sage Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Which one was the best? Minus McGoldrick, Knight, Chester, Strearman, Davies, Dobbin, Osula, Anang, Roberts Add Ward Wilson Bradley Waghorn Washington Vickers Nelson Elder The Scarlet Pimpernel, DCFC Kicks, RadioactiveWaste and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 I know I’m a nob for saying this (and for plenty of other stuff too) but I did predict we would start the season with a weaker side than the one that finished last season. Marriot Ram99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy03 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Last seasons. We haven't really strengthened that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckram Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Roberts, Knight and McGoldrick are better than anything signed this summer. Dobbin to a certain extent too, just for his pace. hintonsboots, vonwright, sage and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jram Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Yeah but what a great bunch of lads they are this year RoyMac5, i-Ram, strawhillram and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 This current team is definitely inferior to last season's team Sparkle and strawhillram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 On 16/08/2023 at 03:05, Bris Vegas said: I know I’m a nob for saying this (and for plenty of other stuff too) but I did predict we would start the season with a weaker side than the one that finished last season. You are a nob, but you are our nob RoyMac5 and Chester40 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Possibly the more interesting question, is how many of the new signings get into our current best XI. You can put together a pretty decent team that has none of them in: Wildsmith Smith Rooney Cashin Forsyth Bird Hourihane NML Sibley Barkhuizen Collins strawhillram, RadioactiveWaste, Fla Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 2 hours ago, duncanjwitham said: Possibly the more interesting question, is how many of the new signings get into our current best XI. You can put together a pretty decent team that has none of them in: Wildsmith Smith Rooney Cashin Forsyth Bird Hourihane NML Sibley Barkhuizen Collins But, but that can't possibly work, thank goodness we accidently signed Waggy, he can replace Collins! 😄 RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Just now, RoyMac5 said: But, but that can't possibly work, thank goodness we accidently signed Waggy, he can replace Collins! 😄 Waghorn is probably more suited to playing up front in the team I listed than Collins is tbh. At least he can hold it up a bit and link the play a bit. And that team probably isn't going to be peppering the box with crosses for Collins to thrive off either. More concerning would going into the rest of the season with Smith as our starting right back again. I'm not remotely sure Ward and Wilson are good enough defensively to play wingback, let alone fullback. RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 I personally think Ward is better than every player who left, except the obvious one, McGold. The rest, it is early days for some, but Bradley and Nelson, our first choice defenders, wouldn't be fit to lace Curtis Davies boots. I would have Richard Stearman over both of them also, I honestly would. Wilson looks a decent signing and Waghorn is Waghorn, very good on his day, unfortunately his day tends to be Feb 29th. Absolute priority should have been a McGold replacement. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 1 minute ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: I personally think Ward is better than every player who left, Wilson looks a decent signing I'm far from convinced with either. Ward looks like he's a good crosser when he's got a bit of time and space to put one in, but he seems to struggle to actually create that space for himself. He doesn't have that burst of pace or bit of trickery to get clear of a fullback, so ends up hitting the first man more often than not. I don't think playing at wingback is helping that either, as he's quite often getting doubled-up on by the opposing winger and fullback. An overlapping fullback to draw a defender away would help a lot there. Wilson just looks poor to me. No doubt he can beat a man, but he's managed to put in 1 decent cross or final ball (second half against Oxford) in 5 home games (including the 2 friendlies). Obviously he hasn't played much in some of those, but he's rivalling Dobbin for lack of end product so far. And defensively he looks an absolute liability. sage and RoyMac5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondest Goat Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 On 16/08/2023 at 08:14, Mckram said: Dobbin to a certain extent too, just for his pace. Waghorn and Washington could play blindfold and still have more goal contributions than Dobbin. RoyMac5, Dethorn and MackworthRamIsGod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 15 minutes ago, duncanjwitham said: Waghorn is probably more suited to playing up front in the team I listed than Collins is tbh. At least he can hold it up a bit and link the play a bit. And that team probably isn't going to be peppering the box with crosses for Collins to thrive off either. More concerning would going into the rest of the season with Smith as our starting right back again. I'm not remotely sure Ward and Wilson are good enough defensively to play wingback, let alone fullback. To think, last season we thought really we only needed a right back and we'd get by. So last seasons players plus accidental signing Waggy 😄 Wildsmith Rooney Cashin Forsyth Sibley Smith Bird Hourihane NML Waghorn Barkhuizen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Let's not write off new defenders just on the basis they've been costing us multiple goals game after game with basic errors. sage, MackworthRamIsGod, hintonsboots and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Key thing is last seasons squad and team felt greater than the sum of its parts, currently it feels like the opposite is true. sage and Nishfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 GK Wildsmith, Ananga and Loach v Wildsmith, Vickers and Loach CB Davies, Stearman, Cashin, Fozzy, Rooney v Bradley, Nelson, Cashin, Fozzy, Rooney FB/WB Knight, Roberts, Chester v Ward, Wilson, Elder CM Bird Hourihane Smith Thompson v Bird Hourihane Smith Thompson WM/WF/AM Sibley Barkhuizen NML Dobbin v Sibley Barkhuizen NML CF Collins McGoldrick Osula v Collins Waghorn Washington RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 This season we have zero pace anywhere in the team ( mendiz not being allowed to play out wide) this season we have changed the defence to 3 centre backs who can’t defend or pass the football to a team mate and we have sold two good full internationals and look like selling two decent experienced youngsters this season we look completely clueless on the pitch but then again we have signed players who might have been promoted a few times but they definitely have been relegated plenty of times as well Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicman Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 On 16/08/2023 at 01:22, sage said: Which one was the best? Minus McGoldrick, Knight, Chester, Strearman, Davies, Dobbin, Osula, Anang, Roberts Add Ward Wilson Bradley Waghorn Washington Vickers Nelson Elder The only players missing from last season I would want back are McGoldrick Knight and Roberts . Likewise the best of the newcomers are Ward& Nelson . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckram Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Blondest Goat said: Waghorn and Washington could play blindfold and still have more goal contributions than Dobbin. Yet believe it or not Dobbin had more goal contributions than both Waghorn and Washington combined last season. Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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