by LUX » 01 Sep 2021 13:54
by Sutekh » 01 Sep 2021 13:56
LUX can someone post up who we've signed please. It's very inconclusive over on rumsours/gossip
by Zip » 01 Sep 2021 14:15
by SouthDownsRoyal » 01 Sep 2021 17:07
Zip According to Casumo we have also bought Andy Carroll
by SouthDownsRoyal » 01 Sep 2021 17:08
SutekhLUX can someone post up who we've signed please. It's very inconclusive over on rumsours/gossip
Tom Dele Bashiru
Scott Dann
Alen Halilovic
Junior Hoilett
Baba Rahman
Danny Drinkwater
by Lower West » 01 Sep 2021 22:27
by Zip » 01 Sep 2021 22:32
by Westwood52 » 01 Sep 2021 23:30
by Hendo » 02 Sep 2021 08:33
Lower West Would have preferred signing Troy Deeney to the midfield overload we now have. The lack of pace in the team remains a major concern. There's little natural width. Unless Pauno has a plan to plan to play with wingbacks and Drinkwater as a holding defensive midfielder.
by Westwood52 » 02 Sep 2021 10:46
by NathStPaul » 02 Sep 2021 10:50
Westwood52 I assume Carrol didn’t fancy getting out of his mega sized bed for £8.5 grand a week ?
by Westwood52 » 02 Sep 2021 13:02
NathStPaulWestwood52 I assume Carrol didn’t fancy getting out of his mega sized bed for £8.5 grand a week ?
As has been pointed out on about 50 ocassions in numerous threads, we had to offload players before we could sign anyone else. If he wanted to come here or not is a moot point.
by morganb » 02 Sep 2021 13:09
Westwood52NathStPaulWestwood52 I assume Carrol didn’t fancy getting out of his mega sized bed for £8.5 grand a week ?
As has been pointed out on about 50 ocassions in numerous threads, we had to offload players before we could sign anyone else. If he wanted to come here or not is a moot point.
So we should have brought him in as our sixth acquisition and forgone a punt on someone else;given since Joao got crocked and after a LB,a striker was an absolute must.Very,very tricky.Dann,DWater and Baba are almost certain to start.Given Swift’s fragility,presumably Halilovic covers.Toilet gives us some wide cover.So it looks like TDB might be superfluous.Yet he was first pick.
by Hound » 02 Sep 2021 13:17
by Sutekh » 02 Sep 2021 13:19
morganbWestwood52NathStPaul As has been pointed out on about 50 ocassions in numerous threads, we had to offload players before we could sign anyone else. If he wanted to come here or not is a moot point.
So we should have brought him in as our sixth acquisition and forgone a punt on someone else;given since Joao got crocked and after a LB,a striker was an absolute must.Very,very tricky.Dann,DWater and Baba are almost certain to start.Given Swift’s fragility,presumably Halilovic covers.Toilet gives us some wide cover.So it looks like TDB might be superfluous.Yet he was first pick.
I did wonder if instead of selling one of our permanent players whether we could have terminated a loan such as TDB to open up a spacefor a forward.
Also, how come the club didn't already know the situation/know the rules about maximum number of players?
by Westwood52 » 02 Sep 2021 13:27
SutekhmorganbWestwood52
So we should have brought him in as our sixth acquisition and forgone a punt on someone else;given since Joao got crocked and after a LB,a striker was an absolute must.Very,very tricky.Dann,DWater and Baba are almost certain to start.Given Swift’s fragility,presumably Halilovic covers.Toilet gives us some wide cover.So it looks like TDB might be superfluous.Yet he was first pick.
I did wonder if instead of selling one of our permanent players whether we could have terminated a loan such as TDB to open up a spacefor a forward.
Also, how come the club didn't already know the situation/know the rules about maximum number of players?
Given Joao didn’t get crocked until after TDB arrived I don’t think the club can be faulted on that, more likely it was daft to bring in Drinkwater or Halilovic. That said having the defence doing regular comedy routines, culminating in their entry for “it’ll be alright on the night” at Huddersfield, really didn’t help matters.
by Hound » 02 Sep 2021 14:01
Westwood52Sutekhmorganb
I did wonder if instead of selling one of our permanent players whether we could have terminated a loan such as TDB to open up a spacefor a forward.
Also, how come the club didn't already know the situation/know the rules about maximum number of players?
Given Joao didn’t get crocked until after TDB arrived I don’t think the club can be faulted on that, more likely it was daft to bring in Drinkwater or Halilovic. That said having the defence doing regular comedy routines, culminating in their entry for “it’ll be alright on the night” at Huddersfield, really didn’t help matters.
Yeah I think Velcro did not expect his CB s ;on paper the strongest part of the team ,to go down the drain.But because of that he had to bring in Dann.
by Snowflake Royal » 02 Sep 2021 17:37
Hound not sure what to believe about a striker or lack of one coming in to be honest. lets face it, we didn't seem to try that hard. Bit of a half arsed effort to sign Carroll at the end but pretty sure if we'd really wanted one we would have prioritised it. Bit weird on the face of it.
I'm not against plenty of midfield options. I do feel its the one area where subs make the most difference (Pauno needs to use better than he did last year though)
Hard to know how we'll line up. I'm assuming something along the lines of
Halilovic -Drinkwater -Swift - Laurent - Ejaria
leaving Hoilett, TDB, Rino, Tetek on the bench. Decent options there, who can change the dynamic. Hoilett could play alongside Puscas I reckon as well.
by Zip » 02 Sep 2021 17:49
Hound not sure what to believe about a striker or lack of one coming in to be honest. lets face it, we didn't seem to try that hard. Bit of a half arsed effort to sign Carroll at the end but pretty sure if we'd really wanted one we would have prioritised it. Bit weird on the face of it.
I'm not against plenty of midfield options. I do feel its the one area where subs make the most difference (Pauno needs to use better than he did last year though)
Hard to know how we'll line up. I'm assuming something along the lines of
Halilovic -Drinkwater -Swift - Laurent - Ejaria
leaving Hoilett, TDB, Rino, Tetek on the bench. Decent options there, who can change the dynamic. Hoilett could play alongside Puscas I reckon as well.
by Hound » 02 Sep 2021 20:31
Snowflake RoyalHound not sure what to believe about a striker or lack of one coming in to be honest. lets face it, we didn't seem to try that hard. Bit of a half arsed effort to sign Carroll at the end but pretty sure if we'd really wanted one we would have prioritised it. Bit weird on the face of it.
I'm not against plenty of midfield options. I do feel its the one area where subs make the most difference (Pauno needs to use better than he did last year though)
Hard to know how we'll line up. I'm assuming something along the lines of
Halilovic -Drinkwater -Swift - Laurent - Ejaria
leaving Hoilett, TDB, Rino, Tetek on the bench. Decent options there, who can change the dynamic. Hoilett could play alongside Puscas I reckon as well.
Depressing that it basically forces out the one consistent performer we've had in midfield for years and blocks the opportunities for an Academy graduate at the same time.
Whilst leaving us with a central midfielder at left wing, few actual wide options and shallow options at full back and paper thin options upfront.
Definitely think Drinkwater was a midfielder too far and TDB is unnecessarily similar to Laurent (who has been pretty arse)
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