Transfer Rumours January '23 Transfer Thread

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I accept that it would be nice to have attacking wingers but who is there that is effective?
Good wing backs can do just as well as ineffective wingers
 
We've been playing Connolly and Oscar or Tetteh and Oscar mainly as a pair recently anyway. It's just second half vs WBA and Cov we've reverted to a 1, but yes, playing 3 centre halves and 2 fullbacks is 5 defenders and you have to lose someone more forward minded to accommodate Greaves, just cos Greaves you wanna play Greaves at CB and no other rational reason.
Coventry we reverted to a 1 in second half!?
Tetteh started and when he was injured Oscar replaced him!
Connolly was injured
Who was the other striker?
 
Theres no room for an Ali, Pelkas, Tufan, Traore, Ebiowei or Longman in your lineup. You'd rather a side with the 3rd best defensive form shoehorned in another defender instead.
Yes
I think the one's I picked are the best
A day or two ago I was ridiculed for saying Chelsea would get goals against Leicester because I should have considered Chelsea's last 10 games
I preferred to use my judgement to decide what is better for the future rather than statistics of the past
 
Coventry we reverted to a 1 in second half!?
Tetteh started and when he was injured Oscar replaced him!
Connolly was injured
Who was the other striker?

I've said we've gone 1 up front in the last game and a half, but prior to that we went a fluid 442 for a run of games. It's hardly an improvement.
Coventry we reverted to a 1 in second half!?
Tetteh started and when he was injured Oscar replaced him!
Connolly was injured
Who was the other striker?

So the last game and a half we've played 1. Since Connolly signed we played 2 before that and you're claiming that you're not taking an attack minded player off to accommodate a 5th defender.

The maths are the same whether we go with 2 up top or striker and a 10.
 
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Yes
I think the one's I picked are the best
A day or two ago I was ridiculed for saying Chelsea would get goals against Leicester because I should have considered Chelsea's last 10 games
I preferred to use my judgement to decide what is better for the future rather than statistics of the past

I'm glad more competent folk might come to a different conclusion than that to be more attacking we need to add another defender.
 
I've said we've gone 1 up front in the last game and a half, but prior to that we went a fluid 442 for a run of games. It's hardly


So the last game and a half we've played 1. Since Connolly signed we played 2 before that and you're claiming that you're not taking an attack minded player off to accommodate a 5th defender.

The maths are the same whether we go with 2 up top 9r 1 striker and a 10.
sorry I thought you meant second half of both games
let's look at WBA then
We started with Tetteh and replaced him with Oscar - so both games were only one up front
Connolly was injured
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64753415

WBA and Coventry - one up front both matches
 
Any of those I listed would get in ahead of a 5th defender when we're generally not shipping goals anyway.
All you mention seem pretty ineffective
They are just filling places and there's very little justification for them

Having three good centre backs and two wing backs has a better defence and midfield and leaves room for two attackers
too often with other players they are a bit like passengers
 
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WBA is the only time we have scored more than one goal this year - we need to score more goals
Playing 3 at the back brings Greaves into the team
He hasnt started for the last two matches
Do you want him in the team or not?
 
Yes
I think the one's I picked are the best
A day or two ago I was ridiculed for saying Chelsea would get goals against Leicester because I should have considered Chelsea's last 10 games
I preferred to use my judgement to decide what is better for the future rather than statistics of the past

My God you're still clinging to this as some sort of win. <laugh>

Reminds me of a punter putting $10 on Bournemouth to beat Liverpool, and someone telling them "Liverpool just beat United 7-0, this seems like a dumb bet" and then Bournemouth winning and the punter dining out on the win as if it makes him some sort of insightful genius and not just lucky that Salah missed a penalty.
 
All you mention seem pretty ineffective
They are just filling places and there's very little justification for them

Having three good centre backs and two wing backs has a better defence and midfield and leaves room for two attackers
too often with other players they are a bit like passengers

Righto. <cheers>
 
My God you're still clinging to this as some sort of win. <laugh>

Reminds me of a punter putting $10 on Bournemouth to beat Liverpool, and someone telling them "Liverpool just beat United 7-0, this seems like a dumb bet" and then Bournemouth winning and the punter dining out on the win as if it makes him some sort of insightful genius and not just lucky that Salah missed a penalty.
I may have somehow missed it, but did Peter predict the correct score for Chelsea's match? :emoticon-0100-smile



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I may have somehow missed it, but did Peter predict the correct score for Chelsea's match? :emoticon-0100-smile



The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

No, he just said he expected to watch lots of goals scored by Chelsea later, to which I pointed out that he mustn't have seen their recent formline when it came to scoring goals. They then scored 3 and he's treating it as if he's won the lotto with the number of times he's brought it up.
 
I may have somehow missed it, but did Peter predict the correct score for Chelsea's match? :emoticon-0100-smile



The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

I predict a random bunch of scores correctly every saturday, just not consistently enough for my accumulators to pay out. Bit like Saxon Pete. Hence we're both ragging eachother on here on a Monday night.

Ah well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
 
No, he just said he expected to watch lots of goals scored by Chelsea later, to which I pointed out that he mustn't have seen their recent formline when it came to scoring goals. They then scored 3 and he's treating it as if he's won the lotto with the number of times he's brought it up.
Two steps forward, one step back. :emoticon-0103-cool:


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WBA is the only time we have scored more than one goal this year - we need to score more goals
Playing 3 at the back brings Greaves into the team
He hasnt started for the last two matches
Do you want him in the team or not?

Eh?