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Reply | Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 18:37 9 Jan 2025
How do you feel about different players having different training routine, faster players having lighter speed training compared with slower players working on their speed.
Notice the beginning of last season Piroe seemed to have worked on his headering, a case of players needing to work on their weaknesses while augmenting their strength, one size fits all or not? |
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Reply | Southampton v Swansea City : FA Cup Match day thread
at 14:10 9 Jan 2025
There has to be a question as to why some players are out so long after injuries, yes relapses happen and other injuries seem to happen as a player and medical team concentrates on the original injury; bad practices that lead to further issues or is it just a case of some injuries are impossible to recover from?
Bodde and Michu spring to mind. [Post edited 9 Jan 16:14]
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Reply | Brendan mentions us in his press conference
at 13:39 9 Jan 2025
Against QPR passing across the back was a lot quicker most noticeable was the ball went to Ronald without Key getting in the way, then as need Key was in a position to support with good movement from himself, Ronald and Franco quickly opening spaces.
One little point about moving the ball across the backs is the player receiving the ball must be aware of the players around both his own team and opposition not once as the ball is order to go from one side to the other to switch the point of attack do we look to switch it back to the side the ball original came from because as the opposition shift to the point of defense on the other side, same can quickly open up on the original flank the ball came from.
We are far to rigid in set movements. [Post edited 9 Jan 20:34]
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Reply | January Transfer Thread
at 15:22 8 Jan 2025
If any of our loan players are not playing then as you say a recall is needed. Look at Nelson Abbey did he only have one appearance wasn't that against Wycombe left foot centre half being played on the right of the two.Rightly called back was only brought here as a stop gap and then wasn't used.
Josh came on in one of this seasons friendlies and an instant impact adding an assist to Rebuns assist to Grime's goal.
I do question the justification of loaning players out at times. |
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 11:49 8 Jan 2025
At what point do you start trusting these youngsters to do the job they have been developed for?
Not including Pearl-Harris in that question considering he is only on loan.
Is it a case we are pushing for Premiership football but will be totally unprepared to play in it.
We cannot rely on the likes of Grimes, Fulton , Cullen, Cooper and Allen in the midfield(even Key and Tymon if we can find players to cover their fullback roles)
Franco makes a noticeable difference so does Allen(doesn't last 90 minutes)they get the best out of Grimes, something has to change to enable the midfield to function properly in both a defensive and attacking
capacity.
If it means trying Abdulai in the midfield against Southampton instead of Grimes I wouldn't be unhappy, at least it was tried but maybe the cup games against lower opposition was the place for that to be done and there we changed the whole back four didn't we? |
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Reply | January Transfer Thread
at 10:24 8 Jan 2025
It is the little things that add to the possibility of seeing light at the end of the tunnel. |
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 10:16 8 Jan 2025
Think we may see him come on again for Cullen instead of out on the wings if we are behind in games.
Having said that it does seem as if when we are ahead in games we make changes for change sake, instead of seeing games out maybe feels the necessity to match opposition ones, may have a point when the opposition team ends up full of giants. |
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 08:54 8 Jan 2025
That could well be the case I'm sure he has had some stick on the touchline from our own supporters, I ended up complaining that on the touch line he tried to control an almost head high ball to bring it down instead of just flicking a headed ball onto one of our runners just ahead of him which would have meant we would have got in behind their defense.
Not the finished article and needs developing, whether he has the willingness to do it remains to be seen. |
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 23:19 7 Jan 2025
He played a simple ball forward that kept us moving to get us on the front foot, same as the goal he scored he followed up his cross with a forward thinking run into the box, lots of players lose the ball by trying to put their foot on the ball.
Every player in the team has come in for critism and rightly so but maybe some praise should be given at times, in the game in which Pearl-Harris scored he did give a full blood change in front of the East stand which was met with approval if that can be encouraged then I'm sure more of the same would be welcomed.
My point would be it is not all solely down to the player.
Ntcham started a game in a defensive midfielder role and we promptly went 1-0 down, his position was changed straight away because he was asked to play in a role he is unaccustomed to doing. I feel the same could be said of Pearl-Harris but until he plays in his preferred position I cannot be proven to be correct it is just a feeling he is a better player than we are seeing.
Won't be the first time I have gone of on a tangent and won't be the last. [Post edited 8 Jan 8:36]
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 22:34 7 Jan 2025
I agree but he made Grimes do what Grimes should be doing time and time again, moving into a position that benefits the team, not to go back within a yard of a play to recieve a ball to then give it back to them, you talk about showboating isn't that exactly what Grimes has done it for years, the new rules for goal kick just seem to reinforced the playing out from the back at all cost and teams are getting sucked into doing it, going nowhere and inviting pressure on themselves so games swing from looking like superstars in one half to bargin basement players in the next, it would seem even Man City go sucked into the mind set of playing out from the back at went on a pretty poor run by their standards. There are other factors in Man City 's poor run like loss of players I know but at time one size does not fit all.
