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stubbo wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 22:03

You only get unwanted players or second string players you have to pay over the odds for in January.  Just how it is.

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 09:13

Mex Martillo" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 09:09

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 06:44 Potter confirmed after the match to the in house Reporter who presumed Paqueta went off injured actually wasn't when he took him off soon after the restart for Ings. What's the point in doing that when Paqueta was 1 of the very few in the Team tasked to create and he takes him off for a genuine Striker. Bizarre decision. 

Bizzarre from the very start if you ask me. Who picks a team with 8 defensive players and two attacking players and expects to have an attack. Surprise surprise it was shit.
Potter's credibility for me has plummeted. If this is how he approaches games with teams close to us in the table, I do not see much hope.

 

You think it's bad now, wait until he starts getting the hump with Fans calling for the Team to shoot..

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... t-putting/

Mex Martillo" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 09:09

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 06:44 Potter confirmed after the match to the in house Reporter who presumed Paqueta went off injured actually wasn't when he took him off soon after the restart for Ings. What's the point in doing that when Paqueta was 1 of the very few in the Team tasked to create and he takes him off for a genuine Striker. Bizarre decision. 

Bizzarre from the very start if you ask me. Who picks a team with 8 defensive players and two attacking players and expects to have an attack. Surprise surprise it was shit.
Potter's credibility for me has plummeted. If this is how he approaches games with teams close to us in the table, I do not see much hope.

You think it's bad now, wait until he starts getting the hump with Fans calling for the Team to shoot..

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... t-putting/

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 06:44 Potter confirmed after the match to the in house Reporter who presumed Paqueta went off injured actually wasn't when he took him off soon after the restart for Ings. What's the point in doing that when Paqueta was 1 of the very few in the Team tasked to create and he takes him off for a genuine Striker. Bizarre decision. 

Jean-Luc Paul Goddard" wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 06:24

The fact that for stretches of all 3 games so far we've played a different way and been much better shows that it's not all just about the quality of the squad, it's about the team mentality, and that's something that Potter can do something about regardless of the players at his disposal. 

Helmut Shown" wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 21:21

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Cresswell did ok? Apart from passing backwards every time he had the ball, as he has been doing for the past five years.

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑19 Jan 2025, 01:19 As mentioned January is difficult for player availability 
More likely loans or players who are out of contract in the summer so clubs want to get some sort of fee for them.
What has to happen is that the deadwood we have finally gets shifted & we are planning NOW for summer signings 
Potter has 16 games to evaluate players especially the young ones.
Maybe we can finally get a couple of strikers , a midfield that can move & a centre half not called Mavropanos 

 

fraser wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 17:08 I thought Rob Green had it spot on we were shit. 




 

stubbo wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 22:03

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 21:45 Seems that Soler had a tight hamstring so was not risked to play 90 mins. Paqueta was not 100% either. Emerson at 30 looking like he is not the fittest and playing 2 games in one week too much as he looked “leggy”. He often gets removed on 60-70 min mark so another consequence of having an aging squad. 

In hindsight, 8 defensive players may have been dictated to some extent by who was available and who was 100% fit. It obviously didnt work aside from keeping it at 0-0 and reminiscent of a Moyes “Alamo” set up.  

We had Ings and Guilherme as 2 attacking options he could have used along with risking Soler. Not convinced that would have changed the game tbh? But after a loss the hindsight suggests “we should have done that”

Bowen cannot come back quick enough and we need a central striker still after gawd knows how many years. We had no outlet up top at all with 2 or 3 on Kudus and no natural wide forwards. The central midfield problem remains one of the biggest problems though and has been there for as many seasons as I can remember. One paced, static players cannot make space and play thru teams in the Premiership and without proper target man a long outball is not possible either.  But that centre mid, you just cannot have 3 like that in Soucek, Alvarez and Rodruiguez. But Paqueta in there hardly provides athleticism and pace. And while its obvious Orford is technically gifted he is more like Soler not going to solve the “lack of legs” problem in tha engine room of the team.  There simply is no solution internally that I can see?

So can we get anyone of the requisite quality in the Jan window?  Its not easy. Teams are so reluctant to release their better players in winter even if those players are fringe members of their squad.

We have to hope loans are possible as a stop gap. Chelsea seems the first place to look ( their huge squad ) and Potter will hopefully know a few of their squad players he thinks can solve some of our obvious deficiencies. A CB and central midfielder with athleticism and a central striker are desperately needed asap. 

You only get unwanted players or second string players you have to pay over the odds for in January.  Just how it is.

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 21:45 Seems that Soler had a tight hamstring so was not risked to play 90 mins. Paqueta was not 100% either. Emerson at 30 looking like he is not the fittest and playing 2 games in one week too much as he looked “leggy”. He often gets removed on 60-70 min mark so another consequence of having an aging squad. 

In hindsight, 8 defensive players may have been dictated to some extent by who was available and who was 100% fit. It obviously didnt work aside from keeping it at 0-0 and reminiscent of a Moyes “Alamo” set up.  

We had Ings and Guilherme as 2 attacking options he could have used along with risking Soler. Not convinced that would have changed the game tbh? But after a loss the hindsight suggests “we should have done that”

Bowen cannot come back quick enough and we need a central striker still after gawd knows how many years. We had no outlet up top at all with 2 or 3 on Kudus and no natural wide forwards. The central midfield problem remains one of the biggest problems though and has been there for as many seasons as I can remember. One paced, static players cannot make space and play thru teams in the Premiership and without proper target man a long outball is not possible either.  But that centre mid, you just cannot have 3 like that in Soucek, Alvarez and Rodruiguez. But Paqueta in there hardly provides athleticism and pace. And while its obvious Orford is technically gifted he is more like Soler not going to solve the “lack of legs” problem in tha engine room of the team.  There simply is no solution internally that I can see?

So can we get anyone of the requisite quality in the Jan window?  Its not easy. Teams are so reluctant to release their better players in winter even if those players are fringe members of their squad.

We have to hope loans are possible as a stop gap. Chelsea seems the first place to look ( their huge squad ) and Potter will hopefully know a few of their squad players he thinks can solve some of our obvious deficiencies. A CB and central midfielder with athleticism and a central striker are desperately needed asap. 

threesixty wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 19:02

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 18:26

threesixty wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 18:23

 

Fulham did that to him as well. But you know what, if they double up on one player that means they are leaving space for us elsewhere. Who was exploiting that? 
No one.
Thats the point.

There aren’t really any other fit attack minded players TO exploit anything. Literally the only other thing he could have done was start Ings instead of guido. There was simply no one else available. 

 

Paq could have played no.9. Soler play as left sided attack instead of Emerson, Emerson play as left back. Kudus on right. Orford instead of Rodriguez.

Thats enough attackers on to take advantage of any doubling up on Kudus.

Instead, we just play Kudus and 90 defenders...

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 20:38

Manuel wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 10:57 Sutton has predicted a 0-1 absolute scum bag the fella.

Not such a bad prediction, was it?

Manuel wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 10:57 Sutton has predicted a 0-1 absolute scum bag the fella.

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑18 Jan 2025, 18:52 Look on the bright side …. Mavropanos can’t play next week
Potter at least has 16 games to work out who to shift & look at some of the young lads
A lot of our players aren’t up to it which must be obvious to him
After the Fulham game he said we have a lot to work on & must be even more aware of that now.
The likes of Cresswell, Coufal, Ings, Antonio etc should have gone ages ago
Add Mavropanos Fullkrug Rodriguez & Soucek to that