Team is crying out for a proven striker and their idea is to bring in either Viktor Gyökeres or Benjamin Šeško. One is barely through his first year in top flight football and the other is 20 years old. 

It's a genuine concern. 

On 25/12/2023 at 04:21, WhiteWall said:

Possibly two of the poorest appointments in a Hall of Shame of bad decisions since this mob took over our club.

They've turned us into a much more expensive and sh*ttier version of Brighton. 

I'd keep just Shields so we can keep on getting City's castaways. 

Michael Edwards and Joe Shields. 

Done. 😎

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Team is crying out for a proven striker and