It is a team game and you have to build it around the players at your disposal and play to their strengths getting the best out of players William's has taken a very cautious approach in his selection and to say a number of players are not playing in their natural positions is an understatement.It is what it is but it is easy to single out individuals as I have just done with Grimes, trying to look at the future and not dismissing younger players out of hand looking for good points to build on.
Sorry for the rant but there a lot of good player out there and if they can learn from others it may help the team in the long run. |
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 21:10 7 Jan 2025
What I liked about him when playing out of a tight position in our area after receiving the ball from Grimes on the right hand side of the penalty area he didn't blast it to no-one, he didn't put Grimes in a bad situation by playing it straight back to him to his feet , instead he played the ball into space on the touch line behind the oncoming player press making Grimes, who had no intention of moving into space to recieve the ball, forcing him run forward onto the forward pass opening the whole flank for us able to progress up the park with ease, just by playing one simple easy ball and not dropping us in do do. |
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Reply | Is Peart Harris available to buy,?
at 18:13 7 Jan 2025
I would be happy to sign him if the price was right, nice to see him come on in the advanced midfield role for the tiring Cullen as opposed to out on the wings. Yes there are issues that would need looking at but there are issues all over the park. |
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Reply | January Transfer Thread
at 10:50 7 Jan 2025
You pick your team as the clubs needs dictates which is usually pick your best team,trying to keep him at the moment is the best option. |
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Reply | January Transfer Thread
at 10:42 7 Jan 2025
Think a discussion to let them know that we would like to trigger the extension as part of that discussion review the contracts, maybe better to do after January xfr business sorted, if that is done early then hold the discussions earlier. |
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Reply | January Transfer Thread
at 09:44 7 Jan 2025
He had the makings of a good player when he came here, maybe Martin had too many centrebacks eventually with Woods, Cabango and Darling but at the end of the day none of them are naturally happy on the left side, if anybody out of the three were it was Woods, Darling ends up being in a quandary as to what is needed on the left at time especially alongside Tymon, alongside Naughton in the left fullback ppsition he knew one hundred percent that he needed to cover for Naughton's lack of pace so was very quick out to the left to close the through ball down with Tymon he doesn't make the decision to come across early enough at times but I'm nit picking and we would miss him.
No doubtinng his commitment and trying to freeze him out with no viable alternative seems stupid, phase him out but at the moment we do not have that option. [Post edited 7 Jan 11:08]
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Reply | January Transfer Thread
at 06:19 7 Jan 2025
As you say signed on until the end of the season as a stop gap from a pool of out of contract players outside the xfer window.
Really need to get some of our youngsters up to speed because we are really going to need to look at gettimg in some new blood to even keep the quality of the squad up.
Allen, Naughton and Pedersen contracts up at the end of the season which may release some funds but will we be able to get enough quality in.
Even if Abdulai proves his potential this season he will only have another season left on his contract, similarly
if Ginnelly recovers to prove his worth by the end of this season he too is out of contract at the end ofthe following season,
Tymon and Key will only have a season left on their contracts in the summer, anybody know if there are extensions which could be triggered in these four's contracts because will we be in a situation of players running down contracts next season?
Fulton will be the same, season would we be looking too get rid next season to try and improve the middle of midfield as we do need another midfielder able to do both the defensive and attacking side there alongside Franco and at the very least better cover for him.
Given the number aged and njured players we need to use the rest of this season to ensure we have a stronger squad next season while looking at the contracts of players we need to keep. |
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Reply | Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion : Match day thread
at 12:39 6 Jan 2025
A bog standard squad but take a number of key players out of it and it does look as I we have to rely on the old guard Fulton, Allen, Naughton and Christie to fill in for injured players add Grimes and Pedersen into the higher age profile of the squad then there are 6 players who are going to have to be replaced in the very near future add Darling into the mix that is 7 players 8 now Abbey has gone back and 9 when Pearl-Harris leaves, Parker, Cooper and Ginnelly make it 12 who are or possibly will be missing add the usual injuries we can expect from Cabango and Key both have had issues in the past that is 14 and then you have the unexpected issues like Franco make it 15, all in all that is a big number of players that are missing and will be missing or just unable play, add the lack of younger players because in the push to get back into the Premier league or stave off relagation from rhe Championship very few have been picked effectively , hard to juggle around to keep the standard of the first 11 up let alone the squad.
Yes William's wants to try and play in a certain way but trying to make up for a poor midfield has been tried since relegation by various managers with various degrees of sussess and failure.
Don't think this is a season to go up but one to try and grow the strength of the first team, let alone the squad and carry that improvement into the next season, will need some shrewd transfer management now followed up in the next window. [Post edited 6 Jan 13:25]
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