Fabrice29

Don’t really like Wolves that much either or any of the relegated teams but agree they are the most likely. Pretty sure if I was looking at it neutrally I’d be looking at the form team in the league last season, who have an injustice to motivate them and will have a pretty similar squad to choose from….🫣

That’s a far cry from walking the league. I’m happy to revisit this but they scream meltdown potential to me. Ownership is a mess with some serious allegations going on. Fans will be keen to jump on anyone’s back they can. Coach always give the vibe he’s doing everyone a favour despite bang average results. And they even have an ex player with friends in the media who will be waiting in the wings to jump in at the first sign of a bad result or two. Big reputation, big media focus, big money to be splashed but until they’ve proven they can actually handle that hype and spend money wisely I’m quite happy to oppose them.

West Ham are not running away with the league 😂 Has nobody watched them recently? Clubs a mess both off the pitch and on it. They aren’t suddenly turning into a winning machine whatever money they make and PR they get.

Not at all the player we would need though

What do these comments even mean in reality? 😂

What values are you putting on these 5, considering 3, possibly 4 and even 5 would have been available for transfer last summer or January and we recoup zero in transfer fees?

I think like last season we’ll be rotating rather than having back ups. Don’t think money/comparable value really exists in football much now anyway so idea that you can only spend a certain amount on a role seems a bit silly to me. Obviously this will sound a little silly and it’s a big if but if he nets a few more of the chances he’s missed for Ipswich last season we wouldn’t be thinking of him as a ‘back up’ or ‘slot of money‘ at that price. We have to sign these players before they reach that so called value and underlying numbers is a good barometer of that sometimes. Anyway, no idea if it’s true or if he’ll work out.

Movement, power, always seemed like a threat and a nuisance. Must have caught him on his better days I guess

Not convinced that sending people out on loan is the best way to restore confidence in someone but given the striker links today it does seem we’re probably cutting Downs loose which is fair enough. I’m all over this board saying we were right to let Ballard go so no issues with that. The point being that if in 2 years time we don’t want to be concluding youngsters as ‘doing nothing here’ …they do require a decent run…we actually have to show the faith/pathway at some stage and not just say it. No reason at all we need a their experience pro to play Archers role last year post January, and actually finding someone to do that would raise other questions. Hence why Archer presumably doesn’t want to do it anymore. Yes. Odd question but glad I clarified that for you.

Really liked the Como/Ipswich lad last season every time I saw him. Assumed he’d scored more than that but was always impressed.

As a defensive midfielder?

I’ll ask…who is Olly?

We invested 10m or so last year in another striking option so would not be shocked to see him being given a chance. Especially if we can’t offload yet. Maybe one to revisit late in the window depending on how he starts. Don’t really see why Dobbin can’t play as a lone striker just because it supposedly didn’t suit him at Preston. And definitely don’t see why Oyekunle can’t be given Archers minutes from last season. That pathway is vital to keeping those youngsters engaged. Unless he goes out on loan himself but I think fobbing off promising strikers is probably what lost us Dom Ballard in the long run.

Wouldn’t be shocked to see Stewart end up at Boro.

All his best work in his YouTube clips from last season comes from central positions so understand this point of view. Looks like a flexible Azaz/Stewart cover for me so not expecting much else in those areas now. Especially considering Robinson and Oyekunle coming through it allows flexibility and a pathway (assuming nobody unexpected stays like Archer, BBD)