AndyinLiverpool Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Pity about that Middlesbrough equaliser but, on the whole, a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Gary Rowett knows what he’s doing, lose one, win one all the way to Wemberley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Even if Brentford don’t make the top six, I bet their fans love going to watch them. They regularly batter the opposition in terms of possession and shots. Dean Smith has done a decent job there, but it’s their recruitment and philosophy which is so impressive. They’ve made a net profit since being in the Championship, and still compete despite selling their best players and having one of the lowest wage budgets in the league. I’d be 100% on board if we went down their route. And considering our size and budget, we could easily hold on to those players and be able to have an even wider scouting range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Remember when Bristol seemed almost untouchable ahead of us. It was between them and Cardiff for second, and we were just quite pleased with battling it out for 4th-6th. Now look at Bristol. Not really been following their results, but if we’re feeling a bit depressed over our collapse, imagine how they must be feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 47 minutes ago, TigerTedd said: Remember when Bristol seemed almost untouchable ahead of us. It was between them and Cardiff for second, and we were just quite pleased with battling it out for 4th-6th. Now look at Bristol. Not really been following their results, but if we’re feeling a bit depressed over our collapse, imagine how they must be feeling. While Bristol City fans may be disappointed by their collapsed playoff bid, they are very much on an upward curve and with a young squad and lots of potential, they are likely to get better next season as they'll be able to spend this summer. I think it's totally different for us. It feels like a 'last-chance saloon' for some of our players before the rebuild this summer. We have so many ageing players we need to ship out, failure to go up this season and we have to regroup. Going back to the Paul Jewell mess, it took us five years to sort that out. I don't think we're anywhere near as bad, but the point remains that we have a bloated wage bill and ageing players earning far more than they should. If we fail to go up I'd be happy to see the back of Bradley Johnson, Jerome, Butterfield, Forsyth, Olsson, Weimann, Blackman, Anya and one of Thorne or Ledley. How many of those can we realistically get rid of though? Then you'v got Nuge (33 in May), Baird (36) and Davies (33). Do we give them one more year at the club? I assume we'll try and get Martin out the door too. Our team for the 2019-20 campaign hopefully will only feature about five players from our current squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 3 more wins and a play off spot is pretty much guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said: While Bristol City fans may be disappointed by their collapsed playoff bid, they are very much on an upward curve and with a young squad and lots of potential, they are likely to get better next season as they'll be able to spend this summer. I think it's totally different for us. It feels like a 'last-chance saloon' for some of our players before the rebuild this summer. We have so many ageing players we need to ship out, failure to go up this season and we have to regroup. Going back to the Paul Jewell mess, it took us five years to sort that out. I don't think we're anywhere near as bad, but the point remains that we have a bloated wage bill and ageing players earning far more than they should. If we fail to go up I'd be happy to see the back of Bradley Johnson, Jerome, Butterfield, Forsyth, Olsson, Weimann, Blackman, Anya and one of Thorne or Ledley. How many of those can we realistically get rid of though? Then you'v got Nuge (33 in May), Baird (36) and Davies (33). Do we give them one more year at the club? I assume we'll try and get Martin out the door too. Our team for the 2019-20 campaign hopefully will only feature about five players from our current squad. I’m so depressed. I really wish we could’ve got promoted with Mac 1. That was a great squad, playing great football, and it’s slowly been taken apart in the proceeding years. I really feel for some of those guys, like Keogh, Forsyth, Martin, Thorne and even ones who have now left, like Russell and Hughes, that now is the time to go, without that dream being realised. And you’re not wrong. They do all have to go. Everyone has to go eventually, life is loss, and noes the time. I really, really hope that all these youngsters out on loan is with a view to build a new team around them in the summer. Start again with a new team we can call our own and really get behind. Rather than the rag tag collection the team has become. Or we some how get or act together and go up through the playoffs. Although we would get mullered in the premier league playing how we currently are. Hints of Billy Davies (playing style, not personality) all over this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Bris Vegas said: While Bristol City fans may be disappointed by their collapsed playoff bid, they are very much on an upward curve and with a young squad and lots of potential, they are likely to get better next season as they'll be able to spend this summer. I think it's totally different for us. It feels like a 'last-chance saloon' for some of our players before the rebuild this summer. We have so many ageing players we need to ship out, failure to go up this season and we have to regroup. Going back to the Paul Jewell mess, it took us five years to sort that out. I don't think we're anywhere near as bad, but the point remains that we have a bloated wage bill and ageing players earning far more than they should. If we fail to go up I'd be happy to see the back of Bradley Johnson, Jerome, Butterfield, Forsyth, Olsson, Weimann, Blackman, Anya and one of Thorne or Ledley. How many of those can we realistically get rid of though? Then you'v got Nuge (33 in May), Baird (36) and Davies (33). Do we give them one more year at the club? I assume we'll try and get Martin out the door too. Our team for the 2019-20 campaign hopefully will only feature about five players from our current squad. Hey we could go after Peter Crouch too, he’s only 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Sheff Utd 1-0 up, Colin will be fuming that this game has been allowed to be played with all the snow around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 Interesting games coming up for some of the playoff hopefuls. Boro’s next four games after Forest are Sheff Utd (A), Bristol City (H), Derby (A) and Millwall (H). Millwall’s have got Bristol City (H), Sheff Utd (A), Fulham (H) and Boro (A) in four of their next five games. Loads of key clashes coming up. It’s imperative we beat Bolton next week, do that and we can afford to write the Wolves game off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 We’ll beat Wolves, you watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Wolves and hull drawing Fulham winning Villa winning (boo) Brum winning v reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 What a chance for Leeds to go 1-1 14 seconds later it’s 0-2. I do not like Leeds I wish to state this....... but their fans are incredible tonight. Massive folllowing in London and non stop. Impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 What a signing Mitrovic has been, wins everything and has bossed both boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, Topram said: What a signing Mitrovic has been, wins everything and has bossed both boxes. No Cam Jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWC1983 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 For those interested, here's the parachute payments given to clubs in the 16/17 season. QPR got £31m........ Derby's total revenue for the same period was £29m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 22 hours ago, Bris Vegas said: Interesting games coming up for some of the playoff hopefuls. Boro’s next four games after Forest are Sheff Utd (A), Bristol City (H), Derby (A) and Millwall (H). Millwall’s have got Bristol City (H), Sheff Utd (A), Fulham (H) and Boro (A) in four of their next five games. Loads of key clashes coming up. It’s imperative we beat Bolton next week, do that and we can afford to write the Wolves game off. Your phone is nearly dead, get it on charge! Not good to let it get that low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukedcfc Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Some villa fans still think they might make top 2 because Cardiff have tougher games. I think they need to take a look at Fulhams run in and reconsider. I have a feeling Fulham might just sneak top 2 by a couple of points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 12 hours ago, lukedcfc said: Some villa fans still think they might make top 2 because Cardiff have tougher games. I think they need to take a look at Fulhams run in and reconsider. I have a feeling Fulham might just sneak top 2 by a couple of points. I'd love it if they did. It's mean at least one of villa and Cardiff will miss out (still hopefully villa though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 17 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: I'd love it if they did. It's mean at least one of villa and Cardiff will miss out (still hopefully villa though) You seem to hate Villa as much as I do I guess you have family (on my Mum's side) who are Villa fans like I do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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