David O'Day
Well-Known Member
Remember when Coleman played Grandison up front? Absolute shit show
Sticking a defender upfront will show straight away how much more running and mobility is needed to play there than at the back. It would be a shit show.
And then barely be able to field a team when injuries hit?
Get Baka in for Biamou next game, Baka can actually lay it off without taking 15 touches and changing direction 6 times.
Turps?
I was going to mention Dublin. But he’s the exception that proves the rule for me.
Outside of about 15 players he doesn't rate anyone else in the squad, whats the point of having them?
Right here me out. Baka and Max wide in a front three.
Maroši
Dabo Østigård McFadzean McCallum
Hamer James
Biamou O’Hare Baka
Walker
Difference is Dublin was a forward going back, rather than a defnder going forward. So he had that movement etc already and didn't need to use it as much. Osti going forward wouldn't have that natural movement.
Do they have a League One squad?
Do they have the same budget as us?
It’s we’ll known that the best way to beat an attritional team is to leave your most tired players in.
Really missed osti tonight. I think we’d have won 1-0 had he played
Isn’t that the whole notion behind starting your best players but making changes as the game goes on?So... you’re saying sprightly sub-par is an upgrade to tired starters ?
Isn’t that the whole notion behind starting your best players but making changes as the game goes on?
Stop sniffing them highlighter pens
Well not really, 4 players on that bench were signed or re signed for this campaign. 3 of which aren't deemed good enough to get a run out when the first 11 are dead on their feet. This isn't down to Robins, it's the scouting department, sign less players of higher quality.
The seats behind the goals would be in serious danger.Right here me out. Baka and Max wide in a front three.
Maroši
Dabo Østigård McFadzean McCallum
Hamer James
Biamou O’Hare Baka
Walker
So... you’re saying sprightly sub-par is an upgrade to tired starters ?
So just have a squad of 15?
And then 6 or 7 get injured... Just forfeit every game?
Excellent debateRubbish
That's exactly how subs work.So... you’re saying sprightly sub-par is an upgrade to tired starters ?
So you leave your best players on the bench until your worst ones batter the other team down?If what you have on the bench is an upgrade, sure
That's exactly how subs work.
I'd argue we don't concede the secondExcellent debate
That's not what I said. Build a strongest 18 man squad we can afford, then we can have a Biamou or Hyam to fall on if we're desperate. Why did we sign an fat asthmatic kraut from a pub league? did the club even watch him or was he signed from a spreadsheet of stats? We aren't spending what little money we have wisely.
But about 13 of our 26 were signed for League 1 or league 2. The re signed ones surely shows the limitations of our budget.
It is ok Grendel quoting Barnsley as a model but they only just stayed up last season.
do they have the 7th biggest budget in the league sorry it’s a pathetic argument
Shows lack of ambition, Why re sign Baka? because hes cheap? he adds nothing to the team and didn't in League one either. It's decisions like that, that have hampered our progress this season.
You don’t think O’Hare, Hamer, Walker were money well spent?
Complaining about second tier signings not coming off is a little OTT. No manager has a perfect record. We lost Jones early and Shipley, Jobello and Allen haven’t stepped up. We started the season with 8 AMs and only O’Hare has performed.
They are punching above their weight for sure and as a team and club they are above where they’d expect to finish. Also if we looked to sign Chaplin this summer most of our fans would say he’s no better than bakaNo they've yo yo'd between divisions, increasing their budget as a result & with a business model to find undervalued players they have slowly overhauled the squad with players capable of playing at the higher level.
They only stayed up on a technicality last season & now their patience with the business model is paying off. We could have a very similar story given the chance.
Shows lack of ambition, Why re sign Baka? because hes cheap? he adds nothing to the team and didn't in League one either. It's decisions like that, that have hampered our progress this season.
Yeah they are subs. To be used when players tire or get injured.Come on now. You’re telling me that our bench isn’t mostly emergency bodies in case of injuries?
You're not getting it are you?
In an ideal world we would replace the likes of Baka, we know for a fact we were happy to let Biamou leave etc but can't simply do it in one window, we don't have the budget to do it.
We didn't need to replace Baka, his contract had ended, so why was Baka signed for another year? It's a complete waste of money that could have been saved. I keep seeing that we have no money in the pot, we're throwing money when we can't afford too.
Yeah they are subs. To be used when players tire or get injured.
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