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As much as SR have had a disaster, they have been committed in investing in our Academy teams. The approach at youth level has changed considerably in recent years, for all clubs. Yes you may have a Tyler Dibling that has been at the club since they were a kid and made it all the wsy to the first team, but it is now more about identifying the best 15/16/17/18 year olds at other clubs and trying to scoop them up. We've signed the likes of O'Brien Whitmarsh, Akachukwu, Dipepa, MacLeod, Traore, Kayi Sanda and Takaoka in recent years. Pretty much all of them youth internationals.

Would love to. Not sure Juric knows what 4 at the back is though. Has he ever played it in his managerial career?

The back 3 of THB, Bednarek and Bree (wtf) isnt working - conceded 3 today, 3 against Forest, 3 against United and I think we played Taylor there in the second half against Brentford and we proceeded to concede 4. Can we go with Bednarek, ABK and Wood in the next game please. Also given the contributions of Archer, AA and Onuachu this season, would it be so bad to give Ballard minutes for the rest of the season. We might want to rely on him next season so the experience (even in a shite team) will do him the world of good. Would like to see us line up against Ipswich as follows Ramsdale ABK Bednarek Wood KWP Les Fernandes Welington Gronbaek Ballard Sulemana Its not as if anybody other than Fernandes and maybe Bednarek warrant their spots

We have Ballard (19), Dipepa (18), Akachukwu (18), MacLeod (18), Ehibhatiomhan (19), Robinson (17) and Oyekunle (18) as striking options in the youth setup who would be ahead of Pitts right now

Good chance Juric matches Paul Jewell and Terry Connor's 0% PL win record at this rate. I know we've a really shite team,but I honestly expected us to put up more of a fight than this. Pathetic

No Ramsdale. Double figures incoming

Whats the odds on a 0-9 I wonder. Newcastle looking to bounce back after a poor result against Bournemouth. They've also had our number since the Saudis came in (before that, Newcastle at home used to be a comfortable win for us). We're, well, very poor and will be missing Ramsdale (possibly), Dibling and Sulemana. Great. All I ask is for us to still be in the game after an hour and who knows what could happen Ramsdale 🤞🏼 THB Bednarek Wood KWP Les Aribo Manning Fernandes Onuachu Archer

Fernandes was pretty much the same price and has done alright

Have never cared what fans of other clubs think of us, we've set enough dismal records as it is. But to not amount at least 12 points out of a possible 114 points would be an utterly shameful record to possess. Never thought we'd see that Derby record under threat, but here we are.

Also linked with Glen Kamara (DM), formerly of Leeds and Rangers. Another Rennes player, like Gronbaek who seems to be surplus to requirements since Jorge Sampaoli came in

First Championship game - August

Even Amorim acknowledged that we tired in the last 20 and had to take our best players off. Hope they're back in tomorrow morning to do the bleep test. Fat cunts

Smallbone - good player in the Championship, pish poor in the PL. The problem is that you could say the same about 6/7 of our players. Any new DoF has their work cut out

Lemina being disruptive again. Guy is clearly an idiot

If he wanted to sign a new contract with us he would have done so already. Being a free agent means he can get a bigger pay day as clubs arent paying a fee for him.

They only met on Tuesday to discuss targets. It will probably be next Tuesday before somebody picks up the phone to another club. In all seriousness, I would be surprised if we had any incomings. Would be content with a window where we sold Sulemana, Onuachu, KWP, Taylor and loaned out BBD

What entertaining take? Im from NI and was merely pointing out how well Shea has done for us.

Said it before on here that hes been excellent for NI under Michael O'Neill, a manager who keeps it simple and asks players to just work hard and do their job

Especially when you look at where one of your said clubs Luton are currently sitting in the Championship. It can happen if we're not careful

Fair play to him, he's done really well since he left us.....but no, just no

On number 1, spending more £ doesnt always equate to better quality. Based on our player recruitment on the whole since SR came in, I wouldn't trust whoever is in charge in spending £40m on one player. They would be worth half of that after one season fs. We just need to be better at recruitment and try to return to the good old days of Paul Mitchell. A team of Bitcon (a rugby guy), Mowbray and whoever else is helping out with recruitment doesnt fill me with any confidence

On the plus side, at least some of our recruitment looks very good - Fernandes, Suga and Ramsdale definitely improve us. Lallana and Taylor both good additions on a free. The other new signings - BBD and Archer, they're not setting the world alight on performances so far, but still a long season. Think both need a goal to get their confidence up

Why is nobody at the edge of the box for when its cleared 🤷‍♂️ basic stuff fs

Ramsdale Suga THB Bednarek KWP Downes Fernandes AA Dibling BBD Archer Thanks for the 3 points* * Smallbone will almost certainly play and we'll also play 5 at the back for some bizarre reason

Yeah but when the reaction to what is happening on the pitch is the usual; RM is too stubborn to change things (well he did change lots of things last season), RM can't set up a defence (when it mattered we conceded 1 goal over three playoff games - a 97th minute consolation from WBA), RM has never achieved anything (well he did get us promoted at the first time of asking after inheriting a mess of a team with zero confidence) RM got lucky with our promotion or we finished 4th (worse than finishing 3rd and not getting promoted it seems), then you can clearly tell that they don't want the manager here, without the need for them to actually say it. It's the same people that were saying it on this thread last September, and they're back for another go just so that they can have some sort of weird 'I told you so' moment.