Quote from: ROBBO on September 16, 2021, 10:37:37 AMSomeone refresh my memory, when did the position of sweeper disappear? It died alongside the backpass.
Someone refresh my memory, when did the position of sweeper disappear?
He made a sarcastic post saying I had nothing positive to say, when I had already said the midfield did well, so he was clearly ignoring or being selective.
Well, two of 'em. Ezri is always good as gold.
Individual errors by our three centre-halves, agreed.Anyway, like I said, we'll see. Hopefully they don't try that formation against Everton. Picking three centre halves to deal with Everton's second choice centre forward at home would be U2 levels of shit.
Watkins didn't look fully fit to me, but don't disagree with your assessment. I would leave the three midfielders who played well and put two wingers either side of them (with just four defenders, as you may have guessed). It means the manager has a tough choice to make as to who you start up front, Ings or Watkins, but we've wanted competition for places, haven't we?
Quote from: paul_e on May 24, 2021, 06:18:10 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on May 24, 2021, 05:17:02 PMQuote from: algy on May 24, 2021, 04:18:30 PMMore realistically, I'm expecting 1, maybe 2 names that I've heard of before (to replace Barkley and possibly upgrade Nakamba), and maybe 3 or 4 players that I'm mostly/completely unaware of at the moment. As others have said, no point spending loads of money on beefing up a recruitment team to buy players that Tony Cascarino could point out to you.If Jack Grealish stays, then I think Berge from Sheffield United and David Brooks from Bournemouth (depending on the medical) would do enough to improve us in terms of the starting XI, we would then just need some better squad options than we currently have in certain positions. It's a no to Brooks for me, if he was 18-19 I'd be more willing to look at him but he's a 23 year old who hasn't stood out in the championship. Olise is the attacking championship player I'd be looking at and he'd be my 2nd signing behind someone with more top level experience. Last year I'd have loved us to sign Eze but I thought he'd be too much of a gamble given we needed our signings to 'land' to make sure we weren't in another relegation battle. This summer is very different and we can afford to pick up a couple of players with an eye on them pushing into the team over 12months so I'll be pretty upset if we miss out on him.It was more those type of players than the actual players themselves. David Brooks primarily plays on the right, but can play across the attacking midfield line which is the kind of player I think we need really. He’s had some bad luck with injuries, but hopefully he can remain fit and feature in the Euros.
Quote from: tomd2103 on May 24, 2021, 05:17:02 PMQuote from: algy on May 24, 2021, 04:18:30 PMMore realistically, I'm expecting 1, maybe 2 names that I've heard of before (to replace Barkley and possibly upgrade Nakamba), and maybe 3 or 4 players that I'm mostly/completely unaware of at the moment. As others have said, no point spending loads of money on beefing up a recruitment team to buy players that Tony Cascarino could point out to you.If Jack Grealish stays, then I think Berge from Sheffield United and David Brooks from Bournemouth (depending on the medical) would do enough to improve us in terms of the starting XI, we would then just need some better squad options than we currently have in certain positions. It's a no to Brooks for me, if he was 18-19 I'd be more willing to look at him but he's a 23 year old who hasn't stood out in the championship. Olise is the attacking championship player I'd be looking at and he'd be my 2nd signing behind someone with more top level experience. Last year I'd have loved us to sign Eze but I thought he'd be too much of a gamble given we needed our signings to 'land' to make sure we weren't in another relegation battle. This summer is very different and we can afford to pick up a couple of players with an eye on them pushing into the team over 12months so I'll be pretty upset if we miss out on him.
Quote from: algy on May 24, 2021, 04:18:30 PMMore realistically, I'm expecting 1, maybe 2 names that I've heard of before (to replace Barkley and possibly upgrade Nakamba), and maybe 3 or 4 players that I'm mostly/completely unaware of at the moment. As others have said, no point spending loads of money on beefing up a recruitment team to buy players that Tony Cascarino could point out to you.If Jack Grealish stays, then I think Berge from Sheffield United and David Brooks from Bournemouth (depending on the medical) would do enough to improve us in terms of the starting XI, we would then just need some better squad options than we currently have in certain positions.
More realistically, I'm expecting 1, maybe 2 names that I've heard of before (to replace Barkley and possibly upgrade Nakamba), and maybe 3 or 4 players that I'm mostly/completely unaware of at the moment. As others have said, no point spending loads of money on beefing up a recruitment team to buy players that Tony Cascarino could point out to you.