We have no potential in midfield. 06:53 - Oct 4 with 4642 views | Mercian | Unless you count Omari as a midfielder all the players are either at or close to their ceiling or on loan (Cajuste). Kalvin, Sam, Luongo and if you count Szmods and Chapers are all good players but all are 27 plus. Taylor is decent but I doubt he will make the grade as a nailed on Prem starter. In all other areas we have high potential players who "should" only get better. It is a concern in the long term. [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 6:55]
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We have no potential in midfield. on 06:58 - Oct 4 with 4148 views | FrimleyBlue | Good job there are transfer windows then. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 07:14 - Oct 4 with 4103 views | nodge_blue | Humphries is potential. Just cos he’s not in the first team now doesn’t mean he’s not still considered a prospect. Plus Morsy still has been developing in his 30s so it doesn’t mean players won’t improve and push their ability higher. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 07:20 - Oct 4 with 4052 views | Cafe_Newman |
We have no potential in midfield. on 06:58 - Oct 4 by FrimleyBlue | Good job there are transfer windows then. |
Just like the OP, I was just wondering what life would be like when we stay up and establish ourselves in the premier league how we would fare in 2035 with a whole squad of 30-somethings and some players in their 40s. These transfer windows are a godsend, aren't they? |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 07:21 - Oct 4 with 4045 views | RobTheMonk | Midfield has been an area we've plugged with a few loans (Cajuste and Phillips). Both experienced players at a high level and a good age. Morsy doesn't look out of place and Taylor has looked decent from the bench. Johnson can play there if needed too. And don't forget Luongo, although this will most likely be his swansong season with us. You also need players in that age bracket for a bit of experience on and off the pitch. |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 07:22 - Oct 4 with 4034 views | Cafe_Newman |
We have no potential in midfield. on 07:20 - Oct 4 by Cafe_Newman | Just like the OP, I was just wondering what life would be like when we stay up and establish ourselves in the premier league how we would fare in 2035 with a whole squad of 30-somethings and some players in their 40s. These transfer windows are a godsend, aren't they? |
And some sort of academy or youth team would be a good idea if you want to develop some potential for the future. |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 07:32 - Oct 4 with 3988 views | SheffordBlue | There's an obligation to buy for Cajuste when we stay up. From someone who I thought looked likely to go on loan Taylor has impressed me when he's come off the bench - if he continues to take his opportunities then he I would have him in the 'potential' bracket. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 07:37 - Oct 4 with 3952 views | Nutkins_Return | Cajuste is a loan to buy (obligated if we stay up) so that's that sorted. Loads of potential. Humphreys ticks the box (particularly if we don't stay up and should be ready for the champ at least). Phillips is improving week on week to get back to his best. Taylor can still improve. CM is an area McKenna knows needs experience and knowing how anyway |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 08:01 - Oct 4 with 3824 views | BlueBoots | Let's just concentrate on CM's (not 10's)... Cajuste is on loan but will be our player if we stay up (and has hardly kicked a ball for us), so bit of a stretch to write him off already. Phillips is on loan, but would be a very difficult signing due to his current wage and length of contract. Since the start of the season he has been improving game on game (after hardly playing for a couple of seasons), and looking at his England levels from a few years back there's clearly potential to get even better. Taylor is 26, so just approaching his best years as a CM; he's made a big impact when he's come off the bench this season, and doesn't look phased or out of place playing at this level. Luongo is someone who is well drilled in all our patterns of play, did a great job for us last season, and we know we can rely on him to do a job for us if needed. Humphreys still a baby for a CM...having a very good loan spell in League One, next step probably a loan in the Championship next season, Potential is clearly there for all to see. Morsy has adapted well to playing at Prem level, but obviously a bit late on in his career. Over time, I'm hoping he'll want to see that out with us, and probably evolve into a player we can 100% rely on to bring off the bench to help see a game out, and later become the senior pro at the club who maintains standards at training and possibly even joins the coaching staff (as happened with Aluko) So potential there of a different nature... Without wishing to be too rude, the fact that you're writing off players who are being coached by Keiran McKenna from having any potential to improve, I wonder how much attention you've been paying for the past couple of seasons... |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 08:17 - Oct 4 with 3732 views | NthQldITFC |
We have no potential in midfield. on 07:20 - Oct 4 by Cafe_Newman | Just like the OP, I was just wondering what life would be like when we stay up and establish ourselves in the premier league how we would fare in 2035 with a whole squad of 30-somethings and some players in their 40s. These transfer windows are a godsend, aren't they? |
