Tea & Busquets
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Throw a short term deal at Josh Onomah and maybe Stefan Johansen or Josh Amos. We need bodies in midfield plain and simple.
Midfield crisis (8 Viewers)
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tomreagan84
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It’ll take them a month to get up to speed, by which point our injured will be returning.
We’ll brave it out until January. Then we do need either the right signing, or a couple of loan to tide us over.
clint van damme
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We've only got 3 fit midfielders!
I don't think short term loans is a bad call although we may have a few bodies back post international break.
Martin180
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Eccles , Allen ,Ayari , Sakamoto , Lati
Short term loans can work if the players are from clubs and have been in training, them players mentioned have been released and are without a club .
It will take weeks to get them match fit and used to them playing system .
After Norwich we have a break after which we will have players returning
clint van damme
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Well that's that then.
Martin180
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The players mentioned are without clubs
clint van damme
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Yeah, I was thinking short term contracts, I get Martin your point about getting up to speed but when you're as desperate as we are.......
Hopefully we have bodies back after the break.
steve cooper
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7 points from the last 3 games is not bad. A draw against Norwich wouldn't be disastrous, giving 8 from 4 games going into the break. Should be OK after that
The issue is no one else wants them so that tells me everything I need to know
BlueSkiesForever
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I just hope that we sign a proper decent box-to-box midfielder in January. Sheaf is solid and our defence is pretty decent but we just lack that vision and pace from midfield to make little 1-2’s and runs into the box.
Looks very static for a lot of the game atm.
Looks very static for a lot of the game atm.
clint van damme
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Seen an interview with Troy Deeney recently saying lots of out of contract players get offers won't drop down the league or take pay cuts.
That itself points to questionable attitude.
TomRad85
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Weird one that. Earn something vs earn nothing seems like a no brainer.
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clint van damme
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Earn something playing football!
Flying Fokker
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Or perhaps the realization that they are not spring chickens and need to make it worth their efforts? Joe Cole/ Dennis Wise came to us but must have been offered decent money as well.
clint van damme
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Fairly sure we were paying Cole £1 a week because there has to be a payment.
Terry_dactyl
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What’s with Josh Onomah? I thought he looked very good for Fulham a couple of years back.
SlowerThanPlatt
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What’s the point in that? They won’t be match fit until most of our missing players are back
SkyBlue_Bear83
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He signed permanently in the January didn't he?
Flying Fokker
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That would be good. Pay as you play may be the way to go.
clint van damme
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He did, I'd forgotten about that. Doubt he was on great money
Astute
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Do they need the money?
Not so bad if they live close enough to commute. But otherwise could mean uprooting their family from where they are settled. Otherwise a long commute each side of training. They wouldn't see much of their family.
I understand the sentiment Martin but I don’t think Tats can play in the less attacking central midfield roles. Eccles looks leggy, Ayari is still very raw.
I’m not suggesting we sign free players now but I understand why Tea and B proposed it.
SkyblueDad
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Midfield options could be better but not a crisis, assuming everyone from Wednesday are fit bar Kelly we have Eccles, Ayari, Allen, Saka can juggle if we need to with a couple others and you never know one of the injured group might be okay for at least the bench.
Skybluedownunder
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Do you remember when Doncaster got all those big timers on frees?
Pascal Chimbonda being one of them
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SlowerThanPlatt
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And Diouf, they were linked to a dodgy agent at the time
AFCCOVENTRY
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CoH and Sheaf will be back after the international break. No point wasting money now on freebies who won’t be able to a lot in straight away. Save it for Jan on a marquee CM signing and another to bolster the centre.
Also breaking news. Robins has just said Kelly doesn’t have a hamstring tear and is just being treated as a minor injury now. So he’s receiving physio for that. So he will be back after the international break as well hopefully,
Also breaking news. Robins has just said Kelly doesn’t have a hamstring tear and is just being treated as a minor injury now. So he’s receiving physio for that. So he will be back after the international break as well hopefully,
Just read that. Turned down further scans, and says he "feels" as though it's nothing major. Going to crack on with physio. Baffling! Do players just diagnose themselves now?
AFCCOVENTRY
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You have to trust the players and especially the club captain. It costs money to do scans.
skyblueelephant76
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To be fair, Kelly does have a lot of injury experience to know how something feels.
AFCCOVENTRY
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Update on Liam Kelly…
“Well, he feels that it's not a major thing. We are just treating those symptoms and seeing where that goes but I think we'll know a little bit more over the coming days.
“He will be in next week. It'll be assessed consistently and then see when he's ready to be able to start to build it up again. But I think in the first instance he's quite happy that there isn't a major thing.”
What’s next for Fabio Tavares…
“Now he just needs to get fit. He's still got things to do still got markers to hit.
“He's out on the grass and is running, as you've seen, and he’s still got to finish that. So, he still away away but it's positive that he's out running on the grass.”
The next step for Callum…
“The next step for him is training next week. He's going to be doing some more work.
“He will wort hard, then get a bit of a rest and work hard and get a bit of rest and then he'll be back in training the following week, into Bristol City and from that point on, he could be close to a game.
“But we've just got to see, like I say I'm not putting any deadlines on anybody like that, I think it'd be unfair.”
“Well, he feels that it's not a major thing. We are just treating those symptoms and seeing where that goes but I think we'll know a little bit more over the coming days.
“He will be in next week. It'll be assessed consistently and then see when he's ready to be able to start to build it up again. But I think in the first instance he's quite happy that there isn't a major thing.”
What’s next for Fabio Tavares…
“Now he just needs to get fit. He's still got things to do still got markers to hit.
“He's out on the grass and is running, as you've seen, and he’s still got to finish that. So, he still away away but it's positive that he's out running on the grass.”
The next step for Callum…
“The next step for him is training next week. He's going to be doing some more work.
“He will wort hard, then get a bit of a rest and work hard and get a bit of rest and then he'll be back in training the following week, into Bristol City and from that point on, he could be close to a game.
“But we've just got to see, like I say I'm not putting any deadlines on anybody like that, I think it'd be unfair.”