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Post by strettonstokie on Aug 11, 2024 11:31:01 GMT
I’ve been critical of Laurent but thought he was excellent yesterday and the pick of our CMs. Having heard SS saying he was vice captain I think he’ll stay and it’s his place to lose. With the number of games we need plenty of CMs as it’s a long season. I can see us having a pool of Burger Lawal Laurent Thompson Sidibe for the 2 spots With Cundle (hopefully he’ll sign) Baker fighting for the AM spot I can see Johnson leaving as I think his opportunities will be limited. Things are shaping up nicely just need more depth at AWF, CB, RB and a STR who scores that’ll play 30+ games a season I think come Sept I’m hoping we’ll be looking at Johansson Junior / Hoever Gibson Wilmot / new Bocat Lawal Burger / Laurent Cundle (hopefully) Manhouf new (someone like Cannon or Stansfield) Bae I hadn’t heard him say that. So that’s interesting if true, if we are planning on keeping Baker and Laurent I’d probably try and offer new deals too, just to protect the asset as I do feel we have some upward momentum as a club. Yeah like you say it’s a long season and with how demanding Schumacher and his system seems to be you can see him burning through players unless they are real athletes. I agree, Johnson really is the odd one out and if we can swap him for either a pacy left winger or Weirdu (don’t know why but I REALLY like the look of him) we start to look quite balanced and full of athletes (bar Baker and burger which might be abit harsh but neither can match the demands for 90 mins). I think your team is about right. It now basically all depends on what ST do we get in. They HAVE to hit the ground running and they HAVE to score 10-15 goals with 5-10 assists. I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window |
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Post by canadianmoose on Aug 11, 2024 11:35:31 GMT
No loss if Laurent leaves.
Hes just not consistent enough for a team with top half aspirations.
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Post by WorkingclassHero on Aug 11, 2024 12:40:34 GMT
I hadn’t heard him say that. So that’s interesting if true, if we are planning on keeping Baker and Laurent I’d probably try and offer new deals too, just to protect the asset as I do feel we have some upward momentum as a club. Yeah like you say it’s a long season and with how demanding Schumacher and his system seems to be you can see him burning through players unless they are real athletes. I agree, Johnson really is the odd one out and if we can swap him for either a pacy left winger or Weirdu (don’t know why but I REALLY like the look of him) we start to look quite balanced and full of athletes (bar Baker and burger which might be abit harsh but neither can match the demands for 90 mins). I think your team is about right. It now basically all depends on what ST do we get in. They HAVE to hit the ground running and they HAVE to score 10-15 goals with 5-10 assists. I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window Makes sense. No idea how much he gets paid but imagine a signing on fee is north of 250k, so financially makes way more sense than renewing here |
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 11, 2024 15:54:25 GMT
I hadn’t heard him say that. So that’s interesting if true, if we are planning on keeping Baker and Laurent I’d probably try and offer new deals too, just to protect the asset as I do feel we have some upward momentum as a club. Yeah like you say it’s a long season and with how demanding Schumacher and his system seems to be you can see him burning through players unless they are real athletes. I agree, Johnson really is the odd one out and if we can swap him for either a pacy left winger or Weirdu (don’t know why but I REALLY like the look of him) we start to look quite balanced and full of athletes (bar Baker and burger which might be abit harsh but neither can match the demands for 90 mins). I think your team is about right. It now basically all depends on what ST do we get in. They HAVE to hit the ground running and they HAVE to score 10-15 goals with 5-10 assists. I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window Not surprised. I think Campbell was a big influence in bringing him in, I bet we haven’t even come close to matching the dream he was sold (playoff contenders etc) he’s had his fair share of vocal criticism on here and twitter (some of which he’s responded to). Bring Lawal in now, give him 12 months to get to grips with the step up, and is a ready made replacement next year if we don’t cash in on Laurent. |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 11, 2024 16:28:09 GMT
I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window Makes sense. No idea how much he gets paid but imagine a signing on fee is north of 250k, so financially makes way more sense than renewing here Top 6 and he’ll change his mind |
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Post by stoke60 on Aug 11, 2024 18:05:57 GMT
Does anybody know if this guy is actually signing
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 11, 2024 18:06:53 GMT
Does anybody know if this guy is actually signing Likely he will be. Probably be Monday |
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Post by delilahwhy on Aug 11, 2024 18:07:30 GMT
Does anybody know if this guy is actually signing Hes already signed. The media team are off today. They won't announce it until all the videos are filmed and edited for social media. It'll be announced tomorrow. |
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Post by numpty40 on Aug 11, 2024 18:35:57 GMT
