Gerry Daly

2 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

Some find it hard to believe that EFL’s restrictions would permit us to be loss making. But thinking about it, after the Kirch fell off his perch we were looking down a barrel - so perhaps the EFl agreed a favourable deal out of fear of being blamed for our demise. DC would have had a pretty strong hand in that negotiation 

If we are loss making then so is every other club in this division and most of them to a much greater degree 

41 minutes ago, Kokosnuss said:

Stumbling upon the Forsyth/Cashin combination has helped out the midfield a great deal, as they aren't absolutely destoryed for pace & ftness when left exposed by our lack of a dedicated defensive midfielder. It's certainly helped stop all of the penalty claims against us.

Smith being a very much a 'defense only' RB has also helped our backline's ability to keep the ball out. I'm not sure it'd be the same if we had a more attacking RB and/or went back to back to 3 CBs (where Cashin & Forsyth both look less comfortable).

Trouble is we just know he will back to 3 at the back and wing backs as soon as he possibly can. I'd much sooner he stuck with a back 4 and 3 in midfield

23 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

2,492 home tickets left for tonight’s game.

It would be interesting to know how many home tickets there are. 29K?

On 28/12/2022 at 17:01, 1of4 said:

   You can get a good team from that list.

                              Boulton

Webster     McFarland      Todd     Forsyth C

                                 Williams

                  Durban                  Gemmill

            Sturridge        Hector           Hinton

I’d have Mike Forsyth over Craig

So somebody needs to ask why it didn't work out for him at Derby after just saying he is free to leave Peterborough? 

11 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

We were the better team and had two clear penalties not awarded, plus we hit their bar. But we lack attacking thrust. Why? We play our most attacking, creative, dangerous midfielder at left back, leaving a perfectly respectable left back on the bench, and then play three one-paced midfielders in the middle (yes Jason Knight joins Hourihane and Bird with that tag as he looks lost at the moment). Fozzy was immense, but if Warne refuses to play Roberts at left back we desperately need Fozzy there, so we can put Sibley in midfield and put Hourihane or Bird on the bench. I'd say Hourihane. The one thing he has been good for is distance shooting, yet today he had a clear shot 20 yards out for a few seconds with on one closing him down, but turned it down and played a soft pass out wide. WTAF? Then, yet another good chance missed (didn't even connect!) by Dobbin from one yard out. He has to go back in January. One great thing about today is the confidence we can have with Wildsmith in goal. Even in the driving rain with a slippery ball, I felt Bolton would not beat him if we played for a week. Some on here saying Bolton had a decent chance (Charles?) which they did, but had the shot been anywhere inside the post, Wildsmith had it covered.

Left back or left wing back is Sibley's position now. Get used to it. My opinion anyway is he's terrific in that position and getting better every week 

Forsyth has amazing pace and athleticism for his age which goes along with his experience and reading of the game. His fitness is such that he can easily play for another year after this, certainly at this level

I think when we get a right back we will have Corey Smith to do the Shinnie job in midfield 

We have numbers but if I were the manager I would look at our centre backs and think Curtis(37), Chester(35), Stearman(38)  and Forsyth (36) then Cashin(20) and Rooney(18) is not something to rely on. I'd be looking to bring in someone in his mid 20's and I would be amazed if Warne doesn't do that. We are really strong elsewhere in the team, but that's the weakness. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Curtis doesn't go off to join Rosenior in any case, but even if he doesn't, lets face it he's past it now. Chester is just a crock, we can't rely on him. We have been really lucky that Forsyth has been able to step up to the plate so well 

On 24/12/2022 at 15:51, Ghost of Clough said:

We need a winger too. This guy is versatile, having played CM, AM, LW, RW and CF so far this season for their U21s

I don't think we need a winger. We only need defenders unless key players leave in the window and have to be replaced

We don't need an attacking midfielder. We need a right back and a centre back

We 'just' need to put a run of consecutive wins together. If you do that you can race up the table. We did that under McLaren around this time of the season I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong

1 hour ago, Ramarena said:

Cosgrove better than McG?????????????

