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Post by whitesince63 on Jun 26, 2024 9:53:19 GMT
Can’t really get my head around this one yet? I understand Crainey is a pretty tough operator so at least if that’s true he won’t sugar coat things and the players will know who’s boss but does that go against Evatt’s normal principles where he likes to control everything? My other concern is why do we need two assistant managers if as reported Atherton is staying? Our back room costs must be soaring, especially if we’re paying compo as well. All that said we have to give it a chance, it might just work out well if Crainey brings some of the shithousery with him from the Pies and toughens the players up mentally, which we’ve all said is what’s needed. Clearly this is last chance saloon for Evatt and if he doesn’t get it right this time and quickly then he can’t complain he wasn’t given every chance before being binned. Fixtures are out and we seem to have a pretty tough start and finish but of course we don’t know that at this stage until we see how other teams fare. Let’s just hope that when Evatt comes out of hiding he”ll make the necessary signings to ensure we compete? The fixture changes with Sky could mess with planned dates and times and I’m also more than a bit peed off personally with the Rotherham game at the New York being during the international break so sure to be moved to an evening and too late for my 7 year old granddaughter who despite my best efforts to turn her into a Trotter insists on supporting the Millers! Ah well, I suppose it’s right she supports her local team? 😁
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 28, 2024 9:55:56 GMT
Jeeez More bargain basement signings Klaidi Lolos🤔🤔🤔 I’m sorry!! Who? ? What about a Championship striker or anything higher than L2 I know Crawley are in our league now but come on, we have to be better than this surely All the same, welcome aboard lad
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Post by OohMac on Jun 29, 2024 6:34:40 GMT
Maybe harsh Rioch, my first thought was "another lower league player when we need experience" but having seen clips(I know, as i said on BN wary of highlight reel) and listening to Crawley fans, we may have a player here. Looks really good on the ball, taking players on, eye for goal. Could sit perfectly in that No 10 slot feeing Collins in.
But there does need to be more. I'm sure there will be. Can definitely see us using the loan market hopefully with Connor Bradley rather than Calvin Ramsay success.
And I am waiting for that experienced signing who can still do it at this level for a year or two. Remember we had Charlie Adam and Phil Jagielka training. Those are the types I think we could do with this season.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jun 29, 2024 6:43:53 GMT
Jeeez More bargain basement signings Klaidi Lolos🤔🤔🤔 I’m sorry!! Who? ? What about a Championship striker or anything higher than L2 I know Crawley are in our league now but come on, we have to be better than this surely All the same, welcome aboard lad From reports and comments on the Crawley boards this lad seems to have plenty of potential and may well fill the tole left by Paris rather than being an out and out striker though he does seem to have the ability to fill a number of options. Some though (me) might prefer a player who’s actually good at one core job rather than this Jack of all trades and master of none attitude. If we want a midfielder buy one who’s good at that and if we want a striker to score goals buy one who’s good at that whereas Evatt seems to want to sign players who fit various roles to give him flexibility. Even the keeper we’ve signed is allegedly signed because he’s good with his feet! Now call me old fashioned but I’d rather one who’s clumsy with the ball but bloody great at keeping it out of our net? Anyway, at least our leader has finally emerged with the news that our glorious captain and leader of the foot on the ball movement is staying at 29 with a year left on his contract, which presumably means no offers came in for him or surely he’d either be gone or have a contract extension? Sadly not so we’ll probably lose the best CH outside the Championship (IE’s opinion) for nowt next summer, yet more impressive transfer work by the club. That said I do like Rico if he sticks to defending so let’s see. Who will be next then? We still haven’t seen any signs of the experienced and influential players most of us felt we needed, just more of the Markham moneyball signings which have worked so well for our finances!! ☹️
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Post by whitesince63 on Jul 2, 2024 19:13:36 GMT
Speculation of a deal done for Randall at Posh for £900k, which seems a lot but if it’s true that he’s a replacement for Sheehan then surely Josh must go for more than that? Only 24 with lots of promise so swopping for a 29 year old Josh may turn out to be a good deal all round?
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Post by OohMac on Jul 4, 2024 13:32:45 GMT
Speculation of a deal done for Randall at Posh for £900k, which seems a lot but if it’s true that he’s a replacement for Sheehan then surely Josh must go for more than that? Only 24 with lots of promise so swopping for a 29 year old Josh may turn out to be a good deal all round? Not sure who would take a chance on Josh who's never played higher than L1 with an injury chequered past. Though he stayed fit and played well last season. Would be one to keep for me but if a bid came we'd have to listen. I guess anyone sighing him will get 5 years, he's not that old. But they wouldn't get any profit from it.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jul 4, 2024 14:21:03 GMT
Well despite the rumours it doesn’t look like the Randall deal is happening anyway so on to the next one. Some speculation that Paris may be coming back but I really can’t see that one and in all honesty I’m not sure he’d be the one we need anyway, doesn’t tackle, flatters to deceive and would probably cost too much. Maybe once they’re back from Portugal tomorrow things will hot up a bit because we need to get players in for pre season. With contracts ended now and the market set to move into top gear things should move ahead quickly both in and out.
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Post by kenglowhite on Jul 4, 2024 15:14:24 GMT
Have been saying it long enough - attractive as dribblers and goal scorers are, the most important ingredient in most teams is defensive midfield, and where is the talk of that kind of signing ? Moreover there are no suggestions in the frame at present. Anyone on here heard of a name that could fill the bill ? Might Ian Evatt be considering converting one of our centre backs to that role ?
