I don't like him and I don't like the way he goes about things but we have the players who should be enough for 11th-14th and if he can do that at the end of the season then fair enough I guess.
10-12th for me. That has to be the end position to keep our players motivated and then aim for 8th next season.
If we could achieve that then some of our better players may want to stay on.
By the end of the season if we can get into a reasonable mid table position then we will know what has happened with the investigation thing and with the ownership issues. The stumbling block for us with attracting managers (imo) is our poor track record with recruitment, I do think it's scares targets off. I am of the belief that if 777 take control they will bin Thelwell off (there have been suggestions they are not impressed with his 3 year recruitment strategy) Looking at their other clubs signings are very data driven and fitting a specific profile, I think we will have seen the last of the 'PL experience' stuff. We don't need vast pots of cash to recruit, just need to be a bit more savvy about how we do things in the market.
I think Thelwell has done well.
Tarkowski, Onana, Garner, McNeil and then Chermiti seems to have something.
The only ones who have been ropey are Maupay, Beto and Gana imo...even Harrison looks ok and Danjuma is a threat.
Plus selling Iwobi and Gray was excellent.
What have 777 done so well in the transfer markets?
I pretty much agree with this.
I've always subscribed that our players (or at least a core 9-12 of them) are better than what a lot of people make out (worst squad in the league, a load of garbage etc etc).
Par for this group with the decent additions made over the last 18 months should be around 12th, with a feel good factor and good coaching it can be a top half squad of players.
I can't get past the negative tactics in some of those home games that we threw away! If we picked up just 4-6 points in any of those games we would be sitting around 8th right now
Hes finally got the correct line up.
Bar the mad signing of Neil Maupay, most of Thelwells purchases have been hits!
Another red flag for 777
Certainly seems strange.
Hopefully we can get the lad off Blackburn ,Wharton and have a pretty effective partnership with Garner onana him and DCL
He will cost too much imo and tbh there are better CM in the championship than Wharton. Id personally swerve the championship as I think the days of picking up a cheap deal from there are gone tbh, Alex Scott cost Bournemouth £25m+extras and that was from Bristol City who are a fairly smallish team.
Wharton fee was rumoured at £15mil. There may be better players in the championship but he has a couple of years on them. Hes the main one i want in Jan.
Dyche has certainly put to bed the argument that he doesn't use young players.
Yesterday we had Patterson, Branthwaite , Mykolenko , Onana, Garner and McNeill all playing.
I think you players may look at us and think they can get a chance if they come here.
Remember hes been trying to use Keane, Gana and Young when he can until they show too many times how bad they are.
For players simply looking at yesterdays lineup i agree.
Hopefully Thelwell can add to the group in Jan. It seems like hes the driver of youth while Dyche has wanted experience.
That's all!