Get a grip, this is a rebuilding season. (5 Viewers)

[Voice_of_Reason]

Normally haven’t we built and progressed , this time round we’ve built and gone backwards. You would have thought by mid November the manager would at least know his best 11 and formation. It seems we have to wait for Saddlebrains every week to give us a clue as to what we are trying this time around.

With Palmer, O'Hare and Tevares, Kelly out for months/ weeks, how can MR play his best 11 ?

 

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[Grendel]

With Palmer, O'Hare and Tevares, Kelly out for months/ weeks, how can MR play his best 11 ?

Palmer Kelly aren’t in our best 11 and Tavares wouldn’t even make the bench

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Palmer Kelly aren’t in our best 11 and Tavares wouldn’t even make the bench

Name your best 11 then, Grendel in your opinion.

 

[Grendel]

Name your best 11 then, Grendel in your opinion.

Why? it won’t include those 3 - we’ve upgraded the squad by £22million so you’d think an aging Kelly, palmer whose destined to be on the fringes are hardky vital and as for Tavares I mean seriously

 

[Grendel]

Cast your mind back to the begining of last season's games when early on we lost 4 in a row and some were writing us off as rubbish and doomed.

We had 20 points after 16 games and then won 3 in a row

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Why? it won’t include those 3 - we’ve upgraded the squad by £22million so you’d think an aging Kelly, palmer whose destined to be on the fringes are hardky vital and as for Tavares I mean seriously

So, which are the best 11 then. You can't say who you want to exclude and not say who you would. You are suggesting MR should by now, know his best 11 yet it wouldn't include those you have excluded.
The answer is, you don't know the best 11 in your opinion. Cheers, Grendel. Not arguing, just asking

 

[TomRad85]

Everyone has a degree of patience, but two things make that a challenge in the end.

The first is the money we've spent. You would expect some sort of immediate return from certain players. That isn't really happening. The second is that the management is making a lot of poor decisions. What we did yesterday was something many of us have been calling for, for a long while. Certain players have been benched that also should have been playing. It is a concern when a fairly unanimous calling from the fans is actually correct, and the manager looks wrong.

We all get that it can take some time, we've seen enough shit as a fan base. Some of the things that have been happening have been a bit concerning though. I think it's acceptable to voice that.

Some of the most clued up posters have been calling for this exact formation for a while, we know who we are. Needs a couple of tweaks to the 11 and Robins will have finally caught up.

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[Grendel]

So, which are the best 11 then. You can't say who you want to exclude and not say who you would. You are suggesting MR should by now, know his best 11 yet it wouldn't include those you have excluded.
The answer is, you don't know the best 11 in your opinion. Cheers, Grendel. Not arguing, just asking

The big problem surely is many of the new signings aren’t automatic choices. So MVE and Da Silva aren’t clearly stamping authority and Wright and Simms ass misfiring. We still rely on the old guard of Allen Mcfazdean godden etc and many new players look questionable

 

[TomRad85]

Why? it won’t include those 3 - we’ve upgraded the squad by £22million so you’d think an aging Kelly, palmer whose destined to be on the fringes are hardky vital and as for Tavares I mean seriously

Tavares' fancy name does a lot of heavy lifting.

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[Voice_of_Reason]

The big problem surely is many of the new signings aren’t automatic choices. So MVE and Da Silva aren’t clearly stamping authority and Wright and Simms ass misfiring. We still rely on the old guard of Allen Mcfazdean godden etc and many new players look questionable

Blimey, I agree with you Grendel !

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Wright and Simms ass misfiring.

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Be interesting to know what others think is our best 11/ formation - assume those injured are fit to choose from.

 

[SBT]

People didn’t expect to be storming the league. They just also didn’t expect to be in a battle for survival which make no mistake, this team is in one.

