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Strengthening in the summer (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Jan 31, 2021
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SleepyGinger

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #141
SeaSeeEffCee said:
A lot of it depends on what league we’re in next season but I’d say we need a new striker, a first choice left back, a left sided CB, another additional CB and an attacking midfielder. Perhaps a slightly controversial one but I think we probably need a better goalkeeper as well.
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I think Marosi is fine for where we are, bottom half of the championship. If we want to push on from there and improve on him and players like Hyam etc it will take investment, which may have to come from selling hamer.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #142
shmmeee said:
I wouldn’t take McCallum back. We need better.
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I'm not so sure on that, he's going through a poor patch at the moment but he's so young and this is his first season at this level. We've seen how he's developed over the last 24 months so in 2 years time he could be twice the player.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #143
Liquid Gold said:
I'm not so sure on that, he's going through a poor patch at the moment but he's so young and this is his first season at this level. We've seen how he's developed over the last 24 months so in 2 years time he could be twice the player.
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He could be, but we’d only be loaning him back for a year and retarding the development of Reid in the meantime.

I’m happy to give one of our young players a chance to develop, but for me if we’re bringing a player in on loan they have to be more rounded or offer a lot more than what we have.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #144
We could sign Pascal Struijk a Leeds Dutch Center back left footed possibly as a loan 20 years old got potential
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #145
If we want a young, promising, pacy striker we should look at Ricky Jade-Jones at Peterborough 17 years old
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #146
shmmeee said:
He could be, but we’d only be loaning him back for a year and retarding the development of Reid in the meantime.

I’m happy to give one of our young players a chance to develop, but for me if we’re bringing a player in on loan they have to be more rounded or offer a lot more than what we have.
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Yeah fair enough, I was looking at it more if we could get him back from Norwich for a reasonable fee.
 

Frostie

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #147
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
We could sign Pascal Struijk a Leeds Dutch Center back left footed possibly as a loan 20 years old got potential
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He's starting regularly in the Premier League
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #148
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
If we want a young, promising, pacy striker we should look at Ricky Jade-Jones at Peterborough 17 years old
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MacAnthony mentions him regularly on his podcast. Would take a significant fee to prize him away from Peterborough.
 

Frostie

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #149
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
MacAnthony mentions him regularly on his podcast. Would take a significant fee to prize him away from Peterborough.
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Exactly why MacAnthony does it. The players don't need agents linking them to other clubs like we so often see, MacAnthony & Fry do it for them to try & create a bidding war.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #150
Frostie said:
Exactly why MacAnthony does it. The players don't need agents linking them to other clubs like we so often see, MacAnthony & Fry do it for them to try & create a bidding war.
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Credit to them. As egotistical as they both are, they certainly know how to maximise the value of their own players.
 

Gibbo

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #151
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
We will have a LWB as we brought one in, in January.
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I thought he was for development
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 9, 2021
  • #152
Gibbo said:
I thought he was for development
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Given that we currently only have one recognised first-team LWB at present, it was obvious he was brought in as a backup for McCallum.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #153
Maybe we should sign Drogba’s son Isaac Drogba he is a forward and supposed to have good potential
 

better days

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #154
Frostie said:
Exactly why MacAnthony does it. The players don't need agents linking them to other clubs like we so often see, MacAnthony & Fry do it for them to try & create a bidding war.
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Fry used to be notorious for having a massive turnover of players when he was a manager as he was rumoured to share a % on any profits made
 
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Magwitch

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #155
better days said:
Fry used to be notorious for having a massive turnover of players when he was a manager as he was rumoured to share a % on any profits made
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Lot of managers do that, it’s called a bonus can get you a house in Sandbanks.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #156
covcity4life said:
He has an agenda wirh mcallum

Every fucking thread he starts a narrative that he is not playong well.

Also doesn't seem to be able to understand that Dabo is more attack minded than Sam but on flip side doesnt care that Sam is more defensive.

