Summer '24 transfer window

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JHmackem said:
Did you go to the Shields game as well, as we played COMPLETELY different against them.

I was at both games and it was like night and day, to the point where I can only assume the instructions/tactics given to the players were different for both games.
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Watched it mate yeah. I think it was more down to the opposition personally. We were playing an incredible weak shields team. Have freedom to do what we wanted.
 
CR17 said:
With the type of high press system we want I think we defo need to be seeing if Tom Cannon is available on loan.

I think it would fit him like a glove.
Also after watching altendings video on Browne. His defensive stats are actually surprisingly good. He could be the sitter behind AA and Neil.

I don’t see where Jobe fits for me either I find him far too slow to transition quick enough
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Browne’s defensive stats are born out of him harassing and harrying - chasing the ball if you will. That’s not a skill that lends itself to being a sitter where it’s all about positional discipline and reading of the game. With our squad as it stands (even with Browne in it), Dan Neil is still the best equipped for that job (whether that’s the best use of him or not is a different argument).
 
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Disco down under said:
What have you read about the high press?

Regis supposedly didn't play with a press either year he managed Lorient. Not to say he won't here, just wondering what you know that I don't.
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Regis' comments when asked about a style of play he said high pressing and fast intensity, it was also evident in the shields game as we were pressing very high and very relentlessly
 
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Culinary said:
Browne’s defensive stats are born out of him harassing and harrying - chasing the ball if you will. That’s not a skill that lends itself to being a sitter where it’s all about positional discipline and reading of the game. With our squad as it stands (even with Browne in it), Dan Neil is still the best equipped for that job (whether that’s the best use of him or not is a different argument).
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That's fair, could see neil being the sitter from here on out then maybe
 
Prehab26 said:
Watched it mate yeah. I think it was more down to the opposition personally. We were playing an incredible weak shields team. Have freedom to do what we wanted.
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tbf, I'm not sure we even attempted to press like we were against shields with gateshead
 
CR17 said:
tbf, I'm not sure we even attempted to press like we were against shields with gateshead
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I only watched bits and pieces of the friendlies but what I saw in the first half from South Shields was really really poor. I would take very little from it other than a training ground excercise. Not competitive at all.
 
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FellTop said:
I only watched bits and pieces of the friendlies but what I saw in the first half from South Shields was really really poor. I would take very little from it other than a training ground excercise. Not competitive at all.
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shields used that game to get some young lads on the pitch to see what they could do so first half was a mismatch really, 2nd half was a different team but as we were 5-0 up and different players on and off we rarely pushed too hard...'the heed' wanted their lads to go for it and depending on which view you want to take, it was either a much better game or our lads were crap.

personally i saw them as good warm up games with RLB making a few notes and seeing who followed his instructions and how the players might fit into his plans, still a few games afore the real stuff so not praising or calling anyone yet ;)
 
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Essayyeffcee said:
Salford City want to take Sunderland's highly rated young keeper Matty Young on loan.
Young was with Darlington for a spell last season and is being allowed out to play in the EFL for the first time.
The England youth cap is ready to go if he is going to start in the Salford side and talks will take place around their plans this week.
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Hell of a move that for him mind, very ambitious of the club to think he will play games at L2 considering his age and position.

Looking at their squad, looks like they've got no keepers at the minute, great chance for the lad to get experience.
 
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CR17 said:
any reasons why he's been seen as one of west ham's best youth prospects recently?
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Had some real stand out performances for the youth and reserve sides, also an England youth international. The big question is if he can convert some of that success into mens football.
 
Frazier the Lion said:
Really want us to continue to develop Ekwah, but don't really want to see him as the deepest player in the midfield. Think the Neil-Ekwah switch at the start of last season was one of the big errors from Mowbray that contributed to the way the season eventually went.
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Neil did ok the season before in that deeper role but when they went side by side with Hume dropping in we looked like a bunch of strangers and Ekwah has no heart for scrapping further back. I wouldn’t be sad to see Ekwah leave if I’m honest cos I’m far from certain about his willingness to compete
 
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Pure River Slut said:
Neil did ok the season before in that deeper role but when they went side by side with Hume dropping in we looked like a bunch of strangers and Ekwah has no heart for scrapping further back. I wouldn’t be sad to see Ekwah leave if I’m honest cos I’m far from certain about his willingness to compete
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Definitely a player there but since his”dead leg” he lacks any bottle
 
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