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NewcastleTiger said:
Clusterfuck!

pretty much impossible to build good depth at this level. We had a squad of players capable of being that if needed. But we got rid of them all…
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I'm very aware a lot of my posts lately come across as "Look at me I was right" and I really don't mean them to be, but I did say at the time a better recruitment strategy would have been to strengthen the first XI and have our previous best XI gradually drop to the bench as depth options. Of course people will say 'well Honeyman didn't want that' but we really don't know precisely what he was offered and what role he was told he'd play. I struggle to believe we have the most selfish/lazy/greedy (pick your adjective as required) players in the league who aren't happy to fight for their position and only play 2/3rds of the season (through rotation, injury, suspension, etc.) instead of the full season. I think if we had approached it correctly we could have transitioned the squad much more naturally and ironically been performing better this season.
 
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SydneyTiger14 said:
Will we? Where did you see that confirmed by Acun? I thought we were close to the FFP limit so do we plan to sell some players first?
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We tried to bring Kouassi in on DD and then someone else when he turned us down so there's clearly something still available.

They'll also definitely be shifting players on too
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
I thought Tetteh was very deliberately a back up to Oscar? I don't think the plan initially was for both Oscar and Tetteh to start?
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Initially in a 3-5-2 they would both play, but we reverted to 4-3-3 and that worked so he kept it that way. It’s hard to know without knowing exactly what the tactical plans of Shota were (which were anybody’s guess), but Tetteh started out wide in the beginning and presumably would have carried on there had he not got injured.
 
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Shark Sports said:
We tried to bring Kouassi in on DD and then someone else when he turned us down so there's clearly something still available.

They'll also definitely be shifting players on too
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"Something" doesn't equate to "plenty of defenders". I think we need to have learnt from the summer that signing a sheer volume of players isn't the answer. We only need 1-2 defenders and a CDM or two to shore up our defence.

I just don't quite get how you're stating things so absolutely when you have as much of an idea as the rest of us, then using that to criticise others for being critical.
 
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Steven Toast said:
Initially in a 3-5-2 they would both play, but we reverted to 4-3-3 and that worked so he kept it that way. It’s hard to know without knowing exactly what the tactical plans of Shota were (which were anybody’s guess), but Tetteh started out wide in the beginning and presumably would have carried on there had he not got injured.
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If the plan was to play them together then the transfers make even less sense as we brought in no depth up front as we've now found out with Tetteh out injured. If Oscar goes down we are royally ****ed. I always thought the plan was for Oscar to start flanked by Sinik and Ally and Tetteh to be an option off the bench for him.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
"Something" doesn't equate to "plenty of defenders". I think we need to have learnt from the summer that signing a sheer volume of players isn't the answer. We only need 1-2 defenders and a CDM or two to shore up our defence.

I just don't quite get how you're stating things so absolutely when you have as much of an idea as the rest of us, then using that to criticise others for being critical.
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Well they offered Kouassi about €17k a week according to reports.

That would bring in an extremely good defender, plus there's a whole host of players who will no doubt be moved on to free up more funds.
 
Shark Sports said:
Well they offered Kouassi about €17k a week according to reports.

That would bring in an extremely good defender, plus there's a whole host of players who will no doubt be moved on to free up more funds.
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I don't think we will sell "a whole host of players" that would equate to material funds (as I think it'll be Scott, Cannon, Smith, etc. who are on peanuts) but I guess we'll see.
 
Steven Toast said:
Kind of, but the two you mention as definite misses are absolutely huge. Allahyar and Tetteh both work incredibly hard up and down the wings, which worked well with Oscar because he also worked hard and the three of them were really putting pressure on opposition players with their closing down and dynamism. Now that two of those three are missing, the replacements aren't stepping up. It's no surprise that since those two got injured, our attack has withered and Oscar is now barely scoring at all, looking isolated and feeding off scraps. Those three are higher level players, players who could play in the Premier League. Other teams might have the odd big player missing, but to a team like us, their absence is felt so much more because they were the crux of our attacking play. Getting them fit will be paramount to our success.

Traore would make a difference through the middle, but it's hard to say with him being out for so long whether he would have had an impact or not.

If I was Allahyar, I'd give the WC a miss and focus on getting fit. He's only 21, he's effectively got at least three other world cups he could play in if he keeps playing well at a good level and he isn't going to get picked if he isn't fit and playing. Has to think long term here, which is difficult at a young age.
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I’d agree if he played for a top international side but he plays for Iran. Without checking I assume they don’t qualify for a World Cup that often. It’s not inconceivable that this could be the only one he gets chance to play in for his whole career.
 
Kevin Francis said:
I’d agree if he played for a top international side but he plays for Iran. Without checking I assume they don’t qualify for a World Cup that often. It’s not inconceivable that this could be the only one he gets chance to play in for his whole career.
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They will qualify quite often especially once the number of teams lift.
 
Gone For A Walk said:
I was excited and very optimistic when we were bringing in players like Figs, Seri, Oscar, Pelkas, Sinik, Tetteh, etc. Now I'm doubting that any manager could get a tune out of what we've got available.
I'm thinking it's not so much about replacing Daws but more about getting to January so we can hopefully strengthen with the type of players needed for the championship.
Getting Allahyar, Tetteh and Fleming back will be good but won't make a massive difference. Hopefully Traore is something special when he's finally available, but none of those players really plug the big holes we've currently got.
It's ridiculous that we're talking of relegation but without a good window it's where we could easily now end up.
Main point, it probably isn't so much about whether it's Daws or ano.
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Some of us were asking questions about signing all these random players that we can’t even fit in a match day squad let alone build a team from, but getting batted down by the excitement.

What is this mindset people keep talking about that we just need to make it to January? We are not going to be strengthening. We are not signing a load more players. We already have several senior players on the books at the club who have been left unregistered from the squad because we have too many.

It’s a complete and utter shambles.
 
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Shark Sports said:
I really don't see the reason to panic.

I don't see where our next win is coming from and January is a long way off. We could be cut adrift by then so I can understand people beginning to panic - or at least express deep concern

We'll have a quality gaffer in within a few weeks and once we get to January, we'll be bringing in plenty of defenders
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How do you know we'll have a "quality" gaffer in charge?
 
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Steven Toast said:
If I was Allahyar, I'd give the WC a miss and focus on getting fit. He's only 21, he's effectively got at least three other world cups he could play in if he keeps playing well at a good level and he isn't going to get picked if he isn't fit and playing. Has to think long term here, which is difficult at a young age.
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There is no way in the World a bloke is gonna say no to playing in a World Cup because his club have not seen the best of him. If he is fit he will play for Iran.

Its like asking a guy to turn down a nailed on blowie from Kelly Brook to stay in the pub and play darts cos the team are one short!
 
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