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They basically did a more expensive version of Rovers summer transfer business, sold off their better players, replaced with random punts from overseas

im`e amazed norwich are in trouble,they must have one hell of kean like clueless man in charge with the squad they`ve got,personally i think we`ll avoid the drop,only on the basic there are 3 worse teams than us in league,we could of course **** it all up in january with our usual "destroy the season " mode

If true, makes little sense, is a wide forward/winger, right footed, plays on the left, cutting inside, is quick from what I have seen though Maybe they plan to convert him to a striker, or move back to a back 4 and wingers at the end of this season?

Based on the first half of the season, we are far more likely to get points from those games!

That would involve paying up the remaining 1.5 years of his contract, or at the very least coming to a financial agreement with Carter to terminate his contract early It wont happen

Not entirely true. Ignoring Cantwell's half dozen shots either wide of the posts or straight at Charles, Ohashi had 3 straightforward chances from which Gudjohnsen would certainly have scored at least one without being either the second coming of Shearer or Rhodes. He would just need to be the 7 goals in 17 appearances Andre Gudjohnsen which is his Rovers track record.

To release them we would have to pay them up so it makes little sense. Totally agree with the stuff on Nixon. And people buy into it.

Agree. And Barry Bannon was the best.

You could possibly contact prism in the town centre. They have a mural at the back of their building + have commissioned others in the area too. Jamie Holman is likely a good bet to contact.

We always have players targeted according to Nicko. That is how he makes his money. He wouldn't get paid if he said we aren't interested in anyone. Usually out of price range for our budget. Miller is too slow to play wingback or full back. Do we release Carter as he cannot be relied on? What about Wharton do we release him too?

I see Gudjonssen has turned into prime Shearer due to his absence. Truth is we didn't really create anything clear cut in the box all night so not sure why there is this assumption we'd have won with him in the side. In fact, the best 2 chances in the game fell to the opposition, if I was a Wednesday fan I'd feel more aggrieved not to win than we do.

Just posted on the Sheffield Wednesday thread but I actually think we desperately need in 5 new players. Pretty much all of them are needed urgently, and none of them are areas that I think we can avoid or do without. We clearly need 2 new strikers, 1 simply wont suffice. We play 2, its the position you are probably most likely to sub mid game, and you badly need options off the bench. None of our attempted square pegs in round holes have looked remotely effective and we seem to have no young strikers coming through. We need some pace within that as we sre so slow. We definitely need a new centre back. One to slot straight into the team, right footed. With O'Riordan coming back too. I think we need a wing back on both sides. We badly need our wing backs to play on the front foot and be good going forward. Hedges is the only one who can play left wing back and he is not very good going forward, I suggested Harry Amass. We also need a more similar alternative when Alebiosu is available. Goalkeeper obviously we are fine, in central midfield I am not convinced by the quality of all of the options and we could do with more of a goal threat but it may be able to keep until summer. There are a number of players that for various reasons are unneeded. Obviously we wont be able to shift them all. Gueye, De Neve, Henriksson, Kargbo and Tavares all simply not good enough. Pickering and Ribeiro are left backs that have fallen out of favour due to the system change. Carter is a busted flush although I accept that no one will take him. I have also mentioned that I could forsee a possibility for Litherland to benefit from a loan late in the window. I think hes done well, I like certain things that I see, but I dont think he is a wing back. He needs to bulk up similar to Scott Wharton who benefitted from a loan when he was growing to then be able to be reassessed in the summer but as a centre back. He is less robust than Pratt but looks better on the ball, longer term he could potentially play that right sided centre back position. Most of this wont happen but its what I think we need to end the window with a more well rounded squad capable of fighting off relegation.

So useless you traded her in for a dingle 😁😁

We could struggle, with our long list of injuries, but if we can manage to pick up points in the 2 home games, teams below us, have tough games coming up.

