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08 Jul 2023 20:28:54
Good God, just flashed up on Sky Sports News we are interested in Ashley Young on a free.
Are we trying o bring the age profile of the squad up? With extending Lonegan's contract and looking at another nearly 40 year old, our DO F and manager must think experience comes with age. Bloody delusional!
1.) 08 Jul 2023 21:53:43
Tbf he is probably better than mykolenko!
2.) 08 Jul 2023 21:57:09
Maybe Ashley is our new striker? Did he not start there?
3.) 08 Jul 2023 21:59:36
Well if ae have no money then we have no choice, he could do a job as back up, seen we didn't put a 34mill bid in for that striker either , just another made up bit of football bull by the media.
4.) 08 Jul 2023 23:24:26
While BK is in situ nothing will or can change. Should be sitting with his feet up like the rest of us KOS's. Story will come out that we tried and tried to the very last minute etc!
5.) 09 Jul 2023 01:09:44
It will be another ridiculous signing if he comes. He may be on a free but will want a hefty salary package and will only be used as a squad player. Been there, done that before, it just does not work out. If we don't have youngsters who can fill in as squad players we are in serious trouble.
6.) 09 Jul 2023 09:01:56
So Thelwell's plan is to sell our youngsters cheap, and bring in "experienced" older players? Didn't we go down this road before?
7.) 09 Jul 2023 10:49:14
It's not Thelwells plan. The club is having a sell off for whoever gets a bid. Wake up.
8.) 09 Jul 2023 11:58:15
Then why bother employing Thelwell fbs.
9.) 09 Jul 2023 12:20:19
We have no money. Have you been under a rock for the last 36 months?
Throwing your insults at DOF football who generally has never been supported by the regime is desperate and shows your frustration but shows a lack of understanding the big picture. We need money. We need a small robust group like in the Moyes era and so the peripheral talents are all for sale. The only thing that seems to be happening is SD and Thelwell are instructed to clear the decks of anything worth anything. Then maybe a few loans will come in and a cheap transfer or 2 if we are lucky but until the bank balance is boosted, nothing can happen. Not DOF fault. We are a ghost ship until the sale of club or investment is done. It's frustrating but not as frustrating as the ground hog day outbursts from deluded fans. Understand the mess and lower your expectations to zero.
10.) 09 Jul 2023 12:35:08
Well put FBS mate nothing to add, you hit the nail on the head with that post.
11.) 09 Jul 2023 12:53:50
Exactly, FBS, your comment is right on the money.
Apart from lowering expectations for a lot of our fan base, why do some believe every report that links us to a certain player? Every window we are force fed links to players we haven't even been looking at. If we signed every one of these we could field three or four teams each week. No point in getting yourself worked over it, we know we are shopping at the bargain basement for a good few windows to come. Or until the ENTIRE board has been replaced.
12.) 09 Jul 2023 13:12:43
I don't think you understand FBS. Investment won't help us buy players. The club is up against FFP and has a massive cash flow problem.
Lowering the wage bill and balancing the books will help.
No magic investor can throw cash at us.
13.) 09 Jul 2023 13:52:26
Don’t agree FBS, why sell academy players, for effectively peanuts, who haven’t been given a real chance to realise their true potential and are only on relately small wage contracts to hand a big wage contract to a 38 year old who Aston Villa deem surplus to requirements?
I understand we have financial constraints but the ability to manage the situation to the optimum is what the DoF and Manager are paid to do.
It is all easy to always take the easiest line of resistance, but that’s not what management is all about, a balance needs to be made surrounding sacrificing the future by attempting to satisfy the present.
Thelwell, although not totally responsible for the dead wood within the squad although Maupay’s signing hasn’t helped the situation, has been aware for some time of the need to move on players who wouldn’t feature in future plans at the club. I appreciate it won’t be an easy task with the stupid salaries associated with the players in question, but that’s his job and if it was easy we wouldn’t need his services.
So, the simple message is understand clearly what is the best strategy for the club, factoring in the needs of the present and future, and do not in any circumstances succumb, in desperation, once again to signing aged players who have passed their best or players who will not improve the team.
