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Reply | Out of contract (again)
at 09:12 6 Feb 2025
Paal is frustrating. Sometimes he will do a great piece of play to get by someone and then mucks up the five yard pass. When he first came in he looked great. I remember people saying how good he was in the air etc. These days I often think he is out of position and as an attack threat could do more and have better delivery.
It might be one of those situations though, that once he is gone, we realise he wasn't half bad.
I think Andersen is done I'm afraid. Last season some great stuff but now looks like he is running through treacle
Frey I think needs to stay but depends on what wages he is on. If we get a new striker in the summer and the wages Frey is on almost commands that he should start then you might have to let him go, although his effort and eye for a goal is good
Colback and cook I would keep, just for their experience. Cook can still do a job. He is looking a bit rusty since coming back but that's to be expected and Colback always useful coming off the bench. Same with Fox. He will have 3 or 4 good games and then a stinker, which is why he isn't a guaranteed first teamer |
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Reply | Frank Lampard’s Coventry Citu
at 09:00 5 Feb 2025
Bloody hate this. It's Sky's fault. The moment, Gerrard, Lampard or Rooney get a job in the UK it's Frank Lampards Derby/Coventy. Wayne Rooney's Plymouth. Then they go back just being what they were before when they leave |
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Reply | Ronnie “ beckenbauer” Edwards
at 22:40 4 Feb 2025
Is there any way we can actually sign him. Maybe a couple of players out in the summer and use the funds towards it. Him and JCS or even Morrison could be a future pairing. All good on the ball. They said on commentary about him playing in the left as though it might be an issue. He is so good on the ball though and getting his body in the right position, he actually seemed better than on the right |
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Reply | Match Thread: Blackburn tonight
at 22:36 4 Feb 2025
Thought Morgan looked a little off the pace tonight. Not a criticism as I doubt he thought he would be a first team regular already. Maybe a break needed. Field and Varane with Chair in and around. Thought Chair in the middle was a success tonight. Allows him to go either side of the pitch and some great passing from him.
Looking good and a strong solid bench with players still missing JCS and Dembele still to come back |
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Reply | Direction of our squad
at 12:41 4 Feb 2025
Did I also read somewhere, that young players (early 20's) that don't look like there are getting anywhere near the first team are probably going to be let go or sold? Stops us having young players who we constantly send out on loan and don't get anywhere near the first team.
I think with the way we are going we are going to have a very competitive first team squad. I wonder how much longer Steve Cook has on his contract? He is one of the older heads that will help guide the younger players and drive the standards. Saying that I thought Sam Field has done very well when he was captain and I think Marti said in an interview he is a player who see's being a manager one day. I think Sam tactically is very strong in terms of his understand and his almost like Marti's general in midfield. With this influx of younger players it will be interesting to see what our midfield and attack will look like next season. The risk we are taking with Vale and the fact we signed him whilst injured suggests to me, we see him as a first team starter. I think if we play 4-2-3-1 a three of him, Chair and Dembele would be pretty interesting, plenty of rotation. I think if we play 4-3-3 he could quite easily play in the advanced midfield role. Just harsh on Kieran Morgan, but what a player to bring off the bench. Or maybe Marti sees him in Sam Fields role and developing play for a slightly deeper position.
Nice problems to have though. Starting to show some continuity, and long term thinking in our recruitment.
I know the new Brazilian left back is going into the development squad to start, but they way it was worded, if felt more like to get him up to speed with English football etc.
I actually now wouldn't mind us finding a way to sign Edwards if at all possible. I did think if Dunne went, the money might be used to do that. Steve Cook doesn't have much longer to go and I do worry about JCS, and if he can't get fit regularly again does the club look to move him on. Edwards and Morrison at the back, would work I think |
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Thread | Direction of our squad
at 10:05 4 Feb 2025
I think the approach of getting younger players in is a good one and hopefully will help us to go back to the model that we were for years. By a player at a cheap price, develop and then sell at a profit.
With players to come back from injury and the recent signings, I am starting to wonder what our first team and squad will look like next season. With Vale coming in we now have quite a few players in the attacking positions off the striker. We also have Dembele to come back. We are hopefully going to have a young, attacking forward line next year but I do wonder what Marti is building and who he potentially see's as surplus to requirements going forward. I do think in the summer, Andersen will go. Sadly he is well off the pace this year. I think Madsen might be gone to.
We have a nice dilemma in the fact that Morgan has come in and done well, probably ahead of schedule. I wonder if they see him as the deep lying midfield player next to Varane, who can pick a pass. Personally, despite his limitations, Field starts every game for me when fit. You can see he is slowly developing his attacking play.
A attacking trio of Chair, Dembele and Smyth/Vale looks good.
What is most important though and despite his faults, Nourry has decided on a playing and recruitment model that we will use in the long term. They are trying to recruit players, to play a particular style of football, one which Marti wants but at the same time you feel as though if Marti went, we finally would have the situation where we would recruit the manager based on the type of players we have and the type of football team we want to be
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Reply | Esquerdinha
at 20:40 3 Feb 2025
If you translate the name of the Mexican club, its Queens Park Rangers |
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Reply | Esquerdinha
at 18:32 3 Feb 2025
Not sure as he had flown over and was in London |
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Reply | Esquerdinha
at 17:56 3 Feb 2025
There was some doubt last night that this was going to happen. Apparently, he put on his social media that he was in London and then later on deleted a post saying farewell to his previous club. Some people thought maybe it had fallen through. I thought though, you would travel from that far away without everything agreed and just go through the formalities. I don't know, no one knows lol |
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Reply | Mahamadou Nagida
at 15:25 2 Feb 2025
Dunne not leaving? Where have you seen that? |
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Reply | Ref today
at 20:19 1 Feb 2025
I thought Alfie got fouled a lot but there were also times where he got bullied. Was calling out for Frey sooner. It started well with him getting behind them but that kind of stopped |
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Reply | millwall match tread ?
at 16:41 1 Feb 2025
I actually think at the moment Saito starts ahead of chair. Let chair come on when needed to get his fitness and sharpness. He seems to have lost half a yard of pace at the moment. Saito gone passed the fullback more since he has come on and he stretches the game |
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Reply | Dunne off?
at 16:34 1 Feb 2025
I wonder if we are using the money to make a bid for Edwards |
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Reply | millwall match tread ?
at 16:32 1 Feb 2025
I can't decide if his approach to our games is arrogance and that he is so much better than this level or just no footballing brain |
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Reply | millwall match tread ?
at 16:27 1 Feb 2025
First contribution to miss a tackle and then casually jog back as one of their players sprints passed him and then reacts too late |
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Reply | millwall match tread ?
at 14:26 1 Feb 2025
I would hope that also means Ashby won't be staying longer than the loan. Although maybe they want the extra height of Edwards much like Dunne |
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Reply | Yang Minh-Hyeok
at 21:38 29 Jan 2025
The difference there is I think Morgan was released so it has not future benefit to us or Spurs |
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Reply | Santos gone.
at 21:37 29 Jan 2025
Sadly just a predictive text typo. |
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Reply | Santos gone.
at 20:57 29 Jan 2025
Just got to hope Dunne stays fit as that then means the only real cover is Ashby and I was hoping he would be gone. Ideally we let him go back to free up more wages and get a new rb in permanently using the greed up wages |
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Thread | Santos gone.
at 20:32 29 Jan 2025
On an initial loan |
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