we haven''t loaned Ibrahim Osman back to Nordsjælland. we came to an agreement (outside of the transfer window) to buy him in the summer window. I think the intention was that we would bring him in , in January , but we just couldn't get the deal over the line.
Well yes. But RDZ has been playing 18 and 19 and 20 year olds regularly in the team since he arrived. Hinshelwood, Baleba, Enciso, Buonanatte, Ferguson, Colwill have been regulars and he's given them the freedom to become much better players and established internationals. Duffus, Peupion, Offiah, Baker Boitey, O Mahoney and others have been regular squad players and getting minutes here and there. I'm sure Barco will be the next in line.
We have signed some of our best players in January in the Bloom years. KDH was always going to be difficult he’s probably worth more than £40m to his club if they get promoted which it looks like they will.
It is not so much him speaking his mind, I and many others were concerned that once teams worked out our goading style we would be screwed, they did and we were. We have changed so that we no longer stuff around goading players to commit but that now means we are attacking full boar without the help of stranded opposition players lagging behind, that's all well and good with a fully fit highly skilled squad, we have a great starting 11 but then it starts to drop off, and this is what he has been banging on about since the end of last season TBH a temporary return to Potterball would certainly be a safer approach given the currently available players. Surely the club management and squad are not oblivious to the problems and are working on a change in tactics
He will go to someone bigger than us better wages etc.
Football teams lose football matches whether they go all out attack, or sit back low block, or approach a game more conservatively.
www.bbc.co.uk
Yes, they’ve rolled the dice for sure. But, at the risk of repeating myself and being misunderstood again, that loss is only 4 million more than the full deal value for Caicedo and far less than we’ve made in transfers in the current FFP assessment period.Aston Villa report almost £120m losses in one season
Aston Villa report a loss of £119.6m in their latest accounts up to 31 May 2023.
Spending isn’t everything. If they were to fall out the top 4 they will have some creative accounting to do.
We haven't got a shed load of injuries though.
Well, we are missing three of our most influential attacking game-winners in March, Mitoma and Pedro.
Hence I also said absences. Some players are only just back from injury and not yet fully match fit, some have minor knocks / niggles that require a rest from 2 games per week, plus the odd suspension. Our days lost to injury this season is second only to Newcastle.
I don't disagree but it's not a shed load. Our complete defensive squad is fit but you'd not notice that given our defending at times. We constantly give goals to the opposition at the same time as making it as hard as possible to score.
So Mitoma, Pedro, March, Milner, Hinshelwood, plus niggles to Welbeck, Gross isn't a shed load...
Exactly. It is not just about who is completely unavailable to play. It is about who is actually fit to play. At the moment we rock up to matches as the premier league equivalent of a Sunday league team who can put a side out but five of the players are still pissed from the night before and had no sleep. Yes we put players on the pitch but are they actually fit?So Mitoma, Pedro, March, Milner, Hinshelwood, plus niggles to Welbeck, Gross isn't a shed load...
Plus Fati, Moder, Webster, Veltman, Estupinan etc. only just back from injury layoffs.
I suppose the question is how big is your shed!!??
To be fair, that would be one hell of a Sunday league team!