14.) 09 Jul 2023 19:52:11
No I haven’t been under a rock. Selling young potential for peanuts is not the answer, and if Thelwell doesn’t have any say in this then why do we employ him. Have a think about that before you throw insults out.
15.) 09 Jul 2023 21:37:20
Well said Woburn. There are too many people on here who think they are right about everything and come over as arrogant. If it doesn't agree with their opinion then they ridicule and patronise.
16.) 10 Jul 2023 05:31:20
We need to sell and get rid of 4 or 5 big wage earners before we can buy, and that includes the best youngsters at the end of the day they are club assets that need turning into cash before they can sign a few players for Dyche, basically we can’t move yet in the transfer market, not even a free one! because that will come with big wages that will only make our situation worse.
28 Nov 2020 16:52:04
So despite having a decent young left back who has all the attributes to be a really good player he is overlooked in favour of playing Iwobi at lwb and Davies rwb.
Really concerned with some of Carlo's team selections.
Hope it works out as well as iwobi's switch last week but I have my doubts and feel for the youngster.
1.) 28 Nov 2020 18:09:32
Square pegs round holes!
And I’m sure Delph has played right back for city!
Unbalanced and players not looking confident.
2.) 28 Nov 2020 18:21:13
Not even on the bench, is he injured?
3.) 28 Nov 2020 18:29:35
Bluemike he is on the bench.
4.) 28 Nov 2020 19:25:29
CA starting to annoy me playing people out of position. Not sure why he he hasn't brought Bernard on earlier. Obvious we needed more creativity. I thought iwobi was poor on the left today.
5.) 28 Nov 2020 20:16:21
That dross today is on Ancelotti. Playing 2 players as wing backs who shouldn’t be anywhere near the first 11 meant we were playing 5 at the back, at home! I know people say we shouldn’t criticise him because of his pedigree and experience but Leeds pulled our pants down good and proper today. If it wasn’t for short arms it could have been 4 or 5. We just don’t have enough players who can run hard and fast for a whole game to compete. Forget skill, we do have plenty of that. Training needs to be on fitness and closing down. We were lucky against Fulham last week. 4 loses out of 5 now, we’ll be bottom half of the table in the next 2 or 3 games.
{Ed025's Note - selections are baffling to say the least MJB, i dont hold much store by reputations its the now that matters, its early days yet but we do need to see progress mate..
6.) 28 Nov 2020 20:20:49
This was the bench according to Sporting Life
Fabian Delph61'
10Gylfi Sigurdsson
13Yerry Mina
14Cenk Tosun
20Bernard82'
21André Gomes67'
49Jonas Lössl.
7.) 28 Nov 2020 23:58:38
Not going to get on Ancelotti back but he baffles me at times. Iwobi deserved a shirt today at rwb seeing as he did a good job there last weekend. Why he is then switched to the left when we have nkonku (probably the wrong spelling! ) Is just weird. The lad has looked unbelievable when he has played and is good going forward down the left therefore surely compliments a back 3? Davies and sigurdsson should be training with marine or southport as far as I'm concerned. Where is gordon? He was our best performer end of last season. Can understand why posters are annoyed. what do I know lol.
8.) 29 Nov 2020 12:38:08
Mjb. Leeds probably the fittest side in prem. No surprise that Guardian has City and his previous sides at a similar level (worships the ground Belsay walks) . Make Alan the Team Captain and we will see a difference. (Coleman Club Captain) .
9.) 30 Nov 2020 09:42:40
Interesting selection by Carlo it looks like he has assessed Gordon, Nkunku and Branthwaithe and decided they are not ready for the first team. If you then look at what's left then it really narrows the options back four is basically a non starter so a back three makes more sense. The question then is do you put Iwobi on the right and Delphe on the left or Iwobi on the left and Davies on the right either way its a gamble. I would have gone for the sam e starting line up to be honest as Iwobi has played on the left quite a bit and does look comfortable on the left. Unless Kenny is injured then it looks like he is not in Carlos plans for the future. On the three younger players do you throw them into a side low on confidence not playing well and hope it doesn't destroy their confidence or do you protect them and only play them when the side has hit a more consistent positive form. Either way Carlo has some difficult decisions to make and to be fair the senior players are not making his job any easier with their inconsistent form. One positive from the match is Alan looks to be getting fitter and looks a very good player indeed.
