| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... 19:14 - Mar 31 with 9113 views | Jackfath |
You're the manager.
Where would you wish to strengthen the squad?
Which players who you've seen first hand this season would you like to sign for us?
Any other realistic targets you think would add to the squad?
Who would you let go?
For me, I'd like to sign Bolasi, he had another good game Saturday and I was impressed with his performance. Also Barkley from Everton.
I think those two have been the best I've seen down here this season so far, although I may have forgotten some other performances. |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 16:55 - Apr 1 with 1323 views | tomdickharry |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 13:22 - Apr 1 by Chief |
Add Mcmannaman or whatever his name is from Wigan to this list. |
The young striker from Coventry is Callum Wilson,whom I have mentioned before,just turned 22yrs 6ft and most importantly 22 goals in his first full season in League football. From what I have read on Coventry fans message board he will be off to a higher level at season end,hope our scouting department have their ears to the ground. |  | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:06 - Apr 1 with 1315 views | Parlay |
Stephen Caulker to partner Ash.
JDG sign up once and for all.
Jordon Mutch to replace to challenge JDG (depending on of he signs on not).
Fabio Borini as back up to Wilf.
Adam Johnson to challenge the 3 main wingers.
= top half. |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:20 - Apr 1 with 1293 views | Liam12345 |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:06 - Apr 1 by Parlay |
Stephen Caulker to partner Ash.
JDG sign up once and for all.
Jordon Mutch to replace to challenge JDG (depending on of he signs on not).
Fabio Borini as back up to Wilf.
Adam Johnson to challenge the 3 main wingers.
= top half. |
chico is better than caluker mun |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:20 - Apr 1 with 1295 views | Dr_Winston |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 16:55 - Apr 1 by tomdickharry |
The young striker from Coventry is Callum Wilson,whom I have mentioned before,just turned 22yrs 6ft and most importantly 22 goals in his first full season in League football. From what I have read on Coventry fans message board he will be off to a higher level at season end,hope our scouting department have their ears to the ground. |
Has he ever played for Middlesborough? |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:34 - Apr 1 with 1279 views | LeonisGod |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 15:26 - Apr 1 by Drizzy |
Yeah dodgy goalkeeping has been the primary reason for us conceding the fourth most goals in the whole league this season. Nothing to do with Chico's wildly inconsistent play, Ash's uncharacteristic sloppiness, Rangel continually getting beaten for pace and Davies' awful positioning. [Post edited 1 Apr 2014 15:28]
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It's not directly as a results of the individuals either. All have shown that they are good enough in a well-disciplined and drilled team. We've lacked the defensive discipline this year as a whole team, not just the back four. Defend from the front as a group and the back four don't get isolated and pressured into mistakes as often, retain the discipline and you don't end up with centre halves in the opposition's box or even on the left wing as in Chico's case on at least one occasion. |  | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:40 - Apr 1 with 1276 views | Jokeren1943 |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:20 - Apr 1 by Liam12345 |
chico is better than caluker mun |
Chico goes from being Thiago Silva fantastic to being Cardiff crap.
Chico is to me a liability.
Need more consistency in the central defense. |  | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 18:00 - Apr 1 with 1257 views | tomdickharry |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:20 - Apr 1 by Dr_Winston |
Has he ever played for Middlesborough? |
The answer is emphatically NO. A subtle reply. | | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 18:32 - Apr 1 with 1245 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 15:26 - Apr 1 by Drizzy |
Yeah dodgy goalkeeping has been the primary reason for us conceding the fourth most goals in the whole league this season. Nothing to do with Chico's wildly inconsistent play, Ash's uncharacteristic sloppiness, Rangel continually getting beaten for pace and Davies' awful positioning. [Post edited 1 Apr 2014 15:28]
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Who said it was the primary reason? I think everyone has agreed that Vorm hasn't played as well as he can, but that the defence hasn't been at their best either. Tremmel has had his moments, but hasn't looked good enough to be our no.1 and that there might be better options out there as no.2. |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 20:50 - Apr 1 with 1209 views | Drizzy |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:40 - Apr 1 by Jokeren1943 |
Chico goes from being Thiago Silva fantastic to being Cardiff crap.
Chico is to me a liability.
Need more consistency in the central defense. |
Spot on. We've conceded a lot of soft goals that have resulted from Chico's mistakes. |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 21:19 - Apr 1 with 1192 views | Chief |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 17:06 - Apr 1 by Parlay |
Stephen Caulker to partner Ash.
JDG sign up once and for all.