We are indeed very lucky that they exist. Just don't tell Leeds and Leicester and Southampton, or even little Norwich, fans about this further evidence of our outrageous good luck. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 08:30 - Oct 4 with 3656 views | blueasfook | Sits and waits for Elephant to jump on this with a moan about mercenaries with no loyalty and our failure to recruit promising youngsters from Ipswich Wanderers and Bury Town FC... |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 08:30 - Oct 4 with 3644 views | DBaldy | We've got high potential players in literally every other position on the pitch, so why are you stressing about one particular position? Besides, if we can see that, clearly McKenna and Ashton can ad well and so I'm sure they'll have plans in place. |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:31 - Oct 4 with 3636 views | Cafe_Newman |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:17 - Oct 4 by NthQldITFC | We are indeed very lucky that they exist. Just don't tell Leeds and Leicester and Southampton, or even little Norwich, fans about this further evidence of our outrageous good luck. |
Isn't the transfer window just a Premier League thing? Does it affect little Norwich. And another thing, if we have this opportunity to get new players, why do we still have L1 players like Morsy and Davis in the team? |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:37 - Oct 4 with 3583 views | Churchman |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:30 - Oct 4 by blueasfook | Sits and waits for Elephant to jump on this with a moan about mercenaries with no loyalty and our failure to recruit promising youngsters from Ipswich Wanderers and Bury Town FC... |
Nah, the Elephant will still be on his beloved WOTB and PinkUn at this time. He be loping along soon enough. Debt peddlers, mercenaries etc etc yawn, I have to say the OP is a little odd. A wind up? It seems to take no account of where we started from or what we are trying to do let alone the abilities of the players we have. |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:43 - Oct 4 with 3543 views | DinDjarin | If we stay up then we will have another hefty war chest to recruit so not sure it would be a problem. |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:49 - Oct 4 with 3496 views | baxterbasics |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:43 - Oct 4 by DinDjarin | If we stay up then we will have another hefty war chest to recruit so not sure it would be a problem. |
The best thing about that is we shouldn't need a £100m+ investment each year from this point, smaller tweaks should do the job fine. Wages will be what chips into that war chest I imagine. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 09:17 - Oct 4 with 3354 views | Len_Brennan | We tried to sign Downes, and almost did it would appear, so clearly it is an area in which we are interested in bringing in players in their prime or just before it. As others have said, we will sign Cajuste full time if all goes well, but we will need 2 others by next summer at least. We are kind of cursed longterm with Phillips, because if he does well for us, which is thankfully looking very likely, his transfer valuation will certainly be back up to what City paid for him in this current market, and probably more given how important players in his position have become with so many sides (incl. us) playing with 2 in front of the defence. Maybe we could afford £45m for a key player on a 5 year deal if we stay up, but then the wages come into the equation, plus the attention of clubs with European football to offer. So realistically the club needs to be out there trying to find the next unknown gem, like Brighton have with Baleba, or with Caicedo before him. I think that has to be the next stage of our upward trajectory. [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 9:20]
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We have no potential in midfield. on 09:26 - Oct 4 with 3302 views | JammyDodgerrr |
We have no potential in midfield. on 08:01 - Oct 4 by BlueBoots | Let's just concentrate on CM's (not 10's)... Cajuste is on loan but will be our player if we stay up (and has hardly kicked a ball for us), so bit of a stretch to write him off already. Phillips is on loan, but would be a very difficult signing due to his current wage and length of contract. Since the start of the season he has been improving game on game (after hardly playing for a couple of seasons), and looking at his England levels from a few years back there's clearly potential to get even better. Taylor is 26, so just approaching his best years as a CM; he's made a big impact when he's come off the bench this season, and doesn't look phased or out of place playing at this level. Luongo is someone who is well drilled in all our patterns of play, did a great job for us last season, and we know we can rely on him to do a job for us if needed. Humphreys still a baby for a CM...having a very good loan spell in League One, next step probably a loan in the Championship next season, Potential is clearly there for all to see. Morsy has adapted well to playing at Prem level, but obviously a bit late on in his career. Over time, I'm hoping he'll want to see that out with us, and probably evolve into a player we can 100% rely on to bring off the bench to help see a game out, and later become the senior pro at the club who maintains standards at training and possibly even joins the coaching staff (as happened with Aluko) So potential there of a different nature... Without wishing to be too rude, the fact that you're writing off players who are being coached by Keiran McKenna from having any potential to improve, I wonder how much attention you've been paying for the past couple of seasons... |