10.) 30 Nov 2020 16:15:10
The question is what is the better option, a player that is natural in the position or arguably playing a better player out of their natural position hoping they can adapt.
Nkounku is for me the best option at left back, he can only get better with game time as is Kenny at right back which was a position they new needed cover before the season started but did not resolve as it looked like Kenny was leaving!
28 Jul 2020 18:44:51
I hope the latest rumour surrounding signing ex Chelsea 36 year old is fake news.
We need players with energy, pace and skill not brawn, little pace and past their sell by date.
1.) 28 Jul 2020 19:04:23
Agree, guy was slowing down in his final year at Chelsea. Need pace and skill.
02 Jan 2019 13:55:06
Whilst i'm not calling for Marco's head, when we are paying over £10m for a manager and coaching staff I expect clear signs of an improvement plan to take us forward.
What is not acceptable is the inconsistency surrounding tactics and team selection.
If you get your tactics right against the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea and then get them woefully wrong against Spurs, Brighton and Leicester, then questions need to be asked of both Marco and his coaching team.
We already have a pool of players capable of finishing 7th in the table but we cannot afford to carry 4 players, against any team in the EPL, as has been the case over the last four or five games.
Siguardsson, Richiarlison and Walcott have turned in very poor performances, whilst Gomes after a really good start, when not fully match fit, has actually gone backwards and lacks a yard of pace.
This results in a very weak and ineffective midfield that leaves us vulnerable to teams on the break.
If would be futile trying to enter the transfer market for a striker simply because we don't have the creativity from midfield to provide the service and the telling pass necessary to open up defences. The best striker in football would struggle to score as a lone striker up against 3 or 4 defenders in our present set up
I accept players won't turn in 10/ 10 performances every game but I do expect them to put in 100% effort and at least make it difficult for the opposition to play.
I would certainly give DCL and Lookman regular game time and also play Bernard, who is skilful and has a change of pace but just needs to improve his final ball.
1.) 02 Jan 2019 16:12:57
DCL got a full game and had no real influence leading the line. Although opportunities were limited due to a lack of service, Bernard’s most effective run delivering a driven cross through the 6 yard box a natural striker would have gambled and hit that box but he and Tosun were nowhere near.
For me he is off the bench at this time, however I agree about the poor performances from senior players.
2.) 02 Jan 2019 19:02:19
Sat right by that cross Wakka, after all the floating ineffective crosses DCL had all game a combination of inexperience and naivety meant he was just not ready or expecting it, Tosun was still on his heels having just come on. As to Tosun, delivery had been so bad all game that when he came on they carried on the same. The bloke tried to make things happen, even coming out of the area for the ball, which was exasperating. Even so he had the two best chances and one if we had been quicker to react could have been the equaliser. As some others have said, I would persevere with him for a few games, the goals will come.
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21 Apr 2024 12:42:07
Meant to conclude previous post with Dyche has made a difficult game even more difficult. Nevertheless everything crossed for the right result.
21 Apr 2024 12:39:32
Just cannot understand the thinking behind the team selection.
Dyche has picked Young, who has lost his legs against a pacy winger in Hudson Odoi, definitely a recipe for disaster, coupled with insisting on picking Doucoure, McNeil and Harrison and leaving Garner and Onana on the bench.
Absolutely clueless.
{Ed025's Note - i must say Fancy that side does not fill me with much hope mate..
20 Apr 2024 18:21:06
We need to make it difficult for Forest to play through midfield limiting the supply to the pacy Elanga and Hudson Odoi as we did away to Forest.
My preference would be Garner, on the right, Gana, Onana and Gomes, with Danjuma, who has pace and skill and offers something different, supporting DCL.
