When is Luongo back?

[Lord Snooty]

Miss him massively. Huge impact in that Rotherham game. 

Midfield has been like a Swiss cheese without him. Theres no one else capable of doing the job that he does for us. 

I know, Hutchinson did a good job at Wigan but he's needed at centre back if we insist I playing from the back.

[royalowlisback]

I've already written him off, he'll leave at the end of the season, then go on to be injury free again.

[OWLERTON GHOST]

Hes gone walkabout ?

[markg]

Who cares.

 

He'll just be injured again very shortly after.

[Lord Snooty]

Crumbs, the malady has set in early!

[Lunny1968]

In a fortnight.

[FreshOwl]

Starting to think he’s a lost cause now. Just typical Wednesday, that our best midfielder is constantly out 

[BRADDO]

I think we need to forget about him tbh and try and replace him in January 

[CircleSeven]

I believe we were informed somewhere that he will be back in October. Let’s face it, it doesn’t matter when he’ll be back. As soon as he is he will be out again. Once these runs of injury’s kick in they never stop. So we have to plan to be without him. 
We need to replace him in Jan and in the interim try a few bodies in there to see if anyone can cut it. Hutch will be destroyed if he plays many games there. Maybe try Adeniran, or Dele Bashiru or at lest someone with physical presence or athleticism? Is there anyone in the u23s who might be worth a go? 

[room0035]

We won't see him again in an owls shirt, the guy is a complete crock, he makes Connor Wickham look like he has a good injury record.

 

For me just more wasted money on bringing in players who cannot do the bare minimum of a football be able to play 40+ games a season, this guy break down after a few and we are lucky to get 20 appearances. We should have let him leave to Australia when the offer came in early last month.

 

 

[room0035]

6 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

I believe we were informed somewhere that he will be back in October. Let’s face it, it doesn’t matter when he’ll be back. As soon as he is he will be out again. Once these runs of injury’s kick in they never stop. So we have to plan to be without him. 
We need to replace him in Jan and in the interim try a few bodies in there to see if anyone can cut it. Hutch will be destroyed if he plays many games there. Maybe try Adeniran, or Dele Bashiru or at lest someone with physical presence or athleticism? Is there anyone in the u23s who might be worth a go? 

FDB, Byers, Adeniran all can play in the central midfield ball winning role i would prefer Hutch in the flat back 4 and we look a lot more solid with him instead of Dunkley there.

[Lord Snooty]

Was that a concrete bid?

I heard it was just paper talk.

[Tewkesbury]

3 minutes ago, room0035 said:

FDB, Byers, Adeniran all can play in the central midfield ball winning role i would prefer Hutch in the flat back 4 and we look a lot more solid with him instead of Dunkley there.

Looks like he's trying to get Wing in there. Played the last 3 games there, not the best but he's improving.

[SallyCinnamon]

Sadly don’t think he will ever manage a run of games. Injuries caught up with him.

Huge shame because could be such a key player for us.

[Dutch McLovin]

Not soon enough. First name in that Midfield when fit, more important than Bannan.

[room0035]

3 minutes ago, Tewkesbury said:

Looks like he's trying to get Wing in there. Played the last 3 games there, not the best but he's improving.

No once again we are adopting the Gary Monk rule of thumb don't play a playing the in the correct position when you can shoe hone someone into the role.

 

Like playing Johnson at full back, Brown as a winger, Paterson as a striker, Berahino on the wing, Kamberi as a winger, Bannan as a defensive midfielder, Adeniran as a winger.

 

The list goes on of people played in the wrong position, we have a squad of 25+ players at least 2 players for every position but we still play way too many players out of position, because the manager unfortunately is starting to show he has his favourites, who play every game and he shoehorns them into a formation instead of player players that fit the roles.

 

Unless Moore snaps out of it and starts giving other player such as Corbeanu, Kamberi, Berahino, Hunt etc a run in the team it is when not if he get the boot.

[pat blondeau]

He’s only played 90 minutes once since December.

 

If our promotion hopes are relying on Massimo we’re in trouble

[S36 OWL]

Two weeks 

[flash]

Most important player for us.
Like others have stated how reliable he’ll be is another question. 
 

Genuinely think we would have stopped up last season if he stayed fit. 

[Tewkesbury]

11 minutes ago, room0035 said:

No once again we are adopting the Gary Monk rule of thumb don't play a playing the in the correct position when you can shoe hone someone into the role.

 

Like playing Johnson at full back, Brown as a winger, Paterson as a striker, Berahino on the wing, Kamberi as a winger, Bannan as a defensive midfielder, Adeniran as a winger.

 

The list goes on of people played in the wrong position, we have a squad of 25+ players at least 2 players for every position but we still play way too many players out of position, because the manager unfortunately is starting to show he has his favourites, who play every game and he shoehorns them into a formation instead of player players that fit the roles.

 

Unless Moore snaps out of it and starts giving other player such as Corbeanu, Kamberi, Berahino, Hunt etc a run in the team it is when not if he get the boot.

Thing is, the ones who fit there, Hutch, Luongo and Byers are out. Adeniran is in there but he is a bit sus too when under pressure. Bannan would be good but he won't stay back so that leaves Wing. The formation relies on someone sitting deep, it's exactly the same formation as the England team with Rice and Phillips holding in front of the back 4.