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Heading the ball is the issue, not the clashes of heads, flailing elbows and things? Sure. 

For what it’s worth, just like the NFL, know the risks. Don’t break a fundamental part of the game. 

Give it Cashin with a 10 year extension.

3 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

In resposne to this and an identicla post by @Shuff264... It's something I would certainly consider, with Nyambe being the main RCB option, but I don't think Warne will. We only played Rooney at RCB when we also had Mendez-Laing at RWB - it was essentially a back 4.

 

Reasonable assessments, but I would still argue they are some of the more likely options if we were signing any free agents from the Netherlands. I don't consider potenitally being in a relegation spot an indicator of a bad player. In the past, we've signed a few players relegated from the Championship when we were competing in and around the Playoffs.

I wouldn't expect any CB sigining to be a regular starter. Someone like Adewoye could be a starter against the less physical sides (such as Swansea), whilst usign Bradley against the more direct sides (such as Millwall)

I would certainly expect a better signing that Lamprou on the wings. Unfortunately, I couldn't identify many better wingers who would be likely to join us on a free. This'll most likely be a position we pay a fee for or find someone on loan.

Those creative positions are certainly the best use of loans in my opinion. They're the ones that cost the most money and we need more youth/pace there too.

Now I do think we need to improve on Korey for this season, but an attitude problem?! What a load of s****. 

35 minutes ago, DiggerB said:

Think he should nail his colours to the mast this year and select his captain. I’d strongly suspect Bradley will get it and to be honest I think he’d thrive off it!

Why? Did it work badly this year or something?

and if Bradley is starting enough to warrant the armband then we will be troubling League One again. 

Would imagine he will do the same as he did this year and ask for the group to vote.

32 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:

Where has this info come from 🤷‍♂️

Take one look on somewhere like r/soccer and you have to scroll past hundreds of posts with 5k+ upvotes in support of VAR.

It won’t get scrapped. Only matchgoing fans hate it, far too many global armchair supporters are in favour.

Football is far too subjective for it to ever truly work. Even cricket has an in-built system which errs towards the on-field umpire. 

Unless it’s automated like goal line technology, it needs completely binning. 

8 minutes ago, Thierry Ennui said:

Hull's owner has just publicly slagged off Allsop if we're after a cheaper option at Goalkeeper. I'd rather we splashed out, though, as I think a strong defence and keeper will be imperative to us staying up this season.

Only ever thought Allsop was "ok" here. Wildsmith has been much better than he was.

10 minutes ago, TooFarInToTurnRed said:

Slow day at work so I've spread sheeted the claims:

 

Can you do this for every claimed ITK source we get? 

1 minute ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Isn’t that partly the type of thing that caused this situation in the first place (along with several other contributing factors)?

Spending relative to the club’s size and revenue makes sense, but not at the point of risking the club’s existence in my view. The increased revenue and any residual cash left in the bank from perhaps the Knight and Bird transfers could see us with a transfer pot of a few million quid, say anywhere between £2-5m (a complete guesstimate based on nowt but my own nonsense thinking). That money used sensibly along with the players we still have in the building is enough to strengthen the squad for this season and beyond, the interesting bit will be whether the club, the recruitment team, and Warne are able to maximise value out of whatever that pot is. 

Sorry mate, but...

10 minutes ago, TooFarInToTurnRed said:

Could you ask you contact what happened with Forsyth and Smith as according to your post on May 2nd both were being offered new deals?

Contact knows nothing, or doesn't even exist, as according to him we're offering a contract to another team's under contract player 😂

Hull owner has done a live fans thing tonight and some of the highlights include calling Aaron Connolly fat, calling Ryan Allsop bad (Rosenior refused to drop him) and has said passing between defenders is boring. There’s apparently been a lot more than just this. 

Wish him luck in whatever he does, as long as it’s not here as a player. Would happily take him as a coach or whatever as he does seem like a good influence. It’s just clear he hasn’t got anything left in his legs. 

Can’t be bothered to start a new thread on this one, but Lee Gregory signed for Mansfield. 

23 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

GK
Replacement for Wildsmith IF he doesn't sign a new deal
Possible options: Chris Walton (Ipswich), Matt Ryan (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands)

CB
Cashin and Nelson to remain as starters. I think we'll stick with 3 at the back next season so would prefer a new starter in the middle of our defence - an upgrade on Bradley. Nyambe, Bradley, and Forsyth (assuming his contract is extended) acting as cover. Rooney loaned out.
Possible options: Cameron Burgess (Ipswich), Filip Helander (Odense, Denmark), Syb van Ottele (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Shawn Adewoye (Waalwijk, Netherlands), Hasan Kuruçay (Braunschweig, Germany)

RWB
Ward and Wilson to have 6 months to prove they can step up and remain injury free. Review in January

LWB
One of the tough decisions to make. We have Elder who had a horrid season with injuries, Sibley (if he extends his deal) who is still learning the role, and Forsyth (if he stays). Depending on budget, I would be looking at a new signing, but could leave it until January
Possible options: Sam McCallum (Norwich), Marc Nielsen (Hvidovre , Denmark)

