[Owlkev71]

Still need 4 players.

[Imre varadi]

interesting view on semi maybe hes right ? Loovens never brought much ariel power anyway at cb and thats the only thing semi lacks to play here ? although Hutch is a better option and has to be first choice so with that covvered then i move on to weve no bloody left back he cant seriously be thinking this is palmers job although again Palmer has been pretty solid there too defending that is as hes been he usual shit self attacking the flank

so the new players weve signed are semi centerback palmer leftback and melo midfield

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almen_Abdi someones bored ?

[Statesideowl]

Could be, if Twitter is anything to go by it sounds like a done deal.

[Imre varadi]

good signing it could be it is back up and possible more sting added to the midfield and thank god we didnt sign a poxy feffing winger

so far then from my point of view its

Strike force the best in the league

Midfield good to average but it will do untill xmas

Defence if we sign pudil then it just leaves us one short ? maybe a loan untill Loomens comes back

[St Charles Owl]

i dont think weve been conned i think chansiri has been let down and he still doesnt have the proper back up ? still a lot of clingons at Hillsborough you know !! im hoping im right anyway ? and youve not been conned maddix ffs you go about as much as charlie ???

This is why I support imre. Not because he makes much sense. He's usually daft.   But on this one, purely by a fluke, he's spot on.  If we are trying to stay within a salary budget so as not to lose too much dosh, why have we held on to Semedo (who's now being tipped as our 'new' CB) and Nuhiu?

I won't say much about Nuhiu so as not to get a telling off from maddix , but we don't need him. Semedo? Nice guy. But he's past it now.

We are carrying dead weight.  

http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/...-1-8033206

Don't agree about Semedo, he still has a role to play even if just as a squad member. Our first 11 is almost set and looks good, its behind that where we struggle so even if you got rid of Semedo, we would need to replace him and probably with someone who could even cost us more. We know what we have with Semedo, he seems happy to be on the bench at this stage and he is a good character to have in the squad.

I agree on Nuhiu though, we should be listening to offers for him.

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That's my concern, Kev.

As I said earlier, we've released a few players, including a CB and a loan CB back to their parent club. Hunt & Pudil ( if he ever signs, will be our marquee signing at this rate ) Do not have quality cover for their positions. The same for midfield.

If Bannan & Hutch, god forbid, are ruled out with 2 month injuries respectively, what impact will that have on our season, there isn't enough quality to step in to these positions.

I firmly believe last seasons squad was too thin, I'm even more of that belief currently. The starting XI looks good, but who is the impact sub? Who is almost like for like in quality should be take some injuries? Who steps in when Fessis leg gets broken and the ref red cards him at the same time?

Staying within the parameters of FFP is a must, but I also find it hard to believe that the clubs around us can continue spending and signing players at the rate they are, and not be worse off than we are?

I get that it sometimes feels like that with regards to other clubs but so far there has been minimal movement in the Championship. Below is a list of the ins and outs at what we could consider to be our main rivals, makes interesting reading:

Villa - 3 in, 2 out
Brighton - 1 in, 1 out
Derby - 0 in, 1 out
Cardiff - 3 in, 1 out
Ipswich - 1 in, 2 out
Newcastle - 7 in, 5 out
Norwich - 2 in, 3 out
Birmingham - 1 in, 1 out
SWFC - 2 in, 0 out

Newcastle were expected to have to overhaul, they have lost most of their best players but have also bought some good ones as well. Villa haven't done a ton considering they were such a shambles last season and the rest are about the same as us. Of course I haven't looked at the quality of the transfers but if we go by just the numbers there isn't a lot out there.

[Imre varadi]

weve got about 7 transfer listed and im sure at least 4 of them will find clubs in lower leagues ! but none of them where much of squad members anyway bus being the one who played the most out of this lot !

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and out of he teams you mention Ipswich are no threat as they havnt got a pot to piss in i was reading yesterday !! and cardiff and derby cant spend anymore than they have either !!

[Statesideowl]

That does show we're about even regarding player recruitment I suppose. It's numbers within the club that worry me. I feel we have a small squad with not enough talent to rely on from the bench or good enough cover should we sustain a lengthy injury.

[Imre varadi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG-T5hFv4Hk

[St Charles Owl]

That does show we're about even regarding player recruitment I suppose. It's numbers within the club that worry me. I feel we have a small squad with not enough talent to rely on from the bench or good enough cover should we sustain a lengthy injury.

I think that was the problem last season and is still the problem now. The squad is thin but to get a first 11 capable of promotion and stay within FFP means that squad suffers. Keeping away from injuries and suspensions seems to be key for all the non-parachute payment teams in the Championship.

[Imre varadi]

If it tells you that we didnt have a clue about our first team untill about the 10th game and even then we went on pretty hopeless up top untill hooper came in way later !! this season apart from the Lb CB crisis CC knows his starting line up which hopefully will pick us up lots more points and see us way better up the league come xmas this year !!