I hadn’t heard him say that. So that’s interesting if true, if we are planning on keeping Baker and Laurent I’d probably try and offer new deals too, just to protect the asset as I do feel we have some upward momentum as a club. Yeah like you say it’s a long season and with how demanding Schumacher and his system seems to be you can see him burning through players unless they are real athletes. I agree, Johnson really is the odd one out and if we can swap him for either a pacy left winger or Weirdu (don’t know why but I REALLY like the look of him) we start to look quite balanced and full of athletes (bar Baker and burger which might be abit harsh but neither can match the demands for 90 mins). I think your team is about right. It now basically all depends on what ST do we get in. They HAVE to hit the ground running and they HAVE to score 10-15 goals with 5-10 assists. I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window I'm definitely in the minority here but I'd be looking to offload both Baker and Burger before Laurent. I genuinely don't think there are many better midfielders in this league than Laurent when he is on his game. I accept its far too infrequent but the latter games of last season and yesterday he's been very very good. |
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Post by thornestein on Aug 11, 2024 18:40:26 GMT
I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window I'm definitely in the minority here but I'd be looking to offload both Baker and Burger before Laurent. I genuinely don't think there are many better midfielders in this league than Laurent when he is on his game. I accept its far too infrequent but the latter games of last season and yesterday he's been very very good. 1 in 8 games is not good enough , Burger needs playing where’s he’s played most his career and that’s as a DM |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 11, 2024 18:46:20 GMT
I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window I'm definitely in the minority here but I'd be looking to offload both Baker and Burger before Laurent. I genuinely don't think there are many better midfielders in this league than Laurent when he is on his game. I accept its far too infrequent but the latter games of last season and yesterday he's been very very good. He really should be the player we saw yesterday more often as he absolutely has the physical attributes to be that. I guess it must be a mental thing being able to perform at this level on regular basis.  If it's true that he won't sign a new contract and only has a year left it's better to cash in now. |
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Post by numpty40 on Aug 11, 2024 18:50:51 GMT
I'm definitely in the minority here but I'd be looking to offload both Baker and Burger before Laurent. I genuinely don't think there are many better midfielders in this league than Laurent when he is on his game. I accept its far too infrequent but the latter games of last season and yesterday he's been very very good. 1 in 8 games is not good enough , Burger needs playing where’s he’s played most his career and that’s as a DM I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. |
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Post by baystokie on Aug 11, 2024 18:56:10 GMT
1 in 8 games is not good enough , Burger needs playing where’s he’s played most his career and that’s as a DM I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. The amount of ground he covers in a match doing his own job and covering for others, am surprised it's just his arse he's blowing out of!!! |
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Post by numpty40 on Aug 11, 2024 19:02:04 GMT
I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. The amount of ground he covers in a match doing his own job and covering for others, am surprised it's just his arse he's blowing out of!!! It's unnecessary running though, he needs to be more disciplined. He's not exactly graced with pace and looks lumbering and gives away stupid free kicks. We looked a better side without him at the end of last season. |
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Aug 11, 2024 19:04:42 GMT
Bosun The Wall.
If he swings his hips too quickly in the shower the building will come down.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2024 19:13:43 GMT
Bosun The Wall. If he swings his hips too quickly in the shower the building will come down. As Alex Ferguson would say, magnificent... |
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Post by thornestein on Aug 11, 2024 19:14:42 GMT
1 in 8 games is not good enough , Burger needs playing where’s he’s played most his career and that’s as a DM I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. looking a Lawal he could easily play box to box , he seems happy running with the ball , got a good shot on him and can find a pass , granted that’s off a few youtube clips but he looks the part |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 11, 2024 19:18:15 GMT
Playing him in the position which attracted us to him would seem the most sensible use of resources. We don’t play with a 10 anyway as such
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Post by thornestein on Aug 11, 2024 19:19:21 GMT
Playing him in the position which attracted us to him would seem the most sensible use of resources. We don’t play with a 10 anyway as such don’t think anyone as suggested he’s a 10 |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 11, 2024 19:32:00 GMT
Playing him in the position which attracted us to him would seem the most sensible use of resources. We don’t play with a 10 anyway as such don’t think anyone as suggested he’s a 10 Just generally people talk about moving midfielders around and trying to shoehorn them into positions they’re not familiar with or don’t like. The argument for Junho to play centrally is another one. |
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Post by jezzascfc on Aug 11, 2024 19:33:33 GMT
Lawal announced Monday, CM of him and Burger as 8s, Thommo/Pearson/Another at 6. Unless Schuey gets all giddy and plays Junho centrally, which is unlikely.
