| Up Front 13:45 - Dec 23 with 1350 views | DorsetIan |
We showed yesterday that when we cut out the suicidal passing we can keep a clean sheet.
Martin-ball was certainly responsible for so many errors and points dropped, but maybe playing like that could have been justified if we're been more able to convert possession into goals.
Now that Martin is gone and we seem more able to play with some measure of pragmatism, getting the ball into the net is still going to be our biggest issue.
Armstrong, Fraser, Brereton-Diaz and Cornet don't look like to me they are now up to it at this level.
Archer and Dibbling are, and we just don't know about Tall Pall. I think if he gets a goal and we work out how to feed him, he might be able to succeed but maybe not.
Likewise Sullemana - is there a player in there that we haven't seen yet?
But, even so, our attacking needs strengthened and re-vamping in January for us to have any chance of staying up.
Anyone got any thoughts on who we might be able to get?
And what about Smallbone? He was able to thread some lovely passes in the play-off games. We've not seen much of that from anyone else. |  |
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| Up Front on 13:58 - Dec 23 with 1304 views | SonicBoom |
Martin has cost us. If we are more pragmatic we may have a chance but I think k it's too late. It would have been hard enough to stay up anyway but playing how we did for 16 games has probably left us with too much to do even if we are suddenly hard to beat. Martins stubbornness is going to cost us I fear.
The question is can we get back up again at the first attempt. |  | | |
| Up Front on 14:12 - Dec 23 with 1265 views | Southamptonfan |
| Up Front on 13:58 - Dec 23 by SonicBoom |
Martin has cost us. If we are more pragmatic we may have a chance but I think k it's too late. It would have been hard enough to stay up anyway but playing how we did for 16 games has probably left us with too much to do even if we are suddenly hard to beat. Martins stubbornness is going to cost us I fear.
The question is can we get back up again at the first attempt. |
It does seem like an impossible task, but if we were to get 9 points from the next 3 games (West Ham, Palace, Brentford), which is unlikely, but a possibility, we could have a look again and perhaps think we are back in the race. | |
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| Up Front on 14:19 - Dec 23 with 1256 views | SonicBoom |
Martin has cost us. If we are more pragmatic we may have a chance but I think k it's too late. It would have been hard enough to stay up anyway but playing how we did for 16 games has probably left us with too much to do even if we are suddenly hard to beat. Martins stubbornness is going to cost us I fear.
The question is can we get back up again at the first attempt. | | | |
| Up Front on 15:16 - Dec 23 with 1174 views | dirk_doone |
"Anyone got any thoughts on who we might be able to get?"
Ayoub El Kaabi |  |
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| Up Front on 15:24 - Dec 23 with 1151 views | Ifonly |
I think most of us agree that the number 1 priority to strengthen is centre forward. The impression I get is that Juric will make pressing a key part of his tactics. If so, Tall Paul will yet again be surplus to requirements. I can't see him putting in a shift and chasing down opposition defenders. He's hardly Shane Long.
I think it's quite likely that Juric knows a few players on the fringes of Serie A sides that could do a job for us. We'll probably bring in 1 or 2 in January that we have never heard of. | | | |
| Up Front on 17:10 - Dec 23 with 1048 views | Mrangry25 |
I hope smallbone is not picked again along with slack Jack he is not good enough imo. |  |
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| Up Front on 08:14 - Dec 24 with 755 views | Berber |
| Up Front on 15:24 - Dec 23 by Ifonly |
I think most of us agree that the number 1 priority to strengthen is centre forward. The impression I get is that Juric will make pressing a key part of his tactics. If so, Tall Paul will yet again be surplus to requirements. I can't see him putting in a shift and chasing down opposition defenders. He's hardly Shane Long.
I think it's quite likely that Juric knows a few players on the fringes of Serie A sides that could do a job for us. We'll probably bring in 1 or 2 in January that we have never heard of. |
Bringing in one or two we have never heard of hasn’t really worked for us in the past few seasons. |  |
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| Up Front on 11:48 - Dec 24 with 638 views | Hollywood56 |
| Up Front on 15:24 - Dec 23 by Ifonly |
I think most of us agree that the number 1 priority to strengthen is centre forward. The impression I get is that Juric will make pressing a key part of his tactics. If so, Tall Paul will yet again be surplus to requirements. I can't see him putting in a shift and chasing down opposition defenders. He's hardly Shane Long.
I think it's quite likely that Juric knows a few players on the fringes of Serie A sides that could do a job for us. We'll probably bring in 1 or 2 in January that we have never heard of. |
Have we still got 2 fringe players from somewhere in Asia to come in January? Or am I dreaming that? | | | |
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| Up Front on 12:38 - Dec 25 with 388 views | dirk_doone |
Rômulo from Göztepe would be good. He's scoring a a lot more goals there than Matsuki and Juan. I think Matsuki and Juan are the ones we can bring back in January as they are on loan from us. Rômulo is on loan from a Brazilian club. His loan contract in Turkey doesn't expire until June, but I guess we should take priority. We probably won't though. Maybe we could swap a couple of our current so-called strikers for him.
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