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Post by gtleighsr3 on Aug 24, 2022 8:49:59 GMT
More action in a nun’s home
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 24, 2022 12:21:25 GMT
Archer? Lots of chat on Twitter
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Post by alanwycombe on Aug 24, 2022 12:43:05 GMT
‘There’s only one Iroegb…… ‘ err…
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Post by West Acton on Aug 24, 2022 12:59:23 GMT
Archer played last night in cup. Looked sharpe without scoring. Don’t think it’s him but would be great if it was
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Post by Bill on Aug 24, 2022 13:56:41 GMT
Archer? Lots of chat on Twitter If it is the sooner the better |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 24, 2022 15:25:33 GMT
He's a midfielder right? Just don't think that's the priority, particularly with Richards and Amos due to come in It’s all about opinions Stainrod, but Gerrard said a month ago Archer is staying put, be very surprised if he changes his mind. DMF would seem a priority for me as Johansen has been poor. Read a stat saying Field has made more tackles than anyone in the Championship (and Chair - who lots of fans don't seem to rate! - more assists BTW). Seems to me we have one of the best defensive midfielders in the division in the building. Why not play him there? I get that this Villa lad with the difficult name might be an upgrade on what we have but you could go round the Premier League and find an upgrade on every single player in our squad, even on Willock - we are a mid-table Championship side after all. But overwhelmingly the priority for us (as discussed to death) is surely for a striker, not a midfielder. |
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Post by Corbray on Aug 24, 2022 15:33:22 GMT
It’s all about opinions Stainrod, but Gerrard said a month ago Archer is staying put, be very surprised if he changes his mind. DMF would seem a priority for me as Johansen has been poor. Read a stat saying Field has made more tackles than anyone in the Championship (and Chair - who lots of fans don't seem to rate! - more assists BTW). Seems to me we have one of the best defensive midfielders in the division in the building. Why not play him there? I get that this Villa lad with the difficult name might be an upgrade on what we have but you could go round the Premier League and find an upgrade on every single player in our squad, even on Willock - we are a mid-table Championship side after all. But overwhelmingly the priority for us (as discussed to death) is surely for a striker, not a midfielder. i would love to swap willock for de bruyne tbh, i'd be willing to settle for zaha though. |
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Post by acricketer on Aug 24, 2022 15:34:37 GMT
Play him up front. He's got to be better than Dykes! |
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Post by sparks on Aug 24, 2022 15:36:53 GMT
It’s all about opinions Stainrod, but Gerrard said a month ago Archer is staying put, be very surprised if he changes his mind. DMF would seem a priority for me as Johansen has been poor. Read a stat saying Field has made more tackles than anyone in the Championship (and Chair - who lots of fans don't seem to rate! - more assists BTW). Seems to me we have one of the best defensive midfielders in the division in the building. Why not play him there? I get that this Villa lad with the difficult name might be an upgrade on what we have but you could go round the Premier League and find an upgrade on every single player in our squad, even on Willock - we are a mid-table Championship side after all. But overwhelmingly the priority for us (as discussed to death) is surely for a striker, not a midfielder. Understand your frustrations as I share them too, but wasn’t Roberts signing said to be as a striker ? |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 24, 2022 15:44:57 GMT
Read a stat saying Field has made more tackles than anyone in the Championship (and Chair - who lots of fans don't seem to rate! - more assists BTW). Seems to me we have one of the best defensive midfielders in the division in the building. Why not play him there? I get that this Villa lad with the difficult name might be an upgrade on what we have but you could go round the Premier League and find an upgrade on every single player in our squad, even on Willock - we are a mid-table Championship side after all. But overwhelmingly the priority for us (as discussed to death) is surely for a striker, not a midfielder. Understand your frustrations as I share them too, but wasn’t Roberts signing said to be as a striker ? I know you do Sparks and not criticising you, sir. I get that Beale likes these hybrid players but I would have more sympathy with that argument if Roberts was actually being played as a striker. But he seems to be played as a number 10 behind Dykes, so as of the minute isn't solving the striker problem in my view. |
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Post by Bill on Aug 24, 2022 16:49:20 GMT
Understand your frustrations as I share them too, but wasn’t Roberts signing said to be as a striker ? I know you do Sparks and not criticising you, sir. I get that Beale likes these hybrid players but I would have more sympathy with that argument if Roberts was actually being played as a striker. But he seems to be played as a number 10 behind Dykes, so as of the minute isn't solving the striker problem in my view. Hybrid players,do you plug them in half time 😂 |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 25, 2022 9:41:11 GMT
I know you do Sparks and not criticising you, sir. I get that Beale likes these hybrid players but I would have more sympathy with that argument if Roberts was actually being played as a striker. But he seems to be played as a number 10 behind Dykes, so as of the minute isn't solving the striker problem in my view. Hybrid players,do you plug them in half time 😂 If Dykes is a hybrid, we must have been suffering a year long power cut... |
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Aug 26, 2022 8:12:24 GMT
Thought the font of all knowledge from life and wls said we was close to another signing? This decade?
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 26, 2022 8:16:40 GMT
Thought the font of all knowledge from life and wls said we was close to another signing? This decade? Surely Beale hasn't gone and shot his load early again with a premature press briefing on a transfer which turns out to be wishful thinking? |
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Post by Stanley75 on Aug 26, 2022 8:30:06 GMT
Thought the font of all knowledge from life and wls said we was close to another signing? This decade? Surely Beale hasn't gone and shot his load early again with a premature press briefing on a transfer which turns out to be wishful thinking? Not sure a Twitter account with only 578 Followers (1/2 of which are prob bots) can be taken too seriously... |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 26, 2022 10:55:45 GMT
Another Beale U Turn then. Only a month ago he said we didn't need Barbet as our younger centre halves need to step up. Seems like full on panic, Capt Mannwering.
