The truth is. If this Man City player comes in, We are well stocked on numbers, potentially with a really talented starting XI and strong bench… but with so many loans and kids, I think we will struggle with consistency badly.
I reckon there will be games where it all clicks and we’ll win by 4/5 but then they’ll be too many where we come up against a Steve Evans Stevenage type side who’ll bully and frustrate us and we’ll lose 1-0.
If we’d started with the squad it looks like we’ll have after tonight, maybe we’d be play off contenders. But without a manager and already on the back foot in the league I think it’ll be asking too much of this young group.
As it stands we can play 2 full XI's without fielding an injured player, which is a step forwards at least.
Isted
Jones Hector Thomas
Asiimwe Dobson Anderson Edun
T. Campbell May Blackett-Taylor
Maynard-Brewer
Elerewe Abankwu Ness
T.Watson Taylor L.Watson Kirk C.Campbell Kanu Jaiyesimi
Yes, the second XI is even more shite than the already shite first XI, but at least we have the bodies, and that's without the new Striker, Camara, Fraser, Leaburn, McGrandles and Aneke (stop sniggering at the back) in it.
343 with wingers cutting in to shoot and wing backs overlapping is the way forwards!
Glad that was edited, just seeing two Kirks in a team made me shudder.
From all the comments/moans about signing "youngsters" it's a good job we didn't sign Erling Haaland then as he's only 23...would have been a meltdown.
That's not the point and you know it.
Slightly different signing a 22 year old with 3 seasons & 50 goals under his belt to a 21 year old with just a handful of games.
How old was Bowyer when he left us for Leeds ? Plenty of experience in those 2 seasons I'd say.
Agreed. Blindly accept whatever players are signed.
Said absolutely nobody ..... but anyway, the alternative is what? I mean, what do you do when you've already pissed your pants?
I’ve only seen people asking perfectly valid questions of the signings we’re making. If you’re happy with it then good for you, but ‘not those signings’ is really not an unreasonable thing to say if you think the quality of players isn’t good enough to get us promoted, is it?
I can't say I've seen any of them play much - a bit like everyone else on this thread. Apart from the Udinese lad. I've been following all of his games for a while now.
Big fan of the Irish league?
Massive fan. My knowledge of Irish football is second only to my knowledge of Italian youth football.
Avanti!
And west coast trains?
See what a little bit of continental influence can do do. Avanti just sounds so much better and more efficient.
As it stands we've brought in the RB and CB most agreed we needed as well as another CM that may be needed if Fraser/Camara are out injured longer term
If we sign a striker then we've ticked all the boxes regarding positions.
The big question is are they any good? People are justified in asking if they have the necessary experience.
January's signings ticked similar boxes but nearly all flopped.
The earlier summer signings haven't hit the ground running either although May and Edun look good.
Isted I'm not sure about, Taylor hasn't impressed, Camara brilliant one minute and gives the ball away the next while Jones is still finding his feet.
Also, we've not sold any key players, as yet.
So we shall have to wait and see if the manager can mould them into a functional winning team.
Shut up with this shit. It does my fucking head in. It doesn’t even make sense.
Yes, we need to sign players, but ideally they would be good enough.
Let me give you an example: ‘Sign a striker’ *Club signs Bonne*
‘No. Not that one.’ What’s the problem?
If it was ‘Sign ANY striker. No not that one’ you might have a point.
We all know Bonne is shit. Poor example. Most on here, like me will have never seen some of these players play, possibly never heard of them. Because they’re not household names, they’re already shit! If they’re shite they’re shite. I for one won’t judge until they’ve had a good few games.
Why is this 'so shit'? Provided nobody good leaves, four in is probably one more than we all expected? And they seem like they might be pretty decent
Because I don't agree that they seem like they might be pretty decent. Almost all of our main targets have been missed this window and I don't think Tedic is worth a loan space. Happy to be proved wrong at the end of the season, but seems like we've signed a load of panic loans, plus one maybe decent full back.
Indeed. I feel at times the only person who doesn’t know what’s going on!
Woke up this morning feeling very negative if I’m honest. The whole thing has been a shambles so far in my eyes.
As said, what player worth their salt will sign with a long term view to a club with no manager, not knowing if the next manager rates them or wants to play a style that suits them?. So we effectively wrote off this week when we desperately needed to be putting proper foundations in for the next 18 months.
It’s abundantly clear as well with so little business done since the takeover and with us scrabbling round for scraps on the last day with everyone else that there was no intention or financial ability of this group to come in and have a genuine push for promotion this year.
You’re right of course but when we’re only fishing in the ponds of free transfers, the unemployed and inexperienced kids on-loan then they may well be less discerning on where they sign up to for the next 9-months…
We signed Taylor, Edun, and May for fees this off season. I would guess 2-3 League One clubs will pay fees today. We're playing in that pool because we're in League One.
Shut up with this shit. It does my fucking head in. It doesn’t even make sense.
Yes, we need to sign players, but ideally they would be good enough.
Let me give you an example: ‘Sign a striker’ *Club signs Bonne*
‘No. Not that one.’ What’s the problem?
If it was ‘Sign ANY striker. No not that one’ you might have a point.
We all know Bonne is shit. Poor example. Most on here, like me will have never seen some of these players play, possibly never heard of them. Because they’re not household names, they’re already shit! If they’re shite they’re shite. I for one won’t judge until they’ve had a good few games.
They might never "have a good few games"
That's the issue
A bunch of unproven, inexperienced young players will not enable our own unproven, inexperienced young players to force our way into the Top 6.
That's the issue. Oh, plus we've spent about 25p and a packet of polos.....
