Harry_SFC

Maybe MK Dons should be careful what they wish for 🙄

I read somewhere that the PL AGM is happening some point next week. Maybe they will update it then.

Unless he has a release clause, how much do you feel he's worth? Given he's proved that he can assist and score at Premier League level, surely his value has doubled?

Whilst I agree with the general point, I think you've overpriced a lot of those players.

JWP certainly deserves a send off tomorrow. He's been an outstanding professional for us and would probably start for a lower half prem team next season. I think he is a decent player but no more than that. Unfortuntely he hasn't been the leader we needed this season and it's best that he moves on.

I'm hoping we will get rid of a large number of the current losers and it'll be a bit of a fresh start. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.

Well considering Martin hasn't managed us yet, how do you know he won't get results? I'll answer that for you - you don't.

McCarthy is one of the worst keepers I've ever seen.

I'm glad we are moving towards a more possession based style. Had enough of all the focus being on our ability off the ball.

I guess it depends how much of a risk Dragan wants to take..

Exactly. It's not just as simplistic as this is a style and that's that though. You need confidence, ability on and off the ball to make space, tactical awareness, vision. Most importantly you need to be coached correctly. Looking at that, I'd say last season we struggled in every department. There was no confidence to move the ball forward, lack of vision to see the right passes, a lack of decent movement off the ball. A lot of that is down to the quality of coaching. Hopefully with a better manager, some lower quality opposition and some fresh faces, it won't be as bad as some of you think.

Do you think Man City, Brighton etc lack purpose or intent?

I am surrounded by them at St Mary's. "Just get the bloody thing forward" then we smash it up the pitch and give it straight back to the opposition almost every time.

Joel Piroe from Swansea once Martin is confirmed? He's scored 42 goals in two seasons at this level.

Yep and also our problem this season has been a lack of decent ball playing defenders. Bednarek, Salisu aren't great at passing and I wasn't wholly convinced by ABK either. Lyanco tended to just try and play long passes that never came off. If we employ a possession based manager like Russell Martin we will certainly need a couple of CB's who are more comfortable on the ball. At least Bazunu is excellent at passing - he just needs to work on saving the bloody thing!

Totally agree.

I will be sad to see him go. His dead ball ability is world class and he has one hell of an engine on him. He puts in 100% every week and that's more than can be said for a number of our other players. Having said that I don't think he will be a massive loss to the team. As has already been mentioned, in possession he slows us down way too much and really lacks that spark/dynamism to get the team going.

Watch us go and get 2 or 3 results now we are down. I think that would actually annoy me more than going out with 3 defeats.

Mark Robbins if Coventry don't make it up?

McCarthy; AMN, ABK, Bednarek, KWP; Lavia, JWP; Sulemena, Armstrong; Alcaraz, Adams. Surely this is our best hope of a win?

Agreed. Everton haven't improved in terms of quality of play but he's certainly improved their attitudes. This season that could be enough to keep a team up. Sadly we don't have the right attitude or the quality, hence why we are going down.

Looking at their fixtures, I think Leeds are stuffed.

Yeah I said it a a couple of months ago, I'd be more than happy if we appointed McKenna.

I think we have a great chance if we use our "play stoppers" to their full effect. A front 4 of Walcott, Adam Armstrong, Elyounoussi and Moussa Djenepo will completely nullify them from source and Forest won't be able to get out of their own half. Another Selles masterclass on its way and as he said - we will fight tooth and nail until the bitter end.

Bednarek, S.Armstrong, Sulemena and Alcaraz were all decent - as soon as those 3 went off we looked utterly clueless. The team needed Che Adams on so much earlier. We were dropping very deep yet had no one up top to relieve the pressure. So what does the manager do? Brings on A.Armstrong who couldn't trap a bag of cement. Honestly it seems as if Selles has a rather large amount of money on us to go down.