They did have game management, QPR didn't create many chances, you expect them to throw everything at you as they had nothing to lose. They scored a great freekick, and the rare thing of a goalie scoring. Mistakes were made in lead upto goals that's not game management
You know a lot more than me!! Some good sounding lads there, so let's hope we do some business at that level.
They had excellent game management but like i said earlier the whole team were knackered. They had.. for 75 mins left nothing in the tank and you can't substitute the whole team. I just hope we've recovered enough for mid-week.Thats my concern.
Moneyball, the overwhelming sense of injustice a referee can inspire in a fanbase, and the five sub-rule, just might give rise to a new role in football... Football's version of hockey's "enforcer." Recruits would come from other sports. As an example, the prototypical strong safety in major college football is 6'1", 225 lbs, runs the forty-yard dash in 4.5 secs, and arrives pre-wired for aggression and contact. There should be an academy just for this purpose.
He hasn’t played 40 games in years his position is an issue. There is no cover for him given Neil obviously doesn’t fancy matete
He could not say owt else, the deal with Simms was set up 3 weeks ago, so not to **** Everton about, his wages were crazy mate, it had gone from us paying £9k p week to £15k p week, he's not worth it, according to Speakman, Simms by far the best option.
Afternoon Bob I like Broadhead but I think Simms is a better player for us, so far anyway. They play different styles, but I really like the look of Simms so far, reminds me of a certain player who left us to go to France to play
Stating the obvious here, but yesterday showed that we are miles short of being competitive over a full season. Once our first XI have run their race, there is precious little in reserve. I thought O9 did very well as Ballard's replacement, but would have concerns playing him there long term. Roberts showed why he has been no nomadic in his short career by offering very little when we needed him to carry the ball and create chances. We desperately need backup for Neil and Evans, I don't think Winchester or Matete are the answers and as good as Simms & Stewart are, there is nothing else on the bench. If our First XI were to play every week, with no illness, injury, fatigue or loss of form then I'd say we could challenge the edge of the play offs. If we lose Pritchard, Simms, Evans or Stewart for long spells then we will be in a relegation scrap. Someone told me on Friday that apparently Speakmann is to blame for a few deals falling through, This apparently came from a current player, but quite how a player would get involved or even know about why deals fell through is beyond me. Smacks of sour grapes from an agent, but could explain a lack of incoming action since the season started
Re. Speakman it could be the case that some deals have fallen through because he's taking a hard line with wages and other payments, seems to have been the case with Broadhead. If that's the case then it's no fun for us fans now but should reap rewards in the future. Seems more likely to be that then some clash of personality, not sure how much time someone in his role spends with the players once they've signed.
I can definitely believe it's true that it could get passed around, all it'd take is a throwaway line from a player we didn't sign leaving the AOL to one of our lads. If it was the case it'd be from the perspective of a player we'd essentially rejected though. Always good to hear snippets, bugger all else going on atm.
No blame. If speakman isn't getting deals over the line, there'll be a good reason. His recruitment has been fantastic. The Clarke deal is amazing. Such a talented lad
Yes hopefully he will be a lot better than Maja, Simms toe poke reminded me of Marco Gabbiadini, I can remember him doing that a lot, sneaking in just before the defender
I'm still relaxed as **** about transfers like deals fall through for all sorts of reasons. if we'd signed that Gallacher lad from Liverpool we wouldn't have got Cirkin. And likely if we'd got Broadhead early we wouldn't have got Simms. I'm happy to let the recruitment team do what they need to do. I have however gone from thinking we need 2 or 3 more and maybe 1 or 2 out, to thinking we need 4 or 5 more with 3 or 4 out.
Neil probably doesn’t fancy Matete, Neil or O’nein. None of them could fill Evans boots, he’s so underrated by our fans. Not many players play every game of the season, 40 is a big ask. He gets bookings in the position he plays and throws himself about, it’s nothing to do with his fitness it’s more down to suspensions and awful injuries ie a fractured skull.
I was relaxed, but getting less so as days go by. As well as strikers and midfielders if Ballard's injury is serious.... may another CB.
Totally relaxed about it all. The present set up know how to run a footy club. It will take 3 windows to sort our squad out to challenge top 6 IMHO. So I am patient
