++Charlie Kelman signs on a 4 year deal++

paulsturgess said:

palarsehater said:

a better game Saturday but just cant see him scoring, the service he gets also isn't brilliant. 

as mentioned on the post match thread our lack of goals/chances ( 3 on Saturday ) are a massive concern. on balance I didn't expect us to get much from Leicester or Bristol city, as they are both sides who i expect to be involved in the top part of the table come end of season. 

the magic number of 46 is still our target Imo. although disappointing i try to see Saturday as another point gained. 
 

You would very probably go down on 46 points 

last 10 seasons 44.5 has been the average, Peterborough got 54 points and then got relegated. 

palarsehater said:

a better game Saturday but just cant see him scoring, the service he gets also isn't brilliant. 

as mentioned on the post match thread our lack of goals/chances ( 3 on Saturday ) are a massive concern. on balance I didn't expect us to get much from Leicester or Bristol city, as they are both sides who i expect to be involved in the top part of the table come end of season. 

the magic number of 46 is still our target Imo. although disappointing i try to see Saturday as another point gained. 
 

I agree it's a concern.
Last season our objective was clear. Promotion. And Jones made it quite clear that the key to promotion was clean sheets.
The same conversation has probably been had with the favourites for the title this year. We are not shopping there quite yet.
However I think any defence in this league is penetrable with the kind of attacking lineups there are. Unless you've forked out £20million + on a back line
We are going to have to find a way to create more chances and score more goals. The blueprint for last season cannot be replicated for this one. We just don't have the personell.
We have to hope and pray we create more and the likes of Kelman,Olafe and Godden come good at this level because it's going to be a mighty hill to climb if they don't.

killerandflash said:

This season Wednesday are likely to be last with a dismal points total, but I can see the next 6 places being very tight. 

A six pointer game next month.

DessieValley said:

2121 said:

MrOneLung said:

As long as we are pumping long balls for Kelman to win in the air, we ain’t gonna score many goals 

So true. Lots went up to campbells head as well!

Felt to me like we was not bothered about winning the first header from the forward vs defender dual. Seemed like the plan was to win the second ball in midfield, which we did quite a bit.

That’s our whole game plan really, win second balls up high and create a chance from there. 

killerandflash said:

sam3110 said:

fenaddick said:

Before December last season Kelman scored 2 league goals, he's a player who needs time and then when it clicks he scores regularly 

He also needs a strike partner, TC playing wide left isn't working with Kelman, he needs to feed off of Leaburn or Olaofe knock downs IMO

Or he needs creative midfielders behind him to play him in. 

We don’t own any.  Willing, energetic and disciplined , but not creative. 

It would be nice if we saw people giving him a chance in the box, once that happens i will judge him. For now , we need to create more and not much him or any strikers can do in this set up 

100% he is a good player. Don't understand why people who can barely play think they can judge. I honestly think he could become talismanic when he gets that first goal. Just pray he doesn't read this forum. Leaburn too as he's clearly lazy and doesn't care as he isn't going around showing "passion" like Joey Barton. Ugh.

Trust in Jones. If Kelman isn’t doing what he’s wanting he will drop him. Very useful to bring Tanto and Miles on against tiring legs

Callumcafc said:

I’m worried. He flashes but still looks lost for the most part.

- 0 shots today,
- only 1 touch in the opposition penalty area in 60 mins (Miles had 4 in 30) and
- lost 10 out of 11 total duels (5/5 ground duels lost, 5/6 aerial duels lost).

I’m sorry but there was two moments where both Campbell and Carey had broken through the middle and were looking for options and Kelman didn’t even attempt to make a run. It’s getting increasingly hard to defend him when Campbell, Leaburn and Tanto are absolutely giving it 100% every game. I’m not giving up on him but he needs to up his game 

Early signs are worrying. Think QPR may have had our pants pulled down 

Thought he looked good today, some smart hold up play and passes. He needs a goal, and probably needs to be on the pitch when the game opens up.
but did a lot of dirty work to allow the game to open up with 30 minutes 

Rothko said:

Thought he looked good today, some smart hold up play and passes. He needs a goal, and probably needs to be on the pitch when the game opens up.
but did a lot of dirty work to allow the game to open up with 30 minutes 

I watched on CATV, I must have been watching different parts of play, do you think he’ll hold onto his starting spot? Perhaps have him as a sub coming on?

Looked good today nice flicks and a good swivel and shot  that keeper done well .. interesting when Gilly come he started to find Kelman with his cross gold passes … needs better support and the way the game changed when Olaofe replaced Campbell that’s your answer 

EugenesAxe said:

Rothko said:

Thought he looked good today, some smart hold up play and passes. He needs a goal, and probably needs to be on the pitch when the game opens up.
but did a lot of dirty work to allow the game to open up with 30 minutes 

I watched on CATV, I must have been watching different parts of play, do you think he’ll hold onto his starting spot? Perhaps have him as a sub coming on?

You don’t notice a lot of the work on the telly, glad people at the game can fill in what you’re missing 

He did alright again today, but the other 3 are all playing well so it does feel like Kelman should probably not be starting, and it might help him to come on off the bench when the game has opened up.