This is absurd as some of the 'Robins out' stuff that people were posting last autumn just because we weren't taking teams to the cleaners every week.
I've had your side on a lot of debates this summer but to be honest i still think you just don't like Lampard so your mind is already made up on him regardless of what he does.
I remember some on here linking him to the Brentford and England job,
Imagine the meltdown if we'd had a first match like the Blunts had!
I mean this is it. I’ve seen much worse performances at the CBS. Even under Lampard.
Don’t use BBC mate, not the best source for it.
We just lacked a cutting edge but i'm more annoyed at the recruitment side as anyone who didn't know that already hasn't been paying attention. He's been left with some slop, especially up front, and it needs addressing asap.
It’s a hard choice though as if we purely looking at stats, the defence was the issue last year as we created the second highest chances.
It's hard though. We have to recruit to make us better. Which means we're shopping in a different pool imo. Would rather they take their time and get the right people in that represent an upgrade Vs just numbers
Not disagreeing but it's the same system and same players that got us to the playoffs after a horrendous start. So it's not fundamentally broken
Well yeh he needs the opportunity to bring in a striker that would suit the way he wants to play. I don't think its either/or, we should absolutely be looking at the defence too. It would be totally normal for a new manager to be allowed to bring in at least 3 more new faces this summer.
So if you ignore a load of wins, then his win % isn't very good?
Footy stats is a very good website for this and imo is the best to use in game analysis .
I agree, I guess i should save judgement on the recruitment until the window is done. The longer it goes on you can't help but get the bad feeling about missing out on targets though.
Yeah but this is the problem with the model atm. We sell to recruit but I don’t think we can afford to have five strikers on the books and I doubt there’s a large que atm for the prices wanted.
That might be the case. But that happens to every club. I'd rather we risked missing out by focusing on genuine upgrades Vs filling the squad with deadwood. The fact that they bid 7mn+ for the best young defender in the Championship tells me that they are focused on quality and options not discussed here.
According to FotMob:
All good focusing on quality but you don’t want to be missing out on both quality and quantity because of it
And I would be amazed if that isn't an opinion shared by the management team. No Simms again at the weekend, preferred to bring on Wright through the middle and shift BTA left, no Basette at all. Speaks volumes. Would expect at least a loan or two out there.
they're not going to be bringing vast quantities of high quality in. The strategy is to bring in three upgrades is my guess. One of which we know about and others rumoured (Travis, Fanne, Bertaccini)
Come on SBG you know how the forum works by now
It seems Simms and Bassette are being ushered towards the exit, hopefully someone bites.
I'm not disagreeing with you, i've been saying all summer we're looking at quality and its harder to get done. I just hope we haven't overplayed our hand and end up stuck with the same issues all over again.
