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Post by Cosmo Kramer on Aug 22, 2019 8:36:44 GMT 1
We have a very unbalanced squad. Our best option at left back is also our best centre half. Means we have to play Elphick who doesn’t look up to it to me.
We have a boatload of wingers and forwards. We have one ‘creative’ option for the midfield, Reece Brown, who can’t get near the bench. Our other four midfielders are all fairly similar in the role they do for the club.
We do have some very talented players, but the balance is all wrong. Promotion season you could argue the overall quality of the squad was a bit below what we have now (e.g. Kongolo being better than Hefele etc). But that squad was balanced. We had two players for every position on the pitch. We had a squad built for 46+ games.
It seems a lack of Director of Football may have harmed us. We haven’t had any stability in this role and it’s reflecting onto the squad now.
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Post by Galpharmer on Aug 22, 2019 8:40:59 GMT 1
We basically had a Championship elect squad in the Premier League. We sold or loaned out the decent Championship players, and bought an expensive dog and duck winger. Figures that we've now got a League One elect squad. If all the money has gone into players and agents pockets, say so. If it's all gone back to Dean, say so. It's a fucking farce at the moment.
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Post by townrwe on Aug 22, 2019 8:46:31 GMT 1
I'd pick Schofield as well, dont think graba is particularly poor, but from the Lincoln showing we could probabaly have used the GK wages elsewhere to actually improve the squad. We needed a LB and AM or LW. Can we reintegrate young sabiri now seiwert has gone? He could play at 10 because pritchard looks like a northern conference player. Schofield may well turn out to be a very good keeper, not yet. Certainly nowhere near Grabara's level. He was better than Grabs on the Lincoln showing. Already deemed batter than coleman. He is more ready than brown,daly, high, rowe, Duhaney etc. Which is my point. We could have relied on him and coleman and used the GK fee and wages to address our main problems, defending and scoring. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 8:52:33 GMT 1
Schofield may well turn out to be a very good keeper, not yet. Certainly nowhere near Grabara's level. He was better than Grabs on the Lincoln showing. Already deemed batter than coleman. He is more ready than brown,daly, high, rowe, Duhaney etc. Which is my point. We could have relied on him and coleman and used the GK fee and wages to address our main problems, defending and scoring. The lad is playing at the back of a badly organised team with no confidence. You cannot fairly judge him on that basis. |
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Post by townrwe on Aug 22, 2019 9:00:38 GMT 1
He was better than Grabs on the Lincoln showing. Already deemed batter than coleman. He is more ready than brown,daly, high, rowe, Duhaney etc. Which is my point. We could have relied on him and coleman and used the GK fee and wages to address our main problems, defending and scoring. The lad is playing at the back of a badly organised team with no confidence. You cannot fairly judge him on that basis. Not saying hes not a good player, just that his backup is better than the backup in any other area of the pitch. If we picked schofield and Obrien in every game I doubt anyone would even notice. Edmonds green is probably the only other one that looks anything like first team. |
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Post by impact on Aug 22, 2019 9:08:58 GMT 1
Our 2nd XI defensive line:
German 4th tier player
Lad who's only ever played for Brighouse Town and 1 LC appearance
Stankovic
Lad who has only ever played 1 league game, in league 2, for Exeter
Schindler and Kongolo would be the best centre half partnership in the league, no doubt, but because we can't recruit adequate backup, or even 1st choice players, we have to play him out of position.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 11:37:53 GMT 1
The "threadbare" thread.......
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Post by Headless Chicken on Aug 22, 2019 11:42:00 GMT 1
Hogg can't be that solid,he was like a sloppy turd last night Hogg least of our worries in bigger picture Would agree, but he's been pap most of the season and arguably the worst of a bad bunch last night. |
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Post by griffa on Aug 22, 2019 11:53:16 GMT 1
Looking at the squad they're very limited options and how many of our players are actually that good? Look at the 11 last night. Graba - looks poor sure better keepers would have been available. Flo - was dogshit last season but tbf he's been one of our better players in the first 4 games of this season. Elphick - carthorse, get rid. Schindler - solid at this level Kongolo - wasted at this left back Chalobah - will be a decent signing Hogg - solid championship player VLP - poor last night but hasn't played 1st team football in ages. More than good enough for us. Pritchard - needs to offer us something this season or get rid in the summer Mbenza - fuck off Grant - still a young footballer playing at a higher level than he's used to. Will he our main man this season. Subs Bacuna - finished last season really well, but has been poor so far this season. Misplaced passes etc. Needs to improve and up his game. Kachunga - works hard but not good enough anymore Diakhaby - get on next flight to France Campbell - will be a good signing just needs to get match fit. Brown - not seen much of him Schofield - kept us in it against a poor Lincoln side last midweek. Would have him as number one personally. O'brien - always does okay when he plays Then look at the players that weren't involved. Mounie - presume he's off. Personally would keep him but Phil will want to make a quick buck Quaner - nice guy but dining off Hillsborough. Get rid. Koroma - A non league man, but we signed him deserves a run of games. Bockhorn - a German Sunday league player Brown - did well at forest Green, give him a game Flo & Elphick not good enough. Call me old fashioned, but prefer defenders, who can tackle! |
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Post by 4 pts on Aug 22, 2019 12:28:49 GMT 1
