by Snowball » 01 Sep 2016 08:35
by clauski » 01 Sep 2016 08:45
by LWJ » 01 Sep 2016 09:22
by Stranded » 01 Sep 2016 10:08
by Forbury Lion » 01 Sep 2016 10:09
by Maneki Neko » 01 Sep 2016 10:16
Snowball So our record is
W2
D1
L2
in the league. 7 points from 5 = 64/65 point season
We have played away to Newcastle, Wolves, Cardiff; home to Brighton, four games most pundits here thought we'd lose
W2 in League Cup, so overall W4 D1 L2
Not sure what the problems is.
Looks to me like we have a squad that should comfortably finish top half and a reasonable chance of finishing 5th-10th with steady improvement
by Schards#2 » 01 Sep 2016 10:19
by NewCorkSeth » 01 Sep 2016 10:26
Schards#2 The problem is we don't have a single striker who would be considered much above average in Div 1 let alone the Championship and, clearly, this is going to impact on our performance more negatively than if we did.
Last year we had Vydra, Sa, Blackman, Robson-Kanu all four of whom I would say are better than all of our current options.
Lets hope our style of play can mitigate this obvious weakness much in the way that Liverpool have under Klopp
by Forty » 01 Sep 2016 10:34
by K.URZ13 » 01 Sep 2016 10:44
by genome » 01 Sep 2016 10:56
Schards#2 The problem is we don't have a single striker who would be considered much above average in Div 1 let alone the Championship and, clearly, this is going to impact on our performance more negatively than if we did.
Last year we had Vydra, Sa, Blackman, Robson-Kanu all four of whom I would say are better than all of our current options.
Lets hope our style of play can mitigate this obvious weakness much in the way that Liverpool have under Klopp
by Schards#2 » 01 Sep 2016 11:04
genomeSchards#2 The problem is we don't have a single striker who would be considered much above average in Div 1 let alone the Championship and, clearly, this is going to impact on our performance more negatively than if we did.
Last year we had Vydra, Sa, Blackman, Robson-Kanu all four of whom I would say are better than all of our current options.
Lets hope our style of play can mitigate this obvious weakness much in the way that Liverpool have under Klopp
Swift, a midfielder, is already two-thirds of the way to Vydra's league total for the whole of last season... I thought Sa was a good player but Blackman hit a freak run of form then reverted to type and HRK is not really a striker.
by genome » 01 Sep 2016 11:07
by CountryRoyal » 01 Sep 2016 11:55
NewCorkSethSchards#2 The problem is we don't have a single striker who would be considered much above average in Div 1 let alone the Championship and, clearly, this is going to impact on our performance more negatively than if we did.
Last year we had Vydra, Sa, Blackman, Robson-Kanu all four of whom I would say are better than all of our current options.
Lets hope our style of play can mitigate this obvious weakness much in the way that Liverpool have under Klopp
Who, in your opinion, are the teams with a better strike force in the championship this season? And who are teams with better strike forces than us in League 1?
by Royal Ginger » 01 Sep 2016 12:06
by Maguire » 01 Sep 2016 12:27
by NewCorkSeth » 01 Sep 2016 12:38
CountryRoyalNewCorkSeth Who, in your opinion, are the teams with a better strike force in the championship this season? And who are teams with better strike forces than us in League 1?
Championship:
Aston Villa - Gestede, McCormack, Kodija - Ill give you this one
Barnsley - Winnall, Bradshaw, Armstrong - Have any of these 3 played at this level before?
Brighton - Murray, Hemed, Baldock - Probably good yeah
Derby - Vydra, Bent, Blackman - Good on paper yes
Huddersfield - Wells - Great squad depth there... Having 1 good striker doesnt make their strikeforce better surely?
Fullham - Martin, Smith, Aluko - 2 of those are sh!t..
Ipswich - McGoldrick, Pitman, Sears - I assume this is a joke.
Newcastle - Mitrovic, Gayle, Perez - Yup
Norwich - Jerome, Naismith, Lafferty - No arguments here
Nottingham Forest - Assombalonga, Fryatt - Yes to the first, no to the second. Again, squad depth.
Wednesday - Forristieri, Hooper, Fletcher - Hooper sure but Fletcher???
Wigan - Grigg, Le Fondre - Lol
Wolves - Dicko, Bodvarson, Mason - This one is def a joke. Right? ..... Right?
by pwb » 01 Sep 2016 12:51
genome It depends... we haven't seen half of them in the first team yet!
And the general consensus is the fee Vydra was ridiculous, and that Watford completely mugged Derby off.
by Schards#2 » 01 Sep 2016 12:52
NewCorkSethCountryRoyalNewCorkSeth Who, in your opinion, are the teams with a better strike force in the championship this season? And who are teams with better strike forces than us in League 1?
Championship:
Aston Villa - Gestede, McCormack, Kodija - Ill give you this one
Barnsley - Winnall, Bradshaw, Armstrong - Have any of these 3 played at this level before?
Brighton - Murray, Hemed, Baldock - Probably good yeah
Derby - Vydra, Bent, Blackman - Good on paper yes
Huddersfield - Wells - Great squad depth there... Having 1 good striker doesnt make their strikeforce better surely?
Fullham - Martin, Smith, Aluko - 2 of those are sh!t..
Ipswich - McGoldrick, Pitman, Sears - I assume this is a joke.
Newcastle - Mitrovic, Gayle, Perez - Yup
Norwich - Jerome, Naismith, Lafferty - No arguments here
Nottingham Forest - Assombalonga, Fryatt - Yes to the first, no to the second. Again, squad depth.
Wednesday - Forristieri, Hooper, Fletcher - Hooper sure but Fletcher???
Wigan - Grigg, Le Fondre - Lol
Wolves - Dicko, Bodvarson, Mason - This one is def a joke. Right? ..... Right?
I make that 5 that are without a doubt better than us in a league of 25.
Even so you name 12 teams. 12 out of 24. That puts us by your reckoning as the 13th best strikeforce in the league and that list is VERY debatable. We have nothing to worry about. Nothing at all.
by floyd__streete » 01 Sep 2016 12:57
Schards#2 We have a 34 year old who has only scored more than 12 in a season once in the past decade
A youngster who is completely untried at this level
A currently injured Latvian who is, demonstrably, not good enough for the championship.
A young French striker who, thus far, looks completely out of his depth and unfit
I would contend that every other team in the division has better options up front.
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