25 years old, never left the comfort blanket of Chelsea even though he has never played for them. These types of players make me nervous, doesn’t exactly scream ambition / hunger to me. QPR can have him.
We won't let Albie go if we don't get cover. He's done himself no disservice in the close season. Just needs to track back more and he'll get in Bow's good books.
If Boro are after Kane and Dijksteel, I imagine it's a case of they want either of them, and if we sell Dijksteel to them Kane is our choice as a loan to cover him leaving, and if we say no they'll just get Kane in on loan, but they'd prefer to sign someone permanently
Be surprised if we were to chase Todd Kane, dont really need Defenders now
The moment anyone is injured we are in trouble. Our squad is so thread bare.
Not so bad in Defence though - We've got two players for every position then you've got Stevenson (LB) and Wiredu (RB) who can come in if absolutely needed
Our squad is thread bare but so is our budget, all well and good stopping goals but we need a few players who can score them now
Smith -Rowe , unlikely winger by trade and last year on loan in the bundesliga, if he ended up in the Championship I would say it would be for a top team and wouldn't fit how we set up at present
Dijksteel / Kane, would always prefer our actual player but if not Kane could be a good option.
personally woud like to minimum: CDM/ CM/ Striker , ideally another Striker, CAM, further midfielder
Getting very close for comfort now the season kicks off a week tomorrow, we need the loan signings in now and our squad complete.
It is a joke but Bowyer has to leave it late as clubs have to decide what they are going to do with their players in terms of keeping them or loaning them. We should have a bit more in midfield, but under Duchatelet that isn't going to happen. Everything Bowyer achieved last season was in spite of the owner, not because of him and the same is true for this.
We will be starting with our hands tied behind our backs, but hopefully Bowyer gets the deals he needs to do done eventually. I really wish yesterday wasn't Solly's testimonial as I really can't be arsed to go given the midfield recruitment to date! I am not writing us off, but I can't get excited at a midfield that isn't just a a bit weaker than last season, in League One, but a lot weaker!
Just wondering how has Matty Taylor fared in the Championship? What type of player is he? Looking at the stats on Wiki saying he has scored 7 in 66 apps as a striker. Would he fit into LB's style of play?
Not sure what type of Striker he is but dont think he'd be the rapid replacement for Karlan Grant
Need to take his stats with a pinch of salt though; TransferMarkt shows he only started four games last season and scored in three of them
the rest have been cameos from the bench which I guess means he's struggled to make an impact
Really quick strikers are hard to come by. We had to pay a load of money for Luke Varney
Really quick Strikers are also risky
You get too many who are so fast their brains cant keep up with them
What price we don’t have a full bench at Blackburn like last season don’t no if you can bet on this
No chance of that happening IMO
Phillips Dijksteel Lockyer Pearce Sarr Purrington Pratley Williams Aneke Bonne Taylor
Amos Oshilaja Solly Morgan Lapslie Forster-Caskey Wiredu
That's with zero signings in 8 days
Swap Bonne for JFC IMO for an away game in the Champ.....
That's why I went with the back 5, I'd argue it should be JFC in for Sarr or Pearce and the diamond midfield with Bonne and Taylor up top, but I feel *if* we didn't get anyone in we'd go for the back 3 and wingbacks
What price we don’t have a full bench at Blackburn like last season don’t no if you can bet on this
No chance of that happening IMO
Phillips Dijksteel Lockyer Pearce Sarr Purrington Pratley Williams Aneke Bonne Taylor
Amos Oshilaja Solly Morgan Lapslie Forster-Caskey Wiredu
That's with zero signings in 8 days
Swap Bonne for JFC IMO for an away game in the Champ.....
That's why I went with the back 5, I'd argue it should be JFC in for Sarr or Pearce and the diamond midfield with Bonne and Taylor up top, but I feel *if* we didn't get anyone in we'd go for the back 3 and wingbacks
Bonne was a national league striker last year - we need to give him time. Can’t be starting with him in the Championship yet.
