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Sinisalo has to start next game if Emi is out, our season is over if Olsen plays.

52 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

 

With that being said, I do wish he’d score a couple more from corners. Like Laursen used to! 

He is a good decoy for our main aerial weapon Buendia to be fair.

39 minutes ago, Tom13 said:

Real name is Brent Di Cesare, from Nottingham.

Like a reverse Bruno Di Gradi

1 hour ago, Zatman said:

keep the keeper in  

It will take a good while for him to regain his confidence now, good for us.

Over 900 career appearances from someone who started out as a speedy winger is exceptional. Unlucky to have been overlooked for Jesus Navas during the Spanish golden era too.

2 minutes ago, Xela said:

Funny really, I remember a few posters hitting the vinegar strokes in pre-season, at the transfer dealings Leeds were doing. 

 

 

It looked on paper that they were reinvesting the Raphinha and Phillips money wisely but ended up more like how we reinvested the Benteke Delph money.

Yeah a priority for the Summer is finding a Moreno clone as he has become so key to the way we play, Digne doesn't have the tools required.

16 minutes ago, DJBOB said:

Mckennie works in a 3 for the US. Think he frequently plays the pivot for Leeds and like McGinn, while he can do a job there, doesn’t have the regular discipline and quick passing under pressure to be a DM in the pivot. 

Leeds are missing Adams more than anything. He was a one man clean up crew for them and their goals against record has suffered horrifically since he’s been out. 
 
Obligatory comment that Leeds have spent 120 plus million in the last two years and still start Ayling. 

When I first seen him play at Schalke he really reminded me of Tim Cahill, he needs to be playing in a role like he did for me.

Really set up to overturn a two goal deficit here tonight. Lampard can't last until the end of the season surely?

6 hours ago, bobzy said:

They really didn't - I don't understand how people get this so wrong so regularly

From the side that got promoted, they lost:
Their first choice goalkeeper
Both wing backs
2 back up centre backs
2 First choice midfielders
Their first choice striker and also their backup striker

They also sold/released a load of squad fillers.

If you watched Forest last season, the success they were getting were from the wing backs bombing on up the pitch and causing havoc.  Djed Spence looked absolutely immense (which led to Spurs buying him from Boro).  The only players who were "there" from their first team squad last season were Worrall, Cook, McKenna, Yates, Johnson and Surridge - of those, Cook isn't good enough (arguably McKenna too, although I think he won their player of the season) and Surridge was essentially their third choice striker.

Maybe they didn't need 30 players, but 20 really isn't that far off what was required to almost stand still in terms of squad depth.

If they had stopped at 15 it would have been sensible. Last season they had an incredibly settled side with great momentum by the end of the season. Why they didn't try and keep as much of that together is a mystery as they showed in the FA cup they could dismantle PL teams too. Spence could have been attainable on loan from Spurs, his move there has been a disaster for him. Garner and Davis might not be brilliant but both were settled and crowd favourites. With the resources they have both were very attainable. Cook and Colback were the 2 who don't have the legs for PL football but both could have been grand to have around for experience.

Like at Chelsea I can only imagine how difficult it has been to organise training with such numbers, there is a reason top teams like to have tight squads.

5 hours ago, The_Steve said:

Tells you how bad their recruitment is: record £35m signing striker Rutter unused sub. Has played fewer than 10 games since signing in Jan. I’d be livid with that god awful defence every week and the leadership signing players they don’t need or use. Hilarious from an outside perspective though. 

He doesn't stand out for their u21s either, I never seen him play in his Hoffenheim days but this season he looks a long way away from PL quality.

Another factor is the political power of the gentrification of that area of Manchester brings, will be beneficial if there is any investigation into their corruption as neither political party will want to upset the UAE.

Leeds are going down with no Tyler Adams, McKennie is awful as a central midfielder.

3 hours ago, Sulberto21 said:

I just realised Dan burn has a digit missing…

Not as bad as his fellow Geordie from Get Carter

2 minutes ago, Cizzler said:

They'd considerably worsen (as would every team if you take out their two best players) - but worse than mid-table? Fighting relegation then? Nonsense.

Still have loads of good PL players; Lloris, Romero, Bentancur, Kulusevski and Richarlison would improve most teams in the league. I liked Spence at Forest and I think there is surely more to come from Bissouma too.

They're miles off the Poch era though. That team was exceptional in comparison to this one.

Bentancur getting injured cost them more than anything else this season. If Kane leaves it will free up resources for 2 or 3 new signings. Get them right and they will be a force again albeit unlikely to challenge for any titles.

14 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Im not sure thats 1st ive heard that about pulisic tbh

2 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

Why would they do that? Wilson is the better player remember.

That's it, Howe probably thinks they just had an off day. In reality they're an average team with an average manager who got outclassed by better players and a mastermind tactician.

Hopefully their upcoming opponents follow Emery's blueprint of how to beat them.

We should share all data and analytics on them with Leicester, do Smith a favour too.

21 minutes ago, sidcow said:

OK, what Forest have done is literally no different to what every promoted side ever have done.  They've signed some players.

Good.

Nobody has ever done it on the scale of them, complete insanity what they have tried when the had half a decent team left from their promotion winning side.

Transfers[edit]

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Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Team	Ref.
20 June 2022	GK		Ryan Hammond	Millwall	Free transfer	Under-23s	[2]
25 June 2022	FW		Taiwo Awoniyi	Union Berlin	Undisclosed[a]	First team	[4]
3 July 2022	DF		Giulian Biancone	Troyes	Undisclosed

Loans in[edit]

5 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Depends. If all clubs are smart and don't pay the over inflated fees for players like ziyech gallagher etc then they will be.

But chelsea always seem to get good fees for players that are not that great (under roman anyway but who knows under these guys)

I wouldnt mind chabolah or pulisic at villa tbh

Isn't Pulisic meant to be a bit of an arsehole though? We have a good group of characters at the moment so we would want to maintain that.

Chalobah could be converted into an Emery right back but you'd imagine he wouldn't be sold cheap.

Brandon Williams is still at Man Utd, a rare bench appearance today.

Really hope some of Everton, Southampton Leeds and Leicester can lift their games against them, we really could catch them if they collapse. Arsenal should beat them, Spurs and Chelsea are both a shambles but capable of the odd good performance still.

The lineup they had out today was a bit championship level with no Doucore or Onana in midfield. If they go down they might not come back up immediately.

Not that long ago that many were calling for us to replace him with James Ward Prowse.

1 minute ago, stewiek2 said:

I used to think Southgate watching our games was the kiss of death.

I was wrong, it was Gerrard.

Did Southgate half celebrate Ollie's goal like he did with Wilson the last time?