Miles Away
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Yeah, me too. Clearly a talented footballer.I like the look of Callum Wright.
Yeah, me too. Clearly a talented footballer.I like the look of Callum Wright.
I’ve never known a player whose best and worst performances are so far apart.2 trialists, 8 development squad players and a senior pro in Iheanacho.
Iheanacho looks the worst of the lot of 'em. By a long way.
Not usually one to worry about any preseason performances but to concede 2 set pieces right out of the gate after the problems last season is….a little concerning.A completely free header in the centre of the six yard box.
You’ve got to hand it to us, the way we’ve rolled out a philosophy across all our teams and age groups is incredible.
To be fair, hardly any of those players will ever play a first team game for us and they probably haven’t done any homework on the opposition because it’s just a kickabout.Not usually one to worry about any preseason performances but to concede 2 set pieces right out of the gate after the problems last season is….a little concerning.
I suppose my view on set pieces, at both ends, is that they are systemic failures.To be fair, hardly any of those players will ever play a first team game for us and they probably haven’t done any homework on the opposition because it’s just a kickabout.
It’s funny because it’s more of the same but it probably hasn’t got anything to do with poor preparation and coaching like what we saw from the first team last season.
It was also quite amusing how we completely wasted a few corners and free kicks at the end, I don’t think the ball ever made it into the box.
Yeah because by ‘shakeup’ you completely meant ‘reconnect with our culture’. How to tell us there is no money without using those words.
Or, there's still nearly a month until the season starts and we are probably in the market for 2 or 3 players....
Yeah because by ‘shakeup’ you completely meant ‘reconnect with our culture’. How to tell us there is no money without using those words.
I had a look on FT and they’re losing their shit that we’ve not signed several ballers with 80+ ratings on FUT.I'm really pleased to hear that from him. The problems of the last 18 months or so have been largely due to a lack of fitness in the players. To play BRs style properly, we have to be very fit and put a lot of energy into our performances. They are doing a proper pre-season for the first time since 2019. Going to Evian next week is exactly what they did that summer and it was highly effective.
I don't want us signing players at this stage either. We have far too many of them already. The only players we should be signing are ones that get into the first team ahead of our best players here now.
In my view, this is our strongest 11: Schmeichel, Ricardo, Fofana, Evans, Justin, Ndidi, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Maddison, Vardy, Barnes.
If we can't improve on that, don't. The last signing that was any good was Fofana two years ago. If we can't do any better, just get this group really fit and have a strong bench and let the rest go out permanently or on loan.
Yes, BR spoke emotively back in January and who can blame him? I interpreted it like most did. I was expecting it to be very busy summer. But if we can't sell players and we don't have a Head of Recruitment in place, then we can't do much. What we absolutely shouldn't be doing is trying to force things to happen for the sake of it.
We have a long list of players out of contract next year. That's the time for a major squad rebuild. That will give Glover a year to be prepared too. This is a summer to hold our nerve and believe in what we have and promote some of the young players.
Did you make a soup pun there? You're ****ing dead to us if you did.I had a look on FT and they’re losing their shit that we’ve not signed several ballers with 80+ ratings on FUT.
Who to believe?!
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3 | Chelsea | 11 | 19 |
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6 | Brighton | 11 | 19 |
7 | Fulham | 11 | 18 |
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