I'd be amazed and disappointed if we didn't bring in 2 or 3 players, I doubt we'll be spending £100m for example but I fully expect we'll be doing some business, or at least will be trying to as one thing I do believe is we don't do any panic signings.
Quote from: Stu on December 08, 2019, 04:36:06 PMIs there any indication that money will be made available in January? I'd say that there's a pretty good argument to be made by the chairman that Smith has had enough money already.True, but then the CEO has to live with the consequences of making and acting upon making an argument like that, horrendous.
Is there any indication that money will be made available in January? I'd say that there's a pretty good argument to be made by the chairman that Smith has had enough money already.
Quote from: BoVillan esq on December 08, 2019, 04:38:21 PMQuote from: Stu on December 08, 2019, 04:36:06 PMIs there any indication that money will be made available in January? I'd say that there's a pretty good argument to be made by the chairman that Smith has had enough money already.True, but then the CEO has to live with the consequences of making and acting upon making an argument like that, horrendous.It's bad signings that cost managers their jobs mostly. Not saying that Smith ought to be sacked, but his signings aren't performing.
Quote from: Stu on December 08, 2019, 04:41:22 PMQuote from: BoVillan esq on December 08, 2019, 04:38:21 PMQuote from: Stu on December 08, 2019, 04:36:06 PMIs there any indication that money will be made available in January? I'd say that there's a pretty good argument to be made by the chairman that Smith has had enough money already.True, but then the CEO has to live with the consequences of making and acting upon making an argument like that, horrendous.It's bad signings that cost managers their jobs mostly. Not saying that Smith ought to be sacked, but his signings aren't performing.Aren't they Suso's signings?
Quote from: Toronto Villa on December 08, 2019, 04:28:13 PMQuote from: Sexual Ealing on December 08, 2019, 04:25:34 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on December 08, 2019, 04:23:23 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on December 08, 2019, 03:58:26 PMFor me they were comfortably the best side we've faced this season. Add in that we made a load of stupid mistakes, had a number of players below par and we're probably lucky it was only 4. We've been saying the same thing all season. At Spurs stupid mistakes let them back in the game late which we ended up losing. Against Bournemouth stupid mistakes gifted 2 goals and we lost that. In every game we have lost stupid mistakes have cost us. Even in the win vs Norwich a stupid mistake cost as goal. The question is why are we still making stupid mistakes week after week? Why has a manager like Steve Bruce, who we all saw hardly has an amazing team managed to do what is needed to climb to a very solid mid table position. Or Chris Wilder not having spent much at all over the last few seasons got his promoted side to a very solid top half position. This comes down to the manager, who is revealiong himself to be both naive and dare I say it arrogant in his unwillingness to adapt. His stubborness to continue to persevere with a CF who is struggling is mind boggling. If it's not working try something else. Change things up. This is not going to end well for Dean Smith because new contract or not if we start to get detached from the mid table postions then he'll be gone. He hasn't got another striker. Kodjia is no good post-injury. Let's see what we look like in February.We simply don't know that for sure because he hasn't been given a run of games. He seems to do ok for Ivory Coast whenever he goes away with them. I would give him two or three games because he will need to get into things but he offers a very different way of playing. That or we stick AEG up there with Trez out wide. We simply have to play a different way because this, right now is not working.We've just had a run of games against the best teams in the country (and possibly continent/planet) plus Man Utd, Wolves and Newcastle. We're not as good as them. We knew that.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on December 08, 2019, 04:25:34 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on December 08, 2019, 04:23:23 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on December 08, 2019, 03:58:26 PMFor me they were comfortably the best side we've faced this season. Add in that we made a load of stupid mistakes, had a number of players below par and we're probably lucky it was only 4. We've been saying the same thing all season. At Spurs stupid mistakes let them back in the game late which we ended up losing. Against Bournemouth stupid mistakes gifted 2 goals and we lost that. In every game we have lost stupid mistakes have cost us. Even in the win vs Norwich a stupid mistake cost as goal. The question is why are we still making stupid mistakes week after week? Why has a manager like Steve Bruce, who we all saw hardly has an amazing team managed to do what is needed to climb to a very solid mid table position. Or Chris Wilder not having spent much at all over the last few seasons got his promoted side to a very solid top half position. This comes down to the manager, who is revealiong himself to be both naive and dare I say it arrogant in his unwillingness to adapt. His stubborness to continue to persevere with a CF who is struggling is mind boggling. If it's not working try something else. Change things up. This is not going to end well for Dean Smith because new contract or not if we start to get detached from the mid table postions then he'll be gone. He hasn't got another striker. Kodjia is no good post-injury. Let's see what we look like in February.We simply don't know that for sure because he hasn't been given a run of games. He seems to do ok for Ivory Coast whenever he goes away with them. I would give him two or three games because he will need to get into things but he offers a very different way of playing. That or we stick AEG up there with Trez out wide. We simply have to play a different way because this, right now is not working.