RevidgeBlue

Yep, you could be Pele, Messi or Maradona but if you're in the treatment room you're as much use as I would be.

Why shouldn't he be? Two weeks shy of Christmas and he hasnt been fit enough to start a game yet! If he eventually comes in and does well, and then we sign him permanently and he turns into a bit of a superstar you could excuse it but otherwise he's been a pointless and costly signing.

Who the fuck are Atigua? Do they mean Antigua.

Other than not being able to score (which was a standing joke) Batty was a fairly accomplished all round player. None of this modern " all I do is sit in front of the back 4 and shield the defence and make the occasional interception". A far superior version of Travis if you like.

In terms of bare additions, it's one extra body. Whether anyone brought in in January will make a difference or Ismael will like them once he gets them here, remains to be seen. Most of the players brought in in summer have had a negative impact imo.

So essentially then, one addition to what we have already. You think that will make a difference?

John Williams was always firmly of the view your finish in the table was roughly commensurate with the size of your wage bill in comparison to everyone else. I don't completely subscribe to that but by now our wage bill must be amongst the lowest in the Championship and that's exactly where we find ourselves.

Fuck me......£12m of players out!

Yep, you can nit pick until the cows come home as to whether the headline fees quoted either in or out are completely accurate. However the bottom line is that in summer we sold decent quality, and bought in lesser quality at a moderately negative net spend, and presumably a massive reduction in the wage bill. And find ourselves struggling badly. As 99% of supporters predicted would happen in advance. Quite surprising really.

We only needed to get through another 10 mins of the Ipswich game though. With covers or proper machinery, that game would have finished.

Tbf most transfer fees are a reflection of the maximum possible commitment over a number of years if various add ons are met these days. Chaddy likes to crow about the fact we "spent" £10m in summer. We probably did, but he doesnt like it pointing out that in reality we had a negative net spend of around £2m after we selling £12m worth of players.

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it of course. Yet here we are sat in 20th. So obviously something is going wrong somewhere.

Im not going to get drawn into alleged technical differences between central midfielders but if we needed a back up "number 6" or direct Tronstad replacement and don't have one perhaps we should have signed one? I wasn't even referring to Henriksson, we signed Forshaw, Tavares, Baradji and TGH in summer.

Im not sure Id agree, there were so few on last night it was really noticeable. I think we're nearing the stage, if not already at it, where there's already an unofficial boycott by virtue of people having voted with their feet. Without the need for an official boycott to be called. Whether or not it was a one off reaction to the Wednesday postponement we'll have to wait and see but either way I think they'll be shocked at ST renewal figures next season.

Stop splitting hairs.

For me last night was an absolute "must win" game which yet again we failed to convert. The only positive thing was that (on TV at least) the pitch looked absolutely fine. If it's true what Mike Graham said on here yesterday that we hired some machinery from Lancs Cricket Club then it did it's job admirably and it's what we should have done after the Ipswich game. Should keep us going until we can sort it permanently.

Oldest saying in the book - "The table doesn't lie". If the away form reverts to what you would normally expect from a team around 20th, we really are struggling.

Sorry, 4!

That's somewhat of an indictment on the recruitment when you signed 3 central midfielders in the summer.

"Hasn't been great" 🙄 Worst in 150 years.

Absolute rubbish. Ten signings. Baradji has been really good. Give them that one. Gudjohnssen has shown glimpses of promise and obviously has some potential - but his all round game is sadly lacking, may or may not make it overall. The rest have been generally shite. Baradji might or might not turn out to be decent, but a player who still isnt fit enough to start two weeks shy of Christmas can't be classed as a good signing. No other way of dressing it up Im afraid. Tavares, Miller, De Neve and Henrikssen are particularly poor in my book and Forshaw should never have been re-signed. Hickman and Mcglaughlin have just about been average and Moreshita (unlike Kargbo) looks to have some natural ability but we need to see far more from him.

But but but - he's "honest!".

I dont know whether to dignify that remark with a response. On the rare occasions Kargbo has been available he hasnt shown anything at all. The point is, in the summer, ismael signed ten players Mclaughlin, De Neve, Miller, Tavares, Baradji, Hickman, Henrikssen, Forshaw, Moreshita and Gudjohnssen. He would no doubt pretend they're all decent players and can make a difference. Last night all apart from Forshaw were available. All sides will pick up a few injuries and suspensions along the way, to blame the fact we sit in 20th or have one home win two weeks shy on Christmas on injuries is laughable. it's the abysmal recruitment and poor management which is to blame. Still a couple of weeks ago it was the atmosphere at Ewood, last week it was the officiating, I suppose injuries can be this week's excuse. (Rotate as necessary)

Lol. You're kidding ........right? 🤔

So did everyone else after ten games of this season.