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Post by Block 22 on Aug 1, 2024 20:06:06 GMT
What's our head of recruitment up to? Fuck all
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Post by J-Roar on Aug 1, 2024 20:16:37 GMT
I thought he pants last year for most of the season. He was highly rated before he came here though. We just ruin people. It's a no from me. Or he was badly managed by a shit manager to start with?
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 1, 2024 20:19:38 GMT
Our scouting network has gone to shit hasn’t it
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Post by baconburger on Aug 1, 2024 20:22:26 GMT
This is so uninspiring. We’ve gone from fishing gems out of just about every league across the globe to signing players like Luke McNally who we already know is bang average at best. I’m not saying I expect every signing to be ‘exotic’ but it says a hell of a lot about our new recruitment department if a player we watched being distinctly average at best all season is the best we can come up with. Who'd want a pretty decent young championship CB
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Post by ProctorDre on Aug 1, 2024 20:25:52 GMT
Hope this isn’t true, he was absolutely shite. I don't think he was. The whole defence suffered from not having a left back. As soon as Stephens came back, miraculously the whole unit looked a lot more solid. Well I thought he was shite. Turned his back constantly, clumsy, slow. Also never seen a 6 foot 4 lad be such a fanny and poor in the air.
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Aug 1, 2024 20:28:03 GMT
Our scouting network has gone to shit hasn’t it Proper
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Aug 1, 2024 20:28:06 GMT
Seen a couple of friendlies , we have two great young prospects , one could easily be on the bench all the players we are going for will only keep us where we are , maybe we can reach 14th but we need to be braver , Mcnally, Rose , Wilmot all average champ players, if Mcnally was a top champ player Burnley would keep him
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Post by thornestein on Aug 1, 2024 20:33:50 GMT
Our scouting network has gone to shit hasn’t it weird isn’t it , que the there’s still 4 weeks left brigade 😉
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Post by scfcadams on Aug 1, 2024 20:34:47 GMT
This feels like a nothing link
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Post by mickstupp on Aug 1, 2024 20:36:28 GMT
Our scouting network has gone to shit hasn’t it weird isn’t it , que the there’s still 4 weeks left brigade 😉 There is though? No point piling in at this stage with a month of the window left. Every single championship club are looking to sign players and we are no different.
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Post by lordb on Aug 1, 2024 20:36:42 GMT
Seen a couple of friendlies , we have two great young prospects , one could easily be on the bench all the players we are going for will only keep us where we are , maybe we can reach 14th but we need to be braver , Mcnally, Rose , Wilmot all average champ players, if Mcnally was a top champ player Burnley would keep him If he was a top Championship player we couldn't afford him
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Post by thornestein on Aug 1, 2024 20:38:56 GMT
weird isn’t it , que the there’s still 4 weeks left brigade 😉 There is though? No point piling in at this stage with a month of the window left. Every single championship club are looking to sign players and we are no different. i hear that excuse every year , same as some fans love every signing we make , then comes nov/dec and the bitching starts 🤣😂
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Post by mickstupp on Aug 1, 2024 20:43:19 GMT
There is though? No point piling in at this stage with a month of the window left. Every single championship club are looking to sign players and we are no different. i hear that excuse every year , same as some fans love every signing we make , then comes nov/dec and the bitching starts 🤣😂 Maybe, but we have to be realistic here. Much as we love the club and want to see it do well, we are becoming small fry in this division. We could quite easily have been in for BTA for example but he’s chosen to go to Coventry who are (sadly) a far better proposition than we are at the moment.
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Aug 1, 2024 20:43:48 GMT
Seen a couple of friendlies , we have two great young prospects , one could easily be on the bench all the players we are going for will only keep us where we are , maybe we can reach 14th but we need to be braver , Mcnally, Rose , Wilmot all average champ players, if Mcnally was a top champ player Burnley would keep him If he was a top Championship player we couldn't afford him agree , so why not develop our own instead of blocking them with average players , the young ones get no chance to develop , past season Lowe hardly get a chance but we sign the likes of Wesley and Ennis who add nothing and cant improve , now Lowe has lost confidence and gone backwards, if we can recruit quality great but if not give youth a chance , they can at least improve
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Post by lordb on Aug 1, 2024 20:44:38 GMT
There is though? No point piling in at this stage with a month of the window left. Every single championship club are looking to sign players and we are no different. i hear that excuse every year , same as some fans love every signing we make , then comes nov/dec and the bitching starts 🤣😂 The only way we sign all the players needed a month before window shuts is either by massively over paying like Rowett did or buying absolute crap like Birmingham did last year No club can be blamed for this it's the nature of the bullshit transfer window
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Post by thornestein on Aug 1, 2024 20:45:31 GMT
i hear that excuse every year , same as some fans love every signing we make , then comes nov/dec and the bitching starts 🤣😂 Maybe, but we have to be realistic here. Much as we love the club and want to see it to well, we are becoming small fry in this division. We could quite easily have been in for BTA for example but he’s chosen to go to Coventry who are (sadly) a far better proposition than we are at the moment. and that’s down to very poor decision making in the manager appointment process , main reason fans are running out of patience, on BTA i’m glad we didn’t sign him , i’m not a fan but recognise a lot are
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Post by lordb on Aug 1, 2024 20:45:51 GMT
If he was a top Championship player we couldn't afford him agree , so why not develop our own instead of blocking them with average players , the young ones get no chance to develop , past season Lowe hardly get a chance but we sign the likes of Wesley and Ennis who add nothing and cant improve , now Lowe has lost confidence and gone backwards, if we can recruit quality great but if not give youth a chance , they can at least improve Dixon looks promising, as one of 5 CB's that looks spot on for this season Anderson looks a year off to me
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Post by mickstupp on Aug 1, 2024 20:48:22 GMT
Maybe, but we have to be realistic here. Much as we love the club and want to see it to well, we are becoming small fry in this division. We could quite easily have been in for BTA for example but he’s chosen to go to Coventry who are (sadly) a far better proposition than we are at the moment. and that’s down to very poor decision making in the manager appointment process , main reason fans are running out of patience, on BTA i’m glad we didn’t sign him , i’m not a fan but recognise a lot are There’s nothing we can do about it. We are just interested observers at the end of the day. I think we are just going to have to accept a mid table season with a few more points and maybe a bit more entertainment than last year and then try to build again.
