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Thread | Players elsewhere
at 12:22 17 Sep 2024
Saw the EADT article keeping tabs on our loan players, which made me think about the players we were reportedly (or not) interested in recently.
Will be interesting to see if a few that didn't move are ones we go back for.
Much will be dependent on our league position of course. If we're down and out, I think we'll take stock and prepare accordingly. If we're confident with a little work we can survive, then I suspect we'll make more moves.
Tom Fellows
"Advanced talks" was the headline, but ultimately, he stayed at West Brom and we don't know how much was in this. Has started all 5 of their games and had 4 assists...West Brom currently top the table too. Ogbene and J Clarke cover his position, and with Wes fit, I don't think it's likely we'll be back for him any time soon.
Latte Lath
"Didn't travel" on the last minute apparent query, given the real chase for Broja, not sure whether this was a forcing hand type approach or genuine interest. Has 1 goal in 4 starts, Boro having an indifferent start to the season. Not sure he was really what we were after, but has different attributes to what we have.
Armando Broja
We all know this one dragged on....still injured...suspect Everton desperate to see him in action. Wait and see if we were lucky or unlucky here.
Oliver Skipp
Linked with us, went to Leicester....played 3 games, decent rating for a young lad in a key position, will be interesting to see how he progresses. Sincerely doubt he's better than Phillips, but he's young and he's theirs...will follow with interest.
Wilson Odobert
Another Burnley link, ended up at Spurs. Has started 2 games, but doesn't appear to have made much impact, that said, early days and making the first team there is not to be sniffed at, may have been an ambitious one for us.
Alexis Saelemaekers
Left winger, started 3/4 for Roma who are currenly without a win. Now needs ankle surgery from an injury.
Jaden Philogene
This one was a bit of a social media frenzy, the seemingly mad agent, more interested in his own image lol! Jaden probably would have played in all of our games so far, but opted for Villa. Obviously had connections there already, so understandable from that point of view, but think he'd have made our team. Only 17 mins so far, but suspect he'll be eased in to an impressive Villa. Time will tell as to whether we've missed a gem.
Joe Rodon
Went under the radar for me, don't remember much, but ultimately opted for a Leeds team who really loved him. Leeds start has been slow, not sure on him to be honest, O'Shea had the PL experience, so glad we got that done instead.
Jayden Oosterwolde
The Fenerbahce left back, probably a tentative question given Leif could have been subject to some enquires. Young and doing well this season so far. Could be one we go back for if Leif does well and we're likely to see him get a big move.
Fotis Ioannidis
Ahh, the early "spending" indicator. Fotis was seemingly our first choice target, but he stayed with Panithinaikos, presumably for European football. 4 games into their season, he's yet to score in the league, but has shown good stats otherwise for limited game time and of course has scored 3 goals in the UEFA B league. I think we'll monitor this one closely for January, dependent on our respective positions.
Will try and revisit nearer Christmas and see where a few of them are. [Post edited 17 Sep 2024 12:31]
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Thread | The Rest Is Football
at 08:26 5 Jun 2024
Just been listening to the latest episode on the commute in.
Shearer, Lineker and big Meeks have Gazza on the podcast and even if you're too young to know about Gazza (or even Gary and Alan lol) it's a great episode and Gazza is properly funny.
That said, I also listened to Stick to Football with Rooney the other day and that's another one that's been good value.
Not ones I often listen too, but two in a row worth devoting a little bit of your drive home to.
Has that reminder early on that Gazza could have been an Ipswich player too :-(
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Thread | Opta Analyst
at 10:26 12 Dec 2023
Lovely bit data to pour over this morning having had it all been updated.
https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/12/is-the-championship-table-lying-to-us/
Suggests on underlying numbers, we should be 4th on 35 points (still would be incredible) and we know McKenna does place credence on numbers...given we were top of this metric last year, we knew we were the best team 'on paper' so it's not to be sniffed at, but doesn't work out perfectly.
Does suggest we can place some trust in it.
Transfer those numbers to the rest of the season and Leeds would fall short by 3 points to catch us in second.
However...clearly doesn't work like that!
It's going to be an incredible season whatever way we look at it!
Leeds top [Post edited 12 Dec 2023 10:27]
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Thread | Cheltenham v Sheff' Wed tomorrow...
at 11:26 28 Mar 2023
I know...focus on us...
But after FGR, I am definitely tuning in and holding my rabbit's foot for this one.
They're not great at home sadly, so does look like a bit of a win for Wednesday, but I cling to hope...I don't think we'll go unbeaten for remainder of season, too much at stake all over the place, so the results of others becomes more meaningful this time of year.