I actually don't think Phillips will be that hard a deal to pull off. City won't want him and if we stay up, he strikes me as the type of player that would stay rather than go risk it somewhere else; if we wanted him. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 11:35 - Oct 4 with 3052 views | Oldsmoker |
We have no potential in midfield. on 06:58 - Oct 4 by FrimleyBlue | Good job there are transfer windows then. |
Have you got any evidence of ITFC actually using the Transfer window? When did they last buy 10 or more players in a Transfer window? The TWTD posters who've been asleep for the last 4 months need to know. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 11:37 - Oct 4 with 3032 views | Vegtablue | A little concern over our obligation to buy Cajuste maybe, with Brentford backing out of the deal due to injury concerns and it now confirmed he will miss two months (*edit: wrong) with his knee problem, in addition to his slower start for us. Far from serious concerns though; good chance this isn't related to Brentford's issue and I'm confident there's much better to come if he keeps fit over most of the season. Phillips returning here on loan for another season doesn't seem crazy if we stay up and he enjoys himself, unless his performances become 'too good' aha. He's on a ridiculous contract with City and so I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps on the loan circuit for some time, unless City agreed to buy him out in order to facilitate a permanent transfer elsewhere. Taylor still has room to develop. Morsy and Luongo hit new gears around 30 let's not forget. Otherwise it's an area of the squad with much opportunity to reinvest if we stay up, when we'd be a much more attractive proposition than we were this summer. As long as we're okay in the short term, that's the pressing issue really. *Edit: I've confused the international breaks haven't I, so Cajuste only out for a few weeks hopefully. [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 12:11]
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We have no potential in midfield. on 13:11 - Oct 4 with 2818 views | Pinewoodblue |
We have no potential in midfield. on 11:37 - Oct 4 by Vegtablue | A little concern over our obligation to buy Cajuste maybe, with Brentford backing out of the deal due to injury concerns and it now confirmed he will miss two months (*edit: wrong) with his knee problem, in addition to his slower start for us. Far from serious concerns though; good chance this isn't related to Brentford's issue and I'm confident there's much better to come if he keeps fit over most of the season. Phillips returning here on loan for another season doesn't seem crazy if we stay up and he enjoys himself, unless his performances become 'too good' aha. He's on a ridiculous contract with City and so I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps on the loan circuit for some time, unless City agreed to buy him out in order to facilitate a permanent transfer elsewhere. Taylor still has room to develop. Morsy and Luongo hit new gears around 30 let's not forget. Otherwise it's an area of the squad with much opportunity to reinvest if we stay up, when we'd be a much more attractive proposition than we were this summer. As long as we're okay in the short term, that's the pressing issue really. *Edit: I've confused the international breaks haven't I, so Cajuste only out for a few weeks hopefully. [Post edited 4 Oct 2024 12:11]
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We have no potential in midfield. on 14:31 - Oct 4 with 2656 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
We have no potential in midfield. on 07:14 - Oct 4 by nodge_blue | Humphries is potential. Just cos he’s not in the first team now doesn’t mean he’s not still considered a prospect. Plus Morsy still has been developing in his 30s so it doesn’t mean players won’t improve and push their ability higher. |
Isn’t Tudor Mendel-Idawu a midfielder too? |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 20:45 - Oct 4 with 2293 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
We have no potential in midfield. on 09:26 - Oct 4 by JammyDodgerrr | I actually don't think Phillips will be that hard a deal to pull off. City won't want him and if we stay up, he strikes me as the type of player that would stay rather than go risk it somewhere else; if we wanted him. |
The idea of getting someone like Phillips on a permanent deal is about as wild as getting him in on loan this season, signing Hutchinson permanently and getting 2 of the best Championship players from last season in too. I certainly wouldn't write off the idea of him being here next season. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 20:57 - Oct 4 with 2255 views | MVBlue |
We have no potential in midfield. on 20:45 - Oct 4 by Nthsuffolkblue | The idea of getting someone like Phillips on a permanent deal is about as wild as getting him in on loan this season, signing Hutchinson permanently and getting 2 of the best Championship players from last season in too. I certainly wouldn't write off the idea of him being here next season. |
Phillips will be important for us as Omari was. So its one of those watch these space things. |  |
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We have no potential in midfield. on 00:00 - Oct 5 with 2025 views | Mercian | 10 downvotes does not change the fact that our midfield does not have the same potential as the rest of our team. |  | |  |
We have no potential in midfield. on 00:19 - Oct 5 with 1975 views | bournemouthblue |
We have no potential in midfield. on 00:00 - Oct 5 by Mercian | 10 downvotes does not change the fact that our midfield does not have the same potential as the rest of our team. |
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