Tom Davies
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neil999
Player Valuation: £80m
Oh yeah, he's very popular as well
ParisToffee
Player Valuation: £5m
The result yesterday was totally unacceptable butI claim the players on the pitch for that! On paper, we should have beaten them but in reality that was down to the players and to a degree Ancelloti for rotating Goddfrey/Holgate and yesterday Digne loked rusty:tired after just back from injury and Coleman was coleman, living on past history :-(
The bench yesterday has been affected by various injuries,the 2 keepers thing, as said last year by Brands/Ancelloti is to give squad day experience to the young keeper/3rd choice Keeper, Walcott was crap when he was with us and majority of fans wanted rid, Tosun has been bit part since Fat Sam left and injury, Kean had issues so to play nice they loaned him out to PSG and apparently Bernard was off sorting move away? I agree its not great and maybe they thought Gordon would cover the 3 forward areas ? There was defence and Midfield cover too even if 4th or 5th choice!
We would all like to have a better bench options but if the necessity of short term financial cover is important, I can see why the options are'nt there
We will all have different opinions and ideas on the team and squad etc and the whole squad is imbalanced to a degree but its a lot leaner and less cost expensive than under Mertinez/Koeman/Fat Sam!
Hopefully we will see some reinforcements in next few days but if needs beI d rather go with what we have and hope it"ll see us through as its individual mistakes that are costing us most this season and you would hope that theseare highlighted to clear out in next window during summer
kenada_blue
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Don't think there's a DoF in world football that could do that.
I fully agree that neither the players or Carlo did themselves any favours yesterday. But we literally have zero impact from the bench. We have had 2 assists from subs and 0 goals all season in the league. We have a load of one-paced CMs and only two actual out and out attackers, one of whom is our first-choice left winger.
It's not good enough. That's on Brands.
We have such an opportunity this season but his failure to act will cost us if there isn't someone brought in in the next few days.
It shouldn't be a 'panic' buy. It should be a player we have scouted and targetted, because that's what good clubs do.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
Gomes
Bernard
Sidibe
Kean
Gbamin
Delph
Lossl
Iwobi
How anyone can say he has been a success here I'll never know.
Bernard
Sidibe
Kean
Gbamin
Delph
Lossl
Iwobi
How anyone can say he has been a success here I'll never know.
ParisToffee
Player Valuation: £5m
Boss, let's get that statue built.
No, in all seriousness, fine, there's a lot of sense in parts of what you say. But I think you view it through a prism of natural belief in him due to the way he portrays himself.
I personally see him as the guy who panic bought Iwobi for £30m (in the summer by the way after fruitlessly chasing Zaha for months on end), has refused to use the January window which consists of half of his recruitment job, and is responsible for that bench we had yesterday.
I no longer trust him, and I'd prefer to be rid of him. You can think he's decent if you want. That's fine. But most of what you describe - such as "restructuring the academy" - may be true, but it doesn't mean they've been improved (John Stones was scouted long before Brands, as was Coleman etc. etc.) For me, the measuring stick for his tangible success or failure is on the field, and barring Ancelotti working miracles with what he has, his failure would be even more apparent in my view.
Its good to have different opinions on him and I m not saying he was 100% perfect at what his done but he has made improvements in the scouting and recruitment areas, we have expanded our profile internationally due to marketing link ups etc which as DOF, you would presume he was involved with the football side of linking up with the clubs in Australia, USA etc as their like options for us to get foreign academy kids?
Zaha was a whole media fenzy thing and was too costly so don't think Iwobi was huge panic buy :-( The cost is average nowadays and his experience at a "top" english club and this season has done ok! Its 50/50 on him at moment but his something to offer
The bench yesterday was for many reasons including injuries etc and the factBrands/Ancelloti said having a young keeper was great for their development being in match day squad and with 9 subs , its easier to do! We can agree to disagree on loans he sent out but if the finances are rocky, we may not have many other options available than whats gone as yesterday we'd 3 defenders, 2 midfielders, and Gordan to cover the 3 forward spots? Its not pretty when you see Citys, Utd or Chelseas but we're a few years before we can have luxury of having lads on 80,000 a week as back up on bench
We ve brought in Nkounkou, Jagne , Branthwaite and Kristensen etc who were unknowns like Stones/Coleman and we dont always use January window so unless good options come up whyis there a need? We've still 2 days so hopefully we may see something happen ;-)
TheSecondComing
Player Valuation: £35m
EVERY SINGLE SUMMER IS A BIG SUMMER
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Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
I think he’s off. Think we’d have been made aware of an extension for him at the AGM if he was staying.
What happens in regards to him being on the board?
Didn't the club say his contract was going to be discussed in January?
Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
I don’t know mate, just presumed it would be sorted out and we wouldn’t allow it to get to the last 6 months of his contract.
I just get the feeling he’s off.
it does seem strange its been this late and nothings really been said about a new contract by now
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
He is better than Walsh?
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