caseybwoy 130 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Hatem ben arfa is currently a free agent, as is Lazar markovic. Ben arfa is a pipe dream but would people gamble on markovic? Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Just now, uncle_rico said: Are we really going into the season hoping we don't get any injuries? God forbid of Britt, Ayala, Fry or Wing pick up another injury. All have form! The squad is paper thin and we've had months to sort it, yet once again we've failed miserably. Really feel for Woodgate. He's been open and honest with fans and the local press, yet I think the club (or rather Gibson, Bausor and Bevington) have let him down badly. I'm happy with Browne, Bola and Dijksteel, but they are all league one players. Its a big ask for them to make the step up immediately. We needed so much more. Browne came from West Ham, he’s not a league 1 player. Link to post Share on other sites
RiversideRed 1,216 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Woodgates lied to the fans multiple times this summer already, getting quite annoying now. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
BoroJake 2,331 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Complete and utter failure by the recruitment team today. Teams down the bottom of the league were able to get loans in. Yet we couldn’t. Woodgate is going to be praying all season for no injuries 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie-H 1,322 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I mean realistically if the only 2 loan bids we put in today were Nahki Wells and Jordan Ibe why would Wells come as 2nd choice to Britt and by all accounts Ibe rejected Derby as well as us he wanted PL loan or nothing geography wasn't really the problem for us? Derby sound like they missed out just as much as us today and they've got Wazza32 to 'attract' people. Link to post Share on other sites
uncle_rico 387 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 minute ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: Browne came from West Ham, he’s not a league 1 player. Fair enough, but he never played for them and has never played higher than league 1. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Barnaby 954 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 48 minutes ago, Boroinredcar said: Walker is barely ready for U23s never mind championship. I thought the whole team did well on Friday, considering it was the first league match and away at a newly promoted side who would have been on a high,If Britt had bust the net with that penalty we'd have had 3 points and been top of the league or near...Lots of Ifs & buts I know, but there were good signs Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Just now, BoroJake said: Complete and utter failure by the recruitment team today. Teams down the bottom of the league were able to get loans in. Yet we couldn’t. Woodgate is going going to be praying all season for no injuries Well until January maybe! Link to post Share on other sites
2plus2 290 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Seriously, some of the comments on here ?♂️ 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,220 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, ron_manager said: So you believe we will finish 14th to 17th in the league. Give yer head a shake. We have a much more balanced squad than last season and let us be honest if the team last season had an attacking intent we would have finished higher than we did. I have no doubt we will finish in the top half of the league at least. Look at Sheff United last season. Far weaker squad (on paper) than Leeds, WBA etc but they had an attacking intent, team spirit and they clicked. A much more balanced squad? With the addition of one attacking player, a left back and a right back? I know I'm a parody of myself now but that doesn't seem to quite stack up to me, Ron? We lost three attacking players and replaced them with one. We've added a couple of fullbacks, which I think everyone is happy with, but I don't know if that alone makes us more balanced? We've still got too many central midfielders and we have two reliable central defenders and that's before you go back to an attack that is going to be reliant on one or both of Fletcher and Johnson. I think we're still some way from having a balanced squad and I suspect that Woodgate would agree with me tbh. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,043 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 So who was this forward target we wanted? 5 minutes ago, LewisBoroPalfrey said: So is the squad strong or really thin? ? Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Just now, uncle_rico said: Fair enough, but he never played for them and has never played higher than league 1. Sure, sorry I was being a bit pedantic. He may be ok, time will tell. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,176 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, uncle_rico said: Are we really going into the season hoping we don't get any injuries? God forbid of Britt, Ayala, Fry or Wing pick up another injury. All have form! The squad is paper thin and we've had months to sort it, yet once again we've failed miserably. Really feel for Woodgate. He's been open and honest with fans and the local press, yet I think the club (or rather Gibson, Bausor and Bevington) have let him down badly. I'm happy with Browne, Bola and Dijksteel, but they are all league one players. Its a big ask for them to make the step up immediately. We needed so much more. Ah ha! This will not be the issue because one of Pulis's parting gifts was the introduction of non injury players and a medical team that is the dogs bollocks and can cure all ailments and a training regime that guaranteed no injuries. We have so much to thank Pulis for including being financially strong. If you detect a slight sense of sarcasm then you are right 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ron_manager 17 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 As so many seem to be panicking, I was thinking if we were to sell our whole squad what level of Championship clubs might they realistically play at and do a decent job. The unknown/promising players, if they show their potential and if some of the other lower standard players hit some form we have a very decent squad. Randolph – Promotion standard Dicky Steel – Unknown/promising Bolo – Unknown/promising Ayala- Top half championship CB Fry – Promotion standard Shotton – Mid/lower championship Friend – Mid/lower championship Saville - Mid/lower championship Johnson - Mid/lower championship Howson – Promotion standard Clayton – Promotion/Top half championship Tav - Top half championship McNair - Mid/lower championship Wing - Promotion standard Brown - Unknown/promising Fletcher Top half championship Assombalonga - Promotion standard Do you think this is a reasonable summarisation 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ron_manager 17 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Changing Times said: A much more balanced squad? With the addition of one attacking player, a left back and a right back? I know I'm a parody of myself now but that doesn't seem to quite stack up to me, Ron? We lost three attacking players and replaced them with one. We've added a couple of fullbacks, which I think everyone is happy with, but I don't know if that alone makes us more balanced? We've still got too many central midfielders and we have two reliable central defenders and that's before you go back to an attack that is going to be reliant on one or both of Fletcher and Johnson. I think we're still some way from having a balanced squad and I suspect that Woodgate would agree with me tbh. Are you counting Snakethwaite as one of our attackers we've lost ?. He hasn't been a part of the team since Xmas. We've actually gained something by him leaving. Spirit. Who are the other tacking players we have lost? Link to post Share on other sites
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