archway-owl

if all we are going to do is screw back in our transfer dealings we might as well concede that we will never progress into the next frame of our plan and break into the premier league. The trick shot has to be getting the deals from behind the line to over it, other wise were always going to be snookered. boom boom ttttssssss

mine too.

We've all seen with our own eyes DC showing more patience and loyalty than he should with players and managers over his time here. Clearly the man is loyal to a fault. For him to have banished GH in the way he did. In such stark contrast to the way he has treated everyone else. It is not only easy to believe that something extremely serious had either happened or been threatened by the Hirst camp but is hard not to be convinced it surely must have. We've heard numerous accounts of poor behavior from Hirst Snr from people claiming to have experienced it first hand. Either way for Hirst to be headed to Rotherham almost 4 years after leaving us, proves without any question of a doubt that he clearly wasn't good enough for our first team then. And with almost cetainly that he isn't now. If Leicester really thought that much of him they would have paid his compo and got him on their books right away. Sod him and Sod his Dad.

Man your Anti-Wednesday nonsense is getting boring!. Kachungas only record that matters right now is 1 in 2! When they let fans back in get yourself to the New York Stadium and support your buddy instead!

Rhodes is a 1 or 2 touch striker. always has been, always will be. Hes also a confidence player. Confidence players tend not to do as well here because our fan base has a really vile side to it that think's statement like "if tha wants t'pay me fotty grand a week, tha can call me what tha likes" excuses behaving towards young men in a way they would never tolerate being treated themselves. Under any circumstances. Never mind that most of the people behaving like that are likely to be perennial underachievers that believe a 200 quid stoney top purchased on a credit card makes them some kind of a success. It remains to be seen if Rhodes is a player that can still be successful in a game that's undoubtedly changed to favor pacey strikers. We've certainly never consistently played to his strengths. The only way we will ever have any success with Rhodes is to repeatedly put balls on a plate for him. I still think that player exists but he need to be force-fed a confidence I don't know that our fan base is able to deliver anymore.

Listen, if McGugan was half the player people though he was he would be in the team if his attitude was even half decent. Abdi was frozen out and forced his way back into contention, Carlos even publicly praised his change in attitude right be before reintroducing him to the side (I happen to think that was a mistake and a catalyst for us going on this bad run. Abdi is a very talented player but I don't believe he's right for our side and how we get our best results). McGugan could have forced his way in if he wanted to, he has had trouble everywhere he's played, though yes he has the ability to be of some use if he's not willing to earn his place and sacrifice his personal preferences to serve the greater good he can rot for me.

No squad with three CBs is good enough for the top 2. The top two are the best two. I actually expected both Norwich and Villa to be right up there. both have excellent squads its just not clicked for them, much like we have not clicked. Yet some how we keep winning, I put this down to the manager

No not stupid at all just a fact. We have been less effective as a team and results have worsened. I'm not saying he's not a good player what I'm saying is the majority of fans know roger all and that proves it.

You mean like everyone had been telling him to drop Bannan for Abdi for months? Abdi the saviour, starts three games WLL. Maybe just maybe thats why the team was set up without him?

Thing is Barry Bannan is playing through pain to keep in the first team, thats the desire we want from our players. What happened last time Almen started a game? he hobbled off half way through the first half after a little knock. making the manager have to use a sub and change his game plan far too early. If I was Carlos I'd have a tough time starting him knowing he could puss out like that too. Almen has looked somewhat decent in his cameo appearances but he's barely set the field alight. If he was the player everyone made him out to be he would be making more of an impression.

He looked like he had an error in him in the first half, loves a pass back a little too much for my liking but a great ball for our goal and in the second half never put a foot wrong. I still feel we are light in that position but he's a good option for me though we need to get him in more so he is sharper and more settled

What has Winnall done to get into anyones best 11? I cant grasp why everyone thinks he's so special, half a good season at this level within and over achieving side how many times have we seen that come to nothing. Don't get me wrong he's more than deserving of a chance but he's got it all to prove

I'm of the opinion that Flectcher/Winnall and Rhodes/Hooper will be generally how those positions are picked

Whats this obsession everyone has with Winnall being a world beater that everyone except CC can see? He's offered naff all so far and might have had a good first half of the season but he's untested on the whole at this level so if he aint performing then CC is entitled to take him off. Hes gotta be 4th in the pecking order now and its up to him to change that

The fact of the matter is any team challenging at the top needs four quality strikers, we currently have 3. Fletcher, Hooper and I guess Winnall though he's not fully proven at this level. I like both Nuihu and Jao but they aint doing it, its been nearly a year since Dave got his last goal for the first team and Jao needs to go somewhere and play every week. something we can not afford to accommodate. JR is more proven than anything we have at getting goals in this league. We don't need him, by all means we could go up via the playoffs with out him. but lets be straight with the fact we stand a much better chance with him. If we don't go up but we start next season with those four as our strikers and add some extra quality at the back and on the wings with a Diame type attacking mid and we stand as good a chance as anyone of going up champions