Hopefully Branthwaite will be fit otherwise we will be forced to switch Garner to RB and play Godfrey at CB and I'd then play Warrington in midfield.
In no circumstances should Young, Doucoure, McNeil or Harrison be in the starting lineup.
Team talk should be listen to the Supporters and Do Not Let them down.
1.) 20 Apr 2024 23:48:45
I'd play Warrington before Onana. He can't do any worse. Actually has good passing rznge and vision.
2.) 21 Apr 2024 01:07:36
If branthwaite ain't fit he will play Keane not Godfrey in defence god knows why? I'm dreading what are starting 11 is going to be. Just hope they all turn up and we get 3 points.
3.) 21 Apr 2024 06:14:02
FS we all know what it should/ could be but this 'head the ball' has tunnell vision. Young will be on the right, DCL (sick note) may show up. The rest is anybodies guess.
4.) 21 Apr 2024 07:16:48
I’m going to avoid tuning in or checking the results until 5ish.
If we win today, which I’m nervy about as everyone is (except GB who has this ability to remain positive despite everything that has happened) , then we would be taking a huge step towards safety. Hope the team realises this and put a shift in. It’s certainly time to step up and be counted.
The only thing going in Dyche’s defence is we would be well clear of relegation of those in charge of the club hasn’t caused a 8 point deduction.
15 Apr 2024 21:06:53
Bloody hell Sean, we've being over run in midfield. With Young and McNeill playing out wide we effectively are playing two midfield against four and cannot possibly compete.
Both wide men are almost spectators and there is absolutely no pace in the team.
Add to that Pickford's responsible for at least two and possibly three of the goals.
So get Harrison on for Young, Danjumaon for Beto, who is never a Premiership player, Warrington on for Doucoure and shake up Pickford by playing Virginia second haif.
Whilst I think Dyche is tactically lacking the players need to show up and display some fight and professional pride.
02 Apr 2024 18:53:00
Godfrey and Young in the starting lineup!
Godfrey is poor in positioning and scared to attack aerial crosses clearly displayed in his feeble attempt to physically challenge Solanke for Bournemouths goal.
But never mind we have Young to help out.
1.) 02 Apr 2024 19:25:44
Eddie Howe team talk - Right we attack down the left.
01 Feb 2024 16:29:22
In a heartbeat, Nunez carries a threat with his pace and skill, which brings other players into play, and yes he may have missed a lot of chances but remind me has he scored more goals than Beto, Harrison, McNeill and DCL combined this season?
{Ed025's Note - he is a very dangerous player Fancy, (especially if your in the stands behind the goal lol), frightens the life out of the defenders he faces mate and i would take him in a heartbeat..
01 Feb 2024 16:21:59
I appreciate no striker, whatever their ability, will score everything time but, as I said FBS each to their own but I formed my opinion early doors, with regard to Beto, and I’ve seen nothing to change my mind. There are much better players available for £25m.
01 Feb 2024 11:38:59
Each to their own opinion but unless you have a change of pace, can control a ball, head a ball, especially from 2 yards out, unchallenged with an open goal begging, you will never cut it in the EPL.
02 Dec 2023 21:26:29
Ed, if a player has anything about him it is obvious in his balance and movement, I haven’t seen anything that would suggest Beto could be a force in the EPL.
Chermiti, although raw, shows signs of developing into a player and for me should have been introduced earlier today.
Also, why Sean continues to select Young against wingers with pace and ball skill is beyond me.
{Ed025's Note - i agree on Young Fancy and cant believe he is a regular starter myself, but im giving Beto the benefit of the doubt at the minute mate, we might just need him more than we think..
02 Dec 2023 21:00:19
Previous posted concerns about Beto and from what I’ve seen he will never cut it in the premiership.
Very little pace, not very good in the air and poor ball control skills.
If we can shift him in January it will save us having to fork out the transfer fee the end of next year because the guy is worse than Tosan.
{Ed025's Note - a bit harsh that Fancy imo, he was poor today i agree but he has not had a run in the side yet and it seems a pit premature to write him off just yet mate..
