Saint Garrett

I think there should be some banners / signs / chants aimed at SR at craven cottage…they need to be fully aware the fans are not happy.

Sport Republic seem to have spent more time swanning about trying to expand their portfolio, than focusing on the supposed “flagship” club. They might have spent a few quid in the summer, but they also picked up the club pretty cheaply, one with quite a few assets, and bought players that aren’t likely to depreciate. The only real cost is the wages which must be the lowest in the league. They made an absolute mess of the summer. Long, Forster, Romeu and Redmond would improve our starting XI, which says a huge amount. And would also give us a bit of experience in the club. It was always a huge gamble, and one that has backfired massively. We already had one of the worst squads in the league in the summer, and we made it weaker. Now we’ve also made the managerial position weaker and we have no chance.

We will probably lose. I don’t have a clue who is best to play as most of them are shit. Midfield is a big problem for us, Diallo is shit, and AMN is also shit and doesn’t want to be here. We will be over run. Do we have any options in the youth team in midfield ? Macca/Caballero KWP ABK Salisu Perraud JWP AMN Elyounoussi SArmstrong Adams Edozie Not sure why I’m bothering going tbh, lose this one and the fans are going to turn if they haven’t already. I want to see some effort, some sprinting, some kind of Tactical nous from Jones, and some actual football rather than “boot it to Adams”. Maybe even a few passes to each other. Happy new year !

I don’t think much of him atm, but I think you can see he’s got something and I think he will be a competent player and probably one worth taking a gamble on. The larger issue being we took gambles on all of our signings this summer, but n positions we needed players to come in and hit the ground running. As most ppl said all summer, we had to sign a striker that was going to score 10-15 goals this season, and some out of nothing because of the lack of quality we have in behind the striker positions. Ings and Broja papered over the cracks, and it was clear to see that when Broja was out of form last season, we were awful.

Players good enough to be in starting XI: ABK, Salisu, KWP, Lavia, JWP, Adams. Young players who aren’t ready yet but possibly fine for cameos off the bench: Bazunu, Larios, Edozie, Livramento Mara (cos of injury) These probably aren’t good enough, or certainly aren’t good enough to be starting in the premier league. Possibly keep a few for squad depth: Macca, Caballero, AMN, Lyanco, DCC, Djenepo, Walcott, Aribo, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Armstrong x2, Unfortunately, we don’t have enough good players in the top bracket to survive IMO. Some of the ones in the bottom have the potential to be in the top…DCC, Perraud, S Armstrong, but that’s about it. so that’s leaves the following players needed in Jan: GK DM (assuming Lavia is going to continue having issues), AM x2 ST. And then possibly a LB. We just have ended up with so much crap in the squad, but if you buy players for 6-12m then likelihood is. They won’t be premier league level players. That’s what has happened.

We are fucking lazy, which makes me wonder why we brought in 2 of the laziest players I’ve ever seen, Aribo and AMN, they don’t ever sprint, infuriating.

We shouldn’t be relying on a 20 year old keeper, plying behind a bunch of relatively young defenders. We really needed a solid keeper to give the team strong foundations to build on this season. There is no doubt he has promise, but so did Gunn. He still hasn’t recovered. It’s a huge ask, and frankly Bazunu isn’t ready to be a first choice GK in the premier league.

He’s really poor and low on confidence not a very good combination. Just doesn’t make enough saves for me. Needs to be taken out the firing line.

There is 0% chance he goes to Spurs.

No, just play for, and he hasn’t played for city this season.

Wouldn’t happen. Plus they have a sell on clause anyway, so they’d take a cut of the profit regardless.

4-1-4-1 for me. Call it a 433 if you wish. Bazunu; KWP DCC Sali Perraud; Lavia; Elyounoussi JWP SArmstrong Edozie; Adams

Needs another chance at saints, and Is a better player than Armstrong. Can’t see him coming back early though. problematic age really.

Hoof.

I have a load of West Ham mates, who say his legs have gone. But he’d still be an upgrade for us. Wouldn’t come though, think he’s more bothered about setting himself up for life after football, now he has his podcast, and the odd media duty,

He's shown nothing to suggest he's capable of doing it this season at least. Got a lot of promise no doubt, but I don't see him bagging 10 goals in the second half of the season

Wouldn't be modern football without public transport issues

So what we thinking re team then…struggling to remember who plays for us…! See no real reason to rotate or play players that aren’t first choice, so strongest XI please. Poss DCC starts instead of one of the WC boys. 4-3-3/3-5-2? Bazunu; KWP ABK Salisu Perraud; Lavia; JWP AMN; Armstrong Adams Armstrong

Although I agree that if he is we're in a lot of trouble, but the fact he offers more than Adam Armstrong says a lot.

A couple of rumours would be nice. Hope the back room stuff hasn’t been a distraction…need a decent striker in the door on NYD.

He’s done everything right so far, and looking forward to seeing us next week, will be interesting to see what’s changed over the last month. Highly likely Mac Allister will be missing on Boxing Day too?

No chance....surely! And their source is the "online betting guide" which can't be a proper source!?

He's clearly grown up a bit, and had a really good tournament, but for whatever reason, he didnt fit here, despite a few great moments. No-one is paying £50m for a player who has proven he can't do it consistently throughout his whole career.

Think there will be a big walk up, once the world cup is over focus will turn back to saints.

Gutted for him and a massive shame. At least he’s got one of his best mates (Tino) to help him through it, having just done the same thing. Hopefully he can be back to playing towards the start of next season, realistically probably makes it very difficult for his longer term career at Chelsea. Expect to see him loaned out maybe next January for a few months and see how he gets on before reassessing him in summer 2024. Fingers crossed he can come back stronger.