plymouthranger

Mental that Beale pulled the plug on signing him because of his weird no wingers formation, we literally could’ve got him for £1.5million last year. Just checked and realised he scored 20 goals in 40 odd games in the championship. He’ll be miles out of our league now sadly

We need midfields who can score. We shouldn’t be signing anyone who’s not capable of getting 10+ goals minimum. The fact O’Reilly has outscored all our midfielders combined is fucking woeful. With Jack and Lundstram leaving already, I’d do my best to move on Lawrence (and potentially Cantwell) and use the wages to bring in an absolutely solid CDM with a long shot on him, plus a 10 who can score and assist. I thought Cantwell and Lawrence scored a lot in the EFL, but at their clubs before us their stats were pretty awful. Lawrence hasn’t been a 1 goal in 10 games player for more than 5 years now, that’s miles below the level we need.

Would like to see us keep Cortez on another loan to buy, plus sign someone like Morgan Whittaker or Armstrong for competition, McAusland as 3rd choice/rotation when needed. Scott Wright needs gone. Can’t be starting the season with him in contention for even a squad place

That’s a tougher question, assuming we still lose the EL final. I feel like the Europa League run happened on the worst possible season for us. It meant we stuck with players who were going stale domestically, allowed a shite tarrier side to win a title they should never have got near, plus the hangover from exhaustion/injuries wrecked the following season also.

Is their stadium capacity still reduced because of safety issues?

Unless we put 5 or 6 past Kilmarnock tomorrow, then it’s over sadly

Agreed, I’m not sure the likes of Sima and Cortez fit that profile of no injury history though. We were always going to have a big dip after the Europa League season under Gio, look at 93/94 after the highs of the previous CL campaign. That was the time to rebuild the squad and cash in on the likes of Morelos, Kent, Barisic, Lundstram etc. Instead we kept them and then signing injury prone players who aren’t up to scratch such as Matondo, Lawrence, Davies etc. Id sell Yilmaz this summer too. Good player but has never stayed fit and we need our first choice LB to play 50 games a season, he’ll never be that player.

Dutch league is absolutely shite standard barring the top 3. Better technically than our league but sides seem incapable of defending

Good point, remember Sima in one of the CL ties (was it the home leg vs PSV)? Looked like he’d never even seen a football before, lost the ball nearly every time he got it, but scored a worldie on the stroke of HT. Very Dessers

If we win narrowly at Sharkhead, we’re still losing the league currently on GD if we match their other results. HAVE to be taking chances like the Lawrence one today, why are all our forward afraid to get an early shot off rather than trying to emulate Dessers record for touches in the box. Great defending from Gogic but he should never be given the chance to get back. Lack of confidence or players shifting the bed? Needs resolved ASAP, a 5 goal swing is possible but only if we start taking the easy chances.

Silva is fucking dire, honestly what on earth did Wolves see in him

The injury record does worry me. Missing 65 games in 4 years is over 15 games a season he’s out for. At a young age that could get worse as he gets older. Id still sign him, but I wouldn’t be spending £5million plus if that’s what Brighton want.

Wrong shade of blue surely…

He’ll never get paid it, stupid fucker should learn from the likes of Kent and the 30+ other British players who’ve had the same experience. Glad tbf, he’s not showed up in any of the big games recently. We need younger legs in the middle of the pitch, giving him a 3-4 year extension with no resale value on a million a year or so, is madness.

Mental that for such a big position he has reportedly a months notice. Seems a bit amateur

Got the hairline for it

He’s not really said anything there that older staff in every workplace feel. We’ve got a generation of kids now who are growing up with everything at their fingertips on their phone. Even for people my age (early 30s), I can still distinctly remember times where mobiles didn’t exist and the internet had big limitations. Kids nowadays drink less, want to travel more, prioritise festivals over nightclubs etc. They don’t want to work in offices, the good ones can work remotely from anywhere in the world, are more likely to freelance or have side businesses etc. I manage a sales team and honestly find it difficult to connect with the under 25s that are occasionally hired in, so it’s no surprise footballers feel the same. The club should make the “leadership team” do courses to make them feel at ease, it would benefit all parties.

Best CB we have. Goldsons a myth and Souttar was fucking rotten for the first 15-20 minutes of the 2nd half.

We are fucking terrible going forward. Should’ve scored about 6 today and we’re talking absolute guilt edges chances.

Massive, if we finish 2nd this year and fail to win the Scottish Cup, we’re a bad autumn away from being onto our 5th manager in 3 years. He has to start winning OF games. I have more belief in Clement than the others (although Gios failure was down to Wilson’s piss poor recruitment), but this current “leadership team” have shown time and time again they can’t hack pressure. He had to stop the rot and that means some honest discussions with the likes of Goldson, Lundstram, Tav. It also means clearing the decks of players who have shown they aren’t up to scratch, all the out of contract players should leave and the likes of Wright, Lammers, Dessers, Matondo, Lawrence, Dowell, Davies need moved on and replaced. If he fails on the personnel decisions above, the players will fail him.

Can’t say I noticed it, barring it held up once when one of the Aberdeen forwards was in the box and meant he took the shot later than he would’ve otherwise. Playing 120 minutes of football the day before isn’t going to help any pitch though.

They’ve so much arrogance, even though their pish they have a self belief we don’t.

I’d be all over signing Barron in the summer to replace Jack. Miovski is a much better footballer than Shankland but we wouldn’t be able to afford him

Aye he’s pish, worst is that we’re lumping Sima at RW to accommodate him.

Tbf he’s been utterly shite every subs appearance he’s made under Clement.