| Reality 17:10 - Dec 21 with 3088 views | bluejacko |
Time to face it I’m afraid we are nowhere near it in this league ! Can anyone see where we can put together a run of games this season? It’s just been a step to far for us to cope with
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| Reality on 17:11 - Dec 21 with 2809 views | DavoIPB |
Yep a step too far. Think tactically we got it wrong today as well. | | | |
| Reality on 17:17 - Dec 21 with 2717 views | Bent_double |
We need at least 6 more wins, and a handful of draws to even think about staying up.
Of those 6 wins, 3 will need to be against Soton, Wolves and Leicester, so it's doable, especially if we do add a couple of players in Jan - and assuming we don't lose anyone else to long injuries.
So yes, it's looking unlikely, but if we need to be a yo-yo club for a few seasons until we can finally get the quality of players we need for this league, then so be it. |  |
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| Reality on 17:32 - Dec 21 with 2638 views | ibbleobble |
Why’s that a surprise to you? | | | |
| Reality on 18:03 - Dec 21 with 2542 views | bluejacko |
| Reality on 17:17 - Dec 21 by Bent_double |
We need at least 6 more wins, and a handful of draws to even think about staying up.
Of those 6 wins, 3 will need to be against Soton, Wolves and Leicester, so it's doable, especially if we do add a couple of players in Jan - and assuming we don't lose anyone else to long injuries.
So yes, it's looking unlikely, but if we need to be a yo-yo club for a few seasons until we can finally get the quality of players we need for this league, then so be it. |
Exactly that👍this has come too quick for us this season. We can live in hope though. | | | |
| Reality on 18:05 - Dec 21 with 2525 views | bluejacko |
| Reality on 17:32 - Dec 21 by ibbleobble |
Why’s that a surprise to you? |
It’s not really a surprise but do you want to discuss it or just make one liners? | | | |
| Reality on 18:07 - Dec 21 with 2488 views | pointofblue |
I have said it elsewhere, but the issue is we haven't really upgraded the first XI beyond (out of those who can be relied upon, availability wise) Cajuste and Delap. We may have slightly more squad depth but that isn't really enough. | |
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| Reality on 18:11 - Dec 21 with 2453 views | GlasgowBlue |
We are two points from safety with 21 games to go. No need to panic. |  |
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| Reality on 18:15 - Dec 21 with 2415 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Reality on 18:05 - Dec 21 by bluejacko |
It’s not really a surprise but do you want to discuss it or just make one liners? |
Good one line response there Jacko. |  |
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| Reality on 18:16 - Dec 21 with 2408 views | ITFCBlues |
| Reality on 18:07 - Dec 21 by pointofblue |
I have said it elsewhere, but the issue is we haven't really upgraded the first XI beyond (out of those who can be relied upon, availability wise) Cajuste and Delap. We may have slightly more squad depth but that isn't really enough. |
O'Shea a clear upgrade. Ogbene would've been and Szmodics clearly is as well. 100m sadly doesn't get you the quality required to compete at this level. It probably gets you 3 PL ready players in reality.
The issue is that there's a huge gulf wherein two of their players are probably worth more than our squad combined. |  |
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| Reality on 20:14 - Dec 21 with 2205 views | Churchman |
| Reality on 18:16 - Dec 21 by ITFCBlues |
O'Shea a clear upgrade. Ogbene would've been and Szmodics clearly is as well. 100m sadly doesn't get you the quality required to compete at this level. It probably gets you 3 PL ready players in reality.
The issue is that there's a huge gulf wherein two of their players are probably worth more than our squad combined. |
Izak £63m, sub Harvey Barnes £44m. That’s £107m for starters so you are right. Couldn’t be bothered to check the rest |  | | |
| Reality on 20:45 - Dec 21 with 2043 views | Pinewoodblue |
The reality is that 20+ years ago we could gain promotion, via the play offs, and still have enough about us to finish 5th.
Twenty four years late it is a different league but we do have enough about us to avoid relegation, but we need to rethink our approach. We have dropped far too many points in games we need to win if we are to stay up.
It isn't games against Liverpool, Manchester City Newcastle that sees us where we are it is points lost against mid table strugglers and teams in danger of relegation.
We need to rethink our approach , to try and match, like for like, against teams like Newcastle, if we know they will have three in midfield then we need to do the same. If we know we need a pacey midfield then we select accordingly.
