gurujuan Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bluesteel said: We have brought them in before, Barkley, Wickham, Sahar, Carson. Albeit at a different time. It’s about contacts as you say but also the mode of operating. The club aren’t necessarily going for old heads any more but they do want assets for potential resale. Yeah we have, and all those players gave us something we lacked. Generally though, since Chansiri took over, the emphasis has been on experienced championship players. Nothing wrong with that, we got good value out of Wallace, but did we need to duplicate that with the likes of McGeady, McManaman and Boyd? Wouldn’t we have been better with some exciting young talents, who would bring pace and energy to the squad, instead of clogging up the squad with thirty somethings Looking at what we need now, there is only one position where I feel we should be looking for experience, and that’s a target man. Elsewhere, younger players, less experienced, but with pace, energy, and that extra level of skill, are what’s needed. There is plenty of experience within the group. Younger players are more likely to be subsidised by their parent clubs, because they want them out there getting experience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Today is cook day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Time for a decision either way. DC’s had 2 weeks to short-list and deliberate. Let’s ave it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Yeah we have, and all those players gave us something we lacked. Generally though, since Chansiri took over, the emphasis has been on experienced championship players. Nothing wrong with that, we got good value out of Wallace, but did we need to duplicate that with the likes of McGeady, McManaman and Boyd? Wouldn’t we have been better with some exciting young talents, who would bring pace and energy to the squad, instead of clogging up the squad with thirty somethings Looking at what we need now, there is only one position where I feel we should be looking for experience, and that’s a target man. Elsewhere, younger players, less experienced, but with pace, energy, and that extra level of skill, are what’s needed. There is plenty of experience within the group. Younger players are more likely to be subsidised by their parent clubs, because they want them out there getting experience It was championship experience for the first three years. Now it seems to be signing younger players who are more athletic albeit some experience and premier league loans. Jacob Murphy, izzy brown, Wickham being examples of that. The trick we are missing is some of the talent further down the EFL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, Bluesteel said: It was championship experience for the first three years. Now it seems to be signing younger players who are more athletic albeit some experience and premier league loans. Jacob Murphy, izzy brown, Wickham being examples of that. The trick we are missing is some of the talent further down the EFL Yes we should be looking at young players further down the pyramid, some of whom will be out of contract with their clubs struggling to renew. I don’t mind if we take a shorter term approach to this season, but we have to have one eye on the future 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I still think it's a huge gamble changing something that is obviously working at the moment. We have been on the slide for a long time with Monk and the disastrous Pulis; and now we've finally got a bit of team spirit, consistency and most importantly wins on the board . Do we really want to risk ruining that? Obviously the idea is that a new manager improves us further , but it could end up having a negative effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Bannofan said: I still think it's a huge gamble changing something that is obviously working at the moment. We have been on the slide for a long time with Monk and the disastrous Pulis; and now we've finally got a bit of team spirit, consistency and most importantly wins on the board . Do we really want to risk ruining that? Obviously the idea is that a new manager improves us further , but it could end up having a negative effect. I’d usually agree with this. But Cook won’t upset the apple cart. He’s a good manager. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 So is he coming or not. seems to be dragging on a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s29wfc Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: I’d usually agree with this. But Cook won’t upset the apple cart. He’s a good manager. Agreed, and also the last 2 league games haven't seen a big change to be fair, very much Pulis esque line ups and tactics but we've just been on the right side of the old lady luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chansiri is king Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just now, SallyCinnamon said: I’d usually agree with this. But Cook won’t upset the apple cart. He’s a good manager. I would say Cooks not in the running , with him being free and he has the experience you would of thought Chansiri would of jumped at chance ?? Leaving it this long is points in that direction , a bit like the players contracts he’s letting them run down so they can virtually walk for free Adam Reach for 1 , I reckon Thompson in charge for the rest of the season then administration!!! Hope I’m totally wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbottom14 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, s29wfc said: Agreed, and also the last 2 league games haven't seen a big change to be fair, very much Pulis esque line ups and tactics but we've just been on the right side of the old lady luck. It won’t last you’d think. better to get a long term appointment in now and see how the chips fall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy logics Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 A few good results and no EFL game for a couple of weeks has given him time to get the process right. Hopefully this will be a considered appointment that will be announced this week Covid allowing... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Owl Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Come on DC. Get Cook in now & give him a full week to prepare for Saturday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just now, Chansiri is king said: I would say Cooks not in the running , with him being free and he has the experience you would of thought Chansiri would of jumped at chance ?? Leaving it this long is points in that direction , a bit like the players contracts he’s letting them run down so they can virtually walk for free Adam Reach for 1 , I reckon Thompson in charge for the rest of the season then administration!!! Hope I’m totally wrong I admire your obstinance in sticking with your current username. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chansiri is king Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 minute ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: I admire your obstinance in sticking with your current username. Die hard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Concrete Owl said: Come on DC. Get Cook in now & give him a full week to prepare for Saturday. Stop talking sense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markowski77 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 We’ve had 3 people claim they know who the next manager is in the last 72 hours - Paul Cook - Olic - Neil Thompson Someone’s got to be wrong My bet is it’s going to be the foreign route , and the person it’s going to be isn’t even on the betting list 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogbad Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 34 minutes ago, Bannofan said: I still think it's a huge gamble changing something that is obviously working at the moment. We have been on the slide for a long time with Monk and the disastrous Pulis; and now we've finally got a bit of team spirit, consistency and most importantly wins on the board . Do we really want to risk ruining that? Obviously the idea is that a new manager improves us further , but it could end up having a negative effect. I agree its a gamble but you just know that if NT was appointed until the end of the season our group of players would throw him under a bus at the the very next match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonstrix Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 COME ON DC - LET'S COOK! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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