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20 Aug 2024 21:09:25
Fernandes is a done deal - presumably he can play in goal as well!
Just saying that £15M (Archer) plus £15M (Fernandes) = £30m (Ramsdale)
I rest my case.
20 Aug 2024 13:22:27
It gets worse - breaking rumours about getting Matt Targett back on loan.
If that happens I will give my season tickets away. God help us.
1.) 20 Aug 2024 15:50:53
Dibs on your season ticket when he signs :)
2.) 20 Aug 2024 17:48:21
We kept telling the transfer team to get their signings on target! Looks like they took us literally!
3.) 20 Aug 2024 18:47:39
If it wasn’t so sad that would be funny!
04 Aug 2024 19:59:43
Just watched the Celtic v Kilmarnock match and O'Riley was different class. He is exactly the type of attacking and creative midfielder we need.
The Board must do whatever it takes to make this deal happen. No more flying kites - Chelsea are sniffing around too so let's get it done.
1.) 05 Aug 2024 17:10:25
Without wishing to bore everyone on this subject, it seems Brighton are also interested.
Celtic want £25M and he seems to be worth that valuation. If he signs for us, has two good seasons in the PL his valuation would likely soar to £50M plus using Declan Rice as a yard stick.
Maybe the sun’s got to me but I see it as an absolute no brainer.
2.) 05 Aug 2024 20:21:09
I think we need a midfielder a striker and a keeper. Keeper Ramsdale on loan seems likely O' Riley doesn't it looks like that as we are interested in getting Carvahlo and since bigger clubs are now interested in Matt. Striker wise I think Gnonto should be nabbed Leeds are in the championship Summerville has been nabbed by the hammers and Galatasaray have got Sara from Norwich. And Gnonto is a good striker in the championship when we were there. So I think he'll be good in the prem for us
3.) 06 Aug 2024 13:49:52
Reading that KWP may stay, at least until the start of the season and Onuachu could stay too, if no decent offer comes (though likely negotiating games)
I would be very happy with all that 12m + Charles for O'Riley, to keep KWP, sell Bree or Manning for Fraser and loan/sell Mara, Larios, Aribo, Sulemana to contribute to Lavia and Ramsay's wages.
Crouchy was great for us, tall Paul deseves a shot. Curious to see how SAA, Dibling and Onuachu do against better pre season teams.
28 Jun 2024 22:19:06
Tell me this isn't true - PLEASE
Walker-Peters to West Ham in exchange for Downes.
As much as I rate Downes, this would be a disaster for us. KWP has often been our most attacking minded player, bar none.
Ings might be in the mix too, and I would love to see him back, but not at the expense of KWP.
He has to be worth north of £60M.
As I say, hopefully this is just conjecture generated during the non-Euro lay down.
1.) 29 Jun 2024 08:27:55
I fear it could be.
KWP has 1 year left on his contract and Saints may be wanting to avoid another Adams situation. I really hoped KWP would stay. He is a great player and has been very loyal.
We urgently need some wing backs and disappointed to see Ben Johnson go to Ipswich.
2.) 08 Jul 2024 15:53:33
Apparently Danny Ings has turned down the chance of returning to Saints
22 Apr 2024 21:36:41
The newest cliche in footballing parlance from pundits, reporters and the like is, "they find a way" which generally describes how the best teams come up trumps in the face of adversity.
Then there's us - the other side of the coin - "we find a way not to win".
How we didn't beat Cardiff defies belief - how we snatched draws from winning positions all season long also defies belief.
Simply put, we're masters at finding a way not to win football matches.
And why is that? As I've said many a time - we lack that winning mentality. When it comes to the play-offs I would fancy us to beat Norwich over two legs, but the others would batter us.
I don't like to admit it, but West Brom are the team which have the physical and mental strength to overcome possession football.
RM - you have much to answer for.
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17 Sep 2024 17:29:49
RM continues to blunder on in his own inimitable style.
Tonight's pre match interview has RM talking about giving fringe players a chance to stake their claim and resting others.
For God's sake man - play your strongest team and use it as a chance to bond and build together.
No one needs resting at this stage of the season and we need a win.
In other news, some elite players are talking of going on strike because of pressures of extra CL games.
Tell it to the NHS (and others) you pathetic spoilt overpaid self serving cretins.
1.) 17 Sep 2024 20:36:56
What an absolute load of rubbish - remember that one about watching paint dry?
Bree doesn’t want the ball - only way is back.
