Anyone else agree? He was awful today, barely went for any balls and just didnt have any desire, or even seem to care. countless times he could have won loose balls but the effort of running a few paces was just too much.
No worse than Wroe and I can understand now how Eaves didn't get a game for Rotherham. The frightening thing is we might be signing some of these loanees in January. Reach is the only one who comes close to cutting the mustard. Turner out.
ExPat, I take it you are back and made the game? Agree Ugwu looked poor, I have defended him in the past as he has shown himself as a goal threat but Bradshaw looked a tad better when he was brought on. Supply to the front is our problem and the CBs look ****
i would like to see all loanees go unless they are allowed and want to sign for town, and are good enough. we appear to have gained a bunch of mercanaries 2 seasons running. not good enough chairman and wonga turner. personally i would rather town were doing well in league 2 with their own players and challenging for the play offs. sorry to be contraversial but the only way out of league 1 with the present quickquid loan system is south.
the problem is cashflow, as in we are being kept in the positive. The more we spend the less we have and that might make us go back into debt. A solution is to have quality players on decent contracts that we can sell. This means sourcing the players from within or youthful/undiscovered players and sticking them on contracts that last longer than 2 years (3+), that is a risky business unless they come from within or you stick get out clauses into it. The alternative is you spend more on contracts and agents to get the better players in. As much as we despise him Steve Evans seems to be able to put a winning team together, but I would like to know how much he spends on those players!
Eaves was slightly better than Ugwu, he at least worked a little and at times you could see he has the ability, but he was dropping off way too much, his decision making was poor and his movement non-existent. Wroe had a horrendous game, pass completion must have been close to 50% and the ones he did get to a teammate were often uncontrollable. Winfield was woeful, too. Reach clearly has quality about him but again needs to work on his decision making and final ball, but he is at least a threat and does put effort in. Taylor was subdued, Bradshaw looked our biggest threat and Jacobson and Summerfield were, as always, solid. The biggest surprise for me was Mkandawire, who I thought had a solid game despite a torrent of negativity towards him. I also think we saw how important Wildig is, someone who rarely gives it away and keeps the ball moving and the game ticking over from the middle. His creativity was sorely missed as the forwards struggled to get any clear-cut opportunities, with a couple of Jacobson crosses probably our best opportunities aside from Eaves' cut back that JJ just couldn't reach. I didn't think we were as bad as some people seem to be suggesting on B and A, but there were real signs of worry. Crucially, for me, we are just a couple of centre forwards and dropping Winfield away from being a thoroughly decent side at this level. I still think Turner's the man for this season to keep us up, but if we want to go further then we need a change. I suspect that GT will call it a day at the end of the season; he may well see it as job done if he can leave having moved us from a mid-table League Two side to an established League One team with a core of good young players who can hopefully improve together, and who are we to complain at that return from 4 years? The biggest question is whether there genuinely is money to spend on wages and fees comparable to most other teams in this league, or whether Turner is being asked to do things on the cheap. Sadly, due to the lack of transparency inherent from the top, I'm not sure we'll ever know. It could be that Turner's working miracles on the division's smallest budget for all we know (certainly doesn't look outrageous considering the lack of investment in forwards) or that he's performing miserably having been given a decent license to spend. One thing is certain, though, and that is that Roland won't be around for too much longer. A few more years and I expect him to stand down, provided that he finds a suitable replacement. Again, he's moved this club forward a lot during his time here (similar to Turner's impact) but, again similarly to GT, seems to have his flaws which prevent him from enabling the club to step forward further or maintain full support of the fan base.
I got back end of October... went tonight as well... i think next game may be Carlisle away, but not sure if i will have started my new job up in cumbria by then or not...
