M_Afro

A permanent signing is looking more and more unlikely at this late stage. I wonder whether we may sign someone on loan instead. I don’t want him but would not be surprised to see Ruben Loftus Cheek move somewhere. I’m sure there will be a few other loan moves to come also. Could one be heading our way?

Carney has got all the attributes he needs to be a top player. He just needs time now to really learn and understand his role. He will be a top player by the time he is 20 which is some achievement

Why will you only judge Dean when he has all his players available? Surely his job is to get the best out of what he has available? It’s ridiculous to think that you can only judge a manager on his record when he has everyone available. How often does that happen? So far, I would say, that given the circumstances, we are probably 1 point maybe if you are being harsh 2 points down. That’s judging Dean on reality not utopia.

He will definitely be given some time. Not sure it will be as much as some think though.

Ha ha. Time will tell

Been poor for months. He’s lucky to be getting starts at the moment. Hopefully a break will do him good. He needs to get back to his early season form from last year.

This was all totally foreseeable and thus surely the club has a plan? I will be amazed if a keeper is not signed before the window ends. Surely a new keeper is a must!

A couple of weeks ago someone suggested that maybe NSWE had ceased buying players because they had become unsure of Dean. They wanted to see how he performed before sanctioning any further deals. That way, if he does fail, money is available for the new manager. Likewise, if he does well he will have earned further investment. I think there may well be something in this and it makes some sense. Dean has had £300m to spend which is a huge amount of money. You would expect to see a cohesive unit with a well defined style given the time available and the investment made. This is far from the case. It’s early doors this season so it makes sense to see how things unfold. After 10 games, if things don’t improve, pressure will build. If we are averaging a little over 1 point per game after 15 games then Dean will be gone. Any new manager will then be able to spend some cash in January. I really think the period between now and November will be massive for Dean. It’s make or break now! For the record, I obviously hope he makes it. He is a great bloke and he is one of us. In reality, I have massive reservations. At this moment I would be more surprised if he is still here at the end of the season than I would be to have a new manager in place.

I have been very critical of Dean lately. I am also unconvinced about his suitability at this level but he did the best he could today considering all of the disruptions he faced. A draw is not a terrible result particularly as we went behind so early. Hopefully we now have time to get more players match fit. If things don’t improve then, he will start to come under serious pressure.

This could get very ugly! We need a fast response!

Like I said. Look at the stats. Plus, if we ever lose Emi we are in big trouble.

Penalty?

We did but look at the stats. We had a very high number of saves made by Emi and last ditch blocks by our defenders. It was not controlled defending. We got carved open lots but the last gasp efforts of some key players saved us. That’s unsustainable in my view.

Our first two PL performances have been fairly poor. If we play to the same level tomorrow we will stand a good chance of losing! Hopefully the lads will start to click. We need more from Buendia and having Ollie back could give us a lift. I don’t like Ollie on the left but if the alternative is AEG then I would be ok with Ollie playing left of a 4-3-3. Brentford will definitely score. I think maybe a 2-2 draw (hoping for 3-2).

Read my post mate. I am directly talking about the stated expectation of the owners. It’s not my view it’s theirs.

There are plenty of midfielders that are significantly better than we have, who could be attainable. I still think we will bring one in.

I still don’t believe we are finished. All the noise from the owners has been about challenging for European football. Our chances of that as things stand are very slim. Surely they are still working away at stuff!

It’s partly a reflection of where we are in terms of injuries and new signings but I am genuinely concerned about this one. We should be entering a home fixture with Brentford full of confidence and expectation. There are mitigating circumstances as to why I don’t feel like that but I do still have concerns over our squad balance, even when the squad is fully fit. Hopefully they prove me wrong but at the moment I can’t see us winning this one.

We lack intensity in the middle of the park. He would only make that worse. Total sloth.

As various sources have stated, I think we are waiting to offload before doing any more business. We still want a GK and a DCM but need to make room first. If we don’t, then I think we are done.

Maybe it will enable us to bring in a younger replacement such as Alvarez. AEG is utter rubbish in my view. Really top bloke who totally stokes a penalty but he starts more opposition attacks by losing possession than any of the actual players. You can’t always get perfect timing for these things either. As @Delphinho123said he is at his optimum value now. £15m is way too good to turn down.

It was really encouraging but we need to remember that in old money, Barrow are a poor fourth division team. None of our young lads are ready to start many PL games.

Surely he won’t want to waste a season at his stage of career. I imagine he will go out on loan somewhere. I could actually see him at Fulham. I think he would be well suited to them. Maybe we could use him as part swap for Anguissa!

He’s a lovely football player. He just glides with the ball at his feet. Once he works out how to get more involved in matches it is going to be difficult to stop him starting first team matches.

At what?