Best XI Roland Signings
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Hasn't he said it every year...Bournemouth Addick said:
He didn't say August of which year tbf.Scoham said:
What are you hoping/expecting to be different? Under RD it has always been the same - some good individuals, 1 or 2 players short and a feeling that there are too many young and inexperienced players.seriously_red said:
Perhaps some might disagree with one or two but that's not the point. What becomes strikingly obvious from the list in this format, is the all the "no"s from 28-36 inclusive.cabbles said:
I've basically gone through it and highlighted who I think had/has been good, taking into account length of time they've been here/played. I left out the last 4 as they are new arrivals.Callumcafc said:RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):
1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien - no
2 Astrit Ajdarevic - yes
3 Reza - no
4 Loic Nego - no
5 Piotr Parzyszek - no
6 Marcus Tudgay - no
7 Davide Petrucci - no
8 Stephen Henderson - yes
9 Tal Ben-Haim - yes
10 Andre Bikey-Amougu - no
11 Johann Berg Gudmundson - yes
12 Yoni Buyens - yes
13 Igor Vetokele - no
14 George Tucudean - no
15 Franck Moussa - no
16 Frederic Bulot - yes
17 Francis Coquelin - yes
18 Oguchi Onyewu - no
19 Neil Etheridge - yes
20 Tony Watt - no
21 Marko Dmitrovic - no
22 Milos Veljokic - no
23 Christophe Lepoint - no
24 Roger Johnson - no
25 Chris Eagles - no
26 Alou Diarra - yes
27 Patrick Bauer - yes
28 Ahmed Kashi - no
29 El-Hadji Ba - no
30 Simon Makienok - no
31 Zakarya Bergdich - no
32 Cristian Ceballos - no
33 Naby Sarr - no
34 Conor McAleny - no
35 Ricardo Vaz Te - no
36 Rhys Williams - no
37 Jorge Teixeira - yes
38 Yaya Sanogo - no
39 Marco Motta - yes
40 Rod Fanni - yes
41 Yun Suk-Young - yes
42 Declan Rudd - yes
43 Kevin Foley - no
44 Andrew Crofts - yes
45 Nicky Ajose - no
46 Ricky Holmes - yes
47 Jason Pearce - yes
48 Lee Novak - no
49 Josh Magennis - yes
50 Jordan Botaka - no
51 Adam Chicksen - yes
52 Fredrick Ulvestad - no
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey
With players like Vetokele being a no, it doesn't mean I don't think they're a good player, it's more have we had good value over the life of that player's contract. One half a season is nowhere enough. I know he got injured, but if it had been handled the right way then he would be an option for us this season. These are simply my metrics, but in total that's 32 no's and 20 yes'
And then all of the "yes"s from 37 on.
What changed?
Quite simply Riga returned and his initial comments featured this understatement "we need to make less mistakes when signing players"
Between Riga and Slade they stabilised things and we now have Robinson making a few changes.
The last six games are unbeaten and we are on two points a game with Magennis back soon. Let's not kid ourselves about how this season might end but it does appear that we have followed Riga's advice. And that's before we assess the final four on the list, three of whom have great promise.
Let's see what the squad looks like in August.
It's always about hope rather than expectation that it'll all come together.2 -
Yes, except when he was flip flopping as an anti-regimer for a few monthsScoham said:
Hasn't he said it every year...Bournemouth Addick said:
He didn't say August of which year tbf.Scoham said:
What are you hoping/expecting to be different? Under RD it has always been the same - some good individuals, 1 or 2 players short and a feeling that there are too many young and inexperienced players.seriously_red said:
Perhaps some might disagree with one or two but that's not the point. What becomes strikingly obvious from the list in this format, is the all the "no"s from 28-36 inclusive.cabbles said:
I've basically gone through it and highlighted who I think had/has been good, taking into account length of time they've been here/played. I left out the last 4 as they are new arrivals.Callumcafc said:RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):
1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien - no
2 Astrit Ajdarevic - yes
3 Reza - no
4 Loic Nego - no
5 Piotr Parzyszek - no
6 Marcus Tudgay - no
7 Davide Petrucci - no
8 Stephen Henderson - yes
9 Tal Ben-Haim - yes
10 Andre Bikey-Amougu - no
11 Johann Berg Gudmundson - yes
12 Yoni Buyens - yes
13 Igor Vetokele - no
14 George Tucudean - no
15 Franck Moussa - no
16 Frederic Bulot - yes
17 Francis Coquelin - yes
18 Oguchi Onyewu - no
19 Neil Etheridge - yes
20 Tony Watt - no
21 Marko Dmitrovic - no
22 Milos Veljokic - no
23 Christophe Lepoint - no
24 Roger Johnson - no
25 Chris Eagles - no
26 Alou Diarra - yes
27 Patrick Bauer - yes
28 Ahmed Kashi - no
29 El-Hadji Ba - no
30 Simon Makienok - no
31 Zakarya Bergdich - no
32 Cristian Ceballos - no
33 Naby Sarr - no
34 Conor McAleny - no
35 Ricardo Vaz Te - no
36 Rhys Williams - no
37 Jorge Teixeira - yes
38 Yaya Sanogo - no
39 Marco Motta - yes
40 Rod Fanni - yes
41 Yun Suk-Young - yes
42 Declan Rudd - yes
43 Kevin Foley - no
44 Andrew Crofts - yes
45 Nicky Ajose - no
46 Ricky Holmes - yes
47 Jason Pearce - yes
48 Lee Novak - no
49 Josh Magennis - yes
50 Jordan Botaka - no
51 Adam Chicksen - yes
52 Fredrick Ulvestad - no
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey
With players like Vetokele being a no, it doesn't mean I don't think they're a good player, it's more have we had good value over the life of that player's contract. One half a season is nowhere enough. I know he got injured, but if it had been handled the right way then he would be an option for us this season. These are simply my metrics, but in total that's 32 no's and 20 yes'
And then all of the "yes"s from 37 on.
What changed?
Quite simply Riga returned and his initial comments featured this understatement "we need to make less mistakes when signing players"
Between Riga and Slade they stabilised things and we now have Robinson making a few changes.
The last six games are unbeaten and we are on two points a game with Magennis back soon. Let's not kid ourselves about how this season might end but it does appear that we have followed Riga's advice. And that's before we assess the final four on the list, three of whom have great promise.
Let's see what the squad looks like in August.
It's always about hope rather than expectation that it'll all come together.1 -
I've gone with a team that I think could actually have won football matches, so there's a couple (it really is a couple) of players who miss out because of the shape
Henderson
Fanni Bauer Teixeira
Gudmundsson Diarra Ajdarevic Coquelin Bulot
Vetokele Magennis
Watt, Buyens, Holmes and Kashi all honourable mentions
What I learned from this is that we haven't really signed too many decent full backs, probably mostly because Solly was highly rated, Fox was never injured and Roland doesn't believe in signing decent back ups. As Karel would say, you only need 11 players, which is a rule that has never ever backfired on us at all during Roland's ownership.
Also I'm shocked at how few people picked Henderson for keeper. He was fantastic when he was fit
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