Summer window

Stopped reading right there ...

... that's another 20 minutes of your life you've wasted.

 

This is an online forum to talk about football mate.. if I wanted to say I want Ba to play over Clarke I would’ve said it

 

sorry that was me mis-reading you rather than you being unclear. I agree with you.

 

Just gotta say, I never took from anyone’s comment they were suggesting we dropped Jacky like.

Still didn’t get what the main point was re Ba mind. I’m a big fan of Ba but it’s for him to find his best position and earn a run.

 

Imagination is a powerful thing ...

... it's just a press conference, not an AGM.

 

Join the club, are you pissed as well

 

It was the Dobson comment

 

I think he’ll end up a box to box central /attacking midfielder he just doesn’t have the bulk or positioning or experience yet.

 

Maybe….

 

The statement was that Ba shouldn't be on the bench because he's too good and golden boy Clarke won't be dropped.

So if you don't put Ba on the bench, who should it be ...

... presumably someone not as good as Ba who'll put no pressure on the starting players.

And where's the sense in that.

 

I wait till 11am. 9 30’s a bit early

 

Yeah I see him central. I know it sounds like the club see him wide but I agree central. He needs a bit more intelligence first. He is going to be a very good player.

 

His current usefulness imo is as a workey ticket coming on as a sub ...

... he's very enthusiastic and mobile so can make a difference when the opposition are tiring.

 

I didn’t mean because he shouldn’t be on the bench he should be replacing Clarke, it was directed at him not developing whatsoever because he’s sat on the bench. If we go and get another 19/20 year old striker that’ll be 3 of them we have sat on the bench behind Stewart. How do they improve unless we loan them out?

Especially now with Jobe coming in it feels like the club are signing players because they see a future opportunity to make money on high potential players, which again is fine, within reason but we’re neglecting other positions that we need to improve now. That’s how the debate started, debating what kind of players we need to bring in - it wasn’t me slinging **** at Jack Clarke by any means by calling him the golden boy it just means he’s the star of the team

 

Can we get back on topic lads, I’ve just gone through about 5 pages and nobody is talking about transfers.

I get it’s easy to go off topic, but move to another thread if you want that discussion, and let’s keep this one about potential incomings and outgoings.

 

My understanding of TM's comments was we will have a striker in and have 3 says to work with him before Coventry game, if he signs or announced first thing then that would be 3 days. Keep the faith in the club, they have shown us they are quite shrewd in the market.

 

So what are you suggesting we do with Ba.

 

I wouldn’t wanna see Ba away on loan Mind I’ve already seen enough to say he be pushing for games here soon.

Seen some criticism of some of his cameos but again that’s the game time thing, game time will come over 46 game season for sure.

Only value I could see in a loan would be within this league but that’s gonna be a club with lower expectation. He’s too advanced for League One and I actually think that would be insulting to him.

 

Isn't that because there aren't any.

The current discussion is transfer related to be fair ...

... a question of who we bring in and how it affects the squad regarding loans/transfers in and out.

 

I think the truth of it all is that it's gonna be a long hard season and I think most of the players will get their chance. Mowbray gave quite a few the chance to impress against Hartlepool and I think he felt let down by some of the performances. That being said every team has players who need to be ready and Ba is one of them. Age does not really count as the argument would be that you have paid for a midfielder and just stuck him on the bench. Hemir will get minutes, Ba will get minutes and so on.
This season I think we will see a bit more rotation than last season as we now have better options and hopefully less injuries.