gurujuan Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I think we need to be realistic in what we can do. Most of the players who are under contract, will be part of the group next season. We already have enough to do, without thinking about replacing the likes of Bannan. In what is likely to be a shortened turnaround, with a possible start at the beginning of September, we already have much to do. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twolaptops Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Have we not learnt from elevating average players to "superstar" "fan worshippers" level and the comfort zone they end up in before eventually shafting us..........?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Bannan is as effective as his combover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMOwl72 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Iorfa really overrated for me. Mainly because of the distinctly average talent that we have had at centre half over the past 15 years. He’s not a ‘must stay’ for me but we do need to improve that area of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Chansiri gets lambasted for not selling players now owlstalkers saying we must keep iorfa and bannan at all costs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Blue and white said: Bannan is as effective as his combover. That definitely needs to go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, Ronnie Starling said: We need to replace Bannan not build a team around him. We need to look for a player that can pass, tackle, defend, attack and challenge in the air. That's how central midfielders used to be. ,,,but can we afford £20 million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I'm really not fussed about bannan or Iorfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 47 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: The eight assists he's provided this season put him in the Championship's top ten for assists and is the second best tally of his career, bettered only by last season. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest Barry Bannan isn't 'finished'. I suggest that limb is fit and healthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wednesday Fan Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Rumours abound regarding Pogba’s unhappiness at Man U........You never know UP THE OWLS !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, peggyowl said: Bannan, Luongo, pessy and Reach all need to go we need to start again in midfield. We need players that can command, get beyond the strikers are are mobile. We don't have anyone who can deliver telling passes, corners or freekicks. Midfield for me is a beast who disrupts the opposition then someone who can play ball you look at other midfields and it is always were we have struggled over the last couple of years. I agree with much of what you say we need. But getting a physical box to box mid who is also as confident on the ball is difficult. Ideally Bannan would be alongside that player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, Tea Baggins said: Insert other media We need a Ben Watson, Harry Arter type. Pure shitkicker who does the ugly. Basically a Hutch but who can put in 40 games a season not 20. Someone like that Harry Arter would completely transform our midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onge Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 If anyone offers decent money for either, we must accept it. Chansiri needs to understand accepting decent bids for our players is essential if we are to balance the books. No-one is indispensable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ferkorf Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) Time to move Bannan on for me. He plays the quarter back far too much and most of those passes lead to nothing. The first two seasons we had him he was a completely different player. None of this dropping deep and running back to our keeper to play a ball forward to their defenders. Hes just got the habit of it now. Love us to sign someone to play at the side of him that can support him to go forward but that's not going to happen. We don't have players that have the vision or quality to play with this style anymore. Long gone are hooper, Forestieri and the old kieren lee Edited July 22, 2020 by Ferkorf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_owl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Replacing Bannan, deary me. He is clearly one of our best players. Maybe if we had better players around him he would actually look better. Some people in this thread are slagging him off for coming deep and wanting the ball, Paul Scholes did it for years for Man Utd and was one of the worlds best. I don't see the problem with Bannan dictating play from deep. He runs his blood to water, tackles back, presses (even when his teammates don't back him up) and passes (forwards). We would really miss him if he left. Top player for us. His set pieces are garbage though! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Brad_owl said: Replacing Bannan, deary me. He is clearly one of our best players. Maybe if we had better players around him he would actually look better. Some people in this thread are slagging him off for coming deep and wanting the ball, Paul Scholes did it for years for Man Utd and was one of the worlds best. I don't see the problem with Bannan dictating play from deep. He runs his blood to water, tackles back, presses (even when his teammates don't back him up) and passes (forwards). We would really miss him if he left. Top player for us. His set pieces are garbage though! Exactly, it’s what’s showing ahead of him, that limits his capabilities Imagine what he could do if we actually had forwards who could pass and move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyowl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Best two players we have! Need to get 7 or 8 players in of the same quality if we are to succeed! And I don't agree with selling Bannan, get players of his quality around him and his game improves! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, RUMBELOWS91 said: Whatever happens this summer we simply cannot afford to lose Bannan or Iorfa Monk needs to build.the team around these two. Completely disagree with all those that moan about Bannan playing two deep. Picking the ball up deep and turning defence into attack quickly is where he's exceptional. It's a big part of why we've done so much better away from home than at home. We need to build the defence around Iorfa. He's young and appears to have a good attitude. He can play in a three or a four. After that I'd say Luongo is probably the only other player under contract I'd be 100% happy putting on the team sheet now. Harris is close and I doubt we'll be going out to sign many improvements on what we have- more plugging the gaps. I'd love to see us bring Murphy and Windass back. Other than that we're starting from scratch in terms of starters, unless we're happy accept we'll be in a scrap, in which case the likes of Dawson/Wildsmith, Lees, Reach and Palmer come back into the reckoning. I would have thought after reading the fans on here that have Footballing business degrees and access to the wonderful hindsight glasses, that we should be selling our best players for the largest amount of money we could get as Mr Chansiri should have done with FF, Reach, Lees, Westwood, Bannan, Fletcher, Rhodes etc, and don't forget we are an understanding bunch of fans so not one of us will kick off at the sales because we all know what lies ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 38 minutes ago, Buckwheat said: ,,,but can we afford £20 million? Look hard enough and they are out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Plenty of clubs have been promoted from this division without the talents of Bannan and iorfa. If we get good offers for either then they should go, the same as any other player. Bannan is into the last year if his contract so we risk losing another player for free. Iorfas a good athlete but not a great defender. Both are replaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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