Woodytom Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 21 minutes ago, Nigel said: I would guess the problem is that we are aiming quite high for our targets, top end championship minimum, else whats the point. Now these will idealy want premiership football, so its no surprise that our potential signings are not signing for a championship club before they see what their options are. There will be a lot of work done in the final few days i would think! The problem is that we're a bag of shit. Like someone said..... wolves get taken over and start slamming 20m quids about. No that's not necessarily the answer either but we've become so 'small time' in everything we do. Our owner said we're gonna take on the world in 5 years. Already backtracking saying it's gonna take longer. Course it is.. It ain't happening. He's completely full of shit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 No more signings and we have practically zero chance of making the playoffs. Defensively shaky, midfield is physically weak and our attack is impotent. Get a striker in and playoffs become possible. Get an attacking midfielder in too and the playoffs are practically guaranteed. Get a RB as well and we'll fight for automatic promotion with luck with injuries. Three signings needed at least. Lots to do and I'm very disappointed that a week tomorrow we kick off the new season and we're in this position. I can see now why 'prepared' was dropped from the badge! Bored of the talk/tweets, would like to see some action. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Last year the overall outlook on our transfer activity seemed to be pretty positive and there seemed to be an hope that it could finally be the season where we don't find ourselves in a relegation battle. I even remember posts that said things like teams with players like Veretout in them don't struggle, and #I think we'll finish above Tottenham'. And look what happened with the season. Maybe this year the opposite will happen. Although I expect there's still at least another three or four players that we're going to sign, so by the end of the window the pomposity may well return. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 whoever said we would finish over Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Yeah whoever said that about Spurs, don't sweat it, even I initially thought we'd do better than we eventually did. I was just trying to point out that fans reaction to transfer activity isn't always a good indication of how the season might go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 More players please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted July 30, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2016 So preseason done and next match is the real test. Have to say I am somewhat disappointed with the result against Middlesborough. Didn't watch the game but from all the comments it seems that not much has changed since last season unfortunately. Hopefully that can be sorted out but next month will be exceptionally telling for the season. Did have a thought about where we need to improve desperately and its seems clear that we still lack that cutting edge in front of goal. Having gone through the stats of pre season our goal breakdown was as follows: Total goals: 21 goals Defenders: 5 Midfielders: 3 (including Sinclair) Forwards: 13 (4 were from youth strikers too so 9 senior strikers) And it's fair to say also that we have not played decent opponents. To me that midfield stat is abysmal, being out scored by defenders?! Clearly not strong enough in the slightest. With Amavi coming back might tighten the defence, but I would really want to see some improvement there. However that might need game time more than anything just to get them working together. However we definitely need to improve the attack and midfield. That lack of midfielders scoring is a worry and having a strong striker will improve us immensely. We need: Defensive Midfielder Attacking/Creative Midfielder Striker As an absolute minimum if we want to even consider promotion right now. Still don't think we have worry regarding relegation but the squad needs strengthening. The fact that Sinclair was involved shows me the move to Celtic is not near. Sanchez also showing no move imminent. I was rather hopeful but hmmm.... Tony, Roberto, Keith. Your move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 At least they see what we do and see what we need. Actions now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 We're going to wait until the end of the window and then panic buy while our better players leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 14 minutes ago, useless said: I don't like the sound of '. . . Weeks . . .' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 13 minutes ago, CarewsEyebrowDesigner said: We're going to wait until the end of the window and then panic buy while our better players leave. better players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Just now, Zatman said: better players? I can't think of one single player in our squad that I'd be disappointed to see leave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) Judging by what he's just tweeted sounds like we're targeting some Prem players. Edited July 30, 2016 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 9 minutes ago, Zatman said: better players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 The balance in our team is still woeful, Hutton and Cissokho are awful attacking outlets plus today they bombed forward and left comedy gaps in the defence. Sinclair is clearly off to Celtic so no point in talking about him. Grealish isn't really a wide player and although I think he will be a key player for us, he was too easily marked out of the game today. Traore is injured and Green isn't yet a starter. But even if Traore and Green did play - no-one seems capable of getting on the end of any crosses. Westwood puts me to sleep. We need a more radical overhaul than is currently happening, hopefully after today RDM see's that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 9 minutes ago, Pilchard said: I can't think of one single player in our squad that I'd be disappointed to see leave There are 1 or 2 I'd like to keep, but like you, i wouldn't be desperately unhappy to see anyone leave. Amavi maybe gets cut a little more slack than others due to how early he suffered his injury, but they all played a huge role in our relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, useless said: Judging by what he's just tweeted sounds like we're targeting some Prem players. or players that are good enough for it eventually, I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 The Birmingham Mail did say at one point that we were waiting for Premier league clubs to do business so we could buy players from that division who ended up being surplus to requirements (or words to that affect). Maybe they were right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post This Could Be Rotterdam Posted July 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2016 10 minutes ago, useless said: Judging by what he's just tweeted sounds like we're targeting some Prem players. What I like is that I really get the impression that he is listening to the football people. He's asked them what we need, how we can get them, and how long it will take. And most importantly, has the faith to trust them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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