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Danceswithhorses

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  • Today at 2:10 PM
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I hope teams see how we played against Middlesbrough, and just copy our tactics.
We were very effective against them, and nullified their impressive midfield.
 
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Alkhen

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  • Today at 2:12 PM
  • #14,772
Liquid Gold said:
I'm not a 'recruitment truther'. I think in the main we've done very well.

I think however that we left ourselves short in the summer window and that really affected us in the winter months.

We've done excellently well in January to rectify that but we'd probably be out of sight now if we just did that in the summer.
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Agreed, the wings were a clear issue and I fully understand we couldn't turn down the Sheaf offer from Wrexham, I doubt we'd planned for that, didn't we try a late deal for Bogarde or whatever his name is at Villa? We were definitely short a holding player. Grimes worked so well but ran out steam. Thankfully Onyeka has plugged that and Esse, Yang and
Markelo add loads of depth to the front line.

Feels like only Rushworth and Dasilva who we'd struggle to cover now
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 3:12 PM
  • #14,773
Sheff Wednesday's takeover is off

If they were to start next season in admin do they get another deduction?
 
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AOM

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  • Today at 3:22 PM
  • #14,774
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 3:45 PM
  • #14,775
alexccfc99 said:
Sheff Wednesday's takeover is off

If they were to start next season in admin do they get another deduction?
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No, but that will be the least of their concerns.
 
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CovRes

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  • Today at 3:52 PM
  • #14,776
alexccfc99 said:
Sheff Wednesday's takeover is off

If they were to start next season in admin do they get another deduction?
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They should have accepted the Ashley bid. Yes they'd have started next season with a points deduction, but they were never getting promoted anyway.

If approval had come through in time, they could be already planning their rebuild.

And yes, I think being in admin would see a points deduction.
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 3:53 PM
  • #14,777
Brighton Sky Blue said:
No, but that will be the least of their concerns.
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Looked like this bloke who has pulled out was/is a bit of a crook, professional poker player by all accounts - Wonder if it is the bloke who went on CWR and said he is close to buying us as well as forging all the solicitors documents

Wouldn't surprise me to see Mike Ashley swoop in at the 11th and a half hour to get it as cheap as poss, Hillsborough would be plastered in Frasers advertising next season but least they would have a club to support I guess
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Today at 3:58 PM
  • #14,778
alexccfc99 said:
Sheff Wednesday's takeover is off

If they were to start next season in admin do they get another deduction?
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I've said before but there is a big chance of them being liquidated. I was never convinced there was a viable takeover for them.
 

alexccfc99

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  • Today at 4:00 PM
  • #14,779
fernandopartridge said:
I've said before but there is a big chance of them being liquidated. I was never convinced there was a viable takeover for them.
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I dunno, I just cannot see anyone allowing a club the size of Sheffield Wednesday ceasing to exist

2019 when Bury and Bolton were going to the wall, no disrespect to Bury at all but there was a reason they didn't make it and a club the size of Bolton did

Someone, somewhere will be daft enough to take a club like Bolton or Sheff Weds on - Bury were unfortunately not a big enough name to be saved
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 4:14 PM
  • #14,780
alexccfc99 said:
Looked like this bloke who has pulled out was/is a bit of a crook, professional poker player by all accounts - Wonder if it is the bloke who went on CWR and said he is close to buying us as well as forging all the solicitors documents

Wouldn't surprise me to see Mike Ashley swoop in at the 11th and a half hour to get it as cheap as poss, Hillsborough would be plastered in Frasers advertising next season but least they would have a club to support I guess
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Interestingly they’ve spent quite a bit keeping the club’s losses funded in the meantime but decided not to proceed. If they’re losing £12 million a year and also need someone to pay for renovations at Hillsborough on top, it’s a big ask.

I’m still sure they will get a white knight though.
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Today at 4:16 PM
  • #14,781
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Interestingly they’ve spent quite a bit keeping the club’s losses funded in the meantime but decided not to proceed. If they’re losing £12 million a year and also need someone to pay for renovations at Hillsborough on top, it’s a big ask.

I’m still sure they will get a white knight though.
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Tim Fisher was on record being a big Sheffield Wednesday fan...

Maybe they could have him and Joy
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 4:20 PM
  • #14,782
alexccfc99 said:
Tim Fisher was on record being a big Sheffield Wednesday fan...