Girl opposite me supports Cheltenham, she fancies a win, has got me all excited! |
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Thread | Fans of other clubs laughing at us..
at 08:28 15 Feb 2023
Twitter showing us that other fans laughing at us for arguing with the players…
We all hurt, I get the frustration, how does it get turned around? McKenna needs to shoulder some of this, Morsy wasn’t to blame for last night, he needs to trust the team he fields imo. All top athletes and performers talk about consistency being key, there’s no consistency on the pitch, I get we approach with skill sets but it’s not really working.
Remember when we said “someone’s going to get stuffed 5-0 by us at some point” that seemed like a real possibility, now a pipe dream.
I don’t want to dislike this team, I like all the players, of late there’s been a shed of frustration, and I’ll always support the team.
If we don’t stay behind the team, this will be a car crash of a season, there’s no way out of it now, no transfer window, manager change would be criminal.
Need to give a rookie manager some time to digest what’s happening, and some time isn’t a week or two.
Be frustrated but don’t be a pr*ck on socials calling out the very players we need for the remainder of the season.
My opinion of course, I was angry after last night like everyone, but still treat people with respect. |
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Thread | Up next - MK Dons
at 11:46 8 Aug 2022
Okay, i'm ignoring tomorrow night, i'm not a fan of the cup personally, but see that it could be important for the squad this season to have a run and stay match fit.
However, a cursory glance at the table sees our next league opponents MK Dons winless in 2.
I noted that they've absolutely dominated possession in both games, playing much like we do (67% against both Sheff Wed and Cambridge) but losing 1-0 in each.
Seems like they're so similar to us in terms of the way they play, but not actually scoring loads, see that Louie Barry has played both games, suspect he'll be keen to impress.
Will definitely require us to be on top form to win that one and I don't think they'll be down there come season end.
I'd be comfortable (not happy...comfortable) with a draw and then to pick up our first 3 wins on the trot afterwards to end the month on 14 points.
Saturday will be a very difficult game, should see a good game of football thought |
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Thread | Simpson - bridges burned?
at 11:43 4 Jul 2022
Anyone have any insight on this?
Is his time here well and truly done? McKenna doesn't strike me as the sort of person to cut his nose off to spite his face, but you'd think a lad with a £0.5m(ish) price tag is worthy of some consideration.
I've not seen him play, so not sure on his quality/ability, but interested if a few more knowledeable types have any idea whether it's a given he'll now leave?
I just find it hard to say good riddance to any youngster when they're ultimately only listening to agents. |
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Thread | Carroll out Carroll in
at 15:06 18 May 2022
Got to laugh, this is proper out there in terms of "who shall we try and link to next"
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Thread | The Monday reflection
at 09:47 27 Sep 2021
Turning up at Portman Road and seeing 20k+ in the stadium really is a wonderful feeling isn't it?
Given our start, it's great to see that everyone is showing the patience needed to turn up and support the new regime, no matter the vocality of those less than pleased (none of us are happy where we are) we're obvioulsy all still got fingers and toes crossed the turnaround will come.
Saturday was a strange one, whilst the scoreline hurt at the end, I couldn't help thinking that I walked away from the game entertained.
I enjoyed being there, I enjoyed watching us, I thought Penney was decent and Carroll showed plenty of times how good he was prospect of having Morsy (if he's as good as we all hope he is) alongside that type of player too really does mean we could see an incredible pairing in the middle.
El Miz did well enough, no issue with him, but you'd fully expect Morsy to have a bit more to offer.
The front group, in whatever guise, is where we excel, I liked Fraser, but he was in and out of the game, similarly with Celina, Burns continues to impress, he's probably the most consistent performer so far.
Whether Fraser holds that left side when Edwards returns I don't know, but the fact that we have those kinds of problems, Piggott/Bonne, Penney/Coulson, Chaplin/Celina/Fraser - Harper? really does show that we are well placed going forward.
Our two centre halves are no nonsense, they're strong and relatively mobile and I'm confident the more those two play together, the better they'll get. Neither are amazing on the ball, but with someone like Carroll in front, they don't need to be.
Wednesday had (I think) the best defence and we caused them plenty of issues and I geuinely believe we should and could have won that without Wednesday having too much to complain about.
Mick Mills comments on the drive home left a bit of a sour taste, we weren't brilliant, but we we decent and whilst I often agree with him on many things, if not his delivery of saying them, on this one, I didn't.
Much to still look forward to.
As I said, I thoroughly enjoyed watching that game, even when we were 1-0 down.
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