Dr Gloom 23490 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) my mate's take on mitchell: another masterclass from sausage fingers. let's get rid of the oxygen thief Edited January 31 by Dr Gloom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7503 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Just now, PaddockLad said: People should lower their expectations till the summer tbh Then raise it to the MAX. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23490 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: People should lower their expectations till the summer tbh keeping our powder dry for summer 26? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18928 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 minute ago, Holden McGroin said: Then raise it to the MAX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18928 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Just now, Dr Gloom said: keeping our powder dry for summer 26? Yeah because “January is a notoriously difficult window to do business in” TM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7503 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) 2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: Yeah because “January is a notoriously difficult window to do business in” TM If none of our targets are available then we can wait until '26. Fuck it, why not '27. Edited January 31 by Holden McGroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49622 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 What some people think Mitchell's job is... PAUL! TRANSFER WINDOWS OPEN.... The bloke has a job between windows, lads. If the CEO or Chair isn't happy he's doing that job, he'll be got rid of. We'll spend in the summer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7503 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Just now, Gemmill said: What some people think Mitchell's job is... PAUL! TRANSFER WINDOWS OPEN.... The bloke has a job between windows, lads. If the CEO or Chair isn't happy he's doing that job, he'll be got rid of. We'll spend in the summer. Aye: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 36388 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 NUFC's current powder situation.... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23490 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 jokes aside, i accept the psr situation has stiffed us this window (again). and while i'm disappointed to lose a player without a replacement to provide cover - not even a short term loan - i get it. i do think it undermines howe's efforts, which have been brilliant in the circumstances. that's three consecutive windows now where he's had next to no help with recruitment. it could be a genius move if the squad continues to remain largely free of injuries, we scrape CL and then go big on transfers in the summer. it feels like a punt albeit one that has been forced on us by the financial regs. i hope we don't live to regret it. it might only take a few injuries for it to easily turn into another 'nearly season', losing in the cup final and stumbling to 7th or 8th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7503 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) Don't worry Gloomy. We have Big Mitch captaining the ship. All under control Edited January 31 by Holden McGroin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49622 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The truth is, even if Miggy had stayed, Murphy getting injured would have fucked us. Cos Miggy isn't playing anywhere near the level Murphy is and, whilst he's always a willing runner, is more often than not a dead end to any promising attack. Obviously it'll be rose tinted spectacles time if Murphy gets injured, and everyone's hankering for purple patch Miggy. But if he'd stayed, we'd more than likely have been treated to brown patch Miggy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33013 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 We can always play Tino RW. Offers little offensively but then again neither did Miggy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7503 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) We could play anyone there really if thats the low bar we are going for. Miggys build up play has always been fairly decent to me. His finishing has always let him down and he doesn't have the blistering pace anymore. It's probably the right time for him to move on (in terms of finance) and we'll have to take the risk Murphy doesn't do his collarbone in again or worse, starts playing to his true ability soon. Edited January 31 by Holden McGroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 11674 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 34 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said: We’re well stocked on Irish lads these days. Too many if you ask me. We're only two away from the metro centre being evacuated because someone heard a C reg Ford Escort ticking in the red car park. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11313 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: jokes aside, i accept the psr situation has stiffed us this window (again). and while i'm disappointed to lose a player without a replacement to provide cover - not even a short term loan - i get it. i do think it undermines howe's efforts, which have been brilliant in the circumstances. that's three consecutive windows now where he's had next to no help with recruitment. it could be a genius move if the squad continues to remain largely free of injuries, we scrape CL and then go big on transfers in the summer. it feels like a punt albeit one that has been forced on us by the financial regs. i hope we don't live to regret it. it might only take a few injuries for it to easily turn into another 'nearly season', losing in the cup final and stumbling to 7th or 8th. Thing is, we've got into 5th, level on points with 4th. We've not needed Almiron or Kelly (played 356 minutes in total). I mean, Krafth and Trippier have played more than Almiron and Kelly have respectively. Almiron is not a vital cog in the machine. The scant minutes he's been getting could easily be given to Sanusi or Osula or whomever. So, with that in mind, I don't think it's as risky a gamble as it's being made out to be. It's not like we're selling Dan Burn. Mitchell doesn't get