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Post by lordb on May 17, 2024 21:44:02 GMT
Not a criticism, I quite liked Tymon. He’d have been very good under Schumacher in my opinion. Beyond annoying we sold him for fuck all (price we paid for Jojic) on deadline day and left ourselves with only a decent but injury prone Enda Stevens. I don't disagree But we paid about two thirds of the Tymon money for Jojic Just being pedantic though Bad business, ubdersold Tymon and overpaid for Jojic Scouts said don't sign Jojic but Jared pushed the deal Looks like he got that one wrong
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Post by essexstokey on May 17, 2024 22:47:07 GMT
Fast Jamaican available on a free bit old though lightning fast and good at washing up 😁😁😁
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Post by cvillestokie on May 18, 2024 0:56:55 GMT
Not a criticism, I quite liked Tymon. He’d have been very good under Schumacher in my opinion. Beyond annoying we sold him for fuck all (price we paid for Jojic) on deadline day and left ourselves with only a decent but injury prone Enda Stevens. I don't disagree But we paid about two thirds of the Tymon money for Jojic Just being pedantic though Bad business, ubdersold Tymon and overpaid for Jojic Scouts said don't sign Jojic but Jared pushed the deal Looks like he got that one wrong It happens. No one learns to ride a bike without falling off. Mistakes happen and you can’t find good deals without a reasonable element of risk that increases that chance for a dud.
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Post by clarkeda on May 18, 2024 3:55:22 GMT
Patrick Berg CM Bjorkan at Leftback Hauge for LW. Plz Jared. Yeah, like they'd leave surefire european football for a bottom half championship club. Plus, they've all been abroad already and sucked, before being brought back for a fragment of the initial sale price. They're all players that fit Kjetil Knudsen's style of football (he's a friggin genious manager), but fail elsewhere, like around 12-15 of their former players. Do you want me to talk about our own Wouter Burger here? I’m under absolutely zero allusions that they’re probably out of reach but all 3 would make such a massive difference to our starting XI. I don’t know much about the level of football, wages etc but the fact we got burger tells me we still have decent enough pull and financial backing. But all three might be more reluctant as they’ve moved into Europes big 5 and struggled. (Is that down to the stature of the clubs they moved to though)?
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Post by robwahlmann on May 18, 2024 6:30:17 GMT
Yeah, like they'd leave surefire european football for a bottom half championship club. Plus, they've all been abroad already and sucked, before being brought back for a fragment of the initial sale price. They're all players that fit Kjetil Knudsen's style of football (he's a friggin genious manager), but fail elsewhere, like around 12-15 of their former players. Do you want me to talk about our own Wouter Burger here? I’m under absolutely zero allusions that they’re probably out of reach but all 3 would make such a massive difference to our starting XI. I don’t know much about the level of football, wages etc but the fact we got burger tells me we still have decent enough pull and financial backing. But all three might be more reluctant as they’ve moved into Europes big 5 and struggled. (Is that down to the stature of the clubs they moved to though)? I'm not that sure about Hauge, but he has shown some good form in his last two games. Bjørkan is the one of the 3 I would have liked here because he is a left back who can defend and is good going forward. Right now he is out with a hamstring injury by though. Berg is a very good footballer, but despite of that I think other positions are more important for us now with the midfielders already at the club. He would also cost a lot.
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Post by This is the year on May 18, 2024 6:30:30 GMT
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Post by pottersshed on May 18, 2024 6:37:35 GMT
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Post by pottersshed on May 18, 2024 6:40:10 GMT
McCullam on left and Stacey on right ripped us to piece when Norwich beat us 3 0. Not sure what he is like defensively but looked v good going forward. Might be something in it and Norwich are releasing all players out of contract
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Post by baconburger on May 18, 2024 6:40:43 GMT
Do you want me to talk about our own Wouter Burger here? I’m under absolutely zero allusions that they’re probably out of reach but all 3 would make such a massive difference to our starting XI. I don’t know much about the level of football, wages etc but the fact we got burger tells me we still have decent enough pull and financial backing. But all three might be more reluctant as they’ve moved into Europes big 5 and struggled. (Is that down to the stature of the clubs they moved to though)? I'm not that sure about Hauge, but he has shown some good form in his last two games. Bjørkan is the one of the 3 I would have liked here because he is a left back who can defend and is good going forward. Right now he is out with a hamstring injury by though. Berg is a very good footballer, but despite of that I think other positions are more important for us now with the midfielders already at the club. He would also cost a lot. What sort of midfielder is he we’ve got more than enough players who can play the deep lying position well Laurent being one of them whether he wants to or not. What he isn’t is an advanced midfielder where he keeps getting played. He’s simply not good enough on the ball. We have Junho who can play there but is also doing really well on the Left. I think we could do with one or two more clever creative footballers who are reasonably robust for the AM positions that Schu likes to field two of. EDIT: Perhaps just one we don’t want to block Sol’s route to the first team.
