Biffa Bacon
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Until we get a proper goalkeeper, midfielder who is willing to put a foot in and a bit more strength throughout ...no.
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Until we get a proper goalkeeper, midfielder who is willing to put a foot in and a bit more strength throughout ...no.
15 years ago this week we were underwhelmed by a loan signing from West London. Muzzy Who?
Based on actually watching a few of the recent games, I'd vary that just slightly to:
With this signing we surely have the highest wage bill in the Championship.
Yet we're going to finish just above mid table.
Let's see if we can build a side that is harder to roll over next season.
UC.. So, you think our squad is better than QPR's? Better than Cardiff, Swansea & Forest's?
DryDal... Whom in the CCFC line up would you swap for LCFC ones out of interest?
Sven.DryDal... Whom in the CCFC line up would you swap for LCFC ones out of interest?
I've misread the question. Cardiff have easily a better squad than ours.
UC.. So, you think our squad is better than QPR's? Better than Cardiff, Swansea & Forest's?
It's close, but considering raw talent and Premier League experience, yes.
Come on chin up.Best team in the division :icon_roll
The world has officially gone mad
Vassell wouldn't get in any other team in the top six. FACT
Bruma might a good prospect, but he is a country mile away from many centre backs I've seen this season (including some of our own)
1. My seat was nice and warm on Saturday...
2. HF is in your cellar, and you know it
3. When my seat has cooled down a bit
4. He is the cause of every single ill in world football
For me, the players who I think would fit in at any of the top 4 Championship clubs are as follows: King, Wellens, Naughton, Bruma, Vassell and Yakubu.
Bruma is a top quality prospect.
Bruma is a very good player, but will need a few games IMHO.
So....
You must be either a) reckoning that Paulo Sousa was way out of his depth or b) Sven's signings have made the difference. In the case of point (b) then Naughton, Bamba, Bruma, Yakubu, Vassell, Kamara, Van Arnholt and Ricardo are all as good or better than the players for the clubs mentioned?
For me, the players who I think would fit in at any of the top 4 Championship clubs are as follows: King, Wellens, Naughton, Bruma, Vassell and Yakubu. I would say only Naughton and Wellens out of those would be first names on any teamsheet in the top teams in this division. Would you disagree here? Whilst we know little about Kamara, I don't feel what we have seen from any other loanee or 'raw talent' would better say Taraabt, Sinclair, Whittingham, Chopra etc.. Do you?
Your sort of right with a) - I think Paulo Sousa was desperately unlucky to have joined at the time he did. We were club in huge transition with new owners and players with their minds on if they were going to be playing for Leicester City next week or not - not focussed at all on getting us promoted. Plus it is clear Sousa did not sign anyone of any quality - with only Vitor being questionably better than what we had.
You're also kind of right with b) - Sven's signings have of course made the difference and IMO injected added quality into our squad. Together with other Pearson first-teamers (thinking King and Wellens here) being more settled and knowing where the club was going, this has made the difference.
To your 'who would be a near a top 4 team' list I would add Gallagher, Van Arnholt and Kamara (whom I concede we have not seen play for us yet!).
Please understand where I'm coming from with regards to the sheer talent our individual players have vs. how they play together as a team.
We have a manager who is brand new to the second division of English football and has struggled to nail down a winning system all season.
Add this to the constant supplementation to the side which has resulted in up and down form, leaving us scrambling for a play-off spot as the light dims on our season.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Liverpool | 21 | 50 |
2 | Arsenal | 22 | 44 |
3 | Nottm F | 21 | 41 |
4 | Newcastle | 22 | 38 |
5 | Chelsea | 21 | 37 |
6 | Bournemouth | 22 | 37 |
7 | Aston Villa | 22 | 36 |
8 | Manchester C | 21 | 35 |
9 | Fulham | 22 | 33 |
10 | Brighton | 21 | 31 |
11 | Brentford | 22 | 28 |
12 | Palace | 22 | 27 |
13 | Manchester U | 21 | 26 |
14 | West Ham | 22 | 26 |
15 | Tottenham | 21 | 24 |
16 | Everton | 20 | 17 |
17 | Wolves | 21 | 16 |
18 | Ipswich | 21 | 16 |
19 | Leicester | 22 | 14 |
20 | Southampton | 21 | 6 |