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[OTF 8416]

1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

 

I'm not saying Burn's positioning was good, but he should be able to rely on his keeper saving a shot coming across him from that distance.

 

I agree, IF you're at least putting a little bit of pressure on the striker.

 

[aimaad22 4690]

Can't Dubravka hold that? 

[Howay 12496]

White putting Tino under a massive amount of pressure in the corner then doing absolutely nothing to help give the lad an option  

[aimaad22 4690]

Mueohy has been really shite since coming on 

[MrBass 3044]

Well, on the bright side, we didn't lose 

[Kid Dynamite 7637]

Came back twice. But two shite goals to give away.

 

Isak and Willock back soon hopefully 

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7 minutes ago, Toonpack said:

 

If we have a full squad available and we play shit

We'll never have a full squad available. If he wants a central defender to play there he could give Krafth a run?

[aimaad22 4690]

Another very concerning home performance against a mediocre team. Bruno has been bailing us out. Currently we're a very average side without him and Gordon perhaps 

Edited February 17, 2024 by aimaad22

[Kid Dynamite 7637]

Schar with a broken wrist for good measure 👌🏼

[Kid Dynamite 7637]

Bruno was immense again today. He was everywhere!

[Gemmill 49930]

Poor result, that. Looking forward to Burn v Saka next week.

[OTF 8416]

2 minutes ago, aimaad22 said:

Mueohy has been really shite since coming on 

 

Being a very physical game (thanks ref) he wasn't well suited, but no other options.

[wykikitoon 22857]

Its good to have Barnes back. Hopefully he can get up to match fit quick.

Seriously need Willock back

[Howmanheyman 36591]

If the injuries don't change for the remainder of the season, and it's not looking massively likely then we just have to suck this up. Big decisions in the summer but how much room for manoeuvre?

Edited February 17, 2024 by Howmanheyman

[Gemmill 49930]

Just now, Kid Dynamite said:

Bruno was immense again today. He was everywhere!

 

He's class. I worry that he might be starting to get disillusioned the more apparent it is that he's far and away our best player.

[wykikitoon 22857]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Poor result, that. Looking forward to Burn v Saka next week.

[aimaad22 4690]

Just now, OTF said:

 

Being a very physical game (thanks ref) he wasn't well suited, but no other options.

 Yeah. Also in general the limitations of many of our players have come to the fore without the energy that compensated for them last season. 

 

Upgrade Miggy, Burn, Longstaff and Wilson in the summer. Or we will have a similar season to this again. Not as many injuries probably but there still will be some. 

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1 minute ago, aimaad22 said:

Another very concerning home performance against a mediocre team. Bruno has been bailing us out. Currently we're a very average side without him and Gordon perhaps 

 

It was a strange game, the referee helped them out a lot by allowing them to press and foul without repercussions but we couldn't handle it, even when we broke their press we lacked the presence up front to take advantage. That's down to personnel. Miley and Bruno were our best, Longstaff doesn't do well in higher tempo games.

 

Obviously we're extremely limited with player selection but the one spot that is consistently costing us goals where we do have cover not being changd is baffling. Sure Burn is a leader on and off the pitch but he's being relentlessly targeted by player much faster and more agile than him. It's being used to great effect and is the same in every single game and yet there's not even an attempt to do anything about it.

[aimaad22 4690]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

He's class. I worry that he might be starting to get disillusioned the more apparent it is that he's far and away our best player.

 

Someone at the club has to have enough sense to tell him to forget about this season and sell that we will push on in the next one. Transition and all. Maybe Howe can quietly assure him that Miggy and Burn will not be starting next season. 

[Gemmill 49930]

Unless they've got something FFP game changing up their sleeve on sponsors for next season, I think we might have to sell Bruno in the summer to be able to make proper inroads on improving the team.

 

Either that or you just fully commit to a slow progression, although that probably loses you Bruno in any case.

 

There's too many who were playing above themselves last season that now just look like themselves again.

[aimaad22 4690]

1 minute ago, OTF said:

 

It was a strange game, the referee helped them out a lot by allowing them to press and foul without repercussions but we couldn't handle it, even when we broke their press we lacked the presence up front to take advantage. That's down to personnel. Miley and Bruno were our best, Longstaff doesn't do well in higher tempo games.

 

Obviously we're extremely limited with player selection but the one spot that is consistently costing us goals where we do have cover not being changd is baffling. Sure Burn is a leader on and off the pitch but he's being relentlessly targeted by player much faster and more agile than him. It's being used to great effect and is the same in every single game and yet there's not even an attempt to do anything about it.

 

Longstaff has been chipping in with goals but he's overall a shadow of the player he was before the injury. Or is it just so much easier when you have Joe and Bruno next to you instead of a 17 year old? 

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3 minutes ago, aimaad22 said:

 Yeah. Also in general the limitations of many of our players have come to the fore without the energy that compensated for them last season. 

 

Upgrade Miggy, Burn, Longstaff and Wilson in the summer. Or we will have a similar season to this again. Not as many injuries probably but there still will be some. 

 

Use Burn as an option for CB the days of him being a LB are over. We push too high up the pitch to carry someone as slow as him in a position where defensive agility and speed are two of the key requirements.

 

Longstaff works well depending who his partners are. Miley looks like he will be the much better player but he hasn't shown a lot in terms of making attacking runs into the box and getting himself into scoring positions.

 

We're stuck with Wilson as noone will be interested in him due to his age and horrendous injury record but we obviously need more than two first team strikers so he becomes a quality substitute option forthe 15 minutes of the year where he's fully fit.

 

Miggy has gone off the boil, doesn't want to leave but once we have at least one option up front then we could play Barnes and Gordon in the wide positions.

[Gemmill 49930]

I reckon you could easily offload Wilson to a newly promoted team. He's quality if you have him in a squad with two other strikers.

[RobElliott 1805]

Just now, Gemmill said:

I reckon you could easily offload Wilson to a newly promoted team. He's quality if you have him in a squad with two other strikers.

 

Like Sunlun?

[aimaad22 4690]

Aye I think a newly promoted or lower half team could easily think his goals could make a huge difference for them. Not a lot of decent strikers going about these days injury record or not.