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Post by robwahlmann on May 18, 2024 7:21:56 GMT
I'm not that sure about Hauge, but he has shown some good form in his last two games. Bjørkan is the one of the 3 I would have liked here because he is a left back who can defend and is good going forward. Right now he is out with a hamstring injury by though. Berg is a very good footballer, but despite of that I think other positions are more important for us now with the midfielders already at the club. He would also cost a lot. What sort of midfielder is he we’ve got more than enough players who can play the deep lying position well Laurent being one of them whether he wants to or not. What he isn’t is an advanced midfielder where he keeps getting played. He’s simply not good enough on the ball. We have Junho who can play there but is also doing really well on the Left. I think we could do with one or two more clever creative footballers who are reasonably robust for the AM positions that Schu likes to field two of. EDIT: Perhaps just one we don’t want to block Sol’s route to the first team. I think Berg can play as a DM or CM, but he has a very good shot in him as well so he will pop up with some goals during a season. He seems the kind of player though that needs to feel at home to be at his best. When he was in France he wasn't able to keep his place in the starting 11, but back at Bodø Glimt he soon became his own self again. He has also played well for our national team, but unfortunately we don't have a top class goalkeeper or central defenders of good enough quality. Because of this we always seem to be knocked out before the big tournaments start.
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Post by baconburger on May 18, 2024 7:31:12 GMT
What sort of midfielder is he we’ve got more than enough players who can play the deep lying position well Laurent being one of them whether he wants to or not. What he isn’t is an advanced midfielder where he keeps getting played. He’s simply not good enough on the ball. We have Junho who can play there but is also doing really well on the Left. I think we could do with one or two more clever creative footballers who are reasonably robust for the AM positions that Schu likes to field two of. EDIT: Perhaps just one we don’t want to block Sol’s route to the first team. I think Berg can play as a DM or CM, but he has a very good shot in him as well so he will pop up with some goals during a season. He seems the kind of player though that needs to feel at home to be at his best. When he was in France he wasn't able to keep his place in the starting 11, but back at Bodø Glimt he soon became his own self again. He has also played well for our national team, but unfortunately we don't have a top class goalkeeper or central defenders of good enough quality. Because of this we always seem to be knocked out before the big tournaments start. He shouldn’t be on our radar then. We have too many who fit that description considering how Schu wants to play. We could easily afford to lose one of them and not seek a replacement. Baker is the obvious candidate, we could lose him without any consequence.
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Post by robwahlmann on May 18, 2024 7:47:59 GMT
I think Berg can play as a DM or CM, but he has a very good shot in him as well so he will pop up with some goals during a season. He seems the kind of player though that needs to feel at home to be at his best. When he was in France he wasn't able to keep his place in the starting 11, but back at Bodø Glimt he soon became his own self again. He has also played well for our national team, but unfortunately we don't have a top class goalkeeper or central defenders of good enough quality. Because of this we always seem to be knocked out before the big tournaments start. He shouldn’t be on our radar then. We have too many who fit that description considering how Schu wants to play. We could easily afford to lose one of them and not seek a replacement. Baker is the obvious candidate, we could lose him without any consequence. I also think we need to start playing Sidibe more or I'm afraid the big carnavours will come marching in.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 18, 2024 7:54:56 GMT
DM Burger CM
Is the way I’m looking at what we need for the formation he played at the end of the season.
Laurent has to be one of the first out of the door. His reaction to Campbell and the physio leaving just add to why I think he’s a twat of the highest order. So unprofessional and childish.
Baker looks like he’s off which is a shame. Good back up.
I would love to see Sidibe grow into that CM role and think he’s ideal for it but he definitely can’t be relied upon yet.
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Post by baconburger on May 18, 2024 7:58:11 GMT
He shouldn’t be on our radar then. We have too many who fit that description considering how Schu wants to play. We could easily afford to lose one of them and not seek a replacement. Baker is the obvious candidate, we could lose him without any consequence. I also think we need to start playing Sidibe more or I'm afraid the big carnavours will come marching in. We’re in control of that situation for a while he can’t move anywhere without our agreement but why would we not want to give him chances. We could end up making a missive FFP profit on him or he could end up as a fixture in our team if he doesn’t quite fulfill his potential it’s a win win. There isn’t really an angle where we lose. If he fails his only costs are not FFP attributable.
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Post by baconburger on May 18, 2024 8:02:46 GMT
DM Burger CM Is the way I’m looking at what we need for the formation he played at the end of the season. Laurent has to be one of the first out of the door. His reaction to Campbell and the physio leaving just add to why I think he’s a twat of the highest order. So unprofessional and childish. Baker looks like he’s off which is a shame. Good back up. I would love to see Sidibe grow into that CM role and think he’s ideal for it but he definitely can’t be relied upon yet. AM AM Burger Can’t see him playing an out and out DM ie Thompson/Pearson on a regular basis.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 18, 2024 8:03:47 GMT
DM Burger CM Is the way I’m looking at what we need for the formation he played at the end of the season. Laurent has to be one of the first out of the door. His reaction to Campbell and the physio leaving just add to why I think he’s a twat of the highest order. So unprofessional and childish. Baker looks like he’s off which is a shame. Good back up. I would love to see Sidibe grow into that CM role and think he’s ideal for it but he definitely can’t be relied upon yet. AM AM Burger Can’t see him playing an out and out DM ie Thompson/Pearson on a regular basis. He should do. It just being Thompson balanced the team out so well and made a massive difference to how we played.
