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It felt like we scored a few similar to that last season. We didnt score anywhere near enough goals in general last season but quite a few especially under Eustace (2 at Cardiff stand out) were really well constructed team goals. Brittain often played a huge part, if and when he goes he will be such a huge miss. Moving forward he manages to compose himself to make good decisions and has the technical ability to put in excellent crosses. This new lad seems to be far more athletic but we wont be able to match the quality that Brittain has. Cantwell also can play a big part. His dummy was really good yesterday, he did have involvements (eg at Boro away) in the build up showing intelligence that none of our other players have.

If you genuinely thought that he was satisfied by the club filling the void of a striker he was desperate for with Semir Telalovic then you are more gullible than I thought.

It sums up chaddys inability to take things beyond face value. Even if we believe that he and he alone chose him over a 31 year old mystery La Liga striker alone. Its not as straightforward as that meaning that he wanted him. After those budget cuts ("the project changed" is a miserable summary of the spiel in modern day football) the more likely scenario is having called for a striker for ages, the 2 who he was offered the choice of were both crap, and Telalovic was in his opinion the least bad option. Doesnt mean that he wanted him.

He may not have had a move lined up specifically. Seemingly just deemed that whatever pathetic offer we put his way was not sufficient, as is often the case with the contracts we offer. Doesnt suggest anything about how many offers he has had. No one could possibly know.

But again, what is there to suggest that him and his agent have such a high opinion of themselves? Derby would be a sideways move on more reasonable money but I wonder if the links are just people putting 2 and 2 together.

He was proactive in contract negotiations but he wasnt in control of the money. He is a solid Championship player, and I suspect will earn a wage corresponding to that level going forward, either in the Championship or abroad. He wouldnt have been here.

Windass also wont progress beyond Championship level. Agree with the last bit though. Maybe hes weighing up his options. Even if he is pricing himself out of a move at the moment, those demands will drop but will not need to drop to the levels that we would have been offering to get a decent move at a level on par with us.

Can you imagine what our offer was like in 2023? He is going to be behind but hes probably going to sign a 3 or 4 year deal so in the grand scheme of things its not a terminal blow.

But what decision has he made that suggested misplaced confidence that has led him in a wrong direction? All he has done is rejected a contract offer here so far. I suspect a really low one hence the pattern of us being unable to tie players down. For the sake of a couple of weeks pre season ahead of a long term contract, surely it makes sense to ask for higher wages then those demands can slowly drop. Rather than just accepting a low offer really quickly to get it done.

Not the same situation. Dolan will require a fee to be paid so theres that additional issue. Plus it might be that Dolan is weighing up offers.

I saw similar the other day on twitter. Cant remember which team and dunno why its not been announced.

Also, if another club sacks a manager after over a season in charge, he wishes relegation upon them.

Surely if they said 6 or 7 BEFORE Dolan, Weimann and Batth left, 5 more (ie 9) is not unreasonable. To be fair, all I am asking for is another number 10. Otherwise we are in a position where if Cantwell get injured, Tyjon has to play every game and hes not used to senior football and has had injury problems. Whereas sign another and we can blood him in a more controlled manner. Im guessing based on your comments that you cant understand the Badarji deal even before the failed medical.

Why would we sign a central midfielder (an injured one) to play on the right? And no, its called having an opinion beyond just assuming that if a manager picks a player, its because hes exactly what he wants. Budget restrictions, issues with recruitment etc dont come into it. Still think we are 4 or 5 short. Wanted 6 or 7, lost 2 or 3 that we hadnt factored in. Also still have to sort the futures of Brittain, Tronstad and Travis. We supposedly have "learnt" from previous mistakes

I suspect he didnt want to play him as much as he did but that season was a particularly bad one for penny pinching so he had no choice but to use the likes of Garrett, Markanday and Telalovic who where all nowhere near good enough.

Is it unrealistic though? We wanted 6 or 7 before Batth, Weimann and even Dolan left. Ismael has also said that this summer is more of a re build than we had planned. Also, even if we arent and it is a case of prioritising. I cant understand why people are prioritising another midfielder over more attacking options. Thats my main point.

And the reason he has played so much is that we have failed repeatedly to successfully recruit wide players full stop.

Says a lot about the Forshaw signing that so many feel that even with one signing that we are still short. Pointless signing. Before acknowledging that Dolan and obviously Weimann were leaving, we wanted a right winger and a forward. We didnt score enough goals last season. I just cant get my head around why people think we just need a right winger now. We have no senior competition for Cantwell without Weimann and we also dont have a striker in. Gueye is not direct competition for Ohashi as he forces a total change in style. We need more than 1, that is for sure. We need more goals and more pace.

Can get into as many good positions as he wants, he doesnt do much in those positions, the fact that you are hyping up a pass in the build up to a goal in a friendly and one of only 2 assists (and one goal) he got last season suggests hes little use. You was very keen to say that hes fine as a squad player. I presume you still think we need a first choice right winger anyway. Hopefully we can finally get one as repeated failures to do so in the market have left us having to play him.

I think the 3 attacking players are more important certainly than central midfield. Number wise though, 6/7 turning to 8/9 hopefully is what we will get baring in mind 2 or 3 extra departures. And of course more if any one else important leaves.

Pay as you play? Seems a bit fanciful. Pay his club when he plays, or pay him when he plays?

Then we would be leaving ourselves massively short along the front line. We need attacking players more than another central midfielder. Gestede mentioned a right winger to replace ACD when he was unsure that Dolan was going and some power up front to compete with Ohashi and Gueye. That was before Weimann left unexpectedly too. So he said 2 before Dolan and in particular Weimann left. So I dont think 3 is unreasonable. Gestede and Ismael also said 6 or 7 before Weimann, Batth and Dolan had decided to go, and Ismael said the other day that this window will be more of an overhaul than was expected. So 3 attackers and a defender taking us to 8 again doesnt seem unrealistic.

Today was only a friendly and I dont think it can be underestimated that we still have plenty of work to do in the transfer market, even before considering potentially replacing Brittain, Travis and Tronstad. We have nowhere near enough quality or quantity in attack. Especially if we are playing a high press and with a manager that is reknown for regular, multiple subs, we need 9 or 10 options along that front line to try and always have 3 or 4 on the bench at any one time, factoring in injuries. Its not a silly number, 5 have gone out so its not like we would suddenly be swelling the squad. We obviously need a right winger but we also need a number 10 and a striker who can compete with Ohashi, when he isnt on the pitch then Gueye forces a total change of style. We also obviously need another right footed centre back. Tavares and Alebiosu in particular feel like options more to be cover and will hopefully give us stronger options in the squad rather than last season when Forshaw/Buckley or JRC/Carter at right back really caused a huge dip.

I get that the right wide player tucks in, but the setup doesnt specifically need a right winger who offers nothing in attack to work. It would surely work better if an attacker from that position could offer a threat that would really give defences problems knowing that theres an attacking right back to deal with at the same time.

Adebajo is out until Christmas. He probably also wants his right winger to offer some semblance of attacking threat. Luton fans would be queueing up to drive Chong here. A Hedges-esque season but you seem to know exactly what Ismael wants.