16 Apr 2024 14:50:18
Reflecting on games earlier in the season TB, there were much better performances, footballing and results wise, something has radically changed both from a managers/ coaches and players perspective.
The way Dyche sets up, typified again last night, is tactically clueless. To set up with effectively only two in midfield, one of which imo is a luxury whose workrate and application leaves a lot to be desired, resulted in being totally over run by a Chelsea midfield of four combative players with energy and pace ably supplemented by fullbacks who run passed both McNeil and Young as if they weren’t there.
This resulted in our back four being pulled out of position and quite honestly Chelsea looked like scoring every time they attacked. Their superiority was supported by Pickford who has never controlled the six yard area but now fails to catch any shot directly at him and resorts to pushing the ball out into dangerous positions.
We need to control the midfield to ensure we never suffer another abysmal performance and in this respect I would play Garner, right side, with Gana, Onana and Gomes, playing either Harrison or Danjuma as support for hopefully a fit DCL.
{Ed025's Note - yeah that was very weak last night Fancy, it looks to me as though the players are not buying in to this negative approach of Dycheball mate...and why would they, i also agree on Pickford who makes the odd decent save but then he presents the forwards with a second chance by parrying the ball back into the middle of the fray which then gets put in the back of the net, i cant think of one player who had even a half decent game myself..
17 Mar 2024 14:22:15
Too much emphasis placed on performances in training Swinners, it is a totally different mindset and pressure on matchday.
Performances on the pitch is the criteria players should be judged on, training is intended to ensure match fitness and practice tactics but I’m not convinced we have the wherewithal amongst our coaching staff on tactics.
11 Mar 2024 17:34:43
Harley, I think Sean, Ian Woan and Steve Stone, despite playing the game, can’t see the wood for the trees.
11 Mar 2024 17:19:17
Agree Woburn that changes need to be made and whilst all our opinions are subjective but here’s my 5 pennies worth.
If Sean and his coaching team had the ability to read the game in real time it would certainly help, although he did make substitutions early against United, its blatantly obvious the speed of play in transition is woeful and players need to undergo special reaction training to prevent the basic mistakes that gifted two penalties. Drawing on a golf analogy, If Tiger Woods can stop his 120+ mph golf swing before contact with the ball in a fraction of a second, both Tarkowski and Godfrey had the time to pull out of penalised tackles.
Godfrey is a square peg in a round hole, whilst his strength is his speed he has very poor positional sense in defending and offers nothing going forward. I
Why Patterson who is a much better option is continually overlooked is worrying. He provides better defensive play and the athleticism and ball skills to break and cross dangerous balls as does Coleman.
We are far too slow in our build up play, this was exemplified by Dwight McNeill constantly either passing back or cutting inside and running with the ball across the pitch when he had passing options, with players in space, but by the time he decides to pass the ball United had regrouped and closed down his team mates. I can’t remember him taking on Dalot on the outside.
It was drilled into me at an early age that the ball travels faster than the player.
I would therefore prefer to see the existing 4-4-1-1 team setup with a midfield of Garner, Gueye, Onana and McNeil with Doucoure in the advanced role, although he is nowhere near the form displayed before his hamstrings
Injuries, with DCL always my preference over Beto
Garner is then in position to cover for Pattersons when he offers an attacking option.
Dobbin should be given sufficient game time to offer an option wide left or AMF should the game need changing, offering more pace and directness to freshen things up.
It’s worrying that Sean is now saying that the under 21’s are not ready for first team consideration when our neighbours seem to have an unending supply of youngsters who come in and perform admirably. Questions need to be asked why?
I still feel Ellis Simms offered a lot more, in every skill aspect than Beto but wasn’t really given a fair chance even after scoring a good goal against Chelsea away in the brief appearances afforded to him. Yet we sold him for £7m and are spending £25m for Beto.
What is absolutely necessary, irrespective of our Premiership status, is that a complete and ruthless shakeup needs to take place, which may be forced on us and I hope Thelwell is scouring the various leagues identifying additions and replacements for a number of the current first team squad.
20 Feb 2024 21:56:14
Unless Lee it was in a professional capacity then it’s meaningless.