I would have played him more. I suspect the new lads have suffered from the daft decisions on managers. Whatever folk think about Mowbray he was the right coach for these young players. We would have been higher up the table had we kept him, and I understand the health issue. Had we got the next appt right they would have been better off too. Young players need a consistent message and be trusted. Mowbray was perfect for trust. None of our players are bad players. What I would say is as a coach you need to see how players are in training. That is where trust is earned. No idea how good Adil is on the training pitch, but I do know these are bairns in a new country. Next season they may show more in training that a coach latches onto. Hope so. I like the fundamentals of Adil and he will be a good player with the right coaching. Up to him, with a new coach, to nail down a role and a starting berth. One thing is for sure, he might well have competition in those spaces. Let the best player prevail.
I dont mind Embo but i think he needs to go - he isnt good enough for a team aiming for promotion (which is what we should be aiming for)
Possibly so, I think he's a good player and if it wasn't for the injuries this season could have stepped up. Might be me with "local lad" glasses on, but I think he would do a job and be a decent squad player for us. Guess there will be a lot of times in the future players will be replaced that we would like to stay. I'm still not over Gooch leaving
Yeah im the same as you, will always give local lads more time Just feel the timing is probably right for him to go. We need better in CM this season and just dont think he will get much game time. He deserves to be playing weekly and i dont think he will get that with us
It's easy to forget these lads want to play every week. Can't wait for the season the end, get the new coach in and start reshaping the squad
As far as I’m aware this is the squad going into the summer GK: Patterson Bishop Young Bass DEF: Hume Pembele Huggins O’Nien Ballard Anderson Triantis Seelt Alese Cirkin Hjelde MID: Neil Ekwah Jobe Aouchiche Rigg Matete Embleton Wingers: Clarke Mundle Bennette Roberts Ba Strikers: Rusyn Hemir Mayenda Evans and Dack out of contract, Styles and Burstow loan expiring.
I'm not someone who demands we sell anyone, in fact losing players recently like Stewart, Gooch and Batth has been sad. But I can see a good reason to sell Ekwah if we could get a good deal, because we are stacked in the middle. Too many similar styles.
I can see him having a much better season next season, but equally he could be very frustrating. Some tough decisions to be made on a lot of our young lads.
Bold above will move on I think. Reckon Bishop, Bennette, Mayenda and Hemir might too, albeit probably on loan. Doubt we’ll see much of Huggins.
This is probably putting the cat among the pigeons but it would not bother me to contemplate selling Jobe if the prices being mentioned could be realised in order to keep Clarke ,Neil , Patterson etc . I honestly think he would be easier to replace than the players I mention .
Confuses me as 6 was a centre back when I was a kid and now it seems to be a central midfielder. And I'm not that fecking old.
The plus for Embo is he can finish and we’re short of goals. That said I would hope we’ll be signing some more productive forwards at long last.
Reading the opinions of the lobotomized today, a few fans saying Neil is only worth £10 million and that we'll take £8 million. I swear they're letting their emotions cloud their judgement, we got £10 mill all in for a crocked Stewart with one year left. One thing we can praise the club for is NOT selling until we have to but also, getting what we deserve. Makes me think, if clubs aren't gonna be willing to spend the bucks on Clarke, I reckon we will do a deal whereby we get money as the years go by.
Embo's problem is his lack of pace. He's a good player when he has the ball,but,I believe, he's better suited to the lower leagues.
