Transfer Rumours Summer 2025 Transfer Thread…
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I can't quote it exactly but he was asked what we needed to improve on from last season, he gave some examples which were interesting, and then he was asked what did you like about the team last season, what have you seen that you think is already good. For some reason he just carried on listing everything crap about us, and Acun even had to intervene to say "He asked what you liked" and he went "I know, I know" and just carried on. Then he eventually said that we were good in October and November without saying what was good. To me it seemed strange to omit that we actually had a decent second half of the season, conceding very few goals. Obviously there were still plenty of frustrations but to find nothing positive to say at all was just weird.
It would've been so easy, and factual, to say that we've been very tight at the back but not scored enough goals. We all want more goals and we'll want to open up a bit more in order to do that but hopefully without conceding too many more goals. Basically what Rosenior said two years ago when we were in a very similar position.
Tbh think he's always had some sort of liaison role between the academy and the first team, but there was talk of him being sidelined under Selles.
To be fair, you say to me as a fan ‘what was good last season?’
I’d answer with the goalkeeper. That’s literally about it. Everything was fairly rubbish. Ok we have potentially some decent players but last season was a disaster!
I’d answer with the goalkeeper. That’s literally about it. Everything was fairly rubbish. Ok we have potentially some decent players but last season was a disaster!
Staying up was the highlight for most and that in turn ensured it was a 'near' disaster as opposed to a complete one?
We've got to be entertained this coming season,we need them to play some football,score the goals,create a buzz in the stadium.If it's the same stale bollox served up last year,he's going to have problems.
I think he knows this and said as much earlier on when he said something along the lines of him knowing the importance of getting it right this season...
Does anyone see us trying to nab any Wednesday players if, as has been hinted at, they don’t get paid again & can then move for free after 14/15 days, after giving their intentions to the club that they want to leave?
As much as he's a knob, Bannan would be a much better choice than Shelvey.
He had already spoke about us being tight at the back (but needed to learn more about when to drop back, when to move up, etc), and that we need more goals.
As for omitting to say we had a decent second half of the season ... well, we didn't! We had a reasonable mini-run, without ever following good results up, and we had a very small handful of stand out performances. Our form and performances after the break were poor, and, were it not for goal difference, we'd have ended up relegated. That really isn't a 'decent second half of the season'.
As he rightly says, time to look forward. Bar the emergence of Pandur, there was very little to like about last season.
Taking in just the final 23 games of the season (so exactly half), we'd have finished 12th.
That's as 'decent' as you can get, really. It can't be classified as good or poor. Although with our team, I think we can say it was impressive. We stayed up because our form in the second half of the season (even with the dodgy run at the end) was good enough.
I am not sure about the knocking of Shelvey. He may not be blessed with pace but clearly has a footballing brain and a great range of passing. Not too dissimilar to Tom Huddlestone who on his day was a joy to watch.
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You said we didn't have a decent second half of the season though?
I agree, it wasn't particularly 'good' but it was certainly decent.
Home performances remained generally poor, though - and we stayed up by a gnat's knob
I mean this has been done to death and on the whole I don't disagree with you but results wise it was decent.