stevefloyd
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I think the players do contribute to an extent....nah fuck it you may be right they don't hardly contribute at all
I think the players do contribute to an extent....nah fuck it you may be right they don't hardly contribute at allIt runs deeper than that. We don’t play in a way that delivers many goals. To me, it’s the system, not the players.
It runs deeper than that. We don’t play in a way that delivers many goals. To me, it’s the system, not the players.
We never have.
We created enough yesterday to win the gameOne could argue we’ve never had the squad/resources to. Having gone out and spent big on strikers as well as bringing in far more attacking wing-backs, that no longer applies.
We created enough yesterday to win the game
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One could argue we’ve never had the squad/resources to. Having gone out and spent big on strikers as well as bringing in far more attacking wing-backs, that no longer applies.
In the first half, definitely. We were unlucky. In the second half, we didn't create much. Lots of passing just outside the box without the final ball.
Agree with much of this but Wright looks very rapid to me. There have been a number of occasions when he has shown this including the first time he touched the ball yesterday and against Leicester when he hit the bar and when he set Godden up for a goal (Watford match?). I can't think of a forward since Callum Wilson as quick. Simms I think is deceptive, a bit like Gyokrres, but only over a distance and seems very slow to react.Think this is it. We seem to have changed playing style to something more ‘attractive’ but not thought about whether that works for the players at our disposal. Countless times we slow-play it so much to the edge of the opposition box that it’d take a miracle pass for Simms/Godden/Wright to have a chance.
We’re 13th in terms of ‘Big Chances Created’ but our stats leader with 3 of the 16 is…Gustavo Hamer. Take his out and we drop to 17th. That in itself should be saying the style of play isn’t working. Neither Simms nor Wright are rapid, but they’d be far more effective with space behind the opposition defence to run into. We also need to see midfielders breaking with more intensity to join the attack - as much as I’m not overly keen on Jamie Allen, he’s the only option we have who does this anywhere near consistently.
He occasionally looks quite fast over the first 5-10 yards but then doesn't seem to be able to sustain the speed. Not sure if this is down to stamina or something else. Never looks like getting away from his defender.Agree with much of this but Wright looks very rapid to me.
He's not a good player when you compare him to Hamer, O'hare, Gyokeres and Sheaf.You said Jamie Allen "wasn't very good at football" last season though.
Could do much worse than just ask Chris Badlan nicely to come back…
Can everyone please stop obsessing about the fee paid for Haji? You’re hanging it round his neck like an albatross FFS.
If he’d cost 1.5m or 2m there’d be a lot of comments on here about him being potentially exciting and a good bit of business that brings something different to the squad. Based on what we’ve seen so far, the £7m does look like a big gamble, but in today’s football it’s not an astronomical amount. I think he’s a good player who doesn’t deserve some of the outrageous comments. He can be electric at times and he’ll score goals, just not in the numbers that Vik delivered (he only cost a third of Vik’s fee if you look at it like that).
Taking the summer transfers as a whole, I for one am pleased with the way the squad’s being developed. People like Latibaudiere, Sakamoto and Van Ewijk are great buys, and I believe Simms will be too. I didn’t expect to be at the top of the table, because having sold two great players for big money the challenge was to bring in about 8 or 10 to fill out the whole squad. That’s not easy, and we haven’t finished yet.
I agree it's relevant, I just think obsessing about and bringing it up all the time is pointless. It's also counter-productive because it's probably piling pressure on the player that isn't helping his performances. The deal is done, let's let him just play and see what he can bring to the table.He has got to be one of the highest paid in the club. You expect a better performance from a senior manager in an organisation than an apprentice
Of course his fee is relevant
What a ridiculous comment from the original posterHe has got to be one of the highest paid in the club. You expect a better performance from a senior manager in an organisation than an apprentice
Of course his fee is relevant
I guess you weren’t around that season Mowbray lost most his best players and then we sacked himOne of the worst closed seasons I can think of
Every year we see these threads appear and every year most of you end up looking incredibly stupid
I guess you weren’t around that season Mowbray lost most his best players and then we sacked him
The reason Mowbray went IMHO was he insistance on waiting for players in the transfer market who were only going to come as a last resort and ended up with better deals leaving us no time to get players in to improve things.I guess you weren’t around that season Mowbray lost most his best players and then we sacked him
The reason Mowbray went IMHO was he insistance on waiting for players in the transfer market who were only going to come as a last resort and ended up with better deals leaving us no time to get players in to improve things.
Think there was a few... Kevin Long from Burnley, Kelvin Wilson who was an absolute crock and then we ended up desperately scrambling round to sign a random Finnish crock Juhani Ojala or something.Who was that defender that he was chasing all window? I can picture him but can't recall the name.
Kelvin Wilson! thats the one, I could really picture him.Think there was a few... Kevin Long from Burnley, Kelvin Wilson who was an absolute crock and then we ended up desperately scrambling round to sign a random Finnish crock Juhani Ojala or something.
Sure was. Still not at the level of the last one all things considered imo
Mowbray walkedI guess you weren’t around that season Mowbray lost most his best players and then we sacked him
Clarissa Dickson Wright might even be a better bet. And she's dead.Ian Wright would probably been a better signing.
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