LBP 3,012 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Smogzilla said: Just been told that the big CB who played for the u23s v Harrogate was Lexus Beeden, who is/was an u23 at Reading. Yeah definitely him like from the photos Was at Tooting and Mitcham where we got Folarin and Jones from Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Smogzilla said: Just been told that the big CB who played for the u23s v Harrogate was Lexus Beeden, who is/was an u23 at Reading. Think he'll come in to play a role in the U23's (with the possibility to step up) rather than first team. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,385 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just now, DanFromDownSouth said: Think he'll come in to play a role in the U23's (with the possibility to step up) rather than first team. Absolutely. The u23s were pretty short on Cbs last season https://instagram.com/lbeeden5?igshid=1n4no0zq1kcoy Hes posted a pic of him playing on his insta story so there's a bit if proof. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Smogzilla said: Absolutely. The u23s were pretty short on Cbs last season https://instagram.com/lbeeden5?igshid=1n4no0zq1kcoy Hes posted a pic of him playing on his insta story so there's a bit if proof. technically he posted a pic of Isiaiah Jones playing. Link to post Share on other sites
BearSmog 1,382 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Brunners said: technically he posted a pic of Isiaiah Jones playing. Also posted a picture of Tyler Blackett.... whatever that means Link to post Share on other sites
Weasel 965 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, DurhamRed said: Yeah the issue with Britt and Fletcher scoring goals is they are poachers require wingers to play through balls. This is something we are proper lacking in. Meanwhile I'm pretty sure someone said Britt has a 1 year contract extension like Howson had Oh absolutely we need wingers/creative players for supply. This is all on the assumption that we actually bring in some more attacking quality to supply them. Also Fletcher has more to his game than being a poacher. Link to post Share on other sites
Adamjr9 139 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Apparently Morgan Gibbs white is set to join Swansea on loan... should’ve been all over this. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Adamjr9 said: Apparently Morgan Gibbs white is set to join Swansea on loan... should’ve been all over this. another midfielder though, which might well free up Stewart again. Link to post Share on other sites
Youngy228 1,444 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Brunners said: another midfielder though, which might well free up Stewart again. Heard strong rumour Swansea were team Stewart went to talk to 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just now, Youngy228 said: Heard strong rumour Swansea were team Stewart went to talk to yeah they were. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Weasel 965 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, ManBearPig said: Guys, whilst I am an occasional optimist with boro, there is absolutely 0 chance of us getting promoted this season. Can we please just curb our expectations a little bit? I don’t even think we’ll have a chance of the playoffs. Warnock is good value in the division, but is he really going to improve us that much? I’d be happy with 10th to 15th after the season we’ve just had. Added to this we have let go senior players and as yet have not filled them. Is Grant Hall really going to make the difference? Im happy to reassess at the end of the transfer window, but right now where it stands? Pfttt no way in my opinion. Happy to be proven wrong however. I just wish I had the same optimism as people who think we can make a play off push 😂 Are we going to finish top 2? Definitely not. Are we going to finish top 6? Most likely not. Do we have a 0% chance of promotion? No. Listen I know our window hasn't been great so far but I think some people really underestimate some of the players we have in our squad. Last season was a total disaster but in my opinion 90% of that was down to Woodgate and a poor transfer window. I think people here forget how awful Woodgate was as a manager, he genuinely had no clue. We've still got months left to bring some players in. I'm no Warnock lover but his record at this level speaks for itself, if anyone can pull off a miracle playoff finish it would be him. I'm not saying we should be expecting a top 10 finish, realistically I expect us to finish about 10-14th. But I also think it's a bit naive and counter productive to claim that we have absolutely zero chance of promotion. All we need is a couple of quality transfers that improve us and some loan players with something to prove. Mix that with our current crop of experienced championship players and our quality academy, who is to say we can't pull of a miracle? That being said, it would also require our club to be competent in the transfer market, which I don't have much faith in us to do. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,311 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Weasel said: Anyone else who wants us to keep Britt for this season? I think with his contract expiring at the end of the season, he'll be determined to prove himself to win a new contract here or somewhere else. Seems like he has a good relationship with Warnock who I think could get the best out of him. In my opinion if we were to somehow finish in the top 6, it would be through Britt and Fletch scoring lots of goals. Personally I'd get rid. I wanted us to sign Britt and I think he's done well for us given what has happened in the last 3 years, but the fact is that under our new financial limitations, he wont be getting a new contract here on anything like his current terms. So either we ship him out now and get some money back (and a large wage of the books a year early), or we continue to pay him for a year and he leaves for nothing next year. If we say hes on £40k, and the value we could probably sell him for is £8m, that's a £10m hit for one further year, which is exactly the sort of poor decision that we have made previously. The sort of poor decision that mounts up and gets you to the point we're at now. We have Fletcher there who is performing better every year, youngsters coming through as backup, and a Warnock wants to play 433 which is a formation that utilises one central striker. Even if NW wants to bring in another striker, the funds we receive from Britt can probably fund 3/4 new players Should point out I imagine Warnock will want to keep him this year, as he will not be bothered about the cash we have lost once he hangs up his managing boots Edited August 23, 2020 by OldManGravz Link to post Share on other sites
scotty189 925 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Brunners said: another midfielder though, which might well free up Stewart again. Yes this is good news for us, If they were after Stewart Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just now, scotty189 said: Yes this is good news for us, If they were after Stewart different kind of midfielder though apparently (thanks Will) so maybe won't make much difference. Will wait and see. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Maz 2,899 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Brunners said: different kind of midfielder though apparently (thanks Will) so maybe won't make much difference. Will wait and see. are Swansea getting the Chelsea lad Gallagher back this season? Link to post Share on other sites
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