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on December 08, 2019, 04:23:23 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on December 08, 2019, 03:58:26 PMFor me they were comfortably the best side we've faced this season. Add in that we made a load of stupid mistakes, had a number of players below par and we're probably lucky it was only 4. We've been saying the same thing all season. At Spurs stupid mistakes let them back in the game late which we ended up losing. Against Bournemouth stupid mistakes gifted 2 goals and we lost that. In every game we have lost stupid mistakes have cost us. Even in the win vs Norwich a stupid mistake cost as goal. The question is why are we still making stupid mistakes week after week? Why has a manager like Steve Bruce, who we all saw hardly has an amazing team managed to do what is needed to climb to a very solid mid table position. Or Chris Wilder not having spent much at all over the last few seasons got his promoted side to a very solid top half position. This comes down to the manager, who is revealiong himself to be both naive and dare I say it arrogant in his unwillingness to adapt. His stubborness to continue to persevere with a CF who is struggling is mind boggling. If it's not working try something else. Change things up. This is not going to end well for Dean Smith because new contract or not if we start to get detached from the mid table postions then he'll be gone. He hasn't got another striker. Kodjia is no good post-injury. Let's see what we look like in February.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on December 08, 2019, 03:58:26 PMFor me they were comfortably the best side we've faced this season. Add in that we made a load of stupid mistakes, had a number of players below par and we're probably lucky it was only 4. We've been saying the same thing all season. At Spurs stupid mistakes let them back in the game late which we ended up losing. Against Bournemouth stupid mistakes gifted 2 goals and we lost that. In every game we have lost stupid mistakes have cost us. Even in the win vs Norwich a stupid mistake cost as goal. The question is why are we still making stupid mistakes week after week? Why has a manager like Steve Bruce, who we all saw hardly has an amazing team managed to do what is needed to climb to a very solid mid table position. Or Chris Wilder not having spent much at all over the last few seasons got his promoted side to a very solid top half position. This comes down to the manager, who is revealiong himself to be both naive and dare I say it arrogant in his unwillingness to adapt. His stubborness to continue to persevere with a CF who is struggling is mind boggling. If it's not working try something else. Change things up. This is not going to end well for Dean Smith because new contract or not if we start to get detached from the mid table postions then he'll be gone.
For me they were comfortably the best side we've faced this season. Add in that we made a load of stupid mistakes, had a number of players below par and we're probably lucky it was only 4.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on December 08, 2019, 04:35:06 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on December 08, 2019, 04:28:13 PMQuote from: Sexual Ealing on December 08, 2019, 04:25:34 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on December 08, 2019, 04:23:23 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on December 08, 2019, 03:58:26 PMFor me they were comfortably the best side we've faced this season. Add in that we made a load of stupid mistakes, had a number of players below par and we're probably lucky it was only 4. We've been saying the same thing all season. At Spurs stupid mistakes let them back in the game late which we ended up losing. Against Bournemouth stupid mistakes gifted 2 goals and we lost that. In every game we have lost stupid mistakes have cost us. Even in the win vs Norwich a stupid mistake cost as goal. The question is why are we still making stupid mistakes week after week? Why has a manager like Steve Bruce, who we all saw hardly has an amazing team managed to do what is needed to climb to a very solid mid table position. Or Chris Wilder not having spent much at all over the last few seasons got his promoted side to a very solid top half position. This comes down to the manager, who is revealiong himself to be both naive and dare I say it arrogant in his unwillingness to adapt. His stubborness to continue to persevere with a CF who is struggling is mind boggling. If it's not working try something else. Change things up. This is not going to end well for Dean Smith because new contract or not if we start to get detached from the mid table postions then he'll be gone. He hasn't got another striker. Kodjia is no good post-injury. Let's see what we look like in February.We simply don't know that for sure because he hasn't been given a run of games. He seems to do ok for Ivory Coast whenever he goes away with them. I would give him two or three games because he will need to get into things but he offers a very different way of playing. That or we stick AEG up there with Trez out wide. We simply have to play a different way because this, right now is not working.We've just had a run of games against the best teams in the country (and possibly continent/planet) plus Man Utd, Wolves and Newcastle. We're not as good as them. We knew that.And somehow with the exception of Liverpool and Leicester all of those upper echelon teams have lost games to teams they should not have based on their status in the game, and yet we managed to lose all of them bar Man U. Newcastle have beaten Man U, Spurs, Bournemouth, Sheff Utd and drew with Man City. You work with what you have. We all know Steve Bruce is limited as a manager but he's made best use of what he has whereas Smith just hasn't. We are simply dreadful defensively and a player like Mings, who we would all hope would be the leader of the group has been the most careless of them all. Why hasn't that been corrected? And what the fuck is Dean Smith doing playing Elmo over a fit Guilbert today?