CM
With Adams, Smith and Bird leaving this summer, our end of season midfield 3 needs completely replacing. If Hourihane has triggered an extension and we keep Thompson, it means those two plus Fornah our our backup mids. I could see us loaning out one of those younger players and siging a 4th CM this summer
Possible options: Will Vaulks (Sheff Weds), Freddie Potts (West Ham), Joe Williams (Bristol City), Alan Browne (Preston), Ebou Adams (Cardiff), Connor Barron (Aberdeen), Herbie Kane (Barnsley), Deroy Duarte (Fortuna, Netherlands), Robin Fellhauer (Elversberg, Germany)

W
If formations this season are anything to go by, we'll need players who can fit into a 3412 and a 3421. Logically, that means players who can play out wide. We already have Mendez-Laing and Blackett-Taylor under contract, with rumours of Barkhuizen triggering an extension. 1 new signing who can also play central will be needed.
Possible options: Chris Willock (QPR), Lazaros Lamprou (Excelsior, Netherlands)

CF
John-Jules, Gayle and Waghorn out, with Collins hopefully signing a new deal and Brown being drafted into the first team. Two new CFs needed. I'm undecided if it would be best to offload Washington to free up some budget for other positions, or keep him as a fringe player.
Possible options: Harry Leonard (Blackburn), John McAtee (Luton), Sam Gallagher (Blackburn), Tyrese Campbell (Stoke), Sinan Karweina (Klagenfurt, Austria)

How much have you seen of these exotic names?

Karweina for example was pretty unremarkable in the third tier of German football before signing into the Austrian top flight, where he’s a roughly 1 in 4 striker. Now I have never seen him play, but I have watched 2 games from that league live, and it’s not great. What makes you think he could step up at 25?

OMG Can’t believe we missed out on this lump we were definitely 100% linked with this summer. 

3 hours ago, MadAmster said:

Here's just a few of the ones I've seen along with the source... 

  

 

 

The JCH wasn't a link. It was a new story saying we was linked with him before and now he's out of contract. Not that we're interested now.

3 minutes ago, Chris_Martin said:

You mean the marriott that scored one and was so close to getting another?

Or the marriott that came on and completely changed the play off v leeds with 2 goals?

 

The same Marriott who wasn't fit and did those in games off the bench in games where the script directed the way it was going, not trying to influence it from the start.

Jack Marriott was a 1 in 6 striker with us, and has roughly been the same since at lower levels. He was not Ronaldo. Apart from maybe in weight of the original.

Lampard was a terrible manager who couldn't do a thing without Mason Mount playing well. He vanished at Wembley. Villa had a much better team than us, despite Tomori etc.

Without naming their whole team they had Tyrone Mings who's been good in the Prem and got into England squads, McGinn who plays weekly as they've got into the Champions League, Hourihane in his prime, £100m Jack Grealish, Tammy Abraham who scored regularly for Roma... and that's without naming other quality like El Mohammady, Tuanzebe, El Ghazi or Kodjia. Just a vastly better squad.

1 minute ago, YouRams said:

6 goals and 9 assists last season all comps I think he deserves another year if he believes he's got it in him

You'd get 9 assists playing in a team which scores so many from corners when you take every single one of them. Stats are nothing without context.

Legs have gone, he was a liability. We improved immensely when Warne finally realised it.

Just now, YouRams said:

I wouldn't mind this if he's coming on with 15/20 to play his corners alone could get us some valuable points throughout the season, if he's got a couple of runners behind him and he doesn't have to track back so much all good.

His corners are no better than Sibley, Ward or even Elder. He's not worth it.

• John Eustace was s**** and Omar Mascarell was 10x the player.
• Robbie Savage single handedly ruined James Bailey's career.
• For 1 month, we had the most elite strikeforce the club has ever seen in Junior and Mat Svensson.
• John Brayford left us as the best right back in the Championship for the Premier League. Having failed, he dropped to Nigel Clough in League One rather than return to the Championship. He wasted his entire career following Clough around like a lost puppy.
• Tom Ince wasn't lazy, he just was tasked with doing different things to Ward/Russell - including playing 90 mins rather than getting subbed off after 60/70min.

Bring back the Baseball Bar & Grill

8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

He scored and had one cleared off the line in his 25-30 minutes on the pitch. Prior to that Mings was stood on the halfway line taking a s*** whilst reading the paper.  Villa were good on the day, but there job was made a lot easier with erratic defensive work caused by nothing up front and the ball constantly being recycled

So? Villa were 2 up at that point, defending and getting nervy. You can't take that time and extrapolate it as a given that it would have been like that from minute 1.

1 hour ago, DCFC Kicks said:

Anyone one else think of the 2019 POF every time they see Villa and where they are? Where would be be now if we'd won that game? I wonder if they even think about it at all.

Nope. By far the better team and squad.

A half fit Jack Marriott wasn’t changing a damn thing. We didn’t leave the second coming of Pele on the bench, his career has showed everyone that.