There are plenty of free agents kicking about. The next manager may look to bring in one or two of those, IF Hodgkinson allows it. I would even check on Danny Williams and offer a pay as you play or rolling contract
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Post by stevvy on Aug 22, 2019 12:29:26 GMT 1
Quality is definitely as much as issue as quantity for us. Said it after the Fulham game that they kept their best players and added some players who can basically piss on most teams in this league (Knockaert and Cavaleiro) and were able to bring on Bobby Reid up front as well. We've basically got rid of a load of players with PL/Championship/International experience and replaced them with a couple of older guys and, with all due respect to them, some kids that we're taking a punt on. The difference in quality is absolutely ridiculous, even just in terms of players we can bring off the bench.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Aug 22, 2019 12:33:11 GMT 1
Hogg least of our worries in bigger picture Would agree, but he's been pap most of the season and arguably the worst of a bad bunch last night. Kudos for reintroducing the word pap back into the English language ... and yea he has been. The odd ones out at the moments are the ones who havent been |
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Post by Galpharmer on Aug 22, 2019 12:50:13 GMT 1
Looking at the squad they're very limited options and how many of our players are actually that good? Look at the 11 last night. Graba - looks poor sure better keepers would have been available. Flo - was dogshit last season but tbf he's been one of our better players in the first 4 games of this season. Elphick - carthorse, get rid. Schindler - solid at this level Kongolo - wasted at this left back Chalobah - will be a decent signing Hogg - solid championship player VLP - poor last night but hasn't played 1st team football in ages. More than good enough for us. Pritchard - needs to offer us something this season or get rid in the summer Mbenza - fuck off Grant - still a young footballer playing at a higher level than he's used to. Will he our main man this season. Subs Bacuna - finished last season really well, but has been poor so far this season. Misplaced passes etc. Needs to improve and up his game. Kachunga - works hard but not good enough anymore Diakhaby - get on next flight to France Campbell - will be a good signing just needs to get match fit. Brown - not seen much of him Schofield - kept us in it against a poor Lincoln side last midweek. Would have him as number one personally. O'brien - always does okay when he plays Then look at the players that weren't involved. Mounie - presume he's off. Personally would keep him but Phil will want to make a quick buck Quaner - nice guy but dining off Hillsborough. Get rid. Koroma - A non league man, but we signed him deserves a run of games. Bockhorn - a German Sunday league player Brown - did well at forest Green, give him a game Flo & Elphick not good enough. Call me old fashioned, but prefer defenders, who can tackle! I prefer defenders that can stand up and jump respectively. As a result I'd bin them both. |
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Post by uw2ba on Aug 22, 2019 13:19:43 GMT 1
Grabara has been one of the few positives so far this season, we could of been conceding a lot more without him in net!
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Aug 22, 2019 13:36:06 GMT 1
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Post by Stiggy on Aug 22, 2019 13:48:35 GMT 1
As much as I can't stand the guy, I couldn't argue with him either. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 14:21:27 GMT 1
Schofield may well turn out to be a very good keeper, not yet. Certainly nowhere near Grabara's level. He was better than Grabs on the Lincoln showing. Already deemed batter than coleman. He is more ready than brown,daly, high, rowe, Duhaney etc. Which is my point. We could have relied on him and coleman and used the GK fee and wages to address our main problems, defending and scoring. No he was not, he made some good saves granted but nothing Grabara hasn't already. Schofield purely and simply isn't ready yet on distribution alone. Championship teams would bury him imo. |
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Post by teddytheterrier on Aug 22, 2019 14:26:32 GMT 1
Can't argue with that he's right. |
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Aug 22, 2019 14:32:28 GMT 1
Can't argue with that he's right. that's what I thought. |
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Post by runner76 on Aug 22, 2019 15:17:35 GMT 1
Not sure we were deluded - we invested shite, didn't win and went down; did we ever think otherwise?  |
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Post by BLUE&WHITE on Aug 22, 2019 15:38:16 GMT 1
We basically had a Championship elect squad in the Premier League. We sold or loaned out the decent Championship players, and bought an expensive dog and duck winger. Figures that we've now got a League One elect squad. If all the money has gone into players and agents pockets, say so. If it's all gone back to Dean, say so. It's a fucking farce at the moment. I was saying this to a mate the other day. When we were in the premier League, we were told that we basically had a great championship team and needed to out perform. Now we have dropped we are getting shut of them. |
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Post by 4 pts on Aug 22, 2019 16:11:36 GMT 1
We basically had a Championship elect squad in the Premier League. We sold or loaned out the decent Championship players, and bought an expensive dog and duck winger. Figures that we've now got a League One elect squad. If all the money has gone into players and agents pockets, say so. If it's all gone back to Dean, say so. It's a fucking farce at the moment. You are doing the Dog and Duck a disservice. They would not have bought these wingers based on You Tube best bits. |
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Post by Town Duppy on Aug 22, 2019 16:49:29 GMT 1
Did you not go to the Derby game then? He looked totally clueless. Yeah right. Overall your comments were not to far off, but you look clueless IMO as far as Granada comments. Are we renting a TV and Video? |
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