by Brain Traysers » 25 Jan 2019 17:30
by Snowflake Royal » 25 Jan 2019 17:31
Lower WestTerminal Boardom And this thread alone illustrates why I rarely visit this place any more.
Looks to me as if Gomes has identified what's required in the squad and gone and filled the gaps. Bringing in 5 new players mid season is a risk - just look how well Tommy Burns did with the magnificent 7. The positive is that there are 19 games to go. The next 4 months or so will be more than interesting.
All on loan. Doesn't solve the problem for next season. This is akin to Steve Clarke's reign in reverse. Short termism.
by Nameless » 25 Jan 2019 17:34
Lower WestTerminal Boardom And this thread alone illustrates why I rarely visit this place any more.
Looks to me as if Gomes has identified what's required in the squad and gone and filled the gaps. Bringing in 5 new players mid season is a risk - just look how well Tommy Burns did with the magnificent 7. The positive is that there are 19 games to go. The next 4 months or so will be more than interesting.
All on loan. Doesn't solve the problem for next season. This is akin to Steve Clarke's reign in reverse. Short termism.
by CountryRoyal » 25 Jan 2019 17:41
by Libertine » 25 Jan 2019 17:51
Terminal Boardom And this thread alone illustrates why I rarely visit this place any more.
Looks to me as if Gomes has identified what's required in the squad and gone and filled the gaps. Bringing in 5 new players mid season is a risk - just look how well Tommy Burns did with the magnificent 7. The positive is that there are 19 games to go. The next 4 months or so will be more than interesting.
by Hound » 25 Jan 2019 17:56
Snowflake RoyalZipHound Its interesting as he actually seems to have found players who are genuinely comfortable in the system. Part of the issue with Stam I always felt was he was asking technically average players to play a game they struggled with.
Very interesting to see how it works out. For whatever reason the board have managed to back him with better pedigree players than were afforded to Clement or Stam and now Gomes has to make it work.
Have a feeling it will either go swimmingly and we'll start winning games in an attractive way, or else it'll be a disaster. I don't think we have a team that is going to scrap its way to safety like we managed to last year
Agree with most of this but not the last bit. I thought we were dire under Clement at the fag end of last season and very lucky to beat the fakes and Preston. I suppose they showed a bit of fight in those two games but didn’t show much fight in the other games under him last season.
I do like what Gomes has done in this window. It makes sense BUT we really must look to get rid of some deadwood over the next few days as the squad is as bloated as ever.
Here's what I think happened at the tail end last season.
The players were complacent and shit. Stam was clueless and inflexible. His sacking and Clement's initial work gave the players a kick up the arse and they developed some fight, getting those two early wins despite not much quality improvement. That reinforced their belief they were never in danger and they went back to being limp losers complacentley sleep walking towards a relegation they narrowly avoided thanks to a really atrocious bottom seven that year.
by Denver Royal » 25 Jan 2019 17:57
NamelessLower WestTerminal Boardom And this thread alone illustrates why I rarely visit this place any more.
Looks to me as if Gomes has identified what's required in the squad and gone and filled the gaps. Bringing in 5 new players mid season is a risk - just look how well Tommy Burns did with the magnificent 7. The positive is that there are 19 games to go. The next 4 months or so will be more than interesting.
All on loan. Doesn't solve the problem for next season. This is akin to Steve Clarke's reign in reverse. Short termism.
What problem are you trying to solve ?
The ONLY problem anyone should be working on at the moment is staying in the division.
Depending on whether we solve that we then have two entirely different jobs to dover the summer. No point solving one of them now and finding it’s the other one that faces us.
by Hound » 25 Jan 2019 17:59
NamelessLower WestTerminal Boardom And this thread alone illustrates why I rarely visit this place any more.
Looks to me as if Gomes has identified what's required in the squad and gone and filled the gaps. Bringing in 5 new players mid season is a risk - just look how well Tommy Burns did with the magnificent 7. The positive is that there are 19 games to go. The next 4 months or so will be more than interesting.
All on loan. Doesn't solve the problem for next season. This is akin to Steve Clarke's reign in reverse. Short termism.
What problem are you trying to solve ?
The ONLY problem anyone should be working on at the moment is staying in the division.