Jordon Mutch to replace to challenge JDG (depending on of he signs on not).
Fabio Borini as back up to Wilf.
Adam Johnson to challenge the 3 main wingers.
= top half. |
Mutch plays for Cardiff. they wont sell to us. I cant understand why people think they would? |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 07:23 - Apr 2 with 1148 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 20:50 - Apr 1 by Drizzy |
Spot on. We've conceded a lot of soft goals that have resulted from Chico's mistakes. |
As you were so keen to point out earlier we've also conceded a lot of goals from poor goalkeeping, Ash being way out of position, Ben being way out of position and Range being too slow. Oh, and poor covering from midfield, allowing people to just run to the area with the ball (West Brom comes to mind) Not to mention the amount of goals that have come from a deflection or ricochet that has landed perfectly at the feet of an opposition player. We've had our fair share of own goals go in our favour this year, but also conceded a lot that have been just plain unlucky.
Chico hasn't had a good a season as last, but he is still a quality defender on his day and some people on here would be far too quick to ship him out. He and Ash are a great partnership, we just need someone coaching them properly. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 07:41 - Apr 2 with 1144 views | Dr_Winston |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 21:19 - Apr 1 by Chief |
Mutch plays for Cardiff. they wont sell to us. I cant understand why people think they would? |
Why wouldn't they? It's not as if Tan will give a sh*t what the fans think. Make an offer he wants to accept and he'll be ours.
Frankly I'm not overly convinced that any of them would be good enough to improve on what we already have so it's a moot point at best in any case. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 07:54 - Apr 2 with 1139 views | Big_Phil |
If (and it's a big If) everyone stays fully fit I don't think we need anyone. Injuries have killed us this year more than anything else....witness Tiendalli and Lita getting game time FFS
Form is temp, Class is permanent....Vorm, Michu etc - there's £30M of talent there that will show it soon enough
So....a top class conditioning coach is top of my list. If we hold on to everyone I won't be that upset! |  | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 08:51 - Apr 2 with 1110 views | somersetsimon |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 07:41 - Apr 1 by jacksinceever |
Goalkeeper, Centre half, & back up striker would be priorities for me.
I'd be happy to see Marshall & Caulker from Cardiff, and a faster instinctive striker to support Bony or give us options (don't know who but guess there are plenty especially in the foreign leagues to be bought reasonably) |
Finding a good back up striker will always be tricky for us. We want someone good, or with potential, that will accept only getting a few starts and filling in when Bony is injured or rested. I think a good option would be a loan of a good promising youngster from a big team (like we did with Borini a few years ago). On the other hand, they'd probably only want to loan out a player if he would get plenty of game time and experience... |  | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 08:52 - Apr 2 with 1110 views | Edmundo |
Rb, ready for when Angel can't do it any more.
Striker-just a serious challenger to Bony
Winger-someone who can play on either wing and have the off few goals in him.
Cb-cover for williams/chico, if barkley isn't up to it. |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:09 - Apr 2 with 1099 views | Clinton |
Bolasi went past our defenders like they weren't there, granted he's a handful. However his final ball was dreadful, appalling, a joke. They would have beat us if he could have put in a half decent cross. Seen the same thing in highlights of other matches. He's a "no" for me.
See what palace fans think. http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=143590 [Post edited 2 Apr 2014 9:31]
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:15 - Apr 2 with 1094 views | JackSomething |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 15:26 - Apr 1 by Drizzy |
Yeah dodgy goalkeeping has been the primary reason for us conceding the fourth most goals in the whole league this season. Nothing to do with Chico's wildly inconsistent play, Ash's uncharacteristic sloppiness, Rangel continually getting beaten for pace and Davies' awful positioning. [Post edited 1 Apr 2014 15:28]
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While I don't think anyone would claim our defence has been consistent this season, I'm sure I read recently that our goalkeepers have the worst shot saved percentage in the Premier League. Not the only thing to judge a keeper on of course, but it's still disappointing. |  |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:38 - Apr 2 with 1073 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:09 - Apr 2 by Clinton |
Bolasi went past our defenders like they weren't there, granted he's a handful. However his final ball was dreadful, appalling, a joke. They would have beat us if he could have put in a half decent cross. Seen the same thing in highlights of other matches. He's a "no" for me.
See what palace fans think. http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=143590 [Post edited 2 Apr 2014 9:31]
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As I said in my list, we need a winger who can cross. We have pace in Dyer and Routledge, we need someone who can plant the ball on Wilf's head time after time. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:42 - Apr 2 with 1066 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 07:41 - Apr 2 by Dr_Winston |
Why wouldn't they? It's not as if Tan will give a sh*t what the fans think. Make an offer he wants to accept and he'll be ours.