I remember now why I don’t read these posts!

Senile Oldben

47 minutes ago, Ram@Lincoln said:

Listening to BBC Humberside recently, they've been making a case for Rosenior to come in and pinch our better players. Their presenters and fans are very keen to "gamble" on the likes of Knight, Cashin and Bird - one caller said to throw £1m our way as League One players are only worth £100k so we should be very grateful for the extra in our time of need. Many want McGoldrick as they reckon we outdid ourselves in the summer and can't afford any of the wages so need to give everyone away before going bust. Hence why we gave Rosenior away as we couldn't afford him permanently. That's the rhetoric they're believing anyway! ?

We will be swopping divisions with them at the end of the season. I really don't think we need fear being preyed on by any championship club to be honest, certainly not one like them

I think the guys running our club are smart enough to see Birmingham coming don't you   

I thought he was excellent yesterday. The fact that Warne is playing him instead of Roberts speaks volumes I think. I would say that playing left back in 4 will be the hardest thing for him to get used to because it’s a pure defensive position BUT it will stand him in good stead when we move to 3-5-2 because a wing back is a hybrid position with some defensive responsibilities but a lot more requirement to get up and down the pitch. That’s when Sibleys energy and ability on the ball will come to the fore. The experience he is getting as a left back will give him the experience he needs in the defensive aspects of the position. So in essence what I’m saying is that Warne is developing him to play left wing back

Football hooliganism had nothing whatsoever to do with ‘Thatcherism’ it was well and truly started before the 1980’s. The hooligans themselves were young men who enjoyed the adrenaline rush of a tear up. That was attached to football for a while but it’s part of human nature, there will always be a proportion of young guys who like a bit of aggro. They grow out of it and are replaced on the conveyor belt. Thankfully there isn’t much of a hooligan element attached to football nowadays but it isn’t far below the surface. When you go away with Derby it’s obvious that there are quite a lot of young lads that wouldn’t take much encouraging to get involved

Nice

I think Forsyth is a better CH than Curtis these days so I wouldn't drop/move Forsyth for Curtis

Yeah but assuming Warne wants to play with wing backs I think we could do worse than Stefano Eranio  

Them and Coventry were the chief exponents of the party when Derby County dies song. I thought the Birmingham fans were particularly nasty and hostile with it. What goes around comes around lads  

14 hours ago, ram59 said:

I think that the failure to get a good attacking RB, has cost us this season. Over the last few seasons, the likes of Bogle and Byrne have featured at the top of our assists' statistics. The thought of NML and a good attacking RB working together is quite exciting.

I think that it would help defensively too if we had a genuine right back

2 hours ago, Mr Tibbs said:

Based on a stereotype that I’m not sure is quite true. Can probably add that to the list of myths that have arrived with him. 

Barlaser and Lindsay (Rovrums CM’s) aren’t the tall bruisers you’re expecting. Mobile, box to box battlers who contribute at both ends.

Still don’t think Holmes is what we need but beggars can’t be choosers. 

I'm not one of those idiots who still think Warne is a long ball merchant. Don't get me wrong  I can see he is still getting us to pass the ball and play. But I think he understands that you need to be able to combat physicality in the lower divisions. Jim Smith understood that which is why he packed our promotion team with guys like Daryl Powell, Van deLaan, Stimac, Yates and Rowett. They could play but they could also hold their own against the cloggers. I think Warne will do the same  

24 minutes ago, sage said:

He would suit Warnes style of play but I can't see it 

I'm not sure why he would suit Warne's style of play? I bet whoever we sign will be around 6 feet tall

We will know better by the end of the season when we see how well Warne has done here and how well Rosenior has done at Hull. My gut feeling is that Warne will do really well and Rosenior will not