optimisticowl Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) There was talk of Bristol City being the Man City of the Championship League. What I want is for SWFC to be the team that other clubs look up to, preferably 23 of them, we can live without being compared with the best team in the land, let us aspire to support the best team in the league that it plays in, this could be classed as negativity by some or hopeful reality to others. Edited July 10, 2018 by optimisticowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lythamowl Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I'm not negative..... now, if I was a villa fan......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Watto said: Cause it's basically the same squad that started last season , minus Wallace,loovens,Hunt and probably Rhodes ,only addition is van aken and Joey. We need more pace out wide and like you say a commanding centre half. The players you mention that were missing at the end of last season Hooper, Lee, Westwood , Fletcher,Hutch and Abdi have all been injury prone in the last couple of seasons , so not likely to have a full season between them. The concern for me is we have an over bloated squad , some that are shirt fillers and some that are crocks, we need players that can be relied on for a 46 game championship season and one's that are good enough aswell We know we have but we are looking to get them out. It’s not as easy as we’d like tho. As you say over bloated crocks on big money who’s gonna take them. I think a few more will leave and if we make a couple of good acquisitions then it’s a good pre season. We’re not gonna get all what we need but we might get one or two. Who knows Pessy may be a demon at RWB. I think Thornley will be the main stay of our defence this year. Westwood Fletcher Abdi Jones Fox Winnall if a couple of them can be moved out it’s been a decent pre season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hillsborough Mole Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Would love it if we could trim the squad to 20 exprienced pro's - topped up with academy graduates when and where necessary Definitely happier to see players leave than arrive just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling Wolfe Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Feck negativity, let’s win the World Cup and then p!ss the league 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Not particularly negative, but not especially positive either. I don't mind the business we have done this summer moving players on, like to be optimistic but don't see us getting more than 15-20 games out of Hooper, Lee, Matias or Fletcher, Abdi is a write off, no in-comings on the horizon to address the glaring deficiencies in our squad and difficult to justify spending £40+ on a ticket to watch mid table Championship football. Oh, it turns out I was a bit negative after all, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Many Wednesdayites are unhappy that we are not prominent in the tranfer market and would love us to be spending Millions on new players. A lot of these same posters are grmbling at the purchase prce and wages paid to Rhodes., yet fail to understand that is today;s 'going rate', and that any new purchases would be costing and cmmanding smilar, if not higher fees. Jos has obviously had time to ook at a side that for two seasons finished in the play-offs. Last year saw us suffer an extraordinary spate of injuries. A lot of these payers are returning to fitness, and can be regarded almost as new signings, along with the 8 that Jos has included from a highly successful junior squad. When you have potential talent among your younger players, why spend ridiculous money on so-called proven players? To me the future lies in these hands, and so I look forward with pleasure. Just look at the progress made by Southall with the England squad. He took over a bunch of high profile failures and was not afraid to get rid of big 'names', and put together a side of almost unknowns, and make them into a team. He may not bring home the World Cup, but by hell, has he given English football a fillip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Mr Farrell said: To be fair that's quite a negative way of looking at it. I guarantee you now Calamity Carlos has gone, we wont have the same injury issues we had last season. If we do, I'll rub Hendersons into Neils shiny head with my man boobs live on Owlstalk. Injuries or not , weve still got no pace in the squad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, chizumgeorge said: Injuries or not , weve still got no pace in the squad! You are right. We have 25 highly paid professional football players who can't run. The grass is the wrong shade of green as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, chizumgeorge said: Injuries or not , weve still got no pace in the squad! Just get everyone to run a bit faster - sorted Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinmad Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, chizumgeorge said: Injuries or not , weve still got no pace in the squad! Not true. We have the ball, which can move faster than any player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike1867 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I mentioned recently that I think one or two of the "crocks" might not be so crocked this year. A combination of new manager, coming to the end of contracts, substantial pre-season, better man management, competition for places and pressure from youngsters also coming through. I could well be wrong but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if by May we are saying that there were significant contributions from Abdi, Matias, Fletcher, Jones or Boyd. If Lee, Hutchinson and Hooper stay fit then I fully expect a contribution from them, but I have a feeling someone is going to prove their worth. My money would be Fletcher or Boyd, but if Abdi and Matias stay fit and find form then at the very least they will push those already in the team to keep their spot and provide an option from the bench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Main disappointment is Carlos never told us why we were playing so negative like he told us he would at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 minute ago, room0035 said: Main disappointment is Carlos never told us why we were playing so negative like he told us he would at the end of the season. Not like Carlos to be totally pulling the wool over his fans eyes eh Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 4 hours ago, James1986 said: Whose been negative? Nobody. But about 15 morons who liked the post fell for it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The world cup has put the goings on at Hillsborough in the shade. And any positive news has been balanced out with negative stuff so the waters have been pretty calm. New kit looks great - Hooray!! Costs a fortune to buy - Boooo!! Owls in the park was great - Hooray!! We are not signing anyone - Boooo!!! England are in the semi's - Hooray!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 What negativity? The only people I see making disparaging comments are the usual crowd who are suspected of being trolls or fans from other teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Nowt to be negative about. I’m excited for a decent mid table finish. We finally have a manager with a brain and chansiri seems to have finally learned how to run a football club properly. Also England are gonna win the World Cup ( is it cool to get excited about that yet ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 5 hours ago, swfctc1 said: we have everything we need in our squad to be challenging Who plays left wingback? Presumably Reach, even tho he'd bad defensively. We don't really have one, let alone a backup should Reach get a knock. We also lack depth in central midfield. With Lee possibly playing right, Hutch supporting the back line, Jones past it and Abdi never likely to show his face again. If Lee stays in the middle to compete with Bannan for a start, then we need anew right back, to play ahead of Palmer. So we're at least 3 signings (cb, lwb, rwb/cm) away from having all the things we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Owlinmad said: Not true. We have the ball, which can move faster than any player. Youre right, but youve got to have the talent to move that ball, and as last season showed we havnt got enough of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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