I really think Ahadme will step up in the championship. He was too good last season to be playing in League one. That's why Nathan was saving him for the Championship.
100% he was being rested for next season like Terry Taylor
Surprised at the "if we don't strengthen we will go down" comments
Since December we were the 2nd most in form team behind record breaking and big spending Birmingham in our division and we just set a record for the clean sheets in a season. So we clearly aren't shit.
Since then we lost Little Terry to Preston. Exciting talent but very replaceable
Obviously we need to strengthen to be more competitive but there really is no need for all the dramatics just yet. We have a new CEO who is known for excellent transfer dealings. A new head of recruitment who we all know can pull a rabbit from a hat.
In the immortal words of Russel Slade
Patience!
You'd have to be mad to think otherwise imo.
No panicking here. I think we'll strengthen, and do it well, but if we made no new additions we we would come straight back down.
It’s the fact that now suddenly the U21s are now good enough backup, for every Doughty you also get a Dempsey/Vennings, U21s should not just been thrown in, I’d much rather wait until they are ready
I really think Ahadme will step up in the championship. He was too good last season to be playing in League one. That's why Nathan was saving him for the Championship.
I really think Ahadme will step up in the championship. He was too good last season to be playing in League one. That's why Nathan was saving him for the Championship.
100% he was being rested for next season like Terry Taylor
Problem with Adhame, even the games he played in he looked like he was resting
I know we allegedly narrowly missed out on him but surely Collins hasn't regressed that much that he'd drop into league two?
Saw an interesting clip with Darragh Mcanthony as much as I dislike the guy that MK Dons are basically the club everyone is throwing into rumours this summer because they've got a few quid and appointed Paul Warne. Huddersfield feels like the most likely of those 3 with the chaos at Cardiff.
It’s the fact that now suddenly the U21s are now good enough backup, for every Doughty you also get a Dempsey/Vennings, U21s should not just been thrown in, I’d much rather wait until they are ready
I think we have several u21s who are better prospects than those two, and we should have more depth and fewer injuries than we did that season.
I’d have liked us to try and sign Ryan Hardie from Plymouth. Think he’s a good player .
wonder where we are scouting in Europe these days? I watch a fair bit of Bundesliga 2 and some great players knocking about
Read somewhere that Hardie is going to Preston.
Not satisfied with taking one of our players, and employing a former Charlton coach, Preston are even signing players as soon as someone mentions them in this thread.
I can't understand the confidence of some on here.
Yes, we had a brilliant second half to the season, it coincided with Jones returning to our defence as well as a change of tactics. We were lucky with lack of injuries to key players too.
We only need a couple of injuries to say, Jones and Ramsay and we're toast.
It's vital that we strengthen with good quality players. From the little I saw of Plymouth last season, they looked a much higher standard of football than us, and look what happened to them.
I know we allegedly narrowly missed out on him but surely Collins hasn't regressed that much that he'd drop into league two?
MK are throwing a lot of money around I think. Have brought in Paul Warne who obviously has a very good league 1 promotion record. I think their plan will be to try and go back to back and reach the championship so are recruiting accordingly
I can't understand the confidence of some on here.
Yes, we had a brilliant second half to the season, it coincided with Jones returning to our defence as well as a change of tactics. We were lucky with lack of injuries to key players too.
We only need a couple of injuries to say, Jones and Ramsay and we're toast.
It's vital that we strengthen with good quality players. From the little I saw of Plymouth last season, they looked a much higher standard of football than us, and look what happened to them.
Thank god we have two more months of the transfer window..
Wouldn't have thought we would sign both Mbengue and Offiah
Well we’ve lost our two rwbs in Small and Watson. So I would definitely expect us to recruit two, as well as a left wing back.
Ramsey plays as a RCB in Jones system. Not right wing back, and I don’t really think he suits the rwb role particularly
Aren’t they also more RCBs who can cover RWB, rather than more attacking WBs? I hope we don’t limit ourselves to only playing more solid defender types out there, the width and pace Small added was a big reason for the improvement in our form.
I can't understand the confidence of some on here.
Yes, we had a brilliant second half to the season, it coincided with Jones returning to our defence as well as a change of tactics. We were lucky with lack of injuries to key players too.
We only need a couple of injuries to say, Jones and Ramsay and we're toast.
It's vital that we strengthen with good quality players. From the little I saw of Plymouth last season, they looked a much higher standard of football than us, and look what happened to them.
Lucky with injuries? Wasnt there a point towards the end of the seasonwhen we were without
Wouldn't have thought we would sign both Mbengue and Offiah
Well we’ve lost our two rwbs in Small and Watson. So I would definitely expect us to recruit two, as well as a left wing back.
Ramsey plays as a RCB in Jones system. Not right wing back, and I don’t really think he suits the rwb role particularly
Aren’t they also more RCBs who can cover RWB, rather than more attacking WBs? I hope we don’t limit ourselves to only playing more solid defender types out there, the width and pace Small added was a big reason for the improvement in our form.
Don't discount the formation changing next season as well... there will be far less emphasis on us being the side expected to win games.
Wouldn't have thought we would sign both Mbengue and Offiah
Well we’ve lost our two rwbs in Small and Watson. So I would definitely expect us to recruit two, as well as a left wing back.
Ramsey plays as a RCB in Jones system. Not right wing back, and I don’t really think he suits the rwb role particularly
Aren’t they also more RCBs who can cover RWB, rather than more attacking WBs? I hope we don’t limit ourselves to only playing more solid defender types out there, the width and pace Small added was a big reason for the improvement in our form.
Don't discount the formation changing next season as well... there will be far less emphasis on us being the side expected to win games.
I wouldn’t rule it out, but if you don’t have enough attacking threat you put yourself under more pressure. You need players who can pick out a pass or cross, others with pace who take opponents on to push the opposition back and create space for others.
Plymouth outscored 9 teams this season including a team that finished 8th and still got relegated. Whilst the two lowest goal scorers in Hull and Stoke stayed up. Jones will definitely sacrifice attacking output to make us solid as possible at the back this season even if that means playing a very defensive back 5 with Ramsay and Edwards at wingback. Even the signing of Carey as a 10 his main attribute is just spamming shots on the counter, obviously only made the 1 signing but it’s quite clear what kind of football we will expect next year
One of the strengths of our formation last season (since December) was it could be a 3-5-2 in defence and a 4-3-3 in attack. Small's attacking ability and versatility (as well as Ramsay's) was a big part of that. If we want to be able to do the same thing then ideally we need a replacement who is comfortable attacking and defending on that side.
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I'll ask him, lives down the road from me and I see him in our local shop alot
No panicking here. I think we'll strengthen, and do it well, but if we made no new additions we we would come straight back down.
Saw an interesting clip with Darragh Mcanthony as much as I dislike the guy that MK Dons are basically the club everyone is throwing into rumours this summer because they've got a few quid and appointed Paul Warne. Huddersfield feels like the most likely of those 3 with the chaos at Cardiff.
Yes, we had a brilliant second half to the season, it coincided with Jones returning to our defence as well as a change of tactics. We were lucky with lack of injuries to key players too.
We only need a couple of injuries to say, Jones and Ramsay and we're toast.
It's vital that we strengthen with good quality players. From the little I saw of Plymouth last season, they looked a much higher standard of football than us, and look what happened to them.
Even if we went to a back four you could see Ramsay going to right back and Offiah/Mbengue competing for a spot next to Jones centrally.
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And chucks was suspended
4231 I wouldn't be that convinced that you wouldn't severely weaken what Coventry offers.