Maybe they could have him and Joy
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The story says an American group is still interested, knowing their luck it’ll be Preston Haskell IV
 
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covcity4life

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  • Today at 4:27 PM
  • #14,783
fernandopartridge said:
To be fair we also hadn't got a direct replacement for Sheaf which we now have. We still had a strong squad but it wouldn't be unfair to say it over-performed early season.
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No disagreement about over petofmring. Think papering over cracks is a bit different though personally.
Liquid Gold said:
I'm not a 'recruitment truther'. I think in the main we've done very well.

I think however that we left ourselves short in the summer window and that really affected us in the winter months.

We've done excellently well in January to rectify that but we'd probably be out of sight now if we just did that in the summer.
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Too much of a simplification. No top team in world would ever thave a bad patch if that was true and most tlegaues be over by February
 

Para1140

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  • Today at 4:37 PM
  • #14,784
fernandopartridge said:
I've said before but there is a big chance of them being liquidated. I was never convinced there was a viable takeover for them.
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I can see William Storey making his annual appearance shortly
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • 43 minutes ago
  • #14,785
covcity4life said:
No disagreement about over petofmring. Think papering over cracks is a bit different though personally.

Too much of a simplification. No top team in world would ever thave a bad patch if that was true and most tlegaues be over by February
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You don't think our results would have been better with Esse and Onyeka in the team from the end of November?
 
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Lamps

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  • 39 minutes ago
  • #14,786
Liquid Gold said:
I'm not a 'recruitment truther'. I think in the main we've done very well.

I think however that we left ourselves short in the summer window and that really affected us in the winter months.

We've done excellently well in January to rectify that but we'd probably be out of sight now if we just did that in the summer.
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It isn't easy to bring in the quality players we are after without spending over the odds. We had to wait for Brentford to spend £35m on a player before Onyeka was seen as disposable. It is well worth waiting a few months from selling Sheaf and adding a couple of million to bring in the quality we have.
 

clint van damme

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  • 38 minutes ago
  • #14,787
Liquid Gold said:
You don't think our results would have been better with Esse and Onyeka in the team from the end of November?
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They definitely would of.
But would they have been as good prior to that if we'd had Onyeka?

Grimes on his own was working fine until it wasn't. And we couldn't recruit anyone else until January.

I'm playing devil's advocate a bit here because I think the squad was a body or 2 short.
 
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Liquicon

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  • 38 minutes ago
  • #14,788
Liquid Gold said:
You don't think our results would have been better with Esse and Onyeka in the team from the end of November?
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Onyeka wouldn't have done much tbf as he would have been at AFCON
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • 38 minutes ago
  • #14,789
Lamps said:
It isn't easy to bring in the quality players we are after without spending over the odds. We had to wait for Brentford to spend £35m on a player before Onyeka was seen as disposable. It is well worth waiting a few months from selling Sheaf and adding a couple of million to bring in the quality we have.
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Who did Brentford sign in midfield for £35m?
 

Lamps

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  • 35 minutes ago
  • #14,790
Liquid Gold said:
You don't think our results would have been better with Esse and Onyeka in the team from the end of November?
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Were they available before we signed them?
 

shmmeee

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  • 35 minutes ago
  • #14,791
Lamps said:
Were they available before we signed them?
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Think Onyeka was, Esse probably not, Yang obviously was cos he went to Portsmouth
 

Lamps

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  • 20 minutes ago
  • #14,792
Ccfcisparks said:
Who did Brentford sign in midfield for £35m?
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Dango Ouattara. They kept Onyeka as cover as they had another midfielder injured, but when he returned Onyeka ended up 4th choice and lucky to get on the bench. But IIRC he played in 9 games for them this season.
 

Grendel

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  • 17 minutes ago
  • #14,793
Lamps said:
Dango Ouattara. They kept Onyeka as cover as they had another midfielder injured, but when he returned Onyeka ended up 4th choice and lucky to get on the bench. But IIRC he played in 9 games for them this season.
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He was a winger at Bournemouth wasn’t he?
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • 10 minutes ago
  • #14,794
Grendel said:
He was a winger at Bournemouth wasn’t he?
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He's only played as a winger at Brentford and he signed in the summer not January.
 

Lamps

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  • 3 minutes ago
  • #14,795
Grendel said:
He was a winger at Bournemouth wasn’t he?
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Both wings and the middle. Like Onyeka plays all over the place.
 

Lamps

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  • 2 minutes ago
  • #14,796
Ccfcisparks said:
He's only played as a winger at Brentford and he signed in the summer not January.
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They said it was the reason why he became available. But I'm not surprised of the 2 people trying to say differently.
 

David O'Day

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  • 1 minute ago
  • #14,797
Lamps said:
Both wings and the middle. Like Onyeka plays all over the place.
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In his last 50 games he has not once played in CM

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