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It may have been a poor choice, I dont know as Id never heard of their new manager. But point being, you strip any side of the majority of its quality players and it will not do nearly as well. Considering the quality they had last season, Philogene, Carvalho and Greaves in particular, they potentially underachieved not making the play offs. Their squad this season is nowhere near as good. Giles was there on loan too I think last season and Millar is not only a considerable downgrade on Philogene who stood out at this level, but he soon picked up a season ending injury.

Im not sure its anything but premature to suggest that hes been sussed out. He has a number of injuries in an aging squad coming to the end of a cycle. I also have seen plenty of expression from his players over the years.

Im not saying that Hull made the right decision by making the managerial change they did. But they have lost and not adequately replaced Philogene, Greaves, Delap, Carvalho, Seri, Morton, Zaroury etc. You take that sort of quality out of any team at this level and youll not fare as well and there was a lot of questions over how Rosenior couldnt get that squad into the top 6.

So there we are, black and white, it could have been avoided had the owners not decided against the necessary works on the pitch.

He was looking much more like his self aside from when he was at right back. But I think Hyam has also been much better and at a similar level without getting the credit he deserves. All things considered, injuries, age and his inconsistencies, I still am unconvinved certainly that a Prem side would be interested, maybe even top end Championship.

Id drop Hedges, proven over a period of time not to be good enough. ACD the obvious replacement. The other question is at left back but Pickering to be fair has been good since he has come in. But Beck behind Weimann (moved left) could give us a good overlap.

Hard to disagree.

Im sure it would be more than considered, but I am unsure who would bid that. For the last season and a half he has been either injured or in poor form and is no longer a prospect.

He has a column called Nicko's Whispers?

Many people seem to think that Carter is an obvious big sale but im not so sure. Hes a good player on his day but is currently recovering from a second serious injury in a year. His form when he has played has been well below Tomasson's first season and I dont think hes young enough where any Premier League teams would be interested as a future investment.

@Vinjay im sure enjoyed it.

You didnt know, you couldnt possibly have judged from that on par with the referee who will have done a full inspection, you were annoyed having travelled and just created an agenda that the referee having made the effort to get to Ewood just didnt fancy it.

Foden, Saka, Grealish, Palmer and Rice all back involved today. Nations League clearly seen as an inconvenience.

It was mentioned in the minutes fron a fans forum meeting a year or 2 ago initially that the owners had approved the cost of a total pitch overhaul which was needed after 30 years. It was confirmed soon after that they had chosen not to fund it and it just led to stitching sections of the pitch and not doing the full overhaul which included pipes and drainage. Considering the age of the pitch and how a total refurb was deemed necessary yet not funded. Surely common sense suggests that had the owners funded it, the pitch would have stood more chance of standing up to the rain. The fact that postponements have become so much more common as the pitch ages surely isnt coincedental.

How could you possibly know for sure that the pitch was playable, and more than the referee based on a couple of keepers diving around for a short while in the corner of the pitch.

Chaddy always is insistent that a game cannot be called off as he cant bear it. I remember when a game was called off an hour before a couple of years ago and he was in the ground messaging on here as he watched the goalkeeper warm up trying to prove that the game could go ahead. There is obviously the issue with the river but a few years ago the owners refused to fund a promised pitch revamp that hadnt been done for 30 years, including drainage.

Well, obviously. But I presume you expect them to get really good results considering they are a Championship side about to appoint a manager who you deem to be worthy of the England job.

Considering you touted him for the England job, do you think thats a brilliant appointment?

No need to worry. Gestede supposedly has good knowledge of the French and Belgian league as we have seen with prolific goalscorer Makhtar Gueye.

Those games were home away v Slovakia, Estonia and Azerbaijan to be fair.

It was a typical Venkys window. Sell best player for big money, dont reinvest. How that can be seen as good shows where your standards are.

Like I said, if selling a striker for £8m and not having any fees to buy players using that money is one of our better winter windows in the Venkys reign, that shows how bad they have been under Venkys. And if that was a window you was happy with, it is low standard. Bell was played in the right position but again, beside the point. Couple of hundred grand and a couple of loans = a supposed strong Venkys window.

The thing is, its not me saying that your suggestion is wrong. Its me saying that in certain positions, we are weak. Left back is the main one. Hall may very well be the best option, as opposed to sticking players out of position at left back. We dont have a left back that I would have confidence in full stop.

How am I biased against England? You are getting carried away having beaten 2 sides that didnt even qualify for the Euros. Many of the players in the current squad are either average or have barely emerged into their current team. They are just making up the numbers because of a mixture of fitness concerns and the lack of importance that can be attributed to the nations league. But the thing is, the current team and squad isnt anything like the side that would be playing if the game had anything riding on it anyway so it doesnt need to be a case of loads of potential new ready made starters are now here off the back of these fairly meaningless games. Saka, Rice, Alexander Arnold Palmer, Foden, Stones, Mainoo and whoever else will all come straight back either into the starting 11 or at least come on as sub. Shaw too if he is ever fit again Even some of the more likely squad players like Konsa will leap above average joes like Harwood Bellis. If we had a fully fit squad and a tournament tomorrow I would suggest that more than half of the current squad wouldnt make it. The problem is youve made massive sweeping conclusions off these games. How can Madueke be considered anywhere near Sakas level? How can you possibly say based on 2 games that Gallagher has massively improved after about 10 games at a new club? How can you be so confident in Hall solving the left back issue after 24 club starts? I have never said anything about hating being English so that obviously isnt at me. But under age groups dont necessarily determine senior winners and weve heard all the rubbish about something special before with a golden generation that player for player was stronger. Until we actually win a tournament then it perhaps needs to be parked.

As I say, if you consider selling a player for £8m and having to loan in players as a successful window then your standards are on the floor. Bell was played at left back here, his correct position and was crap. But either way, point being a window where we spend a couple of hundred grand being a highlight across a decade says alot.