Depending on whether we solve that we then have two entirely different jobs to dover the summer. No point solving one of them now and finding it’s the other one that faces us.
by Lower West » 25 Jan 2019 18:12
Denver RoyalNamelessLower West All on loan. Doesn't solve the problem for next season. This is akin to Steve Clarke's reign in reverse. Short termism.
What problem are you trying to solve ?
The ONLY problem anyone should be working on at the moment is staying in the division.
Depending on whether we solve that we then have two entirely different jobs to dover the summer. No point solving one of them now and finding it’s the other one that faces us.
LW, you're right. Given our predicament, short termism may well be a factor. And, why wouldn't it be? The first order of business is to stay up.
'Solving the problem of next season' is secondary right now, and will be addressed in the Summer (and how these 5 players perform until then, will go some way to determining if they are part of that future equation).
And of course, attracting and signing quality, for the long term, in a Jan window, given our finances and league position in the bottom 3 is, er, quite difficult.
by Denver Royal » 25 Jan 2019 18:22
Lower WestDenver RoyalNameless What problem are you trying to solve ?
The ONLY problem anyone should be working on at the moment is staying in the division.
Depending on whether we solve that we then have two entirely different jobs to dover the summer. No point solving one of them now and finding it’s the other one that faces us.
LW, you're right. Given our predicament, short termism may well be a factor. And, why wouldn't it be? The first order of business is to stay up.
'Solving the problem of next season' is secondary right now, and will be addressed in the Summer (and how these 5 players perform until then, will go some way to determining if they are part of that future equation).
And of course, attracting and signing quality, for the long term, in a Jan window, given our finances and league position in the bottom 3 is, er, quite difficult.
Attracting top quality talent in the summer is not guaranteed either. Last summer was hardly a roaring sucess. Nor the summer before.
Other teams are far superior to us currently. Next Xmas we might well be clinging on yet again.
You would have thought a solid left back would be a priority transfer target.
by Nameless » 25 Jan 2019 18:41
by loyalroyal4life » 25 Jan 2019 18:50
Nameless We’ve got 5 options we can use at left back ! Not all perfect, not all available right now.
Blackett has been absolutely fine there this season.
If signing a 4th keeper is questionable then signing a 6th option at LB doesn’t seem a top priority.
by muirinho » 25 Jan 2019 18:52
loyalroyal4lifeNameless We’ve got 5 options we can use at left back ! Not all perfect, not all available right now.
Blackett has been absolutely fine there this season.
If signing a 4th keeper is questionable then signing a 6th option at LB doesn’t seem a top priority.
Can see 2 of those options leaving this window
by Ascotexgunner » 25 Jan 2019 19:03
ZipHound Its interesting as he actually seems to have found players who are genuinely comfortable in the system. Part of the issue with Stam I always felt was he was asking technically average players to play a game they struggled with.
Very interesting to see how it works out. For whatever reason the board have managed to back him with better pedigree players than were afforded to Clement or Stam and now Gomes has to make it work.
Have a feeling it will either go swimmingly and we'll start winning games in an attractive way, or else it'll be a disaster. I don't think we have a team that is going to scrap its way to safety like we managed to last year
Agree with most of this but not the last bit. I thought we were dire under Clement at the fag end of last season and very lucky to beat the fakes and Preston. I suppose they showed a bit of fight in those two games but didn’t show much fight in the other games under him last season.
I do like what Gomes has done in this window. It makes sense BUT we really must look to get rid of some deadwood over the next few days as the squad is as bloated as ever.
by Lower West » 25 Jan 2019 19:19
Nameless We’ve got 5 options we can use at left back ! Not all perfect, not all available right now.
by Crowbar6753 » 25 Jan 2019 19:26
by Nameless » 25 Jan 2019 19:29
Lower WestNameless We’ve got 5 options we can use at left back ! Not all perfect, not all available right now.
Given our current predicament. Adequate isn't good enough. With Barrow offering little cover. Opposition managers will simply target the weakness. Playing a right footer upsets the balance of the team .
by Wisconsin Royal » 25 Jan 2019 19:30
by SCIAG » 25 Jan 2019 19:38
Lower WestNameless We’ve got 5 options we can use at left back ! Not all perfect, not all available right now.
Given our current predicament. Adequate isn't good enough. With Barrow offering little cover. Opposition managers will simply target the weakness. Playing a right footer upsets the balance of the team .
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