Complacency on here is completely irrelevant, i don't know why people conflate the musings of lunatics on this place with what is going on within the camp.We undoubtedly need better to secure automatics. Most on here thought that would be beyond us this year and play offs were the goal. After all, the summer window had been poor [allegedly]. There are only two places up for grabs and at least four teams in the mix. Complacency, which is rife on here right now, is the enemy.
We only have 4 outfield players of definite Prem quality - Grimes, Wright, Rudoni and MVE. If we are after the autos we have to address that starting with JDS.
It is sometimes hard to shake a bad first impression I guess.You're not mate, I don't agree with you on this but you're definitely not one for singling out players for the sake of it.
He certainly wasn't. I was wondering if the shoeing might affect his confidence coming back after being dropped for the 2nd match! Then people started getting defensive about how nobody else would have done any better etc etc but that was to miss the point completely! He was very wobbly first half on Saturday.He was being criticised for not taming Bukayo Saka FFS
Look over some of the comments on the England thread.He certainly wasn't. I was wondering if the shoeing might affect his confidence coming back after being dropped for the 2nd match! Then people started getting defensive about how nobody else would have done any better etc etc but that was to miss the point completely!
If we are after the autos we have to address that starting with JDS.
Maybe, but as everyone else has said he has been at least "good" this season.Mine are clearly not working properly DO'D
That was obviously the idea behind signing Brau but Dasilva is keeping him out the team for now. And he's generally been pretty good this season.We only have 4 outfield players of definite Prem quality - Grimes, Wright, Rudoni and MVE. If we are after the autos we have to address that starting with JDS.
Brau? Brau was not brought to be 1st choice. He's a project playerWe tried to during the summer, and he's now seemingly 3rd choice.
To sign another left back in Jan we'd have to get rid of 2 of Dasilva/Bidwell/Brau and I just don't see that happening.
There are other priorities to address in January ahead of left back.
He’s being brought off the bench as he gets used to a big step up in difficulty. Has looked fine so far.Brau? Brau was not brought to be 1st choice. He's a project player
Be better if he decreed a Fatuwa on you.........................................best winger in the League! hahahahaI would argue back that you suggested we didn't have options. We do. But I'm reluctant to press it further for fear of you decreeing a fatwa on me.
. We score and keep looking for more now.I think they are thinking about last year when that game started badly and got worse - we score the first goal and our tails are up ! And then there’s the glow factor
Get a grip ! We are not loosing our unbeaten record to this lot - we owe them for last season PUSB
And we have Grimes on board and Wright and BTA bang in formLuckily for us callum lang is injured and Brad collins isn't in goal !
*Unpopular opinion alert*We undoubtedly need better to secure automatics. Most on here thought that would be beyond us this year and play offs were the goal. After all, the summer window had been poor [allegedly]. There are only two places up for grabs and at least four teams in the mix. Complacency, which is rife on here right now, is the enemy.
We only have 4 outfield players of definite Prem quality - Grimes, Wright, Rudoni and MVE. If we are after the autos we have to address that starting with JDS.
I think that's fair. I guess I quoted your comment but made a more general point about the fact that there are people on here who have an agenda against Dasilva. You must have seen that if you read these pages regularly.I don't have an agenda, no beef with JDS or anyone else, I'm not a boo boy I don't want or are looking for a fall guy, I'm just saying it how I see it.
Think that's fair don't you, just as I accept you see it differently to me.
Personally I think Grimes is the one that would be OK in the Prem. He has vision and can ping a 30 yard pass. He had offers over the years at Swansea but was happy to stay until towards the end.*Unpopular opinion alert*
Matty Grimes isn't athletic enough to be a Prem mainstay. Undoubtedly one of, if not the best CM in the Championship but there's a reason he was at Swansea for so long despite consistently being the elite of the elite in the Championship.
I agree on the other 3 players but also think there will be some surprises to come.
Who was it?Doesnt Gavin Ward owe us a Penalty after completely missing an obvious handball vs Norwich.
I think quite a few of our first 11 at least would have to get good minutes and a lot of them would deserve it if we completed the job. It's a convo for the summer but personally I'd rather spend our budget, whatever it is, on 6 or 7 of quality rather than spread it too thin. Yes those 6 or 7 would likely be starters, performances permitting, but I would like to think a lot of this bunch would get a chance.Personally I think Grimes is the one that would be OK in the Prem. He has vision and can ping a 30 yard pass. He had offers over the years at Swansea but was happy to stay until towards the end.
Tend to agree on that recruitment approach. Let’s get there first though!I think quite a few of our first 11 at least would have to get good minutes and a lot of them would deserve it if we completed the job. It's a convo for the summer but personally I'd rather spend our budget, whatever it is, on 6 or 7 of quality rather than spread it too thin. Yes those 6 or 7 would likely be starters, performances permitting, but I would like to think a lot of this bunch would get a chance.
Getting ahead of myself mate.Tend to agree on that recruitment approach. Let’s get there first though!
Wait until ‘Jim from Kirkcaldy’ calls in to CWR at full time.Getting ahead of myself mate.
Ten players say £5m each plus £2m for a year's wages and you're looking at £70m (at least) anyway on top of the current squad and they probably still wouldn't be competitive! It'll certainly be interesting to see what happens, surely the ambition is to be more than a parachute team if the funds can be found.I'd rather give all the guys a chance in the prem. We're quite a young squad and theyll all improve loads still. Be better equipped when we inevitably go back down. I'd bank the money and set the club up for the next 10 years, you can waste £100m and still get relegated. I genuinely wouldn't hold it against the manager or owner if we ended up with zero points. After the last 20 years, it seems the right thing to do.
No chance we do that, King and Lampard obviously have ambition. We're not scratters any more, we own our ground so we don't need to collect the money to purchase that which was the main reason given by many for taking such an approach if we were promoted in previous seasons. It won't be easy but our owner wants us to be a Prem football club, he's going about it pretty well so he's not going to wave the white flag as soon as he gets there.I'd rather give all the guys a chance in the prem. We're quite a young squad and theyll all improve loads still. Be better equipped when we inevitably go back down. I'd bank the money and set the club up for the next 10 years, you can waste £100m and still get relegated. I genuinely wouldn't hold it against the manager or owner if we ended up with zero points. After the last 20 years, it seems the right thing to do.
You can invest without going crazy. There's players in the squad you'd think could step up and there's players you would say are useful to keep around as squad players.I'd rather give all the guys a chance in the prem. We're quite a young squad and theyll all improve loads still. Be better equipped when we inevitably go back down. I'd bank the money and set the club up for the next 10 years, you can waste £100m and still get relegated. I genuinely wouldn't hold it against the manager or owner if we ended up with zero points. After the last 20 years, it seems the right thing to do.
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