Popular Post MCU Posted July 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, bobzy said: Very predictable response that I’m not at all surprised about. Clearly promotion was the goal - it didn’t happen. It wasn’t a disaster of a season; personally I quite enjoyed it and we just fell short. Disaster? Sackable offence? Let’s not be that club. Xia gave him the resources and backing to get us promoted and he FAILED. What's so hard to understand? 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, bobzy said: Disaster? Sackable offence? Given the players and wage budget at his disposal? Absolutely! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Tommo_b said: I can now see Henry going on to become a manager so successful we are going to end up regretting not appointing him. Doesn't matter what he does. I doubt it was ever an option. Just bullshit from one paper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Tommo_b said: I can now see Henry going on to become a manager so successful we are going to end up regretting not appointing him. that could be so.....but its all about timing. we are not ready for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, TRO said: absolutely right. I can promise you this......2 dominant center Halves at least one, One Target man who can score headed goals and an effective midfielder and we can go up. without them.....we can all forget it. I think we need a new keeper to have any chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, TRO said: That's your opinion. I think they can defend as a team better than we can. We have some players better than theirs.....but as a unit they defend better. Hang on, defending was supposed to be Bruce's strong point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, jim said: Given the players and wage budget at his disposal? Absolutely! Wages win matches, lads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Just now, TRO said: absolutely right. I can promise you this......2 dominant center Halves at least one, One Target man who can score headed goals and an effective midfielder and we can go up. without them.....we can all forget it. Agreed we could be in the mix for Play-Offs......but trouble is to be able to afford those players we will simply have to sell Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I think we need a new keeper to have any chance. Certainly. Steer makes me very nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 On the one hand we might make 2000 pages. On the other hand another year of the same debate over and over again. I think it’s going to be s long season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Just now, eholm said: Agreed we could be in the mix for Play-Offs......but trouble is to be able to afford those players we will simply have to sell Jack. its a tricky old time.....Hogan was the wrong buy, its easy to be wise after the event.....but he is just not right and we couldn't afford to get that wrong....but we did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Hope Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I still don't think that Bruce is in the long term plans of the owners. They have given him chance to prove himself and keep stability and continuity on the playing side which is understandable. I do think that he will be gone by Christmas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Ok, he’s staying put for now and hopefully we can do well for whatever reasons but don’t tell me he’s going with 5 at the back this season!! What is he playing at in all these friendlies? Why can’t he let that go?! FFS Edited July 25, 2018 by Jas10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, bobzy said: Wages win matches, lads. Look at the league position versus wages of any football league in the world and I think you'll find that most of the time, the highest wage bills occupy the top spots. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, New_Hope said: I still don't think that Bruce is in the long term plans of the owners. They have given him chance to prove himself and keep stability and continuity on the playing side which is understandable. I do think that he will be gone by Christmas. Unless he's top 2 or pushing top 2 of course. Then he's a hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Just now, romavillan said: Look at the league position versus wages of any football league in the world and I think you'll find that most of the time, the highest wage bills occupy the top spots. I agree. I’d be willing to guess that us, Wolves and Fulham had 3 of the higher wage bills in the Championship and all 3 of us were up there. Cardiff were the outliers. Someone had to miss out, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, TRO said: absolutely right. I can promise you this......2 dominant center Halves at least one, One Target man who can score headed goals and an effective midfielder and we can go up. without them.....we can all forget it. Blimey. Here we all go again lol ! Don't agree. GK and a CB yes. But we've lost Terry and Snodgrass. We have Green this season. We've lost Grabban who only played 10 games, but we have Kodja who only played 9. That's from a Team which, after an atrocious first 7 games, went on to get 76 Points from 39 Games. And now hes had all those players a lot, lot longer (which is presumably one of the reasons he made more sense than a stranger) . Yet you say we need another striker and another midfielder, or otherwise (presumably) you will say there was nothing else Bruce could do ? If we lose Jack or Chester there's an argument that it is significant, but we still should be up around Top 4-6. But to say "forget it" ? No way....if we keep Jack and Grealish we have to be challenging top 2 again. I have to say I hope the Owners are more demanding than you will be !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2018 I bet Fulham's wage bill wasn't near to par with us though. They were different class respect to us for the last half of the season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, romavillan said: I bet Fulham's wage bill wasn't near to par with us though. They were different class respect to us for the last half of the season. someone posted a while back - i recall that our wage bill was by far the highest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Oh well another few months of turgid football and mixed results (at best) ahead. Super. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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