LN747 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 If we go up I’d keep the following and add to the following areas of the team to get us at least half way up the championship - obviously depends on formations too… Gk - New Right Back - Niambi Left Back - New Centre half - Cashin Centre half - Nelson Right Mid - Wilson Centre Mid - New Centre Mid - Bird Left Mid - Mendez Striker - New Striker - New Subs - Collins, Ward, Thompson , New, New,New,New….. Love our current lads but without strengthening I fear we’d do a Wednesday and struggle and feel we’d need to alter the style of play a little to do well in the championship …but that’s a entiiiiiirrrrreeeelllyyyy different thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Worry about it if we are lucky enough to get there. sunnyhill60, Damon1985, Tamworthram and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Yeah, it's not too concerning at the moment. We would at least double our wage budget if we went up so have access to a better class of player, theoretically. I am concerned with the recruitment strategy from the club - seems to be a point of frustration and it's ok when you have the biggest budget in the league, but that certainly wouldn't be the case after promotion - in fact we would probably find ourselves in the bottom 8 clubs in the league. I do think we would struggle in the Championship in our current state, but that's not to do with our current team, who for the most part are essentially with us for failing to hold down a regular role in the Championship in the first place. It's absolutely imperative that it needs to be improved - in absolutely every single position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valakari Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 3 hours ago, LN747 said: If we go up I’d keep the following and add to the following areas of the team to get us at least half way up the championship - obviously depends on formations too… Gk - New Right Back - Niambi Left Back - New Centre half - Cashin Centre half - Nelson Right Mid - Wilson Centre Mid - New Centre Mid - Bird Left Mid - Mendez Striker - New Striker - New Subs - Collins, Ward, Thompson , New, New,New,New….. Love our current lads but without strengthening I fear we’d do a Wednesday and struggle and feel we’d need to alter the style of play a little to do well in the championship …but that’s a entiiiiiirrrrreeeelllyyyy different thread I would keep Wildsmith and Fozzy, but not Ward or Collins...and agree with your other choices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Manager: New Premier ram, Chris_Martin, TINMANTED and 2 others 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 6 minutes ago, tinman said: Manager: New I was just about to say "oh no, not another 'Warne out' thread". jimtastic56 and hintonsboots 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 It looks like it’s a three quarters of the squad out thread. jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 If we go up, I would keep 12 out of the current 24 man squad. If we don't go up, I would want to keep those 12 (unlielly as some will want to move on) and keep a further 3 or 4. Either way, we'll need 10 signings between now and the end of the summer window. The more players we sign in this window who are capable of stepping up the better off we'll be. Due to who we have contracted currently and beyond the summer, that means a heavy focus on the attacking players this month - AMs, wingers and forwards Caerphilly Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Worry when we get there. We all know a decent championship team is very different to a very good league 1 team. We're probably going to have 10 or more signings this summer whichever way it goes. Rammy03, Gabby'sThighs and jimtastic56 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On the Ram Page Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Elder and Sibley have already proved they can play at that level and I think Wildsmith should be able to. Magicman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 In the bottom 5 of the Championship at the moment are Birmingham city . They have Krystian Beilik . The player many described on this forum as “ The £10mill Beast that guarantees promotion “! Just shows how we can get things wrong . Chris_Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcreece1601 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, On the Ram Page said: Elder and Sibley have already proved they can play at that level and I think Wildsmith should be able to. Sibley isn't showing anything in league 1 nowadays let alone championship (yes he doesn't get much of a run to build up form but plenty of others don't that have shown more) disappointed In his progress currently Magicman and jimtastic56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 12 minutes ago, dcfcreece1601 said: Sibley isn't showing anything in league 1 nowadays let alone championship (yes he doesn't get much of a run to build up form but plenty of others don't that have shown more) disappointed In his progress currently Bird - who played most of the season as an attacking mid has 7 goal involvements in the league (7 total), which is 1 every 231 mins (302 mins) Sibley - who has played LB, LWB, LW, RW, CM, and AM has 2 goal involvements in the league (7 total), which is 1 every 328 mins (146 mins). At CM/AM only, he has 2 league goal involvements in 273 minutes - 1 every 137 mins and 3 in 284 mins in all competitions (1 every 95 mins) Sibley has only had consecutive starts at AM twice this season. Unsurprisingly, he had a goal involvement in both of those spells (assist in his 2nd game of his first spell and a goal in the first game of his 2nd spell. GB SPORTS and RoyMac5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 18 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Bird - who played most of the season as an attacking mid has 7 goal involvements in the league (7 total), which is 1 every 231 mins (302 mins) Sibley - who has played LB, LWB, LW, RW, CM, and AM has 2 goal involvements in the league (7 total), which is 1 every 328 mins (146 mins). At CM/AM only, he has 2 league goal involvements in 273 minutes - 1 every 137 mins and 3 in 284 mins in all competitions (1 every 95 mins) Sibley has only had consecutive starts at AM twice this season. Unsurprisingly, he had a goal involvement in both of those spells (assist in his 2nd game of his first spell and a goal in the first game of his 2nd spell. Bird 1 goal involvement every 3 games ! Against some of these pub teams . Hope he’s not bragging about that . Dcfcsr92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said: Bird 1 goal involvement every 3 games ! Against some of these pub teams . Hope he’s not bragging about that . For comparison, he's creating as many open play chances as Szoboszlai is for Liverpool. There are only 7 PL CM/AMs who create more from open play than Bird does in League 1. It's nothing to be embarrassed by RoyMac5 and Caerphilly Ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Maybe Paul Warne? RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHomunculusLives Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I would hope our goalkeeper and defense would be strong enough at Championship level, our midfield and attack would definitely need upgrading. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 6 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said: Bird - who played most of the season as an attacking mid has 7 goal involvements in the league (7 total), which is 1 every 231 mins (302 mins) Sibley - who has played LB, LWB, LW, RW, CM, and AM has 2 goal involvements in the league (7 total), which is 1 every 328 mins (146 mins). At CM/AM only, he has 2 league goal involvements in 273 minutes - 1 every 137 mins and 3 in 284 mins in all competitions (1 every 95 mins) Sibley has only had consecutive starts at AM twice this season. Unsurprisingly, he had a goal involvement in both of those spells (assist in his 2nd game of his first spell and a goal in the first game of his 2nd spell. Dress it up with stats as much as you want, his general play has been pretty poor on most occasions that he has played. Dcfcsr92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 20 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Dress it up with stats as much as you want, his general play has been pretty poor on most occasions that he has played. We talking about Sibley or Bird here? If it's Sibley, I completely agree. He's a talented dribbler and has a fearsome shot on him. With these two attributes - or if you only watch players on the ball - then I can understand why you'd rate him. Unfortunately, his decision making and off the ball work are really poor. He often spots this when it's too late, gets annoyed with himself, and then gives a free-kick away with a clumsy challenge with a yellow card for good measure. I think even for a mid-table Championship side, those shortcomings are too great in the modern game. The Scarlet Pimpernel and TheHomunculusLives 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 45 minutes ago, Duracell said: We talking about Sibley or Bird here? If it's Sibley, I completely agree. He's a talented dribbler and has a fearsome shot on him. With these two attributes - or if you only watch players on the ball - then I can understand why you'd rate him. Unfortunately, his decision making and off the ball work are really poor. He often spots this when it's too late, gets annoyed with himself, and then gives a free-kick away with a clumsy challenge with a yellow card for good measure. I think even for a mid-table Championship side, those shortcomings are too great in the modern game. Was talking about Sibley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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