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Thread | Central midfield options..
at 10:31 19 Jun 2025
We've been tentatively linked with a few now (either via the media or by people on here). I think most agree this is where we will spend big money this summer and we need two 'starters'. So, for fun, who would be your pairing pick of those linked so far?
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Thread | Are we going to be looking for ANOTHER new keeper in the summer?
at 07:36 19 May 2025
After a seemingly impressive start, Palmer looks less and less like a keeper that suits us IMO. If we want to dominate the ball and play out next season, we need someone better with their feet. And he’s been beaten too easily for me several times in the last few weeks. |
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Thread | That is superb news re McKenna
at 14:44 11 Apr 2025
He didn't have to answer like that which makes me think he's decided he is here regardless of what happens this summer. Bit between his teeth to take us back up. [Post edited 11 Apr 14:45]
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Thread | It will be interesting to see where Wolves end up points wise...
at 10:26 16 Mar 2025
Generally, you work towards 35 points giving you a reasonable chance of staying up. 13th - 16th places are already on 34 points with 9 games left! 18th place could easily end up being 15+ points adrift come the end of the season. |
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Thread | Cajuste is our best player by a mile...
at 09:28 16 Mar 2025
He wouldn't look out of place at all in most PL starting 11s. A Rolls Royce of a midfielder that I expect will be plying his trade at a Forest, Brentford or Bournemouth next summer now he seems to have proven he can play a run of games.
I'd love us to be able to sign him if we got relegated but feels like we have no hope to me. |
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Thread | Phillips
at 09:12 27 Feb 2025
I don't like digging players out but that signing really has been a big issue for us IMO. He just hasn't got going at all due to a combination of injuries and form has he? As soon as he looks like he is getting back towards his level, he seems to have a set back. We can't rely on him and we've been left short.
I am not blaming him personally but there is no way it has worked out anywhere near close to as we would have wanted/assumed it would. He must have been signed as the main man and the CM to hang our hat on for a minimum of 7/10 every week. The man to have a 'Barkley' effect and provide the sort of quality we had no hope of signing permanently elsewhere. [Post edited 27 Feb 9:13]
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Thread | A lot of focus on the need for a number 9…
at 08:28 26 Jan 2025
And yes we do need one. But a central midfielder is looking a more pressing need to me. I think we need to come to the conclusion now that Cajuste isn’t going to be match fit for 90 minutes this season and is going to miss games completely. Phillips seems equally unreliable. Morsy has adjusted fairly well but cannot be our main cog at this level. |
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Thread | It’s two from three now for those relegation spots
at 08:11 26 Jan 2025
We are in a mini league with Leicester and Wolves. Anyone else is irrelevant. We’ve now played two of the three strongest teams in the league twice. Next Saturday is a chance to get our noses ahead and then we need to stay there. The standard (points wise at least) is so low that any team that can put together back to back wins is going to almost pull away. Everton now look well ahead of us. |
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Thread | Hutchinson to move wide right then?
at 08:57 22 Jan 2025
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That's a pretty mouthwatering front 4 if we can move the ball through the pitch to them. On its day anyway when they are all firing. I guess I still have a slight nagging concern they are all young and with that comes some inconsistency. Burns/Johnson have done a job down that right side but surely we have to get those 4 on the pitch from the start most weeks? Would involve a couple of tweaks to get the structure/balance of the team right behind them. [Post edited 22 Jan 8:58]
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Thread | A couple of thoughts...
at 07:52 20 Jan 2025
Firstly, I think McKenna's assessment post match was spot on - it was a game that got away from us against what is still (on their day) the best team in the division. Up until their first goal we played about as well as you could have hoped, didn't give a lot away and carried a bit of threat at the other end. 1-0 became 2-0 too quickly and then they went through the gears. They were just better than us all over the pitch, as is to be expected.
Ultimately, yesterday and next Saturday aren't going to define our season. We need to stay resilient, stick together and rally for the remainder of the season. We've shown we can be competitive against most teams in this league. The highlight yesterday was probably those that stayed to the end and clapped the players off the pitch. You could see a few of them looked visibly lifted when they came over to the North Stand. |
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Thread | If we go down it’ll be ‘cos we don’t score enough goals/create enough
at 22:33 27 Dec 2024
Defended about as well as we could have done today. Stuck to the game plan well, only conceded once and gave ourselves a chance. But had xG of 0.16. We are coming in at xG of less than 1 all too often and are too wasteful/ponderous at times when we do break into good positions. Don’t know what sort of FFP headroom we have but we really need to have a proper go at the top end of the pitch in January.
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Thread | What do people think re January then?
at 11:00 23 Dec 2024
I've read numerous times we just need a right winger and a striker but that's not really true is it? We need to improve all over the pitch and I imagine it'll be a case of working right to the wire to see who we can get and how much we can improve the squad. Not sure what headroom we have but would think we will max it out. Four new faces wouldn't surprise me. |
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Thread | Phillips
at 11:55 15 Dec 2024
Do we know what the issue is? We haven't heard any more than a knock have we? Been fit enough for the bench in the last 3 games but not got a minute on the pitch.
You'd normally expect a club in our position to be trying to rush back a player of his calibre who is costing us a large chunk of change to have here. But seems we must be really trying to manage him and get him fully fit behind the scenes?
If we can get him at his best in the second half of the season, that is almost going to be like a new signing for us and should make a big difference. |
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Thread | How often have changes off the bench made a difference this season?
at 08:47 4 Dec 2024
That's a big difference for me. Over the past two seasons we've been used to being able to switch players around after 65-70 minutes to pick up new energy and impetus. That just isn't happening this season. It's understandable given the relative depth in quality of squad but always feels like we are slowly weakening our team when we make changes at the moment. We are relying on being able to start fast, get ahead in games and then hold out. |
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Thread | Evan Ferguson apparently available on loan in January
at 14:30 19 Nov 2024
Surely he would be absolutely ideal and ticks boxes? We know McKenna really rates him. We know we want another striker. We know Brighton seriously rate our manager and his ability to develop players. We know he's good enough to really add something to/improve our squad. We have a domestic loan spot left, no big spending commitment (like Latte Lath would be). |
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