Summer transfer window.

[danny=)]

Would be a disaster for readability of this forum. Most couldn't even spell Doucoure correctly, never mind this!

we shall call him nigel

 

[brittcop1]

And yet Forest played 56 competitive games this season and Palace played 60.

Mate, good research but you are still making my point. The manager failed to get good performances out of the team, even though because of his ineptitude in both cups, they played less games than most others. A few players could have done with a break when their form faltered but your manager had zero ability to use his whole squad and in the end the whole team reflected him...they looked tired, uninspired and boring.

 

[brittcop1]

Obviously. But it's one thing to motivate and quite another for them to actually carry out their jobs on field. Or do you think they showed commitment and intensity?

I dont...their performances reflected their manager's personality- dour, predictable and passed it.

 

[paddymac]

377 pages just to see Tomas Soucek on loan & Callum Wilson on deadline day

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

377 pages just to see Tomas Soucek on loan & Callum Wilson on deadline day

I love these posts, every year, the hundreds of them.

 

[Seathestars]

With Barca paying so much for Anthony Gordon I wonder if we can get them to take Barry for a score

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

With Barca paying so much for Anthony Gordon I wonder if we can get them to take Barry for a score

They should have enquired about Ili. We’d have probably accepted £20million because we are shrewd operators.

 

[Mrtallywacker]

With Barca paying so much for Anthony Gordon I wonder if we can get them to take Barry for a score

No way they'll pay the rip off price of 20 quid for him my son.

God bless.

 

[Lapeno77]

They should have enquired about Ili. We’d have probably accepted £20million because we are shrewd operators.

Ah but then we would miss out on the inevitable meltdown when the Barcodes decide to pick N'diaye up on the cheap.

 

[blueblue]

I love these posts, every year, the hundreds of them.

Every year after the end of a season this place gets toxic for a few weeks before it settles down... every year.

That said , I do think DM has questions to answer. With thirty games played we were in prime position to get a European spot, even a CL place was not out of the question as we saw with Bournemouth who were below us around the 30 game mark and barely missed out on a CL place.

I do accept that we have a small squad and some players never got the rest they needed, but there were players who were not given any chance never mind a fair one. This was understandable earlier in the season when results were good but later in the season we saw a resistance to any change which eventually caught up with us.

Apart from anything else it became unfair to the players.

Jake O Brien who was never more than a stand in right back was forced to play there for the entire season just about and it caught up with him at the end
Harrison Armstrong was kept at the club in January, played for a while, did well and was then all but ignored until the end of the season. He could probably have played the Garner role allowing JG to play right back at times.

Tyrique George certainly deserved more chances than were given to him, he offered a level of pace we didn't otherwise had but just wasn't trusted by the manager.

I can only guess that both Dibling and Aznou must be really poor in training , there can't be any other explanation for players to be so obviously ignored when the squad is so short of bodies.

I have long accepted that DM will start as manager next season although I would have prefeeerd it if we had brought in Iraola( I think this was probably never realistic as it seems the AC Milan job was probably his from quite some time back).

I don't think DM is in as strong a position as he was some months ago, I doubt there will be any contract extension talks until after next Christmas, if at all.

The transfer dealings will also be interesting and will be quite revealing... we will see from the players that both come and go how much control DM has.

All this names being linked ( and creating unrest amongst an irritable fanbase) are best ignored as just about all will never happen.

 

[MisterJ]

I love these posts, every year, the hundreds of them.

Id ban every single person who makes this same, hilarious post. Soucek and Wilson, oh the originality

 

[matty1878]

Every year after the end of a season this place gets toxic for a few weeks before it settles down... every year.

That said , I do think DM has questions to answer. With thirty games played we were in prime position to get a European spot, even a CL place was not out of the question as we saw with Bournemouth who were below us around the 30 game mark and barely missed out on a CL place.

I do accept that we have a small squad and some players never got the rest they needed, but there were players who were not given any chance never mind a fair one. This was understandable earlier in the season when results were good but later in the season we saw a resistance to any change which eventually caught up with us.

Apart from anything else it became unfair to the players.

Jake O Brien who was never more than a stand in right back was forced to play there for the entire season just about and it caught up with him at the end
Harrison Armstrong was kept at the club in January, played for a while, did well and was then all but ignored until the end of the season. He could probably have played the Garner role allowing JG to play right back at times.

Tyrique George certainly deserved more chances than were given to him, he offered a level of pace we didn't otherwise had but just wasn't trusted by the manager.

I can only guess that both Dibling and Aznou must be really poor in training , there can't be any other explanation for players to be so obviously ignored when the squad is so short of bodies.

I have long accepted that DM will start as manager next season although I would have prefeeerd it if we had brought in Iraola( I think this was probably never realistic as it seems the AC Milan job was probably his from quite some time back).

I don't think DM is in as strong a position as he was some months ago, I doubt there will be any contract extension talks until after next Christmas, if at all.

The transfer dealings will also be interesting and will be quite revealing... we will see from the players that both come and go how much control DM has.

All this names being linked ( and creating unrest amongst an irritable fanbase) are best ignored as just about all will never happen.

superb

 

[Frenk]

Well, Gravesen went to Real Madrid, Koeman went on to Barcelona, Martinez went on to Belgium, Gana went to PSG, and Gordon is going to Barcelona. We should definitely promote this to attract better players:

“Come ply your trade at Everton, you may or may not have the best career with us, but you’ll certainly be alright in the end”

 

[Seathestars]

Well, Gravesen went to Real Madrid, Koeman went on to Barcelona, Martinez went on to Belgium, Gana went to PSG, and Gordon is going to Barcelona. We should definitely promote this to attract better players:

“Come ply your trade at Everton, you may or may not have the best career with us, but you’ll certainly be alright in the end”

Also Frankie goes to Hollywood.

 

[Llyrap]

"There are some big opportunities this Summer. The bottom end of the league will be weaker."...you mean US?

Maybe - but Ipswich and Hull have not fared very well when promoted in the past. Coventry have Lampard.

Difficult to see how we’ll be weaker quite frankly.