| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them 16:07 - Sep 1 with 1142 views | IP1Blue |
GK - 3 - palmer, Walton, button - (think we’re ok in this position)
RB - 4 - Johnson, Young, Furlong, Clarke - why on earth do we have 4 right backs!?!)
LB - 1 - Davis - (looks a shell of himself)
CB - 4 O Shea, Greaves, Kipre, Baggott (including baggot which seems like madness, he should be on loan)
CM - 5 Azor, Cajuste, Nunez, Taylor, Humphries (humphries now 5th choice which again seems like madness but probably the position we are best in)
RW - 3 - burns, Mcateer, Sindre (all got a lot to prove for different reasons)
CAM - 2 - szmodics and Akpom (Szmodics not sold on him in that 10 position)
LW - 2 - Philogene and Clarke (Both really have pressure to kick on now)
ST - 2 - Hirst and Azon (Hirst been so disappointing this season so far)
There is so much pressure and so many question marks on this squad in my opinion, with a lot of them needing to step up and show there worth.
McKenna and Ashton have a lot to answer for if this goes wrong… [Post edited 1 Sep 16:23]
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| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:09 - Sep 1 with 1116 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Someone posted this a few minutes ago. |  |
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| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:10 - Sep 1 with 1088 views | DarkBrandon |
I think the entire attacking unit with the exception of Hirst can probably play in more than one position. It'll be interesting to see who ends up playing where. |  | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:17 - Sep 1 with 1016 views | IP1Blue |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:10 - Sep 1 by DarkBrandon |
I think the entire attacking unit with the exception of Hirst can probably play in more than one position. It'll be interesting to see who ends up playing where. |
That’s half of the problem, I don’t think anyone knows what our best side is and whose best position is where.
You can’t change 75% of your squad like we did last summer and now like we have this summer, to me that just seems like madness. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:34 - Sep 1 with 923 views | cressi |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:17 - Sep 1 by IP1Blue |
That’s half of the problem, I don’t think anyone knows what our best side is and whose best position is where.
You can’t change 75% of your squad like we did last summer and now like we have this summer, to me that just seems like madness. |
McKenna will be gone by end of Nov if results don't improve dramatically I'm concerned players ain't got the fight in them or the comrade manship required. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:36 - Sep 1 with 896 views | CastroSito |
We have 3 options at LB, not 1. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:38 - Sep 1 with 865 views | FrimleyBlue |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:34 - Sep 1 by cressi |
McKenna will be gone by end of Nov if results don't improve dramatically I'm concerned players ain't got the fight in them or the comrade manship required. |
problem is then with the squad we have, how does a new manager even get it working, it's to full of the same type of player which doesn't seem to work with the others. |  |
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| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:41 - Sep 1 with 836 views | Vaughan8 |
A Lot of players play multiple positions. This shoehorning them into one position is wrong. Its not too hard to understand.
Someone like Humphries I'm thinking is there as he plays a number of positions, including left back at which we are short (looking at this). Ashley Young could probably play in most positions if needed....! | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:50 - Sep 1 with 775 views | Everydayblue |
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| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:56 - Sep 1 with 699 views | IP1Blue |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:41 - Sep 1 by Vaughan8 |
A Lot of players play multiple positions. This shoehorning them into one position is wrong. Its not too hard to understand.
Someone like Humphries I'm thinking is there as he plays a number of positions, including left back at which we are short (looking at this). Ashley Young could probably play in most positions if needed....! |
I keep hearing this but I don’t get the argument, we want players who can play a position and stick to it. If we just keep moving players about the pitch then there’s going to be so many issues.
Its ok to have a couple of utility players but when half you squad is that, then I really don’t understand what we are doing. After spending £200m you would want players to fit the system really well not finding players that can play multiple positions to an ok level. doesn’t make sense. [Post edited 1 Sep 16:58]
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| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 17:21 - Sep 1 with 642 views | IP1Blue |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:50 - Sep 1 by Everydayblue |
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I get this but also buying players doesn’t guarantee success. Look at us in our promotion season, we signed 4/5 players that summer?
The team we beat for promotion:
Leeds
And Southampton in the league
It’s not as simple as buying success and moving onto a ‘new chapter’ | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 17:29 - Sep 1 with 594 views | londonben |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:34 - Sep 1 by cressi |
McKenna will be gone by end of Nov if results don't improve dramatically I'm concerned players ain't got the fight in them or the comrade manship required. |
He has a long term expensive contract and has been backed with 200m in the transfer market. He’s going nowhere. Leeds took two seasons to get back in the Prem and now look strong enough to give survival a real go, McKenna will be given as much time as he needs and rightly so. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:10 - Sep 1 with 490 views | cressi |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 17:29 - Sep 1 by londonben |
He has a long term expensive contract and has been backed with 200m in the transfer market. He’s going nowhere. Leeds took two seasons to get back in the Prem and now look strong enough to give survival a real go, McKenna will be given as much time as he needs and rightly so. |
So if we are in the bottom 6 at Xmas you think he will still be here I honestly hope he can get things right but you don't spend the money the club has and except or accept failure. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:20 - Sep 1 with 457 views | Clutch |
That's an impressive squad isn't it!! |  | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:54 - Sep 1 with 344 views | Guillermo_Edwards |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 16:56 - Sep 1 by IP1Blue |
I keep hearing this but I don’t get the argument, we want players who can play a position and stick to it. If we just keep moving players about the pitch then there’s going to be so many issues.
