J*B

Buying the league!!!

I’ve sort of put all my eggs in one basket. I don’t rate Waggott - at all. I don’t think he has the best interests of the club at heart and think he’s more interested in ticking boxes than ambition. So I’ve long called for change, especially on the footballing side so I was happy when Broughton was brought in. I didn’t rate Mowbray. I thought he was an eternal loser, that was stuck in his own ways, consistently unhappy and blamed others for his own errors. So I was happy to see him leave - about 3 years too late in my opinion. Gregg Broughton has at least has been consistent about ‘the project’ and whilst it’s different, at least he clearly has a plan and props to him for sticking to it. His messaging hasn’t ever changed. Broughton has signed his own manager, JDT, who clearly is aligned to ‘the project’ and has his own thoughts of how we should play football. JDT has had more success than any of our previous managers both as a player and a manager, he’s forgotten more about football than I’ll ever know. So if I start mobbing against GB and JDT now, I’m a hypocrite! They are - in principle - exactly what I’ve asked for. So I’ll judge them after a few years if that’s the benchmark they’re being judged against. Unlike many on here I don’t think this squad is anywhere near the level required. When the first 11 are all on form they’re a decent side, but as soon as a couple are injured or out of form we’re a lower mid table team.

They only adapt if they think they need immediate success. Said it before, I’ll say it again… I’m convinced this season is an entire write off, the only aim is GB and JDT work out who they want to get rid of.

Should probably do this privately - but is there a way in which the website deletes the video content after say 10 days? Setting up a YouTube account, uploading and linking would be very annoying if I had to keep doing that.

Jack Vale. Not big, but not small. Not quick, but not slow. Not skilful, but capable of a trick. Not a poacher, but can finish. Not strong, but not weak. League Two at best.

Perfect. Get it booked.

There’s nothing I hate more than a click bait YouTube title. It’s not stunning, its a decent finish from a goal scoring position. Anyway, do we really need to play this lot in March? What happens if we just refuse to sell tickets and don’t turn up?

Have we heard from @unleaded this window?

Last I heard there was a bit of confusion/chaos because the goalkeeper deal was on the basis of Pears going to Pompy on loan. Pompy have signed another keeper today who they were originally told wasn’t going to be sent out on loan (so moved for Pears), then suddenly yesterday was allowed to go on loan. Source is the local Portsmouth Sports Writer on Twitter. I’d hope finding a new home for Pears won’t be a stumbling block and they can find another club to pay his wages.

Heard tonight Rovers think Undav, Porteous and Haikan are all agreed and they’re ‘trying to get another’.

Cheese and onion or Steak and ale?

Interesting. Just to be clear, Brentford plan on selling him with 12 months left on his contract, giving them funds to sign a replacement, rather than letting him run his deal down and leave on a free?!

The 8 million pound gamble fails dramatically. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Anyone but Gallagher for me. Kaminski JRC Hyam Wharton Pickering Travis Buckley Hedges Dack Brereton Dolan I still think despite the majority preferring Travis he’s more effective generally than Garrett.

I did try and say it without saying it, if that’s worth anything! The only thing I’ve heard is the Leeds lad is the one they want. I think we might announce his loan and BBD signing a pre contract with Villarreal on the same day.

Didn’t want to post this at the weekend because BBD was having a baby and my record is bloody poor nowadays but since we’re all hearing the same…

Good, someone needs to rock the boat.

By the same mandate if we can sign a player of higher quality for cheap because he’s got 6 months left, we should sign him and sell our potential. Portrous, Hyam, Wharton and Phillips can stay. Carter can go to Pompy for a fee and Barnes can go out on loan to develop. Although I think they’re signing Portrous to play defensive midfield.

Haven’t you considered his xG and xD and xA? What about his completed passes or his high speed possession retention numbers?

Not really, only the same rumours and articles every one else with Twitter has seen. But it would make sense, he would replace Hirst well. I think we will loan him and sign another from Europe. Probably from a relatively big club in a smaller league: Belgium, Holland, Turkey. Something like that.

I think Gelhardt is coming.

And I think that’s the big decision that needs to be made. Does he try to replace one of Morton, Travis, Garrett, Wharton and Buckley with a real demon of a central midfielder or does he give them time to develop and sign a striker.

Hasta I agree on all points - although if you don’t play Gallagher out wide where he does at least have some benefits (can run for 90 mins, can press, can be direct, happy to track back) then you can’t play him at all because he’s not a good striker. I just don’t think he’s as many options as a lot of you all do. The majority of the first team players and the majority of the squad are not good enough and he doesn’t have the funds to replace them all. So his only option is to develop our players, which takes time and replace the ones that can’t be developed over time with better ones… which takes time

Again, hopefully under the new model this changes. Ben wasn’t sold in the summer, hopefully because they realised without him we’d be as shit as we were today and wouldn’t have time to replace him. I’d be on the phone to every single club that have ever enquired offering him for £8M this evening if I was in charge before he signs for Villarreal for free and we have to watch Gallagher and Vale every week as his replacement due to having no funds. …but you could be right. It could all be the latest fuck up by Venkys. We’ll find out soon.