We got off to a cruel start but we never tried to match them and paid the price. |  |
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| Reality on 21:08 - Dec 21 with 1986 views | ghostofescobar |
But we had plenty of fools who thought we’d be comfortable in this league. That was never going to be the case. For all the incredible memories of last season, we came up too early. It wasn’t in the plan. I always thought it was likely we’d go down and I think many of our summer signings had half an eye on the championship in 25/26. Our squad lacks depth, and that’s even when we’ve brought in a dozen new players. We’ve sometimes had nearly half the players on the pitch who were playing L1 football this time two years ago. There’s no surprises, I don’t think ,to the way this season is panning out, other than we’ve been far more competitive in more games than I thought, which is a huge credit to KM and the squad. I don’t think the gulf is huge, other than those crucial details, the 5% that makes the difference. And that where we are falling short. But I am still very proud of the club. |  |
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| Reality on 22:19 - Dec 21 with 1835 views | ClareBlue |
| Reality on 21:08 - Dec 21 by ghostofescobar |
But we had plenty of fools who thought we’d be comfortable in this league. That was never going to be the case. For all the incredible memories of last season, we came up too early. It wasn’t in the plan. I always thought it was likely we’d go down and I think many of our summer signings had half an eye on the championship in 25/26. Our squad lacks depth, and that’s even when we’ve brought in a dozen new players. We’ve sometimes had nearly half the players on the pitch who were playing L1 football this time two years ago. There’s no surprises, I don’t think ,to the way this season is panning out, other than we’ve been far more competitive in more games than I thought, which is a huge credit to KM and the squad. I don’t think the gulf is huge, other than those crucial details, the 5% that makes the difference. And that where we are falling short. But I am still very proud of the club. |
100 million doesn't get you a competitive premiership squad. It is what you spend every year to strengthen a competitive Premiership squad with two or three new players. You need about 300 million to get the base squad but you can't spend that even if you had it. If you do spend and get relegated you risk complete melt down.
To be honest I wouldn't bother. It's a rubbish league, completed corrupted by money, is less entertaining than other leagues and kick off times manipulated for tv, players falling over and trying to cheat claiming a foul all the time. VAR and all the other BS. | | | |
| Reality on 22:33 - Dec 21 with 1784 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Reality on 18:16 - Dec 21 by ITFCBlues |
O'Shea a clear upgrade. Ogbene would've been and Szmodics clearly is as well. 100m sadly doesn't get you the quality required to compete at this level. It probably gets you 3 PL ready players in reality.
The issue is that there's a huge gulf wherein two of their players are probably worth more than our squad combined. |
Mahrez cost leicester 400k |  |
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| Reality on 22:42 - Dec 21 with 1726 views | Swailsey |
| Reality on 22:33 - Dec 21 by FrimleyBlue |
Mahrez cost leicester 400k |
That was 10 years ago. |  |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Reality on 22:46 - Dec 21 with 1707 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Reality on 22:42 - Dec 21 by Swailsey |
That was 10 years ago. |
Well yeah. But still happend. Lol | |
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| Reality on 22:48 - Dec 21 with 1688 views | Swailsey |
| Reality on 22:46 - Dec 21 by FrimleyBlue |
Well yeah. But still happend. Lol |
But it’s entirely irrelevant to the discussion. Times have changed and context is key. | |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Reality on 22:52 - Dec 21 with 1657 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Reality on 22:19 - Dec 21 by ClareBlue |
100 million doesn't get you a competitive premiership squad. It is what you spend every year to strengthen a competitive Premiership squad with two or three new players. You need about 300 million to get the base squad but you can't spend that even if you had it. If you do spend and get relegated you risk complete melt down.
To be honest I wouldn't bother. It's a rubbish league, completed corrupted by money, is less entertaining than other leagues and kick off times manipulated for tv, players falling over and trying to cheat claiming a foul all the time. VAR and all the other BS. |
Surely tho it depends on how you spend the money
At the moment. I'm guessing fees here so forgive me.
Clarke. 20 mill. Barely plays
Greaves 14 mill. Barely plays
Muric 10 mill. Jury's out
Hutchinson 20 mill.. worth while not used correctly
Delap.. worth it but not good enough to be vocal point of a relegation favourite side. Hes a developing lad
Cajuste. Worth it
Phillips loan.. jury's out. Benched not fit but is fit but not fit
Oshea 15 mill jury's out to many of twtd
We've basically spent 100 mill on future potential. | |
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| Reality on 22:57 - Dec 21 with 1618 views | Swailsey |
| Reality on 22:52 - Dec 21 by FrimleyBlue |
Surely tho it depends on how you spend the money
At the moment. I'm guessing fees here so forgive me.