Most of the forum said playoffs at least

Where will We finish

Where will We finish , do these threads every year , let's go I'm voting as if Hamer is staying

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[Voice_of_Reason]

Most of the forum said playoffs at least

Where will We finish

Where will We finish , do these threads every year , let's go I'm voting as if Hamer is staying

www.skybluestalk.co.uk

Only a couple of weeks ago the bookies super prediction final table has us finishing 6th lol.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Most of the forum said playoffs at least

Where will We finish

Where will We finish , do these threads every year , let's go I'm voting as if Hamer is staying

www.skybluestalk.co.uk

3% predicted bottom half…

 

[Grendel]

Most of the forum said playoffs at least

Where will We finish

Where will We finish , do these threads every year , let's go I'm voting as if Hamer is staying

www.skybluestalk.co.uk

you don’t take notice of opinion polls though

 

[Cally Fedora]

All fit. I’d go with
Wilson
Ewijk Kitching Thomas Bidwell
Eccles Sheaf Allen
O’Hare
Simms. Wright

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

All fit. I’d go with
Wilson
Ewijk Kitching Thomas Bidwell
Eccles Sheaf Allen
O’Hare
Simms. Wright

Subs. Tats, Lats, Palmer, Godden, Moore (surprised ? ... ,but experienced). Da Silva, Banks.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Yes, agree with the subs. To be honest I’ve not seen much end product from Sakamoto but he’s tricky

 

[covboy9]

Nothing is being built from what I can see and robins is panicking

two great players made all the difference

physically this team isn’t good enough

 

[covboy9]

Glad to see bidwell back in

desilva is embarrassingly poor

 

[covboy9]

Yes, agree with the subs. To be honest I’ve not seen much end product from Sakamoto but he’s tricky

He came from same team as a lad that’s now plying his trade with col u

he’s not good enough

 

[baldy]

Glad to see bidwell back in

desilva is embarrassingly poor

But Da Silva’s now an international

 

[Johhny Blue]

Yes, agree with the subs. To be honest I’ve not seen much end product from Sakamoto but he’s tricky

Define end product:
In limited game time he has had at least three good attempts on goal and put in a fair few decent crosses

 

[Balli001]

But Da Silva’s now an international

For Wales though so its a counter argument

 

[Grendel]

But Da Silva’s now an international

So was David Pipe

 

[skybluecam]

Collins
MVE Thomas Kitching Bidwell
Eccles Sheaf Allen
Sakamoto Simms Wright

That’s what I want to see us build towards playing, I can see why MR is being conservative with some positions.

Playmaking CM in Jan and that could be a good team. Maybe Ayari would look better in this formation as well.

 

[Tommo1993]

People seem to like a little whippet who tries hard, but doesn’t seem to offer much when on the pitch.

 

[skybluecam]

People seem to like a little whippet who tries hard, but doesn’t seem to offer much when on the pitch.

Sakamoto? He’s not really had the chance to build understanding with the rest of them, keeps getting shuffled around the pitch and is in and out of the team. If we’re playing wingers he has to start I think.

 

[Tommo1993]

Sakamoto? He’s not really had the chance to build understanding with the rest of them, keeps getting shuffled around the pitch and is in and out of the team. If we’re playing wingers he has to start I think.

I just don’t think he’s what we need. I don’t think MR thinks so either.

 

[wingy]

I liked him when was on the left midfield.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Define end product:
In limited game time he has had at least three good attempts on goal and put in a fair few decent crosses

OK, maybe need to phrase differently. I think he looks busy but it often comes to nothing. Accept he’s had limited game time .

 

[CV22SBA]

You can't just throw a team of virtually new players and expect immediate results regardless of their value.
This season is like other seasons since MR took over management where a rebuild was needed in the past.
MR stressed this was a season of consolidation and it would take time. The only missing links are that Gus has not been replaced and a striker of Vic's quality. I think both Ellis and Wright will come good.
Trust the process, this is a season of a mid table consolidation ready for a push next season.

M'Boro / Leicester / Leeds / Southampton all lost more players than we did over the summer. Its not taken then 16 games to gel.

 

[Matt smith]

M'Boro / Leicester / Leeds / Southampton all lost more players than we did over the summer. Its not taken then 16 games to gel.

It’s because the players aren’t good enough for god sake

realism is needed, this team aren’t very good

 

[Cally Fedora]

A huge number of the current team were one kick away from promotion last year. It’s crazy to now say they are not very good.