Donr forget he wanted Giles to start over him too

Dunno why some cov fans need a player to hate. Probably the fact he's a loanee. Bitter
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McCallum gets a lot of unfair criticism, given his relative lack of experience he doesn't look out of place at all at this level, he is a pretty dependable solid player. I think people see a run and cross from Giles and forget about all the other stuff.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #157
fernandopartridge said:
McCallum gets a lot of unfair criticism, given his relative lack of experience he doesn't look out of place at all at this level, he is a pretty dependable solid player. I think people see a run and cross from Giles and forget about all the other stuff.
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McCallum's been fine this season. He had a couple of ropey games, ironically when Giles had just left, but overall he's been solid.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #158
McCallum could have just done with a rest for a couple of games. He's doing remarkably well given his age and the first time playing at this level.
 

covcity4life

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #159
Good article on the athletic about mcallum

Seems to have head screwed on and always looking to improve and has real respect for manager decisions
 

Frostie

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #160
Liquid Gold said:
McCallum could have just done with a rest for a couple of games. He's doing remarkably well given his age and the first time playing at this level.
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Spot on. I think because of how long he's been around our first team people forget just how young he is. In the majority of matches he is the youngest player on the pitch.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #161
Frostie said:
Spot on. I think because of how long he's been around our first team people forget just how young he is. In the majority of matches he is the youngest player on the pitch.
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When he first came in the side, he was a little boy lost. His rate of progression has been astonishing. Now, he may have hit his ceiling (who knows!) but from where he came from to now has been really impressive.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #162
I feel McCallum is an excellent player and we have been really fortunate to have him here this season. He was clearly well ahead of Giles. Very underrated by some on here.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #163
Right here

Still think him and Hyam’s use of the ball is our biggest stumbling block when we’ve got possession, and his unwillingness to push forwards.

I get he’s young and everything and we’ll benefit from training him up, but looking purely at the team.
 

DannyThomas_1981

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #164
Liquid Gold said:
McCallum could have just done with a rest for a couple of games. He's doing remarkably well given his age and the first time playing at this level.
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Agree with this Gold. I'm certain that Robins was planning on more rotation of the squad this season given twice weekly games.

But with the injuries to JJ, God, Kelly, Dabo, Walker combined with Hillsner, Allen, Jobello, Shipley and possibly Sheaf not stepping up to the requirements of this Division....it has not totally gone to plan. I would have liked to have seen more rotation of Giles before he left (looked decent to me for certain games and gave us pace).

In terms of next season, I'm certain that Robins will be looking to add more quality/depth in terms of players of the standard to rotate in and out of the starting 11 and give the key players more recovery.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #165
shmmeee said:
Right here

Still think him and Hyam’s use of the ball is our biggest stumbling block when we’ve got possession, and his unwillingness to push forwards.

I get he’s young and everything and we’ll benefit from training him up, but looking purely at the team.
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My only issue is we're now doing some other club's development work.
 
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NortonSkyBlue

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #166
McCallum has been exposed by the players in front of him on his side, He is often 1v2 and is damned if he commits and damned if he doesn't in some games but not last weekend where we went longer and had a system where we had forwards who could hold the ball and bring oncoming players into the phase of play. For me McCallum is learning on the job at a higher level than he has ever played at before and that is why I believe Norwich loaned him out at our risk not theirs, for their benefit.
His temperament is first class and although his distribution can be erratic I believe he is destined for the top. The criticism he gets on here is unwarranted in my opinion but its just that: an opinion and the only opinion that matters is the manager who picks him.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #167
shmmeee said:
Right here

Still think him and Hyam’s use of the ball is our biggest stumbling block when we’ve got possession, and his unwillingness to push forwards.

I get he’s young and everything and we’ll benefit from training him up, but looking purely at the team.
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Fair enough and it is just a matter of opinion. I feel he uses the ball well. Whereas Giles had only one approach which worked occasionally, I feel McCalllum has much more variation going forward. He does get crosses in but importantly also plays some good passes inside, particularly to O'Hare. He is far less predictable going forward than Giles was and that makes it much harder for the opposition. And he is a far better defender.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • #168
Magwitch said:
Lot of managers do that, it’s called a bonus can get you a house in Sandbanks.
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If that's true it's got to be one of the most stupid things to put into a managers contract - creates a conflict of interest of doing what's best for the team and what's best for them financially. I guess they do it to placate managers having star players sold. Can't complain as much if you're getting a tidy sum added into the bank account.
 
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