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Quote from: drfchound on January 09, 2020, 09:24:35 pmCBCB, I think that people are questioning whether our recognised first choice eleven can all play in every game.We have very little as back up as could be seen by the lack of experience and quality on our bench last Tuesday.But that's all 'if's and but's'. We are where we are. We should have smiles on our faces but some people..........
CBCB, I think that people are questioning whether our recognised first choice eleven can all play in every game.We have very little as back up as could be seen by the lack of experience and quality on our bench last Tuesday.
Quote from: Alan Southstand on January 09, 2020, 09:18:16 pmMy thinking is quite straightforward. Ferguson, then McCann, then ?.When we appointed DM, I was overjoyed, as you well know, but I tempered that joy with the rider that the Club had to back him. And they’ve done anything but, in my view. I am becoming very disillusioned with the Club and any ambition we had when we secured Darren, seems to have flown out the window.Yes, but you still haven't explained your point.Ferguson was here for quite some time remember, and in my opinion failed given the budget he had. McCann did very well, based on exactly the same budget, albeit somewhat higher by the season end based on the bonuses paid out! But he ditched us for a Championship club, how did we get that wrong? It wasn't us.And DM is here with the same budget, which judging by your statement that the club aren't backing him doesn't hold much water.So tell me what the club have done wrong here?
My thinking is quite straightforward. Ferguson, then McCann, then ?.When we appointed DM, I was overjoyed, as you well know, but I tempered that joy with the rider that the Club had to back him. And they’ve done anything but, in my view. I am becoming very disillusioned with the Club and any ambition we had when we secured Darren, seems to have flown out the window.
I can see us requiring yet another manager, come the summer, if this is the best we can do with squad strengthening.
Quote from: silent majority on January 09, 2020, 09:29:10 pmQuote from: Alan Southstand on January 09, 2020, 09:18:16 pmMy thinking is quite straightforward. Ferguson, then McCann, then ?.When we appointed DM, I was overjoyed, as you well know, but I tempered that joy with the rider that the Club had to back him. And they’ve done anything but, in my view. I am becoming very disillusioned with the Club and any ambition we had when we secured Darren, seems to have flown out the window.Yes, but you still haven't explained your point.Ferguson was here for quite some time remember, and in my opinion failed given the budget he had. McCann did very well, based on exactly the same budget, albeit somewhat higher by the season end based on the bonuses paid out! But he ditched us for a Championship club, how did we get that wrong? It wasn't us.And DM is here with the same budget, which judging by your statement that the club aren't backing him doesn't hold much water.So tell me what the club have done wrong here? 1) McCann dropped hints that he could leave and the club still allowed him to conduct transfers . 2) the club didn’t protect its players from McCanns rhetoric of telling them that the club could get better for less . 3) Disappointment of failure in the playoffs should have been seen as greater incentive to keep what quality the club still had and not leave it to the next manager to build again from scratch. 4) Not selling Marquis untill his replacement was brought in .etc etc etc etc...
Hang on, McCann did ok with a squad of Ferguson players, plus 2 good loans. If we still had last year’s squad, I dare say we’d be top 2, with this manager.We’ve raped and pillaged that squad and we’re still slimming it down. There must be loads in ‘the budget’, so why are we stuttering so badly? We’ve had months to prepare for this window and we, somehow, have managed to compete without a No 9. Testament to DM’s management. Christ knows what McCann would have made of what we’re left with!