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Post by coneysboots on Aug 26, 2022 10:57:55 GMT
Sounds like a busy few days. Seems MB has seen enough and is going to act, which is about time.
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Post by Corbray on Aug 26, 2022 11:08:28 GMT
we did the same thing a few years back when we brought in wells and hemed after losing our first 4 games.
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Post by hal9thou on Aug 26, 2022 11:17:02 GMT
Another Beale U Turn then. Only a month ago he said we didn't need Barbet as our younger centre halves need to step up. Seems like full on panic, Capt Mannwering. Not really. Clearly he doesn't feel they have stepped up sufficiently. It's completely logical to re-enforce if deals are do-able. I think the only full on panic is coming from you.... signing people like Jeff Hendrick panicked me. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 26, 2022 11:29:52 GMT
Another Beale U Turn then. Only a month ago he said we didn't need Barbet as our younger centre halves need to step up. Seems like full on panic, Capt Mannwering. Not really. Clearly he doesn't feel they have stepped up sufficiently. It's completely logical to re-enforce if deals are do-able. I think the only full on panic is coming from you.... signing people like Jeff Hendrick panicked me. I'm not panicking, resigned to this being a poor season results wise a long time ago. But the strategy is lurching all over the place. They got rid of Barbet and Wallace and now they sound surprised they don't have any defensive cover. Beale was also determined to go 4 at the back but we went 5 at the back because we leak like a sieve. All of this any QPR fan could have told them months ago... |
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Post by West Acton on Aug 26, 2022 11:35:52 GMT
A lot going on in that article so suspect lots of its is pure speculation. No way will we sign 5 players reading that part made me think lots of this is for attention.
Could see two players coming in tops
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Post by Stanley75 on Aug 26, 2022 11:39:01 GMT
Another Beale U Turn then. Only a month ago he said we didn't need Barbet as our younger centre halves need to step up. Seems like full on panic, Capt Mannwering. I'd say that's more down to the JCS injury. You can't blame Beale for that. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 26, 2022 12:20:33 GMT
Another Beale U Turn then. Only a month ago he said we didn't need Barbet as our younger centre halves need to step up. Seems like full on panic, Capt Mannwering. I'd say that's more down to the JCS injury. You can't blame Beale for that. Depends how long term it is I guess. Barbet didn't even miss a game with a dislocated shoulder - just saying... |
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Post by Stanley75 on Aug 26, 2022 12:27:08 GMT
I'd say that's more down to the JCS injury. You can't blame Beale for that. Depends how long term it is I guess. Barbet didn't even miss a game with a dislocated shoulder - just saying... JCS (hamstring) back by the international break by all accounts. As a CB he’s an upgrade on Barbet. Barbet still being clubless is the clue there (he’s been a free agent the entire summer). So overall I’d say it’s a net positive |
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Post by James1979 on Aug 26, 2022 13:03:07 GMT
Another Beale U Turn then. Only a month ago he said we didn't need Barbet as our younger centre halves need to step up. Seems like full on panic, Capt Mannwering. Maybe but he’s only been here 2 (?) months and so I think he’s not had a lot of time to make judgements on players. |
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Post by Corbray on Aug 26, 2022 13:24:10 GMT
Depends how long term it is I guess. Barbet didn't even miss a game with a dislocated shoulder - just saying... JCS (hamstring) back by the international break by all accounts. As a CB he’s an upgrade on Barbet. Barbet still being clubless is the clue there (he’s been a free agent the entire summer). So overall I’d say it’s a net positive barbet has "signed" for bordeux but bordeux have some serious money problems so are unable to ratify the signing until they bring in funds. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 26, 2022 13:44:43 GMT
Depends how long term it is I guess. Barbet didn't even miss a game with a dislocated shoulder - just saying... JCS (hamstring) back by the international break by all accounts. As a CB he’s an upgrade on Barbet. Barbet still being clubless is the clue there (he’s been a free agent the entire summer). So overall I’d say it’s a net positive Seems like a big financial commitment just to cover a fairly short-term injury. Or maybe he doesn't rate Dunne? Either way signing a 34-year-old seems a bit of a departure from "give youth a chance" and precisely the kind of move that led to Warbs falling out with Ferdinand. |
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Post by Corbray on Aug 26, 2022 14:27:58 GMT
JCS (hamstring) back by the international break by all accounts. As a CB he’s an upgrade on Barbet. Barbet still being clubless is the clue there (he’s been a free agent the entire summer). So overall I’d say it’s a net positive Seems like a big financial commitment just to cover a fairly short-term injury. Or maybe he doesn't rate Dunne? Either way signing a 34-year-old seems a bit of a departure from "give youth a chance" and precisely the kind of move that led to Warbs falling out with Ferdinand. can balogun play LB? i'd argue finding cover there is more important than CB, although we do need cover there anyway lol. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Aug 26, 2022 14:31:40 GMT
Seems like a big financial commitment just to cover a fairly short-term injury. At 34 I'd imagine it's more of a temporary stop-gap and on affordable wages Or maybe he doesn't rate Dunne? Quite possibly. For me the most encouraging thing about the article is Beale's realisation that Johansen (and Dozzell) are not up to the task and he's actively seeking a replacement. |
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Aug 26, 2022 14:35:54 GMT
34! They using him as a corner flag
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