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Post by OohMac on Jul 4, 2024 15:27:13 GMT
No change for Maghoma. Think that's already been said by all.
We do tend to announce deals on a Friday, not sure why but will see tomorrow.
900k seems steep. I'd be surprised. Especially when Posh fans are a bit split on him. For that cost I'd want a resounding "please don't go, we'd be nothing without you"
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Post by OohMac on Jul 6, 2024 12:18:28 GMT
Didn't realise Birmingham had signed Alfie May? If they are going for that style. 30 year old with little sell on value just to do a league one job maybe they will be interested in a few of ours like Sheehan.
Just heard the Paris rumours through the buff. What I find odd is the club actively contacted Marc and told them, non story definitely not happening.
Now I would have thought if Marc was way off the Marc they would have been water off a ducks back, it actually wouldn't hinder the fans thinking that we were in the market for that type of player. Previous seasons we've been linked with all sorts of players and it was obviously to drum up enthusiasm and season ticket sales. This is the opposite.
Which makes me think does the club protest too much.
I'm sure if we're going 900k for Randall and if Brentford want £1.1M for Paris. Surely that deal isn't dead. Would suggest Paris would win a poll 90/10? Wages could be a factor and how much Paris would want to play championship football or perhaps how much belief he has that we will be there next season?
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Post by whitesince63 on Jul 6, 2024 19:36:57 GMT
I think Brum, Huddersfield and Rotherham have all gone for experienced players just to get them promoted and never mind their sell on value. Surely that’s what we should be doing but sadly we still seem to still be using the failing moneyball system even though it seems we’re happy to allow potential valuable players to run their contracts down rather than extend.as for Paris, I think that ship sailed when we missed out on promotion but hey, you never know? I’m not sure really though that Paris is what we need if we are going to spend bigger. We definitely need a LWB if Randell is going to be out until Christmas and given that that position and RWB are such critical positions in our system that’s where I’d be investing. Rumours are though that another incomings to be announced tomorrow so let’s see if that’s right and who it is because surely we need players given as much pre season as possible?
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Post by OohMac on Jul 8, 2024 22:09:50 GMT
I'm getting a little worried now.
We've already done our Portugal trip. You'd think we'd want the nucleas of the team there. But we've brought in 3 players from lower down. We are weaker than we were at Wembley having lost Maghoma and bringing in unknown quantities.
I know there's still time but right now very concerned. Still carrying too much deadwood too. Nobody wants our players and we need to improve.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jul 9, 2024 8:39:20 GMT
I’m not too worried yet, if we’re going for quality players it probably takes longer than normal as they’ll probably have more options but you would have thought one of the key positions would have been filled by now but the 3 incomings so far don’t seem to have been particularly urgent requirements. As you say OM looking at those we’ve lost we are definitely weaker, especially at LWB with Randell now out until Christmas and with the pre season games coming up you’d hope we get players in for most of them. Wing Back seems to be the most pressing and it doesn’t look as though Matheson on the right or Max Conway on the left are going to figure so new signings will be needed for both positions. I suppose we can use Gethin on the right, which I think is his best position anyway, although it wouldn’t surprise me if he were one of the “surplus” now, especially with his choice to play for Australia which I don’t think will have done him any good with IE? Anyway, surely we’ll hear something this week but if it takes time to sign the quality we need then I’m happy to wait.
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Post by OohMac on Jul 9, 2024 12:11:01 GMT
Well I'm sure last season we did some early business. The keepers, we needed two new ones and possibly JDC.
We then didn't get Wilson or Baccus. Then much later got Mendes Gomes and Maghoma.
We all said we needed that DM especially when we released MJ.
We got back Nlundulu. But we didn't have the strength in depth we needed in key positions. LWB, RWB, DM and possibly AM.
This summer so far we've signed a keeper we may not see. A defender, who may possibly by 7th choice without exaggeration and a striker from L2, who's only just played L2.
Now there all may come good alternatively they may play cup games and be deemed for the future.
I wanted us to really pinpoint those areas of improvement and go with intent to get them deals done, ready for start of season. Not like Maghoma and Mendes Gomes who were around October before it looked like they found thier feet(before injury)
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jul 9, 2024 12:26:44 GMT
I’m not too worried yet, if we’re going for quality players it probably takes longer than normal as they’ll probably have more options but you would have thought one of the key positions would have been filled by now but the 3 incomings so far don’t seem to have been particularly urgent requirements. As you say OM looking at those we’ve lost we are definitely weaker, especially at LWB with Randell now out until Christmas and with the pre season games coming up you’d hope we get players in for most of them. Wing Back seems to be the most pressing and it doesn’t look as though Matheson on the right or Max Conway on the left are going to figure so new signings will be needed for both positions. I suppose we can use Gethin on the right, which I think is his best position anyway, although it wouldn’t surprise me if he were one of the “surplus” now, especially with his choice to play for Australia which I don’t think will have done him any good with IE? Anyway, surely we’ll hear something this week but if it takes time to sign the quality we need then I’m happy to wait. Gethin needs binning to L2, along with Evatt I’m still disgruntled at the Wembley no show and Evatt’s month long silence. He’s not the man to take us higher, he’s proved that.. rookie managers (Schumacher Mousinho Buckingham) have proved that too, Evatt is not the man to take us up One full month to kick off, we are heading to the start of the new campaign with a weaker squad and a manager stuck at this level. Great!! Loans , L2 or lower and money ball gambles yet again and it won’t cut it this time. That Wembley debacle was thee chance for progress and the failure has sent us back 2 years under Evatt Rant done with😡😡
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