Mile End Wanderer
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Obviously the squad is still stale from Nuno’s era. How many new players does Bruno need ??
I think Contrarian is joking above saying just a goalscorer but is understandable. Hopefully Raul can get back to his best and Wangi-CHan looks useful, though it would be goo dto have someone who can head too.
But quite clearly a midfielder, different to what we have, and Centre Back alongside Boly. These have been obvious requirements following our Europa Cup exerts, but its hard to believe we are still at that point now and will be until January!
Sign Adebeyo Akinfenwa.No, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind og goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
No, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
Obviously the squad is still stale from Nuno’s era. How many new players does Bruno need ??
Well said. I agreeNo, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
No, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
I'd say that sums it upNo, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
Come off it, Brentfords defence were better than ours and with a bit more luck they would have scored 4 or more.No, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
Come off it, Brentfords defence were better than ours and with a bit more luck they would have scored 4 or more.
That was also because of gaping holes in midfield and weakness in defence. No doubt scoring goals is akey issue, but in time we can hope Raul gets there plus give Wangi-Chan a chance FFS.
Its defence and midfield that we need and have done for some time, but we do need our strikers to start scoring. But the latter issue does NOT negate the other prorities.
Ok you've convinced me, we don't need another CM and defender -.What was our defence when we finished 7th twice? When Liverpool ran away with the title, free scoring, what was our defence that restricted them to a lucky 1-0 win. It was the pretty much the SAME as yesterday! OK, Boly played *most* matches, but he has always missed a few through injury.
What is the main difference between the current side and the one that finished 7th twice? Ryan Bennett? Now you come off it Nothing much else has changed in the back 3. The clue is that the goals in that side were scored by Raul pre-injury, Jota and Doherty. Raul is a shadow. The others have gone. That is the big difference. It is the forward line.
Go look at the"Goals Against" in the league table. And last seasons league table. Explain how so many teams goals against is higher than ours, yet those finished further up the table. Try every league table in Europe. Our defensive record is better than most! It's our Goals For that was pitiful last season and is pitiful now. Leverkausen have let in 7 yet are 3rd. Because they score goals.
We've conceded 3 goals im open play in 5 matches. Let that sink in. 80% of clubs would be more than happy with that defensive record. For heavens sake, where did this idea that you must never ever concede a goal come from? And why are so many deceived by the flicks and tricks and backheels of our forwards? When their positioning, passing, strength, crossing, shooting, heading has been way below the standard you'd expect of top division strikers. Way below.
Brentford could have scored 4, yes, but then if you put Toney and Mbueno up front for us v Spurs/Man U/Leicester, guess what? They'd have scored for us, too! Nothing to do with our defence. If anything, the service our midfield provided in those matches was better than what Brentford gave Toney yesterday. It was our forwards wasted everything, time and time again.
Ok you've convinced me, we don't need another CM and defender -.
Just buy strikers...........infact we had about 7 on yesterday so maybe that's the way to go
I guarantee you if we had the excellent Brentford lad up front it would not solve all our issues.Just one striker, that's all we need. (sing to the tune of "One Cornetto" )
Maybe "goal scorer" is a better way of describing what we lack. I call Trincao/Podence/Traore/Neto "forwards", not strikers.
It's the quality not the quantity. Stick as many forwards on who score 1 in 10 at best and you aren't going to pull back 2 goals. Just one player who can actually get the ball and is strong enough to hold off a defender and then smash a shot in. Just one. And we'd have had a chance. With only "half a Raul" we have nobody near that. if anything, the fact we had 7 on and the did nothing, shows the problem I'm ranting on about. None of them are reliable goal scorers. And goals win matches. The defence, while not perfect, does enough to have us higher up the table than we are.
Out lot are like the Chuckle Brothers "To you" ,"No, to you" , "No, to you". All wanting to take one more touch, pass to someone else.
Come off it, Brentfords defence were better than ours and with a bit more luck they would have scored 4 or more.
I guarantee you if we had the excellent Brentford lad up front it would not solve all our issues.
While I agree with some of your points, particularly the lack of guile in attack....No, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
In the Championship.We’re a Kieffer Moore away from being a top 15 club.
100% it is that obvious. All we are saying is give us a goal.No, I'm serious. Goals win matches. Not flicks, floaty crosses, bursts of pace followed by overhit passes.
Yesterday, the example was clear on the pitch. We have no striker anywhere near as good as Toney. The current Raul is making Willian Jose look effective. Understanbdable and I'm blaming the club not the player for being too dependent on him. Swap Raul for Toney and they don't score and we do. One player. Doesn't have to be Toney specifically, could be anyone who can actually put some fear into defences at this level...and welly the ball into the net. Sorry, but Podence/Trincai/Traore etc etc they are all "1 goal in 8" or worse kind of goal scorers. Creators, yes, but somebody else needs to be on the end of their creation and we have nobody and haven't since Neto got injured. The ones we have, who are fit, are all icing, no cake.
Brentfords defence isn't better than ours. Neither is their midfield. They didn't concede not because they are Arsenal under George Graham, but because our forwards were clueless as indeed, they have been for most of the season so far. They'll let in enough against teams who can score goals,. wait and see.
100% it is that obvious. All we are saying is give us a goal.
Hee-Chan scored on his debut and should have started IMO. And I think it's just the right thing to do to give Raul some time before writing him offIt can't be that obvious as most have been screaming for a central defender and central midfielder for over a year! I don't get it as the same defenders took us to 7th twice and none of them are any worse than back then. Logic bypass, I think. Our defenders are not perfect, but they are obviously solid enough to have us higher up the league while week after week, our forwards find new ways to disappoint. Falling over the ball while attempting to do a rabona being the latest. Coady is not world class, but he's never done anything that abysmal.
The defenders we have now, could take us up to 8th again, if the forwards got their act together and actually scored some goals.