| Tarquins sack their manager! on 10:25 - Mar 1 with 2613 views | Konk |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 10:11 - Mar 1 by BuckR |
Errrr now do that with Cardiffs squad! |
Maybe Warnock gets to choose his signings or has players that can fit his system? As it is, they’ll probably go down with us anyway. |  |
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| Tarquins sack their manager! on 12:50 - Mar 1 with 2456 views | sexton |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 09:31 - Mar 1 by Konk |
We needed to sign at least four PL quality defenders because our entire defence needed replacing. We needed to sign at least one keeper, as we only had Bettinelli, who is okay without being most people's idea of a great keeper.
This is the side and bench that played in the play-off final:
Bettinelli - unproven in PL
Fredericks — joined West Ham on a freebie
Odoi — never going to be good enough for the PL
Ream — very good last year, but unlikely to be good enough for the PL
Targett — on loan from Saints, who wanted the best part of £20m for him
Cairney — probably good enough for the PL, but injured for a large chunk of the first half of the season
McDonald — excellent last season, but always likely to struggle a bit with the pace and intensity of the PL
Johansen — very good in the Championship, but probably not good enough to be a regular starter in the PL
Kamara — bull in a china shop. Had something of a nuisance factor, but wouldn’t ideally be starting in the PL
Mitrovic — absolute quality and a great attitude to date. Cost £22m or something to sign in the Summer.
Ryan Sessegnon — fantastic player, but only just turned 18 and had never played in the PL
Bench: Fonte (Not good enough), Ayite (Probably not good enough), Norwood (Loan and pnge)), Piazon (Loan and pnge), Christie (pretty sh it), Kalas (Loan and pnge to be a regular starter) and Button (not good enough). Other than that, we had Kebano, who might be okay off the bench in the PL, but not sure.
So, I think we did need to sign a load of players - partly because we'd relied so heavily on the loan system in our promotion year. We spent almost a 1/4 of our budget converting Mitrovic to a permanent signing, and then spunked a load on a bunch of players that really have failed to improve our side, and have probably just unbalanced everything. The side that played Villa would probably have still gone down, but would probably have made a better fist of things. But, we lost both full-backs, who were crucial to our success.
I said at the time that I would have kept Jokanovic even if we were relegated. We played good football, there was an emphasis on attack, and I think he deserved a bit of patience and respect. He had problems with injuries and seemingly didn't get to pick the signings he'd have liked. Under Ranieri, we've been clueless, welly the ball, haven't really tightened up at the back, and he's managed to pi ss-off Cairney and Sessegnon; either by not starting or by playing them out of position. We are a mess on and off the pitch, and most people think the fault lies principally with our owner's son, who serves as our DOF, despite absolutely no background in football. He's the one who identifies our signings. Also, signing 5 players on deadline day is hardly ideal prep. |
And many of our fans thought the likes of Derry, Hill and Mackie would struggle in the Prem. |  | | |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 13:04 - Mar 1 with 2420 views | Mick_S |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 09:36 - Mar 1 by BazzaInTheLoft |
'I've always liked this Club, m'lady'
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Got my Fulham colours on now m'lady.
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| Tarquins sack their manager! on 14:34 - Mar 1 with 2301 views | derbyhoop |
Just goes to show how big the gap is between Championshio and PL. From Konk's analysis, Fulham only had 2/3 players capable of stepping up, excluding Fredericks and Targett.
Going up via the playoffs leaves the promoted club, 3 weeks behind everybody else in the cut-throat search for real quality without paying a fortune.
And anybody following the QPR (and now Fulham) model should be banned from any further involvement in football.
For me, it means, that sides getting promoted, should strengthen a little (2-3 players costing no more than £40m in total); expect to get relegated; use the parachute payments for a touch more strengthening; get promoted again; rinse and repeat. |  |
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| Tarquins sack their manager! on 15:41 - Mar 1 with 2206 views | qprxtc |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 09:52 - Mar 1 by BrianMcCarthy |
Ya, it all feels eerily familiar.
Sympathies, Konk. As they say in my part of County Cork - "I wouldn't wish it on a Kerryman". |
Up the Kingdom....... |  | | |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 21:02 - Mar 1 with 1997 views | DannyPaddox |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 15:41 - Mar 1 by qprxtc |
Up the Kingdom....... |
Makes a change you're usually Up the Pavillion |  | | |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 12:51 - Mar 2 with 1849 views | TGRRRSSS |
The Khans deserve everything they get, I feel a bit for the average Fulham fan maybe but at the end of the day they are a rival.
Fire sale coming at the end of season I suspect.
Cairney and Sessenon will leave just for starters I think whatever happens. |  | | |
| Tarquins sack their manager! on 13:00 - Mar 2 with 1836 views | TacticalR |
@derbyhoop 'For me, it means, that sides getting promoted, should strengthen a little (2-3 players costing no more than £40m in total); expect to get relegated; use the parachute payments for a touch more strengthening; get promoted again; rinse and repeat.'
Doing a Burnley makes sense, but I wonder how many fans are prepared for weekly hammerings and swift relegation (if that's what it means in practice), plus a lot of owners don't want to lose face. |  |
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| Tarquins sack their manager! on 15:38 - Mar 3 with 1693 views | stevec |
Don’t know if it’s the quality of football we’ve had to endure over the last four years but Fulham actually look quite good. |  | | |
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