Smirking_Saint

Of all the positions we need reinforcements I didn’t have CB on my list

left midfield

I was actually very optimistic when they came in, I heard some very promising noises coming out of the camp.. I was even lucky enough to be in the board room for a couple of games towards the end of last year and had some ‘brief’ chats to some of the board (obviously they let nothing go other than they wanted more consistency) We spent a large chunk in the summer.. and despite our outlook coming true, a lot of young players that we signs look to have a good pedigree I still believe our main issue was not making a decision on Ralph’s future sooner or backing him effectively in the summer. It was obvious to all of us. He needed a striker we didn’t provide that and that was along with Romeo Lavia, our priority area It’s all starting to look very worrying, especially after the whole Jo shield situation which on paper looks like a very good appointment, but after the fall out, you start to wonder whether we had a proper scout of his character, surely his social media antics highlight his lack of professionalism… since that time, we have now lost Crocker, who is a very good footballing man, as well as leaving us in arguably our most important transfer window with a lack of direction with Semmens still at the helm and with a manager by all intents and purposes, looks very much like the fan base was correct and he is out of his depth I won’t say any more than this sport. Republics main aim at the start of the season was to keep us in the Premier League, they were vocal about the fact that they relegation is incredibly damaging to their long-term project and even indicated that we would have, in the event of a change of manager, funds to spend Unfortunately though, after all that’s happened, my early optimism has almost certainly now falling into a real pessimism that we are just not equipped to remain in the Premier League and it is now down to Rasmus, who has an incredibly high opinion of himself to prove his own ego, true

Ahh I forgot about Saints 3 ancestral tenants my bad

We’re signing Modric ?

Ely has had a good season when he is employed as a wide midfielder… that is mainly down to the fact that he works very hard and defensively he is solid… the main argument against his inclusion is his lack of ability to see a pass/execute a pass effectively which leads us to squander possession in good areas… so what does NJ do ? Ahh.. play him at No.10

Unfortunately spot on

Arguably we had more direction/identity then we did today 5 formation changes and a team of which half of it looked like it wanted to press/half didn’t… Brighton were very good but make no mistake we were an absolute mess You need to question why the players were allowed 2 weeks off and what exactly NJ has been working on the last 6 weeks because we look even less tactically aware than previous On paper this was an underwhelming and bizarre appointment and I see nothing to change my mind… Ralph was a good manager that was deservedly sacked because he had lost his way… I don’t see how a progressive (apparently) owner like us looks at NJ for 6 months over the likes of De Zerbi or Tadesco etc… its baffling….. He wasn’t even that cheap !!

Whats your point exactly ? How many have performed as well as Lavia, Bazunu and ABK ?

I’m feeling a lot of last minute panic signings across the division tbh

Doesn’t really matter if we’re left light

Most dutch fans agree he isn’t a No.9, they’ve tried him there and it didn’t work He is a left winger This is our major forward signing, we won’t sign him and a striker

He’s vice captain after L De Jong who is injured

We wanted Broja but thats not going to happen I think the move towards 433 varients has seemingly cooled our requirement for another starting ST so we’ve prioritised a goalscoring wideman that can cover at ST In short… I don’t think we’re getting another striker

It could even be a bit of brinksmanship who knows

We have until tomorrow to conclude a deal, him being in the matchday squad isn’t necessarily indicative of a sale not happening as much as him being OUT of the squad is a likely indicator that things are moving PSV are looking to sign a replacement, all the right noises are there.. people around the club are confident Its moving

Hopefully equally busy tomorrow too 😍

I imagine we’d persue more thsn one deal at a time tbh… all eggs in one basket is a bit silly 2 days before window close

I think we’ll see movement today personally and Im comfortable of atleast 3 I think before the deadline

Thank you mate

Not necessarily, depends on the length of injury but not sure we’re cancelling ORs transfer because of a single injury in MF Id be baffled if we don’t have someone coming in

Just back from the game….. no not really, I have a 6 day old so watched it on IPTV What can I say, what a performance from front to back, part of me is glad for the telegraph (or whatever rag it was) leaking about a player rebellion because christ the reaction has been a squad that looks firmly begind Ralph Salisu/Kotchap looks like they’ve played together at this level for years.. KWP is sensational and what can I say about Romeo Lavia 😍 Tactics we’re absolutely spot on, we went 4231 again but implemented JWP in the No.10 which looked as though was primarily to stop them playing from the back to Jorginho/DLC… AA and Ely tucked in whilst we attacked to allow and overload and they tracked the chelsea WBs in defensive transition.. small changes to our usual but hugely important Diallo was integral to winning this midfield too, we all know RLs qualities but Diallo buzzed around and disrupted and made that AA goal AA/Ely worked hard and AA definitely deserved his goal on his last couple of games form Lastly… give Che the bloody contract, immense again, he just bullies and causes problems to back lines, he leads the line so so very well Just fantastic, absolutely fantastic

Whats wrong with Diallo ? Was brilliant tonight

We were pushing for him as late as the weekend just gone and by all accounts Broja saw us as a pathway to prem minutes but looks like Chelsea have decided to offer him more gametime I think he’ll feature tonight

Seems like the ship, train, bicycle…. Whatever preference of your mode of transfer transport has sailed,departed etc etc on Broja Chelsea see him as one of the top young strikers in Europe