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Post by thornestein on Aug 11, 2024 19:37:12 GMT
don’t think anyone as suggested he’s a 10 Just generally people talk about moving midfielders around and trying to shoehorn them into positions they’re not familiar with or don’t like. The argument for Junho to play centrally is another one. it’s what we’re doing with Burger though , he’s played most his career at DM but not here |
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Post by smallthorner on Aug 11, 2024 19:41:20 GMT
1 in 8 games is not good enough , Burger needs playing where’s he’s played most his career and that’s as a DM I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. To my mind the midfield three is going to be : 2 x DM (Thompson with Laurent/Bosun/Burger) 1 x AM (Bae/Cundle/Baker) Burger was poor yesterday. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 11, 2024 19:43:19 GMT
I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. To my mind the midfield three is going to be : 2 x DM (Thompson with Laurent/Bosun/Burger) 1 x AM (Bae/Cundle/Baker) Burger was poor yesterday. Thought he had a good first half!  |
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Post by Squeekster on Aug 11, 2024 19:45:31 GMT
I thought we were signing Lawal as the defensive midfield starter. I agree Laurent's good games aren't consistent enough but when he plays well, so do Stoke. Burger seems to be regressing, its a worry he's blowing out of his arse halfway through the second half. Any decent bid for him I'd take to be honest. To my mind the midfield three is going to be : 2 x DM (Thompson with Laurent/Bosun/Burger) 1 x AM (Bae/Cundle/Baker) Burger was poor yesterday. Hah Burger was poor  |
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 11, 2024 19:47:09 GMT
To my mind the midfield three is going to be : 2 x DM (Thompson with Laurent/Bosun/Burger) 1 x AM (Bae/Cundle/Baker) Burger was poor yesterday. Thought he had a good first half! He did |
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Post by smallthorner on Aug 11, 2024 19:58:48 GMT
To my mind the midfield three is going to be : 2 x DM (Thompson with Laurent/Bosun/Burger) 1 x AM (Bae/Cundle/Baker) Burger was poor yesterday. Thought he had a good first half! He gave the ball away several times in crucial positions. If cov had been sharper they would have been in. He's got an annoying habit of trying fancy flick overs and party tricks. He needs to stop in position and do his job either AM (as yesterday) or DM (which he is far more suited but Laurent doing a good job there atm) |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 11, 2024 20:01:31 GMT
Thought he had a good first half! He gave the ball away several times in crucial positions. If cov had been sharper they would have been in. He's got an annoying habit of trying fancy flick overs and party tricks. He needs to stop in position and do his job either AM (as yesterday) or DM (which he is far more suited but Laurent doing a good job there atm) I remember him having a wonderful tackle just as the Coventry player was ready to put the ball in the net early in the first half.  |
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Aug 11, 2024 20:08:55 GMT
Thought Burger was good yesterday especially first half.
My only issue with him is i'm ever sure where he is playing as he wanders all over the place. Which explains why he was blowing out his arse after 60 mins or so.
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Post by strettonstokie on Aug 11, 2024 20:11:06 GMT
I've been told from a good source (a family friend of the Laurent family) that josh has already decided to not renew his contract here, so I think we may just cash in on him this window I'm definitely in the minority here but I'd be looking to offload both Baker and Burger before Laurent. I genuinely don't think there are many better midfielders in this league than Laurent when he is on his game. I accept its far too infrequent but the latter games of last season and yesterday he's been very very good. But if he's not committing we might aswell cash in |
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If it's true that he won't sign a new contract and only has a year left it's better to cash in now. 