Its ok to have a couple of utility players but when half you squad is that, then I really don’t understand what we are doing. After spending £200m you would want players to fit the system really well not finding players that can play multiple positions to an ok level. doesn’t make sense. [Post edited 1 Sep 16:58]
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It's not half the squad; it is a handful of players. Young can play, at least, LB and RB (and probably more besides). Cam can play CM and LB. Furlong is versatile across the back four. Egeli has been playing RW, but is young enough to be moulded into a ST (which is exciting, surely). Szmods and Chubs have both shown ability at N10 and ST, and Jaden and Clarke can play on either wing if needed. So it's a handful (a budgie hand and a Geordie wave at the most). Besides, people are obsessed with positions. In-play versatility, drilled tactics, communication, and momentum are all far more important, and that will all take time. My guess is play-offs this season, auto next. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:58 - Sep 1 with 308 views | londonben |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:10 - Sep 1 by cressi |
So if we are in the bottom 6 at Xmas you think he will still be here I honestly hope he can get things right but you don't spend the money the club has and except or accept failure. |
Sure, but we won’t be. We’ve played three games and you’re already predicting the worst. We’re unbeaten in the league (edit - we’re not, I’d blanked out the Preston result mentally), have shown good character to come from behind twice in stoppage time and are bedding in a new team. If we’d won all three it would be too soon to start engraving our champions trophy, and in the same way it’s too soon to write off the season because we’ve had a slow start. Leeds were on 5 points after three games and ended up 10 points clear of third.
Last time we were in the championship we had incredible confidence and momentum, which masked the fact we actually had a pretty weak team. Now we’ve got an excellent team lacking confidence - I know which situation I’d rather be in. Once we get some confidence back we’ll do well, and our team is far stronger than it was last time.
Maybe give McKenna a chance and stop worrying about what might happen? A bit of positivity would go a long way towards getting the confidence back in the team. [Post edited 1 Sep 19:26]
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| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 19:06 - Sep 1 with 244 views | Mark |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:58 - Sep 1 by londonben |
Sure, but we won’t be. We’ve played three games and you’re already predicting the worst. We’re unbeaten in the league (edit - we’re not, I’d blanked out the Preston result mentally), have shown good character to come from behind twice in stoppage time and are bedding in a new team. If we’d won all three it would be too soon to start engraving our champions trophy, and in the same way it’s too soon to write off the season because we’ve had a slow start. Leeds were on 5 points after three games and ended up 10 points clear of third.
Last time we were in the championship we had incredible confidence and momentum, which masked the fact we actually had a pretty weak team. Now we’ve got an excellent team lacking confidence - I know which situation I’d rather be in. Once we get some confidence back we’ll do well, and our team is far stronger than it was last time.
Maybe give McKenna a chance and stop worrying about what might happen? A bit of positivity would go a long way towards getting the confidence back in the team. [Post edited 1 Sep 19:26]
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We are not unbeaten, we lost at Preston (and went out of the cup on penalties at Bromley). |  | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 19:11 - Sep 1 with 209 views | Guillermo_Edwards |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 18:58 - Sep 1 by londonben |
Sure, but we won’t be. We’ve played three games and you’re already predicting the worst. We’re unbeaten in the league (edit - we’re not, I’d blanked out the Preston result mentally), have shown good character to come from behind twice in stoppage time and are bedding in a new team. If we’d won all three it would be too soon to start engraving our champions trophy, and in the same way it’s too soon to write off the season because we’ve had a slow start. Leeds were on 5 points after three games and ended up 10 points clear of third.
Last time we were in the championship we had incredible confidence and momentum, which masked the fact we actually had a pretty weak team. Now we’ve got an excellent team lacking confidence - I know which situation I’d rather be in. Once we get some confidence back we’ll do well, and our team is far stronger than it was last time.
Maybe give McKenna a chance and stop worrying about what might happen? A bit of positivity would go a long way towards getting the confidence back in the team. [Post edited 1 Sep 19:26]
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Except for the bit about being unbeaten, it's hard not to agree with any of this.
23/24 was unbelievable because of the momentum, partnerships, and feel-good factor, but we did concede 57 goals and Woolfy and Burg got a lot of criticism on this forum. We were flying from the previous season, and got off to an amazing start - because of that momentum and team culture. Those things come with time and hard work. It took McK 1.5 years in a much poorer league. We're at the beginning of that road again, but with more players with higher ceilings (and I loved the promotion team; been going since 1994 and, aside from the 00/01 team, it's the best team I've seen). Hopefully things begin to gel in the coming weeks and months. | | | |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 19:25 - Sep 1 with 137 views | londonben |
| The squad balance seems off - Ashton and McKenna have a lot of pressure on them on 19:06 - Sep 1 by Mark |
We are not unbeaten, we lost at Preston (and went out of the cup on penalties at Bromley). |
Apologies, had blanked out the Preston result mentally! I meant unbeaten in the league but that’s obviously wrong - my bad! I think my general point still stands though - if we win our next game we’ll be 2 points behind where Leeds were at that point in the season and they went on to smash the league once their team clicked and they got the confidence flowing again. Just can’t stand all the posts either saying KmC should be sacked now, or saying that he should be if results don’t pick up. Obviously if we’re fighting relegation in a few months then things will need to change, but I really don’t think there’s a chance of that happening. Form is temporary, and we have a seriously strong team which will be very good once we get a bit of confidence. | | | |
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