Quote from: dave.woodhall on July 02, 2020, 10:17:06 AMQuote from: Risso on July 02, 2020, 09:52:48 AMSurely the most pertinent fact for us is no wins in 8 games, and two games coming up where we're going to get smashed into next week.Like West Ham were going to be last night. I wasn't at all surprised that they beat Chelsea to be honest. If we concede fewer than 6 goals in total in the the next two games and manage at least a solitary point, tea and beers in the Bartons are on me at a home game of your choosing next season.
Quote from: Risso on July 02, 2020, 09:52:48 AMSurely the most pertinent fact for us is no wins in 8 games, and two games coming up where we're going to get smashed into next week.Like West Ham were going to be last night.
Surely the most pertinent fact for us is no wins in 8 games, and two games coming up where we're going to get smashed into next week.
I think we do look better than Bournemouth. I'm not sure how this is relevant to my comment?
Quote from: Gareth on July 02, 2020, 07:34:20 AMQuote from: Ads on July 01, 2020, 08:57:39 AMWould we be better off with;Webster over Engels?Philips over Nkamba?Maupy over Wesley?Benrhama over Tezuguet?Would we better off, probably on the pitch with most of them yes, could we afford those 4 with FFP?? Engels started well & we all thought he was going to prove a bargain whilst Webster was a bit iffy, he has improved massively whilst Engels seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth-Webster cost twice as much as EngelsPhillips like Nakamba had never played at this level, think we all think he will be better but 30m+ was surely out of our price range? Maupay over Wesley is a very interesting one, Wesley had 6 goals by Christmas and was just looking as though he had adjusted, Maupay has 9 in the whole season - personally would have backed Wesley to be in double figures by now if he had been fit - Maupay is a nuisance, has a bit of pace and has that horrible streak that we lack - jury out on which is better for meBenrahma over Trezeguet, again would have cost double so FFP issues but also the most obvious upgrade-Benrahma looks a player whereas Trezeguet is league one at best, hopefully will be out of VP whatever league we are in next season.If FFP was the barrier to those, then how come we agreed to pay the wages of a waster like Drinkwater, and took on Reina as well in January?
Quote from: Ads on July 01, 2020, 08:57:39 AMWould we be better off with;Webster over Engels?Philips over Nkamba?Maupy over Wesley?Benrhama over Tezuguet?Would we better off, probably on the pitch with most of them yes, could we afford those 4 with FFP?? Engels started well & we all thought he was going to prove a bargain whilst Webster was a bit iffy, he has improved massively whilst Engels seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth-Webster cost twice as much as EngelsPhillips like Nakamba had never played at this level, think we all think he will be better but 30m+ was surely out of our price range? Maupay over Wesley is a very interesting one, Wesley had 6 goals by Christmas and was just looking as though he had adjusted, Maupay has 9 in the whole season - personally would have backed Wesley to be in double figures by now if he had been fit - Maupay is a nuisance, has a bit of pace and has that horrible streak that we lack - jury out on which is better for meBenrahma over Trezeguet, again would have cost double so FFP issues but also the most obvious upgrade-Benrahma looks a player whereas Trezeguet is league one at best, hopefully will be out of VP whatever league we are in next season.
Would we be better off with;Webster over Engels?Philips over Nkamba?Maupy over Wesley?Benrhama over Tezuguet?
Presumably we would've had to pay wages for Maupay and Benrahma.
We'd have as much chance of signing David De Gea on a permanent deal for £100m as we would of getting Dean Henderson on loan.It'll be Sheffield United for him again next season, and if he keeps up decent form he'll be at least a back-up at ManUre for many years to come and playing in the cups etc.
I doubt Pontus Jansson, who repeatedly failed to get promoted with Leeds, would have been the answer to all our prayers.
Quote from: The_ads on July 01, 2020, 10:46:22 PMNot just that, West Ham had something about them tonight. We would concede that penalty and collapse and lose the game 3-0. We have no battling qualities at all, no nouse to shut down a top 6 teams major threats and certainly in no way savvy enough to go and win a game like that 3-2. We deserve to go down because we’ve been fucking garbage since the turn of the year and even worse since the restart.Based on what? We've not conceded any penalties, we've not conceded 3. We're the only team in the bottom 5 to have kept a clean sheet, the only team in the bottom 5 to have taken points in two games, and we have the best 'restart' goal difference of the bottom 5. West Ham scored 3 today, and theirs is still -3.
Not just that, West Ham had something about them tonight. We would concede that penalty and collapse and lose the game 3-0. We have no battling qualities at all, no nouse to shut down a top 6 teams major threats and certainly in no way savvy enough to go and win a game like that 3-2. We deserve to go down because we’ve been fucking garbage since the turn of the year and even worse since the restart.