Sparkle Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Marshall Byrne Wisdom Clarke Forsyth Knight Rooney shinnie Whittaker new jozwiak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, inter politics said: An extra man would certainly help.. Cocu doesn't have the bottle to even try it. No wonder we aren't winning games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Martin Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Don’t think it really matters who we put out. Don’t see any route for any points at the moment. Dire straits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I think it's going to be a long season, can't see us getting any points in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, ziggyram59 said: I think it's going to be a long season, can't see us getting any points in October. Football is a funny old game. we’ll probably go and win at Norwich now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Can't use the floodlight failure trick in this one, anyone up for streaking around the pitch for 20 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Marshall Byrne Evans. Clarke. Buchanan Shinnie. Rooney Holmes. Knight. Jozwiak Marriott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 20 hours ago, Sparkle said: Marshall Byrne Wisdom Clarke Forsyth Knight Rooney shinnie Whittaker new jozwiak On paper this looks a strong side but defensive lapses can lose any game for you. I am not against s park the bus on this one to try for a point. Likely that Pukki will do us by two goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Chris_Martin said: I like the midfield of Shinnie, Knight and Holmes, energy and bite in there, which is something we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marriot Ram99 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I'd go for Marshall Byrne Te werik Clarke Forsyth Bird Rooney Shinnie Whittaker Marriott Jozwiak I'd start Rooney because of his passing ability and vision but he needs to up his game, Sibley has been poor so should be dropped and Clarke has to start again. Forsyth in there for experience, good balls down the line occasionally and his heading ability, would tell Shinnie to cover for Forsyth on counters and Bird to stay deep with Rooney running forward, Whittaker staying high up and Jozwiak tracking back to help Forsyth for pace as well and to get on the ball more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK47 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 The funny part about everyone's team choice is that nobody's team is the same.. which means we as a crowd don't have a clue what the best team is.. I bet Cocu is in the exact Same boat. We need a big striker and we need it fast. Davis or The big fella from Germany ideally, but at this rate I'd even settle Stern John part 2. If we go out there with Marriott upfront on his own again, our backs will be against the wall from the first whistle. I know it's in the past, but letting Martin go without a like for like replacement was very naive imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olton Ram Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, SK47 said: The funny part about everyone's team choice is that nobody's team is the same.. which means we as a crowd don't have a clue what the best team is.. I bet Cocu is in the exact Same boat. We need a big striker and we need it fast. Davis or The big fella from Germany ideally, but at this rate I'd even settle Stern John part 2. If we go out there with Marriott upfront on his own again, our backs will be against the wall from the first whistle. I know it's in the past, but letting Martin go without a like for like replacement was very naive imo. Judging by some of the comments coming out of the club at the time I think they were quite hopeful that Martin would extend his contract on the terms offered. Presumably his agent already had an idea of possible alternative offers and Martin, being a free agent, could walk away (and did). Not much the club could do about that. They even said that they'd leave their offer on the table so Martin could still come back if he wanted to. But I agree that from the outside it looks like naivety that they didn't seem to have a replacement lined up; Martin left weeks ago. Replacing him seems to have taken a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 54 minutes ago, SK47 said: I know it's in the past, but letting Martin go without a like for like replacement was very naive imo. I don't think it was naive I think it was just circumstances, remember we got Martin on a free so the comparison would be that we also got another player in on a free. If the expectation was that we got another player in who had scored and would continue to score the number of goals Martin did then that will be totally unrealistic given the finances available to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, Olton Ram said: Judging by some of the comments coming out of the club at the time I think they were quite hopeful that Martin would extend his contract on the terms offered. Presumably his agent already had an idea of possible alternative offers and Martin, being a free agent, could walk away (and did). Not much the club could do about that. They even said that they'd leave their offer on the table so Martin could still come back if he wanted to. But I agree that from the outside it looks like naivety that they didn't seem to have a replacement lined up; Martin left weeks ago. Replacing him seems to have taken a long time. Were we still under an embargo when Martins contract expired. Did we need to generate funds from the sales of Bogle and Lowe in order to replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olton Ram Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Just now, Tyler Durden said: Were we still under an embargo when Martins contract expired. Did we need to generate funds from the sales of Bogle and Lowe in order to replace That may be a possibility. The ELF charge hanging over us clearly had a massive impact on our ability to act in January and for the early part of this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Olton Ram said: That may be a possibility. The ELF charge hanging over us clearly had a massive impact on our ability to act in January and for the early part of this window. I am perceived to be quite a negative person on here so was just putting it out there that the clubs hands might have been tied - they might have had a good indication weeks before that Martin was not going to renew his contract but what to do - EFL has us under an embargo and we also are skint. Can't lay that at the clubs door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olton Ram Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said: I am perceived to be quite a negative person on here so was just putting it out there that the clubs hands might have been tied - they might have had a good indication weeks before that Martin was not going to renew his contract but what to do - EFL has us under an embargo and we also are skint. Can't lay that at the clubs door. Not disagreeing with you, I'm just going by what the club were saying at the time. They weren't hopeful of Huddlestone staying but were optimistic that Martin might sign a new contract. It didn't sound like he'd made it clear he'd be leaving at that stage. But, as you say, the soft embargo may have limited their ability to replace him in any case (plus a lack of funds until Bogle and Lowe were sold). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 52 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said: Can't lay that at the clubs door. We managed to sign a winger in that time. Nope either we're paying peanuts or the recruitment is poor or the manager expects better than Martin before he agrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK47 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Tyler Durden said: I don't think it was naive I think it was just circumstances, remember we got Martin on a free so the comparison would be that we also got another player in on a free. If the expectation was that we got another player in who had scored and would continue to score the number of goals Martin did then that will be totally unrealistic given the finances available to us. Yeah very true, However they would of known in advance that Martin might go.. there for he should of been the prime position to replace because it's all well and good having flair players, but you need a player to allow them to get into areas where they can shine.. no good having Marriott who is 4ft 5 on stilts being the guy to hold the ball up.. it was never going to work. Like I said, it's just my opinion but I genuinely think if/when we sign a target man, we will see a different team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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