What price we don’t have a full bench at Blackburn like last season don’t no if you can bet on this
No chance of that happening IMO
Phillips Dijksteel Lockyer Pearce Sarr Purrington Pratley Williams Aneke Bonne Taylor
Amos Oshilaja Solly Morgan Lapslie Forster-Caskey Wiredu
That's with zero signings in 8 days
Swap Bonne for JFC IMO for an away game in the Champ.....
That's why I went with the back 5, I'd argue it should be JFC in for Sarr or Pearce and the diamond midfield with Bonne and Taylor up top, but I feel *if* we didn't get anyone in we'd go for the back 3 and wingbacks
Bonne was a national league striker last year - we need to give him time. Can’t be starting with him in the Championship yet.
So out of the current squad who would you start up front with?
What price we don’t have a full bench at Blackburn like last season don’t no if you can bet on this
No chance of that happening IMO
Phillips Dijksteel Lockyer Pearce Sarr Purrington Pratley Williams Aneke Bonne Taylor
Amos Oshilaja Solly Morgan Lapslie Forster-Caskey Wiredu
That's with zero signings in 8 days
Swap Bonne for JFC IMO for an away game in the Champ.....
That's why I went with the back 5, I'd argue it should be JFC in for Sarr or Pearce and the diamond midfield with Bonne and Taylor up top, but I feel *if* we didn't get anyone in we'd go for the back 3 and wingbacks
Bonne was a national league striker last year - we need to give him time. Can’t be starting with him in the Championship yet.
So out of the current squad who would you start up front with?
For away at Blackburn? Aneke just off Taylor.... if we went into it with no additions then we will be playing for a draw. Get some better players in (ie a midfield) then we can look at other options
What price we don’t have a full bench at Blackburn like last season don’t no if you can bet on this
No chance of that happening IMO
Phillips Dijksteel Lockyer Pearce Sarr Purrington Pratley Williams Aneke Bonne Taylor
Amos Oshilaja Solly Morgan Lapslie Forster-Caskey Wiredu
That's with zero signings in 8 days
Swap Bonne for JFC IMO for an away game in the Champ.....
That's why I went with the back 5, I'd argue it should be JFC in for Sarr or Pearce and the diamond midfield with Bonne and Taylor up top, but I feel *if* we didn't get anyone in we'd go for the back 3 and wingbacks
Bonne was a national league striker last year - we need to give him time. Can’t be starting with him in the Championship yet.
So out of the current squad who would you start up front with?
For away at Blackburn? Aneke just off Taylor.... if we went into it with no additions then we will be playing for a draw. Get some better players in (ie a midfield) then we can look at other options
I’d go for a team that might make it difficult for Blackburn :
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Surely we wont shoot ourselves in the foot!!
Our squad is thread bare but so is our budget, all well and good stopping goals but we need a few players who can score them now
Not looking hopeful today is it
Smith -Rowe , unlikely winger by trade and last year on loan in the bundesliga, if he ended up in the Championship I would say it would be for a top team and wouldn't fit how we set up at present
Dijksteel / Kane, would always prefer our actual player but if not Kane could be a good option.
personally woud like to minimum: CDM/ CM/ Striker , ideally another Striker, CAM, further midfielder
Getting very close for comfort now the season kicks off a week tomorrow, we need the loan signings in now and our squad complete.
Still 13 days to go. Expect one more permanent signing sooner then four or five loans on 8 August.
We will be starting with our hands tied behind our backs, but hopefully Bowyer gets the deals he needs to do done eventually. I really wish yesterday wasn't Solly's testimonial as I really can't be arsed to go given the midfield recruitment to date! I am not writing us off, but I can't get excited at a midfield that isn't just a a bit weaker than last season, in League One, but a lot weaker!
Phillips
Dijksteel Lockyer Pearce Sarr Purrington
Pratley Williams
Aneke
Bonne Taylor
Amos Oshilaja Solly Morgan Lapslie Forster-Caskey Wiredu
That's with zero signings in 8 days
amos,
Dijksteel, Lockyer, Pearce, Purtington
JFC
Lasplie, Pratley
Williams Aneke,
Taylor.
No, I can’t see it winning either .