We aren't building a squad either as we have players like CBT and Dobson, who are out of contract next year.
Yes and that is a key point. Below are the senior players who will still be in contract next summer.
GK Isted AMB
DEF Jones Edun
MID Fraser Taylor T.Campbell
(Kirk) (McGrandles)
ATT May Leaburn
(Aneke)
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We'll be playing youth players until the end of August again - and the cycle continues.
Businesses don’t change overnight. Football clubs are different but not entirely different. If this season is about stabilising and then getting promoted next year, that’s probably as good as it gets. I’m not saying that’s the plan, but it’s the only credible one.
Much more to chew over than I expected. They all sound good signings on paper, but that’s so often the case with our transfers. It’ll take four or five games to get a real idea of where we go from here. Bring in the City fella and it’ll be clear a real effort has been made at least. Whether they’ve been stingy with the dough we’ll have to see.
This is L1, let’s see if there’s enough experience and grit in the squad to make a go of it.
Shut up with this shit. It does my fucking head in. It doesn’t even make sense.
Yes, we need to sign players, but ideally they would be good enough.
Let me give you an example: ‘Sign a striker’ *Club signs Bonne*
‘No. Not that one.’ What’s the problem?
If it was ‘Sign ANY striker. No not that one’ you might have a point.
We all know Bonne is shit. Poor example. Most on here, like me will have never seen some of these players play, possibly never heard of them. Because they’re not household names, they’re already shit! If they’re shite they’re shite. I for one won’t judge until they’ve had a good few games.
They might never "have a good few games"
That's the issue
A bunch of unproven, inexperienced young players will not enable our own unproven, inexperienced young players to force our way into the Top 6.
That's the issue. Oh, plus we've spent about 25p and a packet of polos.....
played a few games a little clearer? Not saying they will have a few good games. they could well be crap. We don’t know until we’ve watched them. ipswich spent a fortune in their first window with new owners, and sacked the manager mid season. It took 3 more windows to get it right . imagine buying Piggot back. That makes him good because he cost money 😂
Shut up with this shit. It does my fucking head in. It doesn’t even make sense.
Yes, we need to sign players, but ideally they would be good enough.
Let me give you an example: ‘Sign a striker’ *Club signs Bonne*
‘No. Not that one.’ What’s the problem?
If it was ‘Sign ANY striker. No not that one’ you might have a point.
We all know Bonne is shit. Poor example. Most on here, like me will have never seen some of these players play, possibly never heard of them. Because they’re not household names, they’re already shit! If they’re shite they’re shite. I for one won’t judge until they’ve had a good few games.
They might never "have a good few games"
That's the issue
A bunch of unproven, inexperienced young players will not enable our own unproven, inexperienced young players to force our way into the Top 6.
That's the issue. Oh, plus we've spent about 25p and a packet of polos.....
such a negative spin it’s a joke, I wonder why some of you even bother with Charlton.
Shut up with this shit. It does my fucking head in. It doesn’t even make sense.
Yes, we need to sign players, but ideally they would be good enough.
Let me give you an example: ‘Sign a striker’ *Club signs Bonne*
‘No. Not that one.’ What’s the problem?
If it was ‘Sign ANY striker. No not that one’ you might have a point.
We all know Bonne is shit. Poor example. Most on here, like me will have never seen some of these players play, possibly never heard of them. Because they’re not household names, they’re already shit! If they’re shite they’re shite. I for one won’t judge until they’ve had a good few games.
They might never "have a good few games"
That's the issue
A bunch of unproven, inexperienced young players will not enable our own unproven, inexperienced young players to force our way into the Top 6.
That's the issue. Oh, plus we've spent about 25p and a packet of polos.....
such a negative spin it’s a joke, I wonder why some of you even bother with Charlton.
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I reckon there will be games where it all clicks and we’ll win by 4/5 but then they’ll be too many where we come up against a Steve Evans Stevenage type side who’ll bully and frustrate us and we’ll lose 1-0.
If we’d started with the squad it looks like we’ll have after tonight, maybe we’d be play off contenders. But without a manager and already on the back foot in the league I think it’ll be asking too much of this young group.
Slightly different signing a 22 year old with 3 seasons & 50 goals under his belt to a 21 year old with just a handful of games.
How old was Bowyer when he left us for Leeds ? Plenty of experience in those 2 seasons I'd say.
If we sign a striker then we've ticked all the boxes regarding positions.
The big question is are they any good? People are justified in asking if they have the necessary experience.
January's signings ticked similar boxes but nearly all flopped.
The earlier summer signings haven't hit the ground running either although May and Edun look good.
Isted I'm not sure about, Taylor hasn't impressed, Camara brilliant one minute and gives the ball away the next while Jones is still finding his feet.
Also, we've not sold any key players, as yet.
So we shall have to wait and see if the manager can mould them into a functional winning team.
Oh, yeah I forgot; we still need a manager.
Most on here, like me will have never seen some of these players play, possibly never heard of them.
Because they’re not household names, they’re already shit!
If they’re shite they’re shite.
I for one won’t judge until they’ve had a good few games.
That's the issue
A bunch of unproven, inexperienced young players will not enable our own unproven, inexperienced young players to force our way into the Top 6.
That's the issue. Oh, plus we've spent about 25p and a packet of polos.....
I predict a 10th place finish
Bring in the City fella and it’ll be clear a real effort has been made at least. Whether they’ve been stingy with the dough we’ll have to see.
they could well be crap. We don’t know until we’ve watched them.
ipswich spent a fortune in their first window with new owners, and sacked the manager mid season.
It took 3 more windows to get it right .
imagine buying Piggot back. That makes him good because he cost money 😂
It was on Dutch tv at the time.