Frankly I'm not overly convinced that any of them would be good enough to improve on what we already have so it's a moot point at best in any case. |
Agree with the first sentiment. Tan is a businessman. It's all about the bottom line. If they get relegated, any offer for a player that gets him a profit will be accepted.
I think they have a couple of decent players who can hack the Premier League week in week out. But they have far too many Champo players who haven't made the step up and that is their problem. Remember how they banged on about Whittingham for years..he's looked distinctly ordinary. Mutch on the other hand, looks a very good player (and has scored some good goals). | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:43 - Apr 2 with 1063 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 08:51 - Apr 2 by somersetsimon |
Finding a good back up striker will always be tricky for us. We want someone good, or with potential, that will accept only getting a few starts and filling in when Bony is injured or rested. I think a good option would be a loan of a good promising youngster from a big team (like we did with Borini a few years ago). On the other hand, they'd probably only want to loan out a player if he would get plenty of game time and experience... |
Ricky Van Dogsdick is the answer. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:45 - Apr 2 with 1061 views | midswan |
At the risk of sounding like a broken record....a few are saying a new left winger needed who has a few goals in him as well.......Routs ? just about top of assists for the second season running,second in goals scored (if it wasn't for Owain Goals..) , and has got better and better at covering/defending. all seems well to me here. What am I not seeing ?? | | | |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:51 - Apr 2 with 1056 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:45 - Apr 2 by midswan |
At the risk of sounding like a broken record....a few are saying a new left winger needed who has a few goals in him as well.......Routs ? just about top of assists for the second season running,second in goals scored (if it wasn't for Owain Goals..) , and has got better and better at covering/defending. all seems well to me here. What am I not seeing ?? |
Because we don't really have proper cover on the left. We play Routs there, but he's right footed and a right-winger by trade. Same for Pablo/Pozeulo/JdG. Lamah is the only left-footed left-winger and I think the jury is still out on him. It would be good to have an option on the left that isn't someone who needs to cut inside to cross or tries to do everything with the outside of his right foot. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:56 - Apr 2 with 1053 views | JackSomething |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:38 - Apr 2 by caerleon_jack |
As I said in my list, we need a winger who can cross. We have pace in Dyer and Routledge, we need someone who can plant the ball on Wilf's head time after time. |
While I would agree that our wingers tend to lack end product, there is a growing opinion that crosses are one of the least effective ways to try and score a goal.
The average completed crosses percentage in the Premier League has hovered consistently around 23%. Very few wingers have a good percentage of crosses finding a teammate, no matter how much money you spend. Stewart Downing (total transfer fees: £35m+) averages around 20%.
So having players who have pace and can beat a man, meaning they're more likely to get in behind a defence and create chances for themselves, or pass to others rather than cross, is good for us. I agree we need another winger, but don't think their crossing ability will be their key strength. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 10:00 - Apr 2 with 1048 views | caerleon_jack |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 09:56 - Apr 2 by JackSomething |
While I would agree that our wingers tend to lack end product, there is a growing opinion that crosses are one of the least effective ways to try and score a goal.
The average completed crosses percentage in the Premier League has hovered consistently around 23%. Very few wingers have a good percentage of crosses finding a teammate, no matter how much money you spend. Stewart Downing (total transfer fees: £35m+) averages around 20%.
So having players who have pace and can beat a man, meaning they're more likely to get in behind a defence and create chances for themselves, or pass to others rather than cross, is good for us. I agree we need another winger, but don't think their crossing ability will be their key strength. |
But we have a striker that has shown that if you deliver a good cross, he can create a chance. Too often our crosses hit the first defender or sail way over the head of everyone. If we want to bring in a new winger as a different option then they need to provide a different skill set. I'm not saying that all they need to do is cross, but it's something we don't have at the moment and it's something that would hugely play to Wilf's strengths. | |
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| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 10:02 - Apr 2 with 1047 views | ItchySphincter |
| Assuming we will be safe for another season...... on 20:50 - Apr 1 by Drizzy |
Spot on. We've conceded a lot of soft goals that have resulted from Chico's mistakes. |
And Ben's. First game of the season v Man U we conceded when Ben went walkabout and Chico tried to be in two places at once. Ben is given a pass for obvious reasons but it hasn't all been down to Chico by any stretch. The defence in general hasn't been up to the standards of the last three or four seasons. |  |
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