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Post by pretzel on Aug 1, 2024 20:51:32 GMT
We defenitely had some cowards in our team last season, but i assure you Mcnally wasn’t one of them. Top lad and top pro. McNally had some really good games where he stood up to be counted . But then would have a howler . Stansfield goal for Birmingham springs to mind . And he did have this habit of turning away when somebody shot . Brighton springs to mind and there were several others . He does seem a good lad and is mates with Burger. Would I have him back ? Yes but he needs to be braver Sheffield Wednesday's goal away was another (highlights on Youtube)
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Post by st3mark on Aug 1, 2024 20:53:05 GMT
I thought he pants last year for most of the season. He was highly rated before he came here though. We just ruin people. It's a no from me. Or he was badly managed by a shit manager to start with? Even if Mike Bassett is in charge I expect the basics to be right.
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Post by HarryTheHat on Aug 1, 2024 20:53:59 GMT
He was awful most of the time, why the hell would we want him back?
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Post by emretezzy on Aug 1, 2024 20:58:28 GMT
To get out this league your CBs need to be some of your best players.
McNally is miles off it. If he'd have had even a glimer of a good season last year he'd be playing firstly for Burnley and if not a team well in the Top 6.
Hes perceived to be about 'our level' which is lower half championship.
We need better. He's a head on a stick.
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Post by greenhoff on Aug 1, 2024 20:59:08 GMT
He’d be fine alongside Gibson
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Post by lordb on Aug 1, 2024 20:59:23 GMT
He was awful most of the time, why the hell would we want him back? Because he wasn't Defence was good last year and he was part of that It's the other end that was the issue
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Post by baconburger on Aug 1, 2024 21:00:36 GMT
He was awful most of the time, why the hell would we want him back? He was that awful he played more games than any other defender in a team that didn't concede an undue number of goals and kept a very respectable amount of clean sheets. Stoke fans: We should have conceded less and kept more clean sheets Voice of reason: No you should have scored more goals.
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Post by loustokiefc on Aug 1, 2024 21:01:27 GMT
I don't think he was. The whole defence suffered from not having a left back. As soon as Stephens came back, miraculously the whole unit looked a lot more solid. Well I thought he was shite. Turned his back constantly, clumsy, slow. Also never seen a 6 foot 4 lad be such a fanny and poor in the air. Slow? I genuinely can’t think of a CB we’ve had in the last 5/6 years who has been quicker than Mcnally? Thought his pace was his number one asset. All managers that have had him talk about his pace
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Post by emretezzy on Aug 1, 2024 21:02:49 GMT
He was awful most of the time, why the hell would we want him back? He was that awful he played more games than any other defender in a team that didn't concede an undue number of goals and kept a very respectable amount of clean sheets. Stoke fans: We should have conceded less and kept more clean sheets Voice of reason: No you should have scored more goals. Fair argument. Just on the eye he was shit. We played a lot of the time to try nick goals. It's not how you get out of this league. I know you like him, a lot, from previous arguments about him but he's just not for me. The CBs of promoted teams generally stay in the team in the prem, indicating the quality they are. There is no world what so ever McNally lasts a fucking minute in the prem.
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Post by ProctorDre on Aug 1, 2024 21:03:53 GMT
Well I thought he was shite. Turned his back constantly, clumsy, slow. Also never seen a 6 foot 4 lad be such a fanny and poor in the air. Slow? I genuinely can’t think of a CB we’ve had in the last 5/6 years who has been quicker than Mcnally? Thought his pace was his number one asset. All managers that have had him talk about his pace Seen milk turn quicker.
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Post by loustokiefc on Aug 1, 2024 21:06:45 GMT
Slow? I genuinely can’t think of a CB we’ve had in the last 5/6 years who has been quicker than Mcnally? Thought his pace was his number one asset. All managers that have had him talk about his pace Seen milk turn quicker. Jesus Christ, you’re gonna have fun watching Ben Gibson this season then if you think Mcnally’s slow 😬🤣🤣🤣
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Post by ProctorDre on Aug 1, 2024 21:18:04 GMT
Jesus Christ, you’re gonna have fun watching Ben Gibson this season then if you think Mcnally’s slow 😬🤣🤣🤣 I’ll wait and actually watch him for a few games. rather than jumping to conclusions. I saw McNally with my own eyes all of last season, he’s definitely not quick in the slightest.
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