Clarke. 20 mill. Barely plays
Greaves 14 mill. Barely plays
Muric 10 mill. Jury's out
Hutchinson 20 mill.. worth while not used correctly
Delap.. worth it but not good enough to be vocal point of a relegation favourite side. Hes a developing lad
Cajuste. Worth it
Phillips loan.. jury's out. Benched not fit but is fit but not fit
Oshea 15 mill jury's out to many of twtd
We've basically spent 100 mill on future potential. |
But we barely had a championship squad last season. To upgrade from L1 to Prem is just too much of an ask. We were promoted too early and will always be playing catch-up. | |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Reality on 22:59 - Dec 21 with 1608 views | Denny32 |
Apart from delap ..we have no potency in attack....and we haven't the quality that's needed to split defenses open ..our strikers are living off scrapS .. | | | |
| Reality on 23:04 - Dec 21 with 1578 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Reality on 22:57 - Dec 21 by Swailsey |
But we barely had a championship squad last season. To upgrade from L1 to Prem is just too much of an ask. We were promoted too early and will always be playing catch-up. |
We didn't just have a squad of league 1 players. Its a massive myth. We had some but we also had some very experienced champ level players.
There's questions on should we have retained moore just for his experience alone.. etc etc too. | |
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| Reality on 23:07 - Dec 21 with 1552 views | Swailsey |
| Reality on 23:04 - Dec 21 by FrimleyBlue |
We didn't just have a squad of league 1 players. Its a massive myth. We had some but we also had some very experienced champ level players.
There's questions on should we have retained moore just for his experience alone.. etc etc too. |
Kayden - L1/L2 except for our 1 season
Burns - L1/L2
Walton - L1
Janoi - Same as Kayden
Harness - L1
Taylor - L1
Burgess - L2
Woolfie - L1
Vas - Scottish league/L2
Hutch - Prem but no games
Davis - Prem but no games
Clarke - Prem but no games - a few with Stoke
Hirst - Championship, barely did anything | |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Reality on 23:08 - Dec 21 with 1551 views | SomethingBlue |
| Reality on 17:11 - Dec 21 by DavoIPB |
Yep a step too far. Think tactically we got it wrong today as well. |
Please could you lay out your preferred tactical approach here? | |
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| Reality on 23:18 - Dec 21 with 1514 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Reality on 23:07 - Dec 21 by Swailsey |
Kayden - L1/L2 except for our 1 season
Burns - L1/L2
Walton - L1
Janoi - Same as Kayden
Harness - L1
Taylor - L1
Burgess - L2
Woolfie - L1
Vas - Scottish league/L2
Hutch - Prem but no games
Davis - Prem but no games
Clarke - Prem but no games - a few with Stoke
Hirst - Championship, barely did anything |
Moore.. prem. Champ.
Morsy champ
Chaplin champ
Sarmiento champ exp
Broadhead. Champ exp
Jackson as you've said champ experience
Jd. Champ experience.
Davis.. People say he should play for England. So can't call him league 1 surely.
Hirst still had experiences
Clarke had played 18 games
Fair enough on some others but its a disservice to see then as just league 1 players no?
Jackson. Harness still champ
Sarmiento. Moore. Champ
And the others playing in the prem. If they're only league 1 quality then they shouldn't be in the squad.
But I think it's a bit ott when you think about and a disservice to the players to see it as they were just league 1 players. | |
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| Reality on 23:42 - Dec 21 with 1456 views | Stenvict |
| Reality on 23:18 - Dec 21 by FrimleyBlue |
Moore.. prem. Champ.
Morsy champ
Chaplin champ
Sarmiento champ exp
Broadhead. Champ exp
Jackson as you've said champ experience
Jd. Champ experience.
Davis.. People say he should play for England. So can't call him league 1 surely.
Hirst still had experiences
Clarke had played 18 games
Fair enough on some others but its a disservice to see then as just league 1 players no?
Jackson. Harness still champ
Sarmiento. Moore. Champ
And the others playing in the prem. If they're only league 1 quality then they shouldn't be in the squad.
But I think it's a bit ott when you think about and a disservice to the players to see it as they were just league 1 players. |
Let's be honest. The majority of those are mid table Championship players at best.
McKenna has made them the players they are.
The fact they've played in the Championship doesn't make them very good players. [Post edited 21 Dec 2024 23:48]
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