***Sonny Carey signs a three year deal***

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Given that we are practically safe now i'd like to see Carey rested and Knibbs or even Fullah get a run out in his position.

Carey has been great this season and i'd have him in my top 3 for POTY, but no one has played more games than him and he must be knackered.

Are we though? 5 games left and only 8 points from safety. Im not 100% confident yet. We lose on saturday and a couple teams below us win, the momentum swings and we could easily be pulled back in.

I agree we are in a good place but think we need one more win, lets not count our chickens. 

in our list of squad problems, Sonny Carey is way down that list.

been immense in his first championship season for us and without his goals we'd be screwed. Yes he's still learning but he'll get better I'm sure.

as I stated previously my guess is he was originally bought in as a back up to (first choice) Knibbs, but it hasn't worked out that way and he's probably played way more than Jones originally planned for him to - I don't know that obviously, but it's my hunch.

definitely needs a box to box midfielder alongside him

Crispywood said:

Radostanradical said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Given that we are practically safe now i'd like to see Carey rested and Knibbs or even Fullah get a run out in his position.

Carey has been great this season and i'd have him in my top 3 for POTY, but no one has played more games than him and he must be knackered.

Are we though? 5 games left and only 8 points from safety. Im not 100% confident yet. We lose on saturday and a couple teams below us win, the momentum swings and we could easily be pulled back in.

I agree we are in a good place but think we need one more win, let’s not count our chickens. 

Only 8 points in 5 games that’s asking an Oxford side who couldn’t beat a 10 man Pompey for 80 mins and a Leicester side that couldn’t beat Sheffield Wednesday side to hit playoff form.

You’re also asking a Pompey side with 3 points in 8 to have to win half their games 3/6 which includes Boro Coventry and Ipswich. 

All of that and that’s without us nicking a single point again this season against a Preston side with 2 wins in 15 (neither away), a Sheffield Wednesday with 1 win 41, Ipswich with a congested fixture schedule and play Boro before us, a hull side who for some reason play better against better sides and a Swansea with nothing to play for. 

Chickens should have been counted well and truly long ago 

Well yes but we only need one fo those teams to catch us not all three and momentum is a big driver. We lose on saturday and one of those wins the gap is cut to 5.

It is not beyond the reams of possibility that we capitulate leicester hit some form. Also teams with nothing to play for will have players trying to earn contracts for next season.

Look I think we are probably going to be ok now but the idea we are 100% safe is wrong.

Radostanradical said:

Crispywood said:

Radostanradical said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Given that we are practically safe now i'd like to see Carey rested and Knibbs or even Fullah get a run out in his position.

Carey has been great this season and i'd have him in my top 3 for POTY, but no one has played more games than him and he must be knackered.

Are we though? 5 games left and only 8 points from safety. Im not 100% confident yet. We lose on saturday and a couple teams below us win, the momentum swings and we could easily be pulled back in.

I agree we are in a good place but think we need one more win, let’s not count our chickens. 

Only 8 points in 5 games that’s asking an Oxford side who couldn’t beat a 10 man Pompey for 80 mins and a Leicester side that couldn’t beat Sheffield Wednesday side to hit playoff form.

You’re also asking a Pompey side with 3 points in 8 to have to win half their games 3/6 which includes Boro Coventry and Ipswich. 

All of that and that’s without us nicking a single point again this season against a Preston side with 2 wins in 15 (neither away), a Sheffield Wednesday with 1 win 41, Ipswich with a congested fixture schedule and play Boro before us, a hull side who for some reason play better against better sides and a Swansea with nothing to play for. 

Chickens should have been counted well and truly long ago 

Well yes but we only need one fo those teams to catch us not all three and momentum is a big driver. We lose on saturday and one of those wins the gap is cut to 5.

It is not beyond the reams of possibility that we capitulate leicester hit some form. Also teams with nothing to play for will have players trying to earn contracts for next season.

Look I think we are probably going to be ok now but the idea we are 100% safe is wrong.

What? No we don't. If one of those teams catches us  they overtake us and the other two stay between us and relegation. Only if ALL the teams overtake us does anything change in terms of safety.

Don’t think he’s our biggest problem 

Kap10 said:

Crispywood said:

Radostanradical said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Given that we are practically safe now i'd like to see Carey rested and Knibbs or even Fullah get a run out in his position.

Carey has been great this season and i'd have him in my top 3 for POTY, but no one has played more games than him and he must be knackered.

Are we though? 5 games left and only 8 points from safety. Im not 100% confident yet. We lose on saturday and a couple teams below us win, the momentum swings and we could easily be pulled back in.

I agree we are in a good place but think we need one more win, let’s not count our chickens. 

Only 8 points in 5 games that’s asking an Oxford side who couldn’t beat a 10 man Pompey for 80 mins and a Leicester side that couldn’t beat Sheffield Wednesday side to hit playoff form.

You’re also asking a Pompey side with 3 points in 8 to have to win half their games 3/6 which includes Boro Coventry and Ipswich. 

All of that and that’s without us nicking a single point again this season against a Preston side with 2 wins in 15 (neither away), a Sheffield Wednesday with 1 win 41, Ipswich with a congested fixture schedule and play Boro before us, a hull side who for some reason play better against better sides and a Swansea with nothing to play for. 

Chickens should have been counted well and truly long ago 

Yes but we are Charlton,  we can contrive any convaluted misfortune 

I think we’ve actually gotten to the point where we can the drop the fact that we once were  major bottle jobs when it comes to doing something that looks far too easy and simple to do. Since Jones has come in I can’t remember anytime we’ve done something like give a team with no win in 10 a win and we actually have the best record in the league when it comes to Extra time winners 

Needs benching. Hes been so out of form for weeks. Knibbs is fit now,he should start on Wednesday

2121 said:

Carey and JRC should be interchangeable, fighting dor the same spot , and either only last 60 mins and be replaced by the other as neither can last more than an hour imo

Someone who has spent most of his career at RWB should not be a serious option as a number 10. The fact he’s seen that way is damning

I cant see knibbs being good enough and jrc (who has played rb and across the midfield) is the only other creative player we have but doesnt have the legs to last more than 45 mins 

His assist record is shocking for a player supposedly responsible for linking midfield with attack.

elbiglad said:

DamoNorthStand said:

2121 said:

I cant see knibbs being good enough and jrc (who has played rb and across the midfield) is the only other creative player we have but doesnt have the legs to last more than 45 mins 

Knibbs for me is essentially waiting on whether we go down or stay up. Go down - and he will be starting every week and aiming for 10-15 goals.

Stay up? Will likely be moving on.

Why would we sell Knibbs if we stayed up? 

Because I doubt he will be in our plans if we have to build a stronger squad for the championship and we might get some money for him.

If we go down he will probably be of use.

Its not hard to understand 

DamoNorthStand said:

elbiglad said:

DamoNorthStand said:

2121 said:

I cant see knibbs being good enough and jrc (who has played rb and across the midfield) is the only other creative player we have but doesnt have the legs to last more than 45 mins 

Knibbs for me is essentially waiting on whether we go down or stay up. Go down - and he will be starting every week and aiming for 10-15 goals.

Stay up? Will likely be moving on.

Why would we sell Knibbs if we stayed up? 

Because I doubt he will be in our plans if we have to build a stronger squad for the championship and we might get some money for him.

If we go down he will probably be of use.

Its not hard to understand 

Which sane club is going to look at a player who’s been injured and hardly played all year and think Yh he’s still worth the 1.8M we paid for him 

His goals will have kept us up, but he offers absolutely nothing when he isn’t scoring. If we want to progress in this league, we can’t have a player of his ability being a guaranteed starter.