Wood - should have played rugby - he will give pens away if he insists on bear hugging everyone.
Taylor - Championship at best.
Even Lallana’s caught the disease.
It’s even worse than dire!
2.) 17 Sep 2024 23:24:59
Hi Millertime. I completely agree with your post. I would have loved to have seen a full strength team play tonight and give a dominant performance to boost the teams spirit and the clubs morale. We had the opportunity tonight to set out our strongest lineup which in my opinion would have prepared us better for a must win game on Saturday. We have a relatively new group of players that need as much match time as possible to get them connected as one. I know we ended up winning the game but once again our performance was mediocre at very best, and against a more organised team I don’t think the result would have gone our way. Thoughts?
14 Sep 2024 10:27:18
Match day - crisp sunny morning and just back after a gentle 5K run which took me past the Man United team coaches at the Harbar Hotel and a lap of St Marys where the stewards are walking to their posts and the smell of sizzling onions are wafting from the burger cans.
There is a sense of bright optimism in the air. Can this be the day when we start to turn things round and post our first points on the board?
Probably not, but how I love the anticipation that match day brings. Ban international breaks I say!
10 Sep 2024 11:07:46
Just musing during the wearisome international break and concluded that one of our problems is we don't have what I will call a proper captain.
Stephens who has inherited the role by default has enough on his plate worrying about his own game, never mind everyone else's.
If you compare the role of a captain in cricket for example - it's quite expansive ranging from tactics on the pitch, who bowls next, field placing to team selection.
In football, there are few captains who are influencers - those who control the tempo of the game, make tactical changes etc.
It has become almost a redundant role since the days of Ball, Mills, Case (to name but a few). Aside of picking heads or tails at the coin toss what else do they do - or a better question - what else are they allowed to do?
Would Stephens say to players midway through a game, " listen guys, the gaffer has got this all wrong - let's move to 4 at the back and move the ball quicker through the lines".
I seriously doubt it and few could blame him, because he would be dropped the next week.
As I say, just thinking!
1.) 14 Sep 2024 09:28:30
I doubt it too @Millertime.
I think Lallana is best qualified for that role this season. His experience could help us dictate the tempo and he could be a trusted word in the ear of RM on selection, though doubt it would go to tactics.
Challenge is we have Dibling, Fernandes and Lallana in that position and somebody needs to step in when Adam is off. Maybe Downes.
I would make Ramsdale the leader of distribution and organization at the back and Lallana at the front.
31 Aug 2024 17:06:59
I will say it now - RM must go. Put Lallana in charge on an interim basis (he's done some of the badges already while at Brighton).
It is humiliating to listen to pundits and fans across the country ridiculing how we try and play out from the back. We are awful at it and will always concede sloppy goals.
As many of you have said - RM's ego is writing cheques that his team can't cash.
31 Aug 2024 15:58:55
Will we ever learn?
Thanks for last season Adam Armstrong but you have proved beyond doubt that you cannot cut it at this level - what an embarrassing miss in front of goal.
Same applies for Smallbone and Stephens - far too slow mentally and physically.
Wouldn't it be good if RM abandoned this pathetic brand of football in the second half and gave us something to shout about
Time for Archet.
1.) 31 Aug 2024 16:20:12
RM won’t change his allegiances! AA should have been sold end of last season. ABK come back… don’t care if you’re awkward… you can play!
2.) 31 Aug 2024 16:42:37
Too much loyalty to players that our clearly out of their depth. Stephens and Armstrong had the opportunity already to prove they are PL players but one couldn’t score more than a handful of goals and the other was loaned out to Bournemouth.
My issue with RM is his ego about the brand of football - 4 out of the 5 goals we have conceded this season in the PL have all come from playing out of the back that clearly doesn’t work. His argument that it creates more opportunities than it poses threats is nonsensical, we haven’t even scored in the league yet.
Aribo constantly looks like he’s running in treacle and has no desire to move forward either.
Start Dibling, Matheus and Archer and actually play a striker down the middle who can actually hit the target. Let the kids play freely and see where we are come January.
3.) 31 Aug 2024 17:02:03
Totally avoidable goals - it’s actually embarrassing.
