Need to see him put a run of starts together, so hope to see him start next weekend. We will only find out if he can cope with the intensity of playing regularly at this level if we start him.
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Need to see him put a run of starts together, so hope to see him start next weekend. We will only find out if he can cope with the intensity of playing regularly at this level if we start him.
bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
Because they’re not good enough - simple!
There are plenty of people on here who think Gordon is the next messiah though
bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
I’m afraid I’m not one of them! Potential is still the best word to describe him!
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And then the window opens.
We've got to find a way to get the balance right and it feels like we're still a fair way from doing that at the moment. The midfield has definitely been upgraded but it's concerning that it's still struggling to really impose itself on games. I feel like we're a bit too passive at the moment, conceding too much of the ball and too many chances. It feels like we don't always give ourselves the best chance of winning. I don't know what the solution to that is though.
Give players time to play together. Onana's played 9 games in the PL, Gana was getting back up to fitness, Garner is only just ready to start. I'm still 100% sticking with this formation but my expectations are realistically low for what I think they'll give us. We can't go from last season to dominating games with a few signings. There's also more pressure on the midfield because of 3 forwards can't keep the ball and don't scare oppositions enough.
Yeah that's all fair. As I say though, we need to find a way of playing that works for us because I don't think we have yet. It's not about dominating games, but if we're going to play on the break we need to be more clinical and tighter defensively.
If think this comes when/if Dom starts games and in January when we must get 1-2 attackers. My hope for this season after the window shut with no Kudus etc. was to just get ourselves through to January away from the drop, buy, then push.
There was a 5 minute spell in the first half against spurs where we kept the ball really well and were passing it around the spurs players with ease and we had 70% possession. The ability is there so it is frustrating that they can’t keep it up for 90 mins and revert to sloppy passes and giving the ball away constantly .
MisterJ
Player Valuation: £35m
Think of it as baby steps.
We are so much better than last season, relegation shouldn't even be a thought this time round.
We know there is still lots of work to be done before we can even consider ourselves a mid table side. Let's just be patient and not panic after a few defeats.
Genuinely believe Frank is building something here. With another couple of good additions in January, we could push on some more.
I know it's not fashionable in the modern world and demands for instant success, but we have to stick at it
We are so much better than last season, relegation shouldn't even be a thought this time round.
We know there is still lots of work to be done before we can even consider ourselves a mid table side. Let's just be patient and not panic after a few defeats.
Genuinely believe Frank is building something here. With another couple of good additions in January, we could push on some more.
I know it's not fashionable in the modern world and demands for instant success, but we have to stick at it
Carlito
Player Valuation: £40m
I think we lack players with the guile and finesse to knit things together, especially in midfield (where it's most important).
The new signings are largely OK as individuals fulfilling specific, though in some cases rather limited, roles.
Teams like this need either firepower or a rock-solid defence, and I can accept that it's a lot easier to coach the latter. It's still a risky strategy, though, as it only takes one goal to send Plan A out the window when you're a defensive team.
NilSatisOptimum
Player Valuation: £70m
Actually, having strong and stable base by building from the back. Nowhere near as bad as last season. Was embarrassing last season against Spurs
We certainly have competed with the scab six 6 sides we've played so far, now just have the officials in our pockets can see good things.
Ron manager
Player Valuation: £500k
I think Frank is on track to build a relegation avoiding outfit which in all honesty is about as good as it gets under the Mosh regime but is it enough for Frank and more importantly enough for the majority of fans? At this stage I expect to be turned over by Utd, Spurs and any of that ilk 9 times out of 10, the challenge will come with a couple of "on the spin" bad results against others in the also-ran league.
Frank has recovered some of his rep with efforts to date so I don't think he will be short of options on the managerial merry go round. It's just a case of if it gets a bit tasty and fans do what fans do in such circumstances - ridicule him with their wangs out in the car park. Will he still see light at the end of the tunnel, or will his vision become one of morbid darkness and dread, stumbling blindly, tripping on half-chocca bricks amidst dead rats across a dank festering floor?
Carry a torch Frank just in case
Frank has recovered some of his rep with efforts to date so I don't think he will be short of options on the managerial merry go round. It's just a case of if it gets a bit tasty and fans do what fans do in such circumstances - ridicule him with their wangs out in the car park. Will he still see light at the end of the tunnel, or will his vision become one of morbid darkness and dread, stumbling blindly, tripping on half-chocca bricks amidst dead rats across a dank festering floor?
Carry a torch Frank just in case
Colonel Getafe
Player Valuation: £25m
Oh I definitely wasn't saying Carlo was a negative appointment. He was -and is- a world class manager and it was an unbelieveable capture to get one of the greats. If we could have kept him, I've no doubt he'd have won a trophy within a few years. He's a winner.
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