Grendel
Well-Known Member
He is out of contract in the summer
I'm beginning to doubt if he ever will be 100% fit again and fear the injuries may well have taken their toll. Something is definitely not right with him and hasn't been for a while.
If this loanee is good enough to play regularly I'd love to be able to tell Dabo to just spend the rest of this season getting whatever needs fixing fixed properly and hope he'll be ready for pre-season training. If we keep rushing him back as we have done his career will be done before too long.
I'm beginning to doubt if he ever will be 100% fit again and fear the injuries may well have taken their toll. Something is definitely not right with him and hasn't been for a while.
If this loanee is good enough to play regularly I'd love to be able to tell Dabo to just spend the rest of this season getting whatever needs fixing fixed properly and hope he'll be ready for pre-season training. If we keep rushing him back as we have done his career will be done before too long.
Everyone is talking about rebuilding in the summer window. My fear is that if Vik goes, that will be rebuilding from League 1. We need a couple of goal scorers in Jan. And terminate a few contracts if no-one wants to take them!
How do we pay off the contracts then?
Allen's contract runs to 2024Summer we could lose:
Hillsner
Dacosta
Bapaga
Dabo
Wilson
Kane
Kelly
Waghorn
Walker
Allen
Plus the 4 loanees.
That’s 15 out, 10 in from the squad as it stands. Leaving you with:
GK/Moore
RWB/Burroughs
LWB/Bidwell
CB/Rose
CB/Fadz
CB
Hamer/CM
Sheaf/Eccles
Patterson/Palmer/O’Hare
ST/ST/Godden
Assuming the 9 who aren’t Patterson are of the right quality that would be fine and shouldn’t need a massive boost in wages.
I think we've got an option for another year on top.He is out of contract in the summer
If Vik was to go,then I think we'd need 2 strikersSell Vik.
Undav in on loan. Sign a CB and Jamie Patterson. Rebuild in the summer. Sorted.
Summer we could lose:
Hillsner
Dacosta
Bapaga
Dabo
Wilson
Kane
Kelly
Waghorn
Walker
Allen
Plus the 4 loanees.
That’s 15 out, 10 in from the squad as it stands. Leaving you with:
GK/Moore
RWB/Burroughs
LWB/Bidwell
CB/Rose
CB/Fadz
CB
Hamer/CM
Sheaf/Eccles
Patterson/Palmer/O’Hare
ST/ST/Godden
Assuming the 9 who aren’t Patterson are of the right quality that would be fine and shouldn’t need a massive boost in wages.
You've got the job.Sell Vik.
Undav in on loan. Sign a CB and Jamie Patterson. Rebuild in the summer. Sorted.
It turns me on when you lay out the squad like that.
Just goes to show if we can offload the deadwood, we can get things looking decent with a bit of planning.
Definitely had worse players but he just wasn’t upto standard!Happy to see the back of Kane, I was not enthused by his signing at all and it hasn't worked out.
Injuries are a killer...see Jodi Jones. It remains to be seen if Dabo, Kelly, Godden, Waghorn, Tavares, O'hare, Walker, Eccles, Fadz and Godden can come back to an acceptable level for a top six finish in the next two seasons. Short termism should be reserved for politicians not football teams. I think saying players are not good enough as they try to get their fitness levels up is totally unfair and displays a poor understanding of football. We have been decimated by injuries this season. Give these guys a break. Some will come back stronger others will fall by the wayside, but constant criticism of players trying to get back up to speed is unreasonable.
Definitely had worse players but he just wasn’t upto standard!
We’ll always have that cross-cum-shot at Bournemouth last season to remember him by
Definitely had worse players but he just wasn’t upto standard!
We’ll always have that cross-cum-shot at Bournemouth last season to remember him by
Allen's contract runs to 2024
If Vik was to go,then I think we'd need 2 strikers
What's so funny @Grendel, don't you think Kane is 5th choice?
Or just a little embarrassed that one of the few players you championed has turned out to be a flop?
What's so funny @Grendel, don't you think Kane is 5th choice?
Or just a little embarrassed that one of the few players you championed has turned out to be a flop?
He’s fifth choice? Whose ahead of him again? It’s worth noting you got terribly excited about the non entity from C Palace who you believed was better than Bidwell
Kenny Jackett - Pompey fans would snap your hand off for an exchange. They can't stand him.
Yet he has a 52% win ratio
See don’t like it do you - check his record out
He managed Millwall and created a survival mentality
He’s fifth choice? Whose ahead of him again? It’s worth noting you got terribly excited about the non entity from C Palace who you believed was better than Bidwell
I dont think Burroughs or Eccles were ahead of him to be honest, recentlyNorton Cuffy
Dabo
Eccles
Burroughs
Kane
5th choice
I never said Adamarola was better than Bidwell. Why do you make stuff up when you get called out? You can give it but you sure as hell can't take it
I don't think Denethor is excited in that scene. But I do wonder why you bring up other people's bad takes, whether they made them or not, when you have called for Robins to be sacked countless times and said we should bring in Jackett to replace him. Who went on to be sacked twice in less than a year after you posted.Someone is excited
I dont think Burroughs or Eccles were ahead of him to be honest, recently
I don't think Denethor is excited in that scene. But I do wonder why you bring up other people's bad takes, whether they made them or not, when you have called for Robins to be sacked countless times and said we should bring in Jackett to replace him. Who went on to be sacked twice in less than a year after you posted.
Yes but pal, recently Kane has been seen as the better option off the bench than BurroughsOf course they were, Eccles started 5 games in a row before he got injured, Burroughs played 3 in a row.
Kane has started one game all season
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