December say and Rushworth gets injured. We’d be left with Wilson again.
Transfermarkt list Bell's birthday as 01/04/2004. Assuming that the FA simply update the rules in the handbook from last year, an U21 will be a player born on or after 01/01/2004.I make 26 as Raphael and Bell were both over 21 at 1 January 2025
if i had a pound for every time a turkish tweet said they were signing milan i'm buy him myself
Exactly. You can’t really say ‘Haji can play LW’ if he’s starting upfront and Lampard has given every indication that is what he intends to do.Do agree on the lack of depth on the wings especially if you don’t include Wright as a left winger but as the starting striker.
It’s a big reason I liked the Belgian Striker link as he can play off the Right or down the centre as a 9 while being happy in possession to drop deeper into midfield.
I think it’s fair, I think in a ideal world I would want to freshen our St options but being pragmatic if we can get one Winger who can play both sides and either a more box to box cm to push torp up or a AM then we would have players in each role.Exactly. You can’t really say ‘Haji can play LW’ if he’s starting upfront and Lampard has given every indication that is what he intends to do.
If we sell/loan a striker out and we sign someone who can play multiple positions that’s ideal. Even multi-positional players like Windass or Goodrham (not necessarily them) are good options because they play 2-3 positions comfortably. Whereas having Simms, BTA and Bassette all as specialist strikers is a bit much and restricts their game time.
In my view, the bench should look something like:
GK - cover
FB - cover
CB - cover
CM1 - Torp - playmaking option
CM2 - Eccles - more defensive
RW - Rapha (hopefully we get an upgrade)
AM/ LW - someone who can cover across the the forward line
ST - BTA
ST - Simms
We either get an AM like Rudoni who can play out wide or a winger who can comfortably play both sides.
For your 5 subs:
- Bring a CM on according to game state, Torp if we’re chasing, Eccles to tighten things up
- Winger 1 for Sakamoto / Rudoni if they can play AM
- Winger 2 for EMC
- ST for Haji / whether we choose to change to 2 strikers
Here, you can bring on a striker for EMC to perhaps shift Haji to LW and still bring an AM for Rudoni and another winger for Sakamoto.
At the forum last night Doug has never appeared more comfortable in the role
He’s chuffed to bits with Paul Tyrrel and Nicola Ibbotson who were very impressive in person. We are losing the same amount of money operationally each year but instead of spending £15m on the playing squad and losing £6-7m we are spending like £25m and losing a similar figure.
He doesn’t have the money to invest £7m a season and will need partners or investment or to sell to sustain his involvement
I’ll add a summary pre notes coming out in the forum thread
Who's place in the 25 man club squad, does Rapha take if your naming him on the bench?Exactly. You can’t really say ‘Haji can play LW’ if he’s starting upfront and Lampard has given every indication that is what he intends to do.
If we sell/loan a striker out and we sign someone who can play multiple positions that’s ideal. Even multi-positional players like Windass or Goodrham (not necessarily them) are good options because they play 2-3 positions comfortably. Whereas having Simms, BTA and Bassette all as specialist strikers is a bit much and restricts their game time.
In my view, the bench should look something like:
GK - cover
FB - cover
CB - cover
CM1 - Torp - playmaking option
CM2 - Eccles - more defensive
RW - Rapha (hopefully we get an upgrade)
AM/ LW - someone who can cover across the the forward line
ST - BTA
ST - Simms
We either get an AM like Rudoni who can play out wide or a winger who can comfortably play both sides.
For your 5 subs:
- Bring a CM on according to game state, Torp if we’re chasing, Eccles to tighten things up
- Winger 1 for Sakamoto / Rudoni if they can play AM
- Winger 2 for EMC
- ST for Haji / whether we choose to change to 2 strikers
Here, you can bring on a striker for EMC to perhaps shift Haji to LW and still bring an AM for Rudoni and another winger for Sakamoto.
It’s illustrative at this point because the only winger in the squad outside of Sakamoto and EMC.Who's place in the 25 man club squad, does Rapha take if your naming him on the bench?
I think even if we lost both wingers we'd play Wright and/or BTA or even KKH/Brau on the wing before Rapha gets a start.It’s illustrative at this point because the only winger in the squad outside of Sakamoto and EMC.
I’d be surprised and disappointed if we don’t sign at least 2 forward players before the end of the window.
If we had 2 wingers who could get 6-9 goal contributions from the bench, that would make a huge difference over a 46 game season. In fact, I think Sakamoto would be perfect for this role.
I think even if we lost both wingers we'd play Wright and/or BTA or even KKH/Brau on the wing before Rapha gets a start.
Hence the reason I posted yesterday that he needs to be moved on, (and Collins and Bidwell) as we are now up to the 25 man squad limit, but still ideally need a CF/WM and CH
Yes mainly from the left where he's obviously better. Not sure what you're refusing to see here tbh.Haji Wright was the 4th highest scoring striker whilst missing 3 months of the season…
As things stand, the front 3 will be Sakamoto-Wright-EMC. It really is that simple and if you want a player better than Haji, you’re gonna need to spend in the region of £10m.
Not sure what this means either tbh.. he was signed as a striker so that's where he'll play? Well we've had him for 2 seasons and that's not where he's played the majority of his games.He was signed as a striker and that’s where he’ll play next season so the focus on Simms, Bassette or BTA is somewhat beside the point… they’re all role players.
With wingers, you have 2 on the field and with 5 subs, you’d want the option to change 4 midfielders in most cases.
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