olderskyblue
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Post of the season….give the award now
Post of the season….give the award nowno im wrong apologies
Just had a look through myself, only other semi realistic one I can see is Curtis Nelson. Had a shocker against Reading and not been involved since
That's what we should be doing, finding clubs that can't say no to us!When was the last time we went down the pyramid and tempted a cash strapped club in a lower league to sell us a player on the cheap at the end of a transfer window
That's what we should be doing, finding clubs that can't say no to us!
As in further down the food chain. There must be some prospects in L2 at clubs who can't afford to say no? But it seems that we can't even afford them now. Free's aren't free though with their wages...I don’t think there are that many that are worse off than us.
Grendel admitting he is wrong?no im wrong apologies
I would say this is a case of beggars can't be choosers. Championship level ball playing centre backs who can defend well, for a minimum fee/free, with 2 days before the transfer window closes? Good luck to us with that.Are we changing our style at the back?..we have gone from young athletic wingbacks ..maatson/mcCallum to bidwell!.. now from ball playing centre back in hyam to gnarled pro in bennet!..does mr think we are to soft defensively?..and bought in players with degrees in the dark arts...or is it just the price was right??...
I would say this is a case of beggars can't be choosers. Championship level ball playing centre backs who can defend well, for a minimum fee/free, with 2 days before the transfer window closes? Good luck to us with that.
I doubt Robins is thinking anything other than, 'fuck, I desperately need another defender who can do a job at this level.' and if the style has to change because of the resources we can afford under those constraints, I'm sure it will.
Drysdale and Pask not progressing has hurt us here, but in fairness they were never signed as Championship development options.
I'm not an expert on our academy but I would say it needs significant investment to be regularly bringing through Championship level quality. And at the same time, our first team budget is way too small to be 'wasting' budget signing prospects for modest fees from L1 and L2 that we can develop for a season or 2 like we have tried with Tavares.
It's all symptoms of the ceiling we have reached under these owners.
Seems like a hopeful ‘plug in the hole’, but if Bennett can add a bit of grit and zeal to the back, so be it. As long as he can pass to a blue shirt…
Just a thought, do we think Doyle was signed on loan as a mainstay in the 1st team, or a back up? Perhaps he isn’t quite at the level that our scouting team thought?
There are plenty of good centre backs in lower leagues who we can develop further who currently play our style brand of football..just look at the ones from MK Don's or Oxford United.
I'd much rather BUY someone we can develop further. Than is a has been on stupid wages.
Plenty of good centre backs in league 1 that are currently better than Callum Doyle.
Question is will MR get up to 750k of The Hyam fee to tempt league 1 clubs.
No, we have Panzo and Doyle nowWhat about Bidwell at left centre-back in the three? He had his best games there last season.
No one for left wing-back then though. Adamarola?
Suspect we've all but given up on offloading Kane and Robins last injury update suggested Kelly and Kane were fairly close to being back.i didn’t think we would look to get another defender in tbh. I thought he’d look at midfield or RWB given Dabos fitness record
Ideally you want your big ball winning CB in the centre to then give it to the outside ball playing CBs, I’d argue that Doyle is actually the worst we have for that central position.I reckon Doyle could play in the middle of the 3 and use his good ball playing to spread the play to anywhere on the pitch easier, then either side of him have Panzo and (new CB)
There's a fear that this will be too much, too soon for Doyle, especially if things go bad with his passing out from the back style.Ideally you want your big ball winning CB in the centre to then give it to the outside ball playing CBs, I’d argue that Doyle is actually the worst we have for that central position.
There are plenty of good centre backs in lower leagues who we can develop further who currently play our style brand of football..just look at the ones from MK Don's or Oxford United.
I'd much rather BUY someone we can develop further. Than is a has been on stupid wages.
Plenty of good centre backs in league 1 that are currently better than Callum Doyle.
Question is will MR get up to 750k of The Hyam fee to tempt league 1 clubs.
One day, we'll happen to sign one by pure chance, and your reputation will be set forever more!Just had someone send a message in a group chat I'm in telling us all how we're heavily linked with him!! My sneakery has reaching news levels, perhaps it's time for me to stop with all my excellent rumours and gossip as it's starting to merge into my private life. Sneaky sneaky
Talking of falling down quickly. Used to play in a midweek 7 a side team that was handpicked from my weekend XI a side teams. We were thrashing a team after 10 mins and they just resorted to kicking lumps out of us. After a robust challenge that left one of our players in a heap, the perpetrator screamed 'Fucking hell ref, they're going down like Weebles!!'.That would be a proper 'model' & one that I think most sensible fans would get behind.
Unfortunately, we are struggling to sell our best assets at maximum value & also seemingly unable to pay any fees so it falls down pretty quickly.
Now that's exactly what we should be doing. But we won't.There are plenty of good centre backs in lower leagues who we can develop further who currently play our style brand of football..just look at the ones from MK Don's or Oxford United.
I'd much rather BUY someone we can develop further. Than is a has been on stupid wages.
Plenty of good centre backs in league 1 that are currently better than Callum Doyle.
Question is will MR get up to 750k of The Hyam fee to tempt league 1 clubs.
One day, we'll happen to sign one by pure chance, and your reputation will be set forever more!
If we have to wait three or four years to sign Bennet, then we can all be safe to say that either he or us will be pretty shit at that time(!)Like SBJon on GMK years ago, twatting around saying we were in for Joe Cole
If we have to wait three or four years to sign Bennet, then we can all be safe to say that either he or us will be pretty shit at that time(!)
OwlingPoor greggs, trys to start a serious thread and gets a load of piss taking.
Suppose it's a case of the boy who cried owl.
Think it’s the right think to keep hold of Kane we need cover for Dabo as well as Waghorne & Walker we need the experience on our bench can try & off load all three in January which could release a decent amount of wages to help bring some in.Suspect we've all but given up on offloading Kane and Robins last injury update suggested Kelly and Kane were fairly close to being back.
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