an endless free pass, but it bears repeating. He joined late into the summer window, winter window is always a difficult one to bring in quality, and we've got little PSR wriggle room to do business in January anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11305 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: it isn't madness at all if we lose the two to three players rumoured during this window. it would be madness to expect eddie to sustain a champions league push if his squad is 2-3 players weaker than the one he started the campaign with. the hayden comparison is bizarre as we are not shopping in the bargain bin anymore and i'm not advocating signing sub-bar players on long contracts. but if we do lose the players rumoured then mitchell needs to start doing his job - if psr constraints mean more players with potential rather than established and expensive stars that would go straight into the first team, fine. it is a numbers game as much as as it is about signing first team ready players and it would be criminal to deny eddie the sufficient squad depth to keep challenging for champions league spots after such a good start to the campaign. and isn't that what mitchell is supposed to be good at? identifying and recruiting stars of the future on the cheap? We've lost one (and older Miley) the others rumoured are covered, Targett (not looking like happening) we have Kelly and Longstaff (again unlikely) where we have Miley. We need depth at RW either via someone better than Murphy or someone younger who will eventually be better than Murphy. You used the "bodies through the door" phrase, we do need that, but only the right bodies. If we have to wait for those, so be it, even if we can achieve a beneficial sale towards future buying power. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11305 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 22 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: We could play anyone there really if thats the low bar we are going for. Miggys build up play has always been fairly decent to me. His finishing has always let him down and he doesn't have the blistering pace anymore. It's probably the right time for him to move on (in terms of finance) and we'll have to take the risk Murphy doesn't do his collarbone in again or worse, starts playing to his true ability soon. Gotta love this. You know he might just be playing to his true ability right now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7503 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Gotta love this. You know he might just be playing to his true ability right now. It’s possible he has finally reached a high level of performance (and can sustain it) but if I was a statistician I’d say the previous 370 appearances, rather than the last 10 would suggest this is a purple patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23490 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 21 minutes ago, The Fish said: Thing is, we've got into 5th, level on points with 4th. We've not needed Almiron or Kelly (played 356 minutes in total). I mean, Krafth and Trippier have played more than Almiron and Kelly have respectively. Almiron is not a vital cog in the machine. The scant minutes he's been getting could easily be given to Sanusi or Osula or whomever. So, with that in mind, I don't think it's as risky a gamble as it's being made out to be. It's not like we're selling Dan Burn. Mitchell doesn't get an endless free pass, but it bears repeating. He joined late into the summer window, winter window is always a difficult one to bring in quality, and we've got little PSR wriggle room to do business in January anyway. yeah, I said as much a few posts up. One out, none in isn’t ideal but it’s a lot better then the two or three out and none in that the rumour mill was suggesting yesterday. I still feel sorry for Howe. He’s doing an unbelievable job with a squad that is quite thin in certain areas and is being cut further instead of added to. If Howe gets us top four again in the circumstances it’s an unbelievable achievement. We’re not many injuries away from throwing in the kid Sanusi at RW, as you suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23490 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: It’s possible he has finally reached a high level of performance (and can sustain it) but if I was a statistician I’d say the previous 370 appearances, rather than the last 10 would suggest this is a purple patch. or maybe he's finally been howe'd too? i'm hoping it's the latter because we've got fuck all other options wide right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7292 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, PaddockLad said: People should lower their expectations for the summer tbh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49622 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Hope reckons Howe seems a lot more comfortable with our PSR position than he ever has in the past. In the sense that he understands it, accepts the reality, and seems comfortable explaining the situation. Hopefully that's Mitchell doing some of the work to get him on board, and hopefully it's also cos he knows we're building to a big window or two. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11305 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: It’s possible he has finally reached a high level of performance (and can sustain it) but if I was a statistician I’d say the previous 370 appearances, rather than the last 10 would suggest this is a purple patch. Well we'll see. (170 btw). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 11674 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 8 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: It’s possible he has finally reached a high level of performance (and can sustain it) but if I was a statistician I’d say the previous 370 appearances, rather than the last 10 would suggest this is a purple patch. He's at exactly the same level as last season (same stats over similar games) - the only difference is Howe preferred Miggy a year ago - I don't think he's outperforming his level to such an extent you could consider it a purple patch, I think he's just finding consistency through playing more often. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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