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BluefromBridgend said:
Well the Blades are in funds as a result of their cup run.

For me the question is would he want to go? Great cup run yes, but not so good in Div. 1 so could still be there next season. Okay so could we if the cup half empty guys are right but surely it would show greater ambition if he stayed with us.

As for ALF? Does Slade have another striker lined up?
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I don't think ALF qualifies for that accolade Bluey. Decent strikers cost decent money and maybe the return of Mason is giving him ideas?

I think Slade is going to cave in and play 5 in midfield with either Revell or Kenwyne up top on their own. At least that would be an admission that continuing with his crap tactics is not going to work with the players we have.

There's nothing wrong with a 4-4-2 set up (in fact I've always liked that approach) AS LONG as you have the players in your squad to cope with just 4 in midfield.

More of the same will take us down amongst the nearly dead men - somewhere we should never have even contemplated at the start of the season.
 
Mason's not going to be fit for a few weeks. Maynard could be off the Huddersfield and with Guerra gone we would be even lighter than normal up front.

Personally I don't see ALF going - until the season end.
 
I don't think Mason not being fit until sometime in February is going to be a problem if Slade does goes down the "one up top" route. With 5 GENUINE midfielders in the side, rather than sending out an extra striker to play there, it just might work.

Slade's selection policy is as bizarre as Ole's. He picks ALF and expects him to do a job better suited to someone like Ralls - switches Brayford from his natural RB slot to LB to accommodate Connolly on the right which isn't even his own natural position. Sticks Noone up in the "creative No. 10" spot when he never gets his head up to pass the ball anyway, and overall persists with a playing system that just isn't working.

The guy has got to have been seen through by now by those with the influence to do something about it - he really has to go along with Young.
 
Oldsparkey said:
Bolton to get ALF on loan to replace Mason?

http://www.burndenaces.co.uk/2015/01/22/bolton-close-in-on-adam-le-fondre-loan-signing.html
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I read elsewhere his was due to be a transfer.

Overall, I'll be glad to see the back of Le Fondre who has been useless but he'll no doubt notch regularly at his new club.

But who is to replace him? Mason isn't fit is he? Healey on loan. Maynard is not up to it. That leaves Macheda. City need to splash decent cash on a replacement striker. To think Guerra was given away when e wasn't given a chance to replicate his goal scoring exploits in la Liga.

Brayford going. Not a worry for me. He has not done it for me.

Do I read it right that City will have 2 new midfielders - Baldi and the guy who was on trial? Surely City need someone with English league experience?

What is this about an Italian keeper? Why when City have Marshall & Moore?
 
I'm unsure whether we need new strikers. With a better midfield/formation/tactics more chances would be created. At present the strikers have been on a hiding to nothing and have lived off scraps although I stand by my earlier comments that Le Fondre needs to go.
 
As we approach the end of the transfer window this where we are at the moment:

Transfers Out:
Javi Guerra, Magnus Eikrem, Mats Daehli, Jo Berget, Juan Cala, John Brayford, Kim Bo-Kyung

Loan Outs
Etien Velikonja, Adam Le Fondre (???)

Transfers In:
Alex Revell, Scott Malone, Lee Peltier.

Any others?
 
Leaving out Kimbo who added some value in helping us get promoted and getting the equaliser v. Man U what did the rest of that lot cost us and apart from Daehli and Brayford did we get any money back on the others? I very much doubt it. Add to that I wonder what loan fees we paid for Zaha and Morrison?

It all goes to show what a total balls we made of our transfer dealings in the last 18 months. Absolutely unacceptable.

At least the 3 in cost very little and can be no worse than those shipped out. <whistle>
 
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