fernandopartridge
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That's working on the assumption that signing a 22 year old is just for the sake of a single season
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That's working on the assumption that signing a 22 year old is just for the sake of a single season
SleepyGinger
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13 midweek games this year, if we do sign sheaf I’d imagine him Kelly and hamer will all play a lot of football this season.
SlowerThanPlatt
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It wasn’t much different last season but we had the capability to shut teams out, we only won 3 games by a two goal margin.
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Personally I think next season we will do rlly good with the team we already have and we can always strengthen in January or next summer if needed
Game management .
Huge for the last couple of seasons .
Shut down the first half
Knick it in the second.
SlowerThanPlatt
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Yes but now we’re going up to a level where you expect clean sheets to be a rarity as one of the weakest sides so we need more goals to win games
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Doesn't matter. If he's being exploited by the opposition you can't afford that weak link regardless of what the players think or the help he provides them. Doyle helped the players through with his leadership but ended up having to be dropped because he just wasn't up to L1 pace.
He may have played Championship but it was a few seasons ago and his team ended up getting relegated.
fernandopartridge
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No evidence he's a weak link, he made a few mistakes early season, don't recall him being done for pace due to his positioning. It makes me laugh that he's cited as a weak link yet Hyam nor Rose have even played at that level, and pace wise Hyam got destroyed v Yeovil that time (Hyam has improved a lot since then).
Frostie
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Correct.
Playing the back 3 offers each of them a level of protection, particularly McFadz as the centre of the 3. He has more time on the ball & his lack of pace can be covered for. On a related note it's why I think Pask would be great in the 3 with that extra turn of pace to help cover.
Remember that before McFadz one of our biggest complaints for years was that we were consistently dominated physically, particularly in the air. That changed last season because of him.
cc84cov
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I don’t I think we will be bang in trouble early if we do not bring quality in upfront.
no_loyalty
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Nico Williams on loan from Liverpool, could do with another RB if Da Costa is out long term, as Pask doesn't look comfortable playing there.
SeaSeeEffCee
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Pretty sure Williams is now second choice RB at Liverpool
no_loyalty
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No chance we will get him then.
skylark37
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A name popped into my head the other day when I was wondering 'what if we miss out on Sheaf'...Trevoh Chalobah. What's annoying is I've just read he's about to sign on loan for Lorient in Ligue 1.
Only just turned 21
6 foot 3 defensive midfielder / defender
Chelsea academy player (so surely some links there with AV)
Championship experience, 2018-19 with Ipswich (relegated), 2019-20 with Huddersfield (in a relegation scrap)
Has represented England from Under 16 - under 21 level...
Would surely have ticked a lot of boxes.
Only just turned 21
6 foot 3 defensive midfielder / defender
Chelsea academy player (so surely some links there with AV)
Championship experience, 2018-19 with Ipswich (relegated), 2019-20 with Huddersfield (in a relegation scrap)
Has represented England from Under 16 - under 21 level...
Would surely have ticked a lot of boxes.
skylark37
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...I meant for a loan deal rather than a permanent.
There's got to be a fair few Chelsea youngsters who would want Championship experience. I wonder how many of them would have clauses in contracts for a certain number of appearances though. Wasn't Dujon Sterling rumoured to have this during his loan to us?
There's got to be a fair few Chelsea youngsters who would want Championship experience. I wonder how many of them would have clauses in contracts for a certain number of appearances though. Wasn't Dujon Sterling rumoured to have this during his loan to us?
cc84cov
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Problem is can we afford these lads ? Robins was promised the McCallum Money we’ve spent that on Hamer,I don’t think their is much in the pot to go out and sign players
skylark37
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True, but would a couple of loans from premier league academies be all that expensive? Yes some of them will be on ridiculous money for their age but you'd think there would be some that weren't. Also I wonder if we could play some kind of "We can't afford to pay his wages but he'll be joining a footballing side oh go on Frank there's been a pandemic, be nice" card?
SlowerThanPlatt
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Oliver Skipp has gone to Norwich on loan from Spurs for a loan fee believed to be £1m. That’s about as much as we can spend on a permanent player
David O'Day
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Moonpig will do anything for a fee
cc84cov
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There you go we’re competing with teams we can’t get close to financially.
skylark37
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Yes but Skipp actually broke through into the spurs first team. There will be Chelsea players who have been out to Holland a la Fankaty and want/need first team experience in England. Also Spurs would have known Norwich could afford to pay the 1m.
SlowerThanPlatt
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I looked through the players they had out on loan and can’t see anyone that is realistic/would be good enough. I’m not sure there is much of a link with Chelsea anyway, we’ve had one loan signing in 2 and a half years. Seems to be more with Wolves
mr_monkey
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Wasn't Wakefield from Chelsea as well
David O'Day
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Signed him not a loan
BornSlippySkyBlue
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How much do we think Skipp’s wages would be? Because that’s £40k+ a week. In the championship. For a loan player. Incredible. And shows what we are up against this season.
fernandopartridge
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There is no link with Chelsea, there is a bit of knowledge in Viveash of players Chelsea have had I think
cc84cov
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Head of Academy wasn’t he ? Probably has a couple of links I think he was highly thought of down there plus he will know players Dabo,Sterling etc
Gibbo
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It's others who don't want favourite players to be replaced, not me. I think we need better quality than Kelly (Sheaf?) MacF & Godden
cc84cov
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We need better strikers mate or we will be in serious trouble I know that much
AFCCOVENTRY
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Like every year signing a striker will come at the back end of the transfer window. As will the better loan players. You have to remember the Premiership season only finished a few weeks back now, as well as the championship. What we need are some experienced Championship players. Obviously they won’t be current regular first team players but ones on the fringes looking for game time.
We need another quality CB, CDM, Striker at least.
We need another quality CB, CDM, Striker at least.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Competing in what sense though? Whilst we're in the same league, we're not going to be competing with them for league position...
The goal for us is to establish ourselves as a Championship team and build year-on-year and the budget will grow alongside that (hopefully).
ccfcway
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friend has signed for Birmingham
KenilworthSkyBlue
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Every fan always wants better players, and in an idealistic world it would obviously be great to bring in better than what we currently have. But that inevitably comes at a significant cost in wages and/or transfer fees, and given the limited budget we have at our disposal, don't you think that's perhaps a tad unrealistic? Also, why would Robins seek to replace our best players last season? Don't you think the immediate priority is to bridge that gaps left from departures last season and to build a more well-rounded squad to compliment the talent we already have?
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