nepal_villan

What's the latest with Travis Patterson? Impressed the few times I saw him with the U23s

We pillage the WBA academy and then still lose to them 

1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said:

I actually thought a couple of his contemporaries from the unders may have broken through before JJ, you just never know how it's going to pan out. We are in a good place with the kids and we've added another this week. I do not think this is going to stop either, having our very own conveyor belt of talent is something we have neglected for ages.

Who?  He is 2 years ahead of the FA Youth Cup winning players. 

Game might be harder due to the new manager bounce but we should still be winning these types of matches given our ambition and investment.  A draw at the very least.

Given the games in hand, I feel the top 6 will include West Ham, Spurs and Arsenal.  ManUtd, Wolves, Leicester and possibly Brighton and Villa will be fighting for 7th place.  Anything lower than 11th will be really disappointing.

Comes across uber confident in that interview. Excited to follow is men's football journey.

Sounds cliché, but I trust SG on this. He'll sort it out quickly.

Was really great today

Was quite good today, but think that error will hurt his confidence and he'll be back to the bench with McGinn coming back and Ramsey's 2nd half performance. Seems cursed.

Have been critical of all the minutes he has been getting. Proved me wrong in the second half.  Was sensational.

So many unforced errors (i.e. poor passes) in the final third. Quite frustrating.  I love Ramsey, but he needs to be managed. For example can clearly see that Sanson is the more experienced player.

23 minutes ago, peterw said:

I'm a big fan but think that if Gerrard is here for anther couple of seasons minimum SJM is one of the players that may find themselves in danger of being replaced. He's a huge fan's favourite but the numbers that he produces are not good enough if we're being clinical. I hopehe can push himself even further and become even more dominant in every game because each season with us he's had large parts of the season where he has become anonymous after very bright starts. He can't afford those spells any more or he'll be moved on.

Or Gerrard will  figure out that McGinn is better suited on the forward line - like where he plays for Scotland

The amateurism of our website and social media leads me to believe we are a long way from maximizing our commercial revenues. 

I remember at the start of last season everyone was gushing about Trez's play. There is a player in him if used the right way, but guess the lack of versatility and consistency is the issue. 

Think we'll crush them. 3-0 or 3-1 with us totally dominating.

The El Ghazi comments across social media are almost identical to the Traore ones by Lyon fans.

6 minutes ago, nepal_villan said:

What's the point of him wearing the shirt and holding one up? If anything he should hold up the shirt so we see the back of it - his number.

The Brazilian flag in the photoshoot is also totally wrinkled .  Wish our media/comms team were as professional as our owners. 

18 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said:

 

What's the point of him wearing the shirt and holding one up? If anything he should hold up the shirt so we see the back of it - his number.

7 minutes ago, foreveryoung said:

If Newcastle are about to sign Woods, they may aswell take this fella, He'll do a job there if he gets plenty of game time.

Not a bad shout. 

I know they are saying it is not linked to Digne but at 15M it definitely looks like the clubs are trying to over inflate the value of the players for FFP purposes. We will probably then buy Digne for 35M on the books.  This will bolster the income of both clubs, while the cost is amortized over the length of the contract. Not a finance expert, but I read this is what Italian and French clubs do regularly.

Realistically probably another 3-4 years until we see the likes of Kerr, Feeney and Bogarde playing first team football.  Konsa for example played League 1 at age 19 & 20. Championship at age 21 and joined us at age 22.  

13 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Yep. They will as we're attacking more and under less pressure. 

We will eventually get round to looking at that but replacing Mings or Konsa is going to be a summer when we're only making 1 or 2 big money signings to really push us on. We've got other areas to worry about before that. 

Can't see it until the summer of 2023.  

34 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

If he doesn't want to commit to the club it probably is the right decision to prioritize other players ahead of him.

I'm just not going to get worked-up over an 18 year old.  If he goes to Borussia Dortmund, so be it. Sancho was at City, De Bruyne at Chelsea....you can't babysit players for years and years until they reach their peak. Some are bound to move on.

Undoubtedly a talent. Just feel he needs to be managed a bit by Gerrard. Believe Sanson would have been a more steady figure at the start of the match when United were pressing. 

1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said:

Regardless of EK and TMs ability, I think it needs changing up now, I'd hope SG can persuade those that might become squad players to stay because they are decent and will give us depth if we can upgrade them or one of them. Same for Targett, needs to stay and fight.

Think some of our defensive woes will subside as we start improving in other parts of the pitch.