S72 Owl

Unless we can get Houghton, Jokanovic, or Carvalhal then I think we should give Monk a chance. Yes he was fired by Swansea, Leeds and Middlesbrough but every manager has been sacked at some point. He did pretty well at Swansea and Leeds, didn’t work out at Boro.

There’s isn’t one good partnership out of those 4. None of them compliment each other. I’d start Nuhui and Rhodes on Tuesday, just to freshen it up.

I’d rather keep Nuhui and sell Rhodes. He’s a good option to have on the bench and we won’t have long enough to sign 4 or 5 new forwards before the new season starts

Westwood had a few bad games like every keeper does. Still our best keeper Hutchinson is/was our 2nd best CB and our best DCM.

We hardly ever moan at the referee when he gives the opposition a soft free kick. So guess what happens, the ref carries on giving them soft free kicks

Both Reach and Murphy put decent balls in the box. Not enough movement and players taking a gamble in there

Were crying out for a couple of natural goalscorers. We get into so many good positions out wide but never get that end product.

A few options; GK - Darlow, Ruddy CB - Lichaj, RWB - Murphy, LWB - Lazaar CM - Irvine, Kasey Palmer, Isiah Brown, Smith Rowe CF - Wickham, Maddison Struggling to think of any stand out names so I hope we can find some young gems from somewhere.

Depends if we sign a forward that can play the number 10 role too to give us that option. Maybe we need 2. Irvine and another I’d be happy with I think.

I think Westwood will lower his demands this year with only having 1 year left. He’ll want another 2 or 3 year deal somewhere. Who’s going to sign him in 12 months having not played for 2 years?

Hopefully we’ll stick 3-5-2 next season. I’d cash in on Westwood, Lees and Rhodes given there in the last year of there contracts. Also sell Van Aken, Pelupessy and Odubajo. Give Lee and Nuhui a new 1 year deal. That leaves us needing at least; 2 CB 1 RWB (Murphy) DM 3 CF

Murphy corners are decent. Plus we’ve scored 3 goals from set pieces in the previous 2 games.

Thought we looked good first half. Lost to a side that’s got a much stronger squad. Look at there subs compared to ours. If we carry on playing like this we’ll win more than we lose

Ah yes, a decent week on the field, a bit of positivity at last, then another rumour comes out about problems off the field.

Credit to Palmer. He’s done what many of us dreamed of. Probably playing the best football of his career too at the moment.