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Post by baconburger on May 18, 2024 8:05:59 GMT
AM AM Burger Can’t see him playing an out and out DM ie Thompson/Pearson on a regular basis. He should do. It just being Thompson balanced the team out so well and made a massive difference to how we played. He was only playing due to Burgers fitness. He doesn’t want to play two deep lying midfielders and Burger is our best deep lying midfielder by a mile.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 18, 2024 8:08:00 GMT
He should do. It just being Thompson balanced the team out so well and made a massive difference to how we played. He was only playing due to Burgers fitness. He doesn’t want to play two deep lying midfielders and Burger is our best deep lying midfielder by a mile. And we were better. Burger is better than Laurent at every aspect of the game so can do that role and get up and down. It just makes sense to play him alongside someone who will stay a bit and Burger can affect the game higher up the pitch where he imo should be.
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Post by gingerninja on May 18, 2024 8:09:33 GMT
Do we realistically think there is any chance that Laurent won't be here next season, I get the impression he's a favourite of Schuey's?.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 18, 2024 8:11:02 GMT
Do we realistically think there is any chance that Laurent won't be here next season, I get the impression he's a favourite of Schuey's?. I’m just hoping because he’s fucking useless.
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Post by chuckrocky on May 18, 2024 8:11:54 GMT
Cameron Archer not going to get a look in at Villa, would love him here but I imagine there’ll be clubs with deeper pockets than ourselves interested.
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Post by nigerianstokie on May 18, 2024 8:35:51 GMT
Cameron Archer not going to get a look in at Villa, would love him here but I imagine there’ll be clubs with deeper pockets than ourselves interested. He was sold to Sheff Utd 12 months ago.
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Post by northernstokie on May 18, 2024 8:36:29 GMT
DM Burger CM Is the way I’m looking at what we need for the formation he played at the end of the season. Laurent has to be one of the first out of the door. His reaction to Campbell and the physio leaving just add to why I think he’s a twat of the highest order. So unprofessional and childish. Baker looks like he’s off which is a shame. Good back up. I would love to see Sidibe grow into that CM role and think he’s ideal for it but he definitely can’t be relied upon yet. What was his reaction to Campbell leaving? I missed that.
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Post by gingerninja on May 18, 2024 8:43:35 GMT
I assume Laurant would have wanted Tyrese to stay, seeing they are best mates?. That would just be a natural reaction surely?. Laurant is not quick enough in body or mind to take us to the next level..at times he's just too ponderous on the ball for the quick counter attacking style we want to play.
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Post by chuckrocky on May 18, 2024 8:44:10 GMT
Cameron Archer not going to get a look in at Villa, would love him here but I imagine there’ll be clubs with deeper pockets than ourselves interested. He was sold to Sheff Utd 12 months ago. He’s back at Villa now.
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Post by baconburger on May 18, 2024 8:45:57 GMT
He was only playing due to Burgers fitness. He doesn’t want to play two deep lying midfielders and Burger is our best deep lying midfielder by a mile. And we were better. Burger is better than Laurent at every aspect of the game so can do that role and get up and down. It just makes sense to play him alongside someone who will stay a bit and Burger can affect the game higher up the pitch where he imo should be. I think Burger is a far better deeplying midfielder than advanced midfielder. I completely agree about Laurent but then I think he’s a deep lying midfielder too and wouldn’t even consider him for an advanced position. He wants 2x8’s in his speak who create and score. Burger is a far better ball winner than either Thompson or Pearson. Yes he can pass and shoot but he’s exceptional at neither. He’s a DM possibly not a DM to your taste but definitely a DM it’s by far his best position.
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Post by nigerianstokie on May 18, 2024 8:51:00 GMT
He was sold to Sheff Utd 12 months ago. He’s back at Villa now. So he is. Didn’t realise Villa had an obligation to buy if Sheff Utd went down. Wouldn’t be surprised if Ipswich went for him. Or Southampton.
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Post by lordb on May 18, 2024 8:51:46 GMT
And we were better. Burger is better than Laurent at every aspect of the game so can do that role and get up and down. It just makes sense to play him alongside someone who will stay a bit and Burger can affect the game higher up the pitch where he imo should be. I think Burger is a far better deeplying midfielder than advanced midfielder. I completely agree about Laurent but then I think he’s a deep lying midfielder too and wouldn’t even consider him for an advanced position. He wants 2x8’s in his speak who create and score. Burger is a far better ball winner than either Thompson or Pearson. Yes he can pass and shoot but he’s exceptional at neither. He’s a DM possibly not a DM to your taste but definitely a DM it’s by far his best position. Burger's passing is excellent He's definitely got a strike on him too
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Post by gingerninja on May 18, 2024 8:57:51 GMT
Slightly off topic, but any idea when the players return for pre season training and when next season kicks off?.
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Post by lordb on May 18, 2024 8:59:11 GMT
Slightly off topic, but any idea when the players return for pre season training and when next season kicks off?. Mid June? Mid August for the season window shuts 31 August
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