The regime will have been salivating for 6 months at the prospect of packing Gueye off to the Gulf and getting a decent fee for him after the interest that emerged late in the summer. This is just the culmination of that. I agree he's poor, like most of the squad, but in the state we are in we can't be leaving him out of the squad for supposedly 'not running' enough in training. I doubt Ismael has much say in this matter, they've cuts to make and money to raise, what the 'head coach' wants won't be featuring in this.

You don't score many goals with 5 defensive defenders and 3 midfields who all like to drop deep/stay deep. Let alone with our lack of quality upfront. Needed someone to put their head up and start moving the ball forward more - Cantwell, Baradji or a full back. Litherland is marauding but not a full back. Hedges is too defensive minded to attack. Should've stuck one of the youngsters to a full back position and let them carry it forward more

I’m not entirely convinced that Chaddy and RF99 aren’t the two personalities of the same person😁😁

As Ruggles said above, the distain for Cantwell at times was bonkers last night, what are these people expecting? He's the only bit of quality in that side, but he isn't Messi!

I dont think we are just a striker/Gudjohnsen short based on last night. There is a lack of quality and pace going forward even beyond that. I didnt see last nights performance as one that just lacked a bit of a finishing touch against a dismal Wednesday side hurt even more than us by unavailability, it was totally flat. The way we play, we need some real attacking quality and energy coming from either wing backs/and or central midfield. We clearly need not just 1 but 2 new forwards to give us more quality, pace, goals and different options as its important to have options off the bench too. Ohashi isnt good enough to be a guaranteed starter either. But we cant just rely on our 2 forwards to provide all of the threat. I think we really miss Alebiousu as you would expect, he gives us our only bit of pace and he is so important to how we attack. None of our other wing backs provide anything like that level of threat. Hedges is definitely more suited to being a wing back compared to a winger but when theres no Alebiosu flying down the wing on the other side, theres more emphasis on Hedges to get forward and he simply doesnt give us that. I wonder if one potential solution could be Harry Amass who I thought was one of the only bits of quality on the pitch and I think his loan ends imminently. I cant see us strengthening left wing back but I think he would be a shrewd bit of business. We still need competition for Alebiosu on the right too. Litherland as he breaks in will be judged by slightly lower standards as any player that comes through for his first senior games, but he certainly has done himself proud and looks a real player for the future. He doesnt look like a right wing back though, I think he is at wing back rather than Miller because unlike Pratt he perhaps isnt quite physically ready to cope with Championship forwards. Technically he looks good (he played one fantastic pass in the first half that Henriksson again failed to do anything with) but I wonder if we could get a more similar alternative to Alebiosu in, and also with Litherland not yet trusted in a back 3 and with potentially 2 additional bodies in that position anyway, whether it would make sense to loan him out towards the end of the window. Half a season in League 1 or perhaps League 2 but as a centre back could similar to Wharton a few years ago help him to develop physically. Rather than keeping him around to cover Alebiosu when he simply doesnt offer the same attributes. Cantwell has always been a poor striker of the ball and has a tendency to drop deep. That being said, him and Tronstad really are key in allowing us to get any semblance of control over a game. Cantwell was understandably becoming clearly frustrated with a lack of movement around him last night.

We had a horrible transfer window this summer and will need a brilliant one in January to correct all those mistakes made. That will not happen. Not under Gestede. Not under Pasha. Never under Venkys.

Its sheer utter stupidity and infront of a Nationwide audience. Dont tell me this isn't being done to wind our Supporters up,as petty as it may appear to some I'm fuming.

Great post and the last bit is message board gold.

You have a go at RF99 for being unrealistic on a squad overhaul with 6 or 7 out and 6 or 7 in and then say you want 6 out and 4 in which firstly, is an overhaul, secondly weakens the squad depth and thirdly is more or less what RF99 was saying!! I'm convinced that if RF99's post had been made by anyone else you wouldn't have bothered responding.

Absolute fucking idiots

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