Quote from: since-1969 on January 09, 2020, 09:39:27 pmQuote from: silent majority on January 09, 2020, 09:29:10 pmQuote from: Alan Southstand on January 09, 2020, 09:18:16 pmMy thinking is quite straightforward. Ferguson, then McCann, then ?.When we appointed DM, I was overjoyed, as you well know, but I tempered that joy with the rider that the Club had to back him. And they’ve done anything but, in my view. I am becoming very disillusioned with the Club and any ambition we had when we secured Darren, seems to have flown out the window.Yes, but you still haven't explained your point.Ferguson was here for quite some time remember, and in my opinion failed given the budget he had. McCann did very well, based on exactly the same budget, albeit somewhat higher by the season end based on the bonuses paid out! But he ditched us for a Championship club, how did we get that wrong? It wasn't us.And DM is here with the same budget, which judging by your statement that the club aren't backing him doesn't hold much water.So tell me what the club have done wrong here? 1) McCann dropped hints that he could leave and the club still allowed him to conduct transfers . 2) the club didn’t protect its players from McCanns rhetoric of telling them that the club could get better for less . 3) Disappointment of failure in the playoffs should have been seen as greater incentive to keep what quality the club still had and not leave it to the next manager to build again from scratch. 4) Not selling Marquis untill his replacement was brought in .etc etc etc etc...Marquis’ replacement was lined up to be brought it.
Is it fair to say then that Moore has a big slice of the budget still to play with?
It’s painfully obvious we need re-inforcements, let alone the glaringly obvious need for a striker. I’d have thought that we would have signed, at least, 2 by now. But it just isn’t happening. Pressure is on GB right now.
Let’s just see what happens when Moore gets his striker in ay? Instead of trying to start another argument. It’s recognised widely on here that ennis isn’t a goalscorer, but helps create space for other people. If Moore gets the number 9 he wants then they will both be starting in my opinion with ennis just off him. He was signed to play this role alongside Stirling
Quote from: Alan Southstand on January 09, 2020, 02:34:44 pmIt’s painfully obvious we need re-inforcements, let alone the glaringly obvious need for a striker. I’d have thought that we would have signed, at least, 2 by now. But it just isn’t happening. Pressure is on GB right now.See the problem?We play 1 up front. We have a superb loaned in that position.So, anyone we sign as a forward is going to be a back-up.That immediately rules out a whole string of loanees, because their parent club will be wanting them to get minutes on the pitch.So we are fishing from a small pool. It's a tough one for the club. We need to cut them a bit of slack.
Martin, I wasn’t inferring weneed a new manager, I was inferring this manager could well be another one that walks away, if we don’t back him.And, Billy, Ennis is playing out of position (for him). The manager has made it perfectly clear he wants a No 9. Ennis would then drop into that 3 attacking midfield pool, or he could even change the system.
Quote from: dickos1 on January 09, 2020, 08:33:11 pmStill not sure I understand why it’s ok for us to accept other clubs telling us to be patient but we just pass on our player straight away when we’ve no sign of a replacement Well I can't help you then. It's obvious those blinkers of yours don't let anything in.[I must have blinkers on aswell then because I don't understand it either, we are, at the moment, almost down to the bare bones of a squad & still we ship out players without replacements, & whichever way you dress it up it's concerning. The next few weeks will be interesting.
Still not sure I understand why it’s ok for us to accept other clubs telling us to be patient but we just pass on our player straight away when we’ve no sign of a replacement
Yes but this is because we’ve had zero alternative. He’s played for wolves off a main striker regularly and if you listen to Moore’s interview when we signed him he said he can play anywhere across the front.He’s similar to Wilks, Wilks couldve played as a loan striker if he needed to but he was much better playing off a main striker. Either way it’s irrelevent what we all think it’s what Moore does once he’s got his man
Quote from: dickos1 on January 10, 2020, 10:22:24 amYes but this is because we’ve had zero alternative. He’s played for wolves off a main striker regularly and if you listen to Moore’s interview when we signed him he said he can play anywhere across the front.He’s similar to Wilks, Wilks couldve played as a loan striker if he needed to but he was much better playing off a main striker. Either way it’s irrelevent what we all think it’s what Moore does once he’s got his man Worth also remembering that Ennis has played a total of 60 seconds of first team football for Wolves, coming on as an 89th minute substitute in the FA Cup. Not too much I would suggest we can learn about his best position during his game time with Wolves.
As a point of pedantry, all our strikers will play as the loan striker.
Quote from: Jonathan on January 10, 2020, 11:17:02 amAs a point of pedantry, all our strikers will play as the loan striker. Loan, or lone, or both.?