4.) 31 Aug 2024 17:08:09
Jesus man really. I managed to catch the last 15 minutes and the difference with dibling, fernandes and lallana on the field is night and day. The amount of times I've heard RM use bravery and courage I've lost count of but he isn't brave enough to pick our best side! So what if dibling is young and fernandes, archer and ugochukwu are young/new, we are gunna be a million times more likely to stay up with them in the 11 than smallbone, Armstrong and aribo. Our goal being a prime example of the football we xan be playing and goals we can be scoring with our best 11 out there
5.) 31 Aug 2024 17:46:07
Needs to be a sea change over the break. Rambo needs to sort the back line out and agree a strategy.
RM must play ABK Fernandes Cornet/ Fraser Dibling and Archer Ameow. Mix it up like we did in the final and not so predictable. At least we scored and Sugar should be on the team sheet with KWP. Come on boys sort it out before it’s too late.
6.) 31 Aug 2024 17:59:27
My point exactly!
7.) 01 Sep 2024 00:16:12
The sad thing is this is like de ja vu 12 months ago. RM turned it around then but we weren’t playing against world class players and coaches week in week out. If he keeps with the current shape system and certain players we will not win enough games to survive relegation. I think we have to be careful with Dibling and Amo and play them sparingly, don’t want to break their confidence by throwing them intl defeat after defeat. I think the squad is not far off being good enough to stay up with the guidance of a good manager. RM change or leave, it’s as simple as that.
20 Aug 2024 18:47:39
If it wasn’t so sad that would be funny!
14 Aug 2024 17:29:00
2408 - I find your posts on the money but this time I hope you are completely wrong. Not only would it be a massive set back losing KWP (try replacing him for under £30M) having JWP would be the finish of us. Free kicks are different class but his contribution overall is bang average
05 Aug 2024 17:10:25
Without wishing to bore everyone on this subject, it seems Brighton are also interested.
Celtic want £25M and he seems to be worth that valuation. If he signs for us, has two good seasons in the PL his valuation would likely soar to £50M plus using Declan Rice as a yard stick.
Maybe the sun’s got to me but I see it as an absolute no brainer.
03 Aug 2024 12:02:01
That’s some list! I’d deleted most of them from my memory!
02 Aug 2024 22:25:16
The signing of Stewart must go down as one of our all-time transfer calamities - we bought him knowing that he had a long term injury and guess what, he’s unlikely to be fit for another half a season or so. Who was responsible for that decision?
I have a gut feeling that Sulemana will show up this season - I certainly hope so otherwise 2408’s prediction may come back to haunt us.
Keep checking my alerts for an update on Ramsdale - more in hope than expectation.
18 Sep 2024 11:29:20
The good news is that we scored 7 goals in one game, which is 2 more than we scored against Cardiff in the previous round - ok, don’t get picky!
I think one of the decisions RM did get right was dropping Armstrong for last weeks clash against United. I thought Armstrong really struggled last night. When your confidence goes, so does your first touch and that was evident last night.
You’re probably right about Archer AlwaysASaint, but for me Diaz was even worse when he came on. I think we’ve been sold a couple of pups.
Others have said it, but surely last night was the time to go with Tall Paul. Whenever (and let’s be honest - it’s a rarity) we break down the bye line and swing a cross in, there’s generally only either Armstrong or Arxhet (not both) in the box and even if they stood on each others shoulders Tall Paul would tower over them.
17 Sep 2024 23:16:41
Maybe - because they’ve now found a way to kick a ball forward albeit from the penalty spot. In fact, they managed to do it 6 times in a row which I think was 6 more than they managed in the whole of the rest of the match.
17 Sep 2024 20:36:56
What an absolute load of rubbish - remember that one about watching paint dry?
Bree doesn’t want the ball - only way is back.
Wood - should have played rugby - he will give pens away if he insists on bear hugging everyone.
Taylor - Championship at best.
Even Lallana’s caught the disease.
It’s even worse than dire!
16 Sep 2024 09:18:30
I know I bang on about him but for me, Sulemana should be given a chance (if he’s fit)
16 Sep 2024 09:17:34
I enjoyed your article Lesleee but may I ask when exactly you would bring the axe down on RM? You say not now and not in the near future so when in your opinion would you? When is enough, enough assuming our dismal run continues.
The reason why I would twist, is not because I believe a new manager brings an instant turn around in results but because of RM’s defiance and arrogance after every defeat. Having a few good moments is not good enough.
Simply put, like some of our squad are not capable of playing at PL level - RM is not capable at operating at this level.
The best leaders in any walk of life possess humility - RM doesn’t possess an ounce of it. That is why he must go IMO even if we manage to beat Ipswich on Saturday.