RoyMac5 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 TomG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amberram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Paul Simpson is a manager now isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 hours ago, duncanjwitham said: His job has never been to score goals or get assists though. He gets goals and assists at the same sort of rate as other holding midfielders do at all levels. Rodri only got 1 more goal and 2 more assists than Bird did last season, and he's probably the best holding midfielder in the prem and played for a title-winning team. Bird got more assists than Declan Rice did (although a few less less goals) and he's a possibly about to be an £80m+ player. Ironically, if you actually want Bird to get more goals and assists, then you tell him to literally never pass to wingers/wingbacks (as they're much less likely to score themselves, so Bird won't get assists) and just shoot from 30 yards every single time he gets in that sort of range - a few of them might creep in. Job done, Bird inflates his stats, but is the team better? Absolutely not. Hard to compare the Premiership to League One . There are plenty of holding midfielders in our league that get goals and assists , even if it’s just from corners . If he can’t do that - how about making a few tackles , sprinting back , or even taking a pass from the keeper now and then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew3000 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Or German centre back Muntsz. Edited June 23, 2023 by Andrew3000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tibbs Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Big Trav RN. Not a bad week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Miggins and TomG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Big Trav said: New contracts on the table for: - Wildsmith - Cashin - Bird - Rooney - Smith - NML - Knight No idea on the length of deals offered Expect Knight to leave, Bielik very close to Brum. A lot of the blogs and rumour sites called Nelson BT, have your ITK links heard anything about Washington 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 It's @Big Trav's world, we just live in it. David Graham Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 we are a bit small at the back Cashin and Nelson are both 6 feet, need some height Andrew3000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I think it’s time @Jimbo Ram Comrade 86, Miggins and Carnero 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, EnigmaRam said: I think it’s time @Jimbo Ram Yea, I apologise again Big Trav. There was me thinking you just trolled all the rumour sites and blogs, obviously not the case 😉 Woodley Ram, S8TY and Miggins 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said: Hard to compare the Premiership to League One . There are plenty of holding midfielders in our league that get goals and assists , even if it’s just from corners . If he can’t do that - how about making a few tackles , sprinting back , or even taking a pass from the keeper now and then? He was joint 10th in League One for assists amongst all central and defensive midfielders. That includes a fair few players that played a lot further forwards than he did, and almost all of them played more games than Bird (10+ more games in some cases). There aren't plenty of League One holding midfielders that are getting loads of assists. If you exclude assists from set pieces, he jumps up a few places. You can argue if you should include set pieces or not, but Bird barely took any set pieces, so I think it seems harsh to criticise him for not getting assists from them. And if you do have him taking them, you're just moving assists from one player to another - Bird gets a few more assists, Hourihane gets a few less, but you're not gaining anything as a team. MickD and jimtastic56 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicman Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 So we are only signing players with BEARDS this summer !!! Miggins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney1991 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 48 minutes ago, Magicman said: So we are only signing players with BEARDS this summer !!! In that case hopefully Connor Washington doesn’t have a beard Jimbo Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black ('n' White) Sheep Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I mean... a back three of: Nelson Flint or Bradley Cashin That's pretty decent on paper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, Black ('n' White) Sheep said: I mean... a back three of: Nelson Flint or Bradley Cashin That's pretty decent on paper! You rate Flint then 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wignall12 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Jimbo Ram said: You rate Flint then 😳 Come on baby light my fire 🔥 Jimbo Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Ram Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Scott129 said: NML was electric in the first half of the season - arguably a top 5 performer for us. I think he's just one of those players that fades in the second half (in games and in the season as a whole) and I'm sure Wednesday fans said exactly the same thing. You're right though - adding international games in to the mix will make matters worse. Did Brereton Diaz the world of good though, going to Chile. Don’t cyclists do their off-season training at altitude in South America to increase the production of red blood cells? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney1991 Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: You rate Flint then 😳 I’d rate him if we were going to ride him on Blackpool beach at the away game Jimbo Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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