davulsukur

How did you forget Forshaw??

Yeah it's just the full training video is available on youtube. The one's posted to social media are just a clip of the training video

I think it was the same account but I read that all the EFL said was "all we're concerned about is Sheffield Wednesday fulfilling their fixtures" They literally didn't give a toss about anything else.

He's always been good for us, people on here started giving him stick for ages because he bottled a challenge (which he got injured in) but he's always been a top full back.

Wonder if Alebiosu will be used on the RW if Miller comes in at RB.

Yeah, true. Also it's a can't lose situation.

How he had the fucking balls to say that, I'll never know.

Only if they handed their notice in. I think all of the U21's, so most of their current squad now, were paid.

I'm sure JE has been onto Brittain and given him the big sell on Derby, no doubts there. But if he really wanted that move, and JE's got the backing of Derby's owners, why haven't they been back in for him? Not much point in waiting 3 weeks for Boro to get back in there.

I think if he was off to Derby, he would have gone by now. Seems he really wants the Boro move and has held out, even returning to Preseason for the last few weeks, in hope that it happens. He must have had encouraging talks with Boro that they would push a deal through if he sat tight.

No surprise really. I'm not sure we can get away without reinvesting any of the money, as RG said previously. Alebiosu is totally untested at this level and Montgomery is a natural CM. Duru looked ok previously but seems to be injured still from last season (I think?)

They've just managed to appoint a new manager. No idea why anyone would take that job on right now.

I doubt we would have done. We will have waited to see how severe the injury was first. Which is a fairly sensible move but we then ran the risk of not showing enough loyalty to him and as has happened, he took a better offer. Had that contract been offered shortly after he picked up his injury, he probably would have signed it but then he could have been out for longer and then we'd all be kicking off that we signed him up for another year and wasted all those wages. In fairness, it was a slightly difficult situation, depending on when we knew how long he'd be out for. JE could have been in his ear from the moment he got the Derby job as well tbf, so he might never have signed it.

See above

Of course they could all be great additions, we do need to see them over a reasonable period before judging too much. However the overall point does remain, that Taveres is highly unlikely to replace Tronstad or Travis as a starting CM, McLoughlin probably wouldn't be ahead of a fully fit Wharton/Carter and Alebiosu won't be displacing Brittain. De Neve, at least, seems to be in more favour than anyone for that left hand side of midfield. It doesn't feel like we have signed players to come into the first team, more just back up's for the players who are already here. For a club to move forward, you surely need to be signing players who are better than what you have already? Agreed, if he comes in and takes his chance, he should retain his place. The point being that if all our centre backs were fit to play, he probably wouldn't be getting that chance in the first place.

I think he'll start De Neve and McLoughlin. Not saying either improve on what we have but I think he'll start McLoughlin over putting Wharton straight back in and Carter is injured. With a fully fit selection of centre backs, I don't think McLoughlin starts. De Neve has started most of the pre-season games, so assume VI rates him over Kargbo, who has largely come off the bench. I agree though, the recruitment has been poor in the main. No desire to improve on what we have, just get players in for low fees, who they hope they can sell in a season or 2 just by virtue of being championship players.

Definitely a possibility, yeah.

ha fair. My bad. You are indeed correct. They just got even worse when the takeover was completed.

It's more 2 of the 4 being injured. I'd say it's quite likely that Carter and Wharton are injured at the same time. Leaving us just McLoughlin and Hyam to play every minute of every game and hoping they don't get suspended. Last season we at least had Sanderson to call upon if required when Wharton and Carter were both out injured for the long term.

Only playing 1 striker is a factor for sure. I'd still add one if we could. Carter is quite injury prone and when he gets injured, it's usually for months at a time. Wharton has been out for a long time and is highly unlikely to be ready to play week in week out. Will very likely pick up minor injuries along the way. I think the odds are that we'll end up with just Hyam and McLoughlin as our only fit centre backs for large portions of the season (without signing another) 5 probably is too many, if all 5 stay fit but chances of that happening are slim.

Yeah, I'm not sure you can have a DM who can play RW. Certainly feels like the positions (or at least what you want from players in those positions) couldn't be further apart. Yeah we desperately need a decent RW

It would be a huge risk not signing a centre back, so we must be looking for another. We only have Hedges for RW, which isn't nearly enough, so there's 2. Not sure if Baradji can play as a winger, I'm sure I read somewhere that he had played RW before.

A quick Google suggests that a stress fracture can be caused by repetitive actions. Can only assume that this might end up being a reoccurring injury that he picks up, even if he let's it heal completely. Perhaps some athletes are just prone to it more than others, I dunno. You would think though, that either modern sports science would be able to monitor it well enough or adjust his training to reduce the chances of it reoccurring. All speculation on my part but it still feels like we'd be able to make an informed decision as to whether it's worth the risk or not. The fact we are allegedly going back with a pay as you play deal suggests the risk is significant enough that it's not worth pursuing the deal.

I don't get this situation. He's either injured and therefore can't/shouldn't play or he's actually fit to play. Rumours were the medical flagged up a stress fracture in his foot? There must be treatment for this type of injury, even if it's just rest and therefore we can decide if he'd be worth signing or not.