Alan Biggs - Do Sheffield Wednesday players deserve Carlos Carvalhal’s protection?

[Animis]

If CC hasn't got any involvement in the transfers, and the implication is it's affecting the team and his performance, why doesn't grow a pair and say so, or resign?

[fred mciver]

Not sure Biggs stacks up.

 

You can't blame players for recruitment that's provided an unbalanced squad and messy mix with too many on last big pay day.

 

Oh , Steve, here's £30 k per week for next 4 years.

 

Errr, oh , ok then if you insisit , but Norwich only offered a 3 -year deal at £25 k weekly.

 

Come on. Reminds me of mad Leeds times when Seth and his agent went in for £25 k per week and Whites' opening was £30 k.

[steelowl]

7 hours ago, debram said:

Nothing said that hasn't already been debated on lifted from here

 

[S36 OWL]

9 hours ago, @owlstalk said:

 

Good read from Alan Biggs this morning in the Sheffield Star
 

"I seriously doubt whether Carlos Carvalhal has had any real managerial control over what I think is a fundamental flaw in the transfer operation"

 

"Beating Leeds 3-0 is a case for the prosecution and not the defence. Hitting that high makes the subsequent low at rock-bottom Bolton all the more damning. Average players and teams can be forgiven inconsistency; not ones with this quality"

"Every player should take a long hard look at himself. Where are the leaders for a start?"


Read more at: http://www.thestar.co.uk/football-2-33112/sheffield-wednesday/alan-biggs-do-sheffield-wednesday-players-deserve-carlos-carvalhal-s-protection-1-8811992

 

Biggs saying the bleedin obvious as usual. 

[Costello 77]

6 hours ago, Animis said:

If CC hasn't got any involvement in the transfers, and the implication is it's affecting the team and his performance, why doesn't grow a pair and say so, or resign?

It's a knock off piece by a local journalist.. not fact.

[steelowl]

it must be fact tbh  because if he has been responsible for recruitment he needs to walk tonight

[Stoop]

He’d make an excellent weatherman would Biggs

 

’It might rain tomorrow, but then again it might not’

[Lionel Fessi]

11 hours ago, steveger said:

I agree with the Roland Rat lookalike this time, some of the players need to grow some balls and a backbone.....

 

No doubt they would all be performing 150% if a new coach came in and they had to 

This along with lots of other posts in this tread has given me the giggles!!!

 

In all seriousness though I feel like a culture of complacency has taken over the majority of the players and staff at the club. It is obvious we have a good team and it is obvious that when we really want to play well we do. However when you are playing near enough the same first XI every week, haven't made any major formation/player changes in the last 2 years whilst still making the playoffs and offering top dollar contracts with lucrative transfer fees it almost creates a breeding ground for inconsistent performances. How do you motivate your team when you are already giving everyone exactly what they want?

 

We're being way too easy on the players. Far too many who are now in the mindset of 'only play well when it matters cause I'm already earning money I couldn't get elsewhere' or some that are 'Manager likes me and there's no real competition for my role, i'll always make the team'. I'm not saying these types won't give 110% every game, but surely with those attitudes in the dressing room we aren't getting the best out of the players. Isn't a big deal when its just one or two individuals (e,g Forestieri saga) however when it seems like its almost the whole collective who are struggling it makes you wonder.

 

CC has to change things up and give the players a wake up call. 

Experiment with the formation.

Drop the 'undroppables'.

Give younger/unproven players a chance.

Take risks in the loan market.

Do something!!!

 

Times like this make me wonder how valuable a presence like Hutchinson or Semedo are. Real leaders in the dressing room who you know aren't playing for money, you know they want to win and love to compete. Players who get in someones face when they are slacking off or underperforming, one of the reasons why we've suffered so badly this season in particular defensively is without leaders on the pitch like Hutchinson or Loovens. In my opinion the likes of Jones, Lee, Reach, Hunt, Fox, Van Anken even on occasion Lees are too soft. I want passion, show me you care about winning or losing, i can respect that, I  can buy into paying £36 a week to watch that. 

 

[Avon barksdale]

This is what I don't understand if Carlos didn't want to sign Rhodes, Abdi and others which cost Chansiri a lot of money. Then doesn't play them surely this p@sses chansiri off for wasting his money, added to our poor results,but he continues to back Carlos. 

[Socialist_Owl]

Protection?  Had no qualms throwing FF under the bus at every opportunity.

[Owls2k]

Alan Biggs is to journalism what Russell Howard is to comedy. If they can do it, there's hope for us all. 

[Indoor Owl]

Pretty much the nail on the head:

 

Sheffield Wednesday and the coach are being let down by the players, not the other way around.

 

A £9 million striker who couldn't find the back of the net from six yards out playing Blind School FC, and some very dire goalkeeping efforts have hamstrung his team.

 

 

Edited October 19, 2017 by Indoor Owl

[F. Spiksley]

Owlstalk Lost Theorem  = Hindsight  + (Biggs > Howson ^10  /  Giddings)

 

 

roger me ragged and they get paid for this bobbar!

 

 

 

Alan, we know this already. 

[s6 owl]

Can't stand, Biggs he comes across as someone who has an opinion on just about everything when in reality he knows f**k all just like the radio sheff mob 

Edited October 20, 2017 by s6 owl

[Indoor Owl]

If everyone is busy saying "we know this already", then why are so many people on here calling for CC's head based on the club's actions in the transfermarket?

 

Clearly there are at least a few that haven't got the memo.

 

 

[s6 owl]

14 hours ago, ramone said:

A better question would be

 

'Does Alan Biggs warrant his journalism degree?'

No

[Socialist_Owl]

Absolutely pisspoor attempt at some cutting op ed.  

 

Print is truly dead if this is kind of glaze-eye platitude being served up.

 

Less journalism than beige poo from Ikea.

[Halifax Owls]

Got to agree with ‘he’d make a good weatherman’ comment. On the flip side however you get a journo asking a manager a fair straight question and he turns into Jimmy the Gent, starts banging his fist on the table and doing stuff with a twenty pound note.

 

I do detect the local journo’s breaking ranks and opening up a bit more with criticism so pressure is building.

 

Jon Newsome for me is always an interesting read.

[Orlando_Trustful]

[Owl999]

Jesus Christ, I’ve said for 2 seasons Carlos has nothing to do with signing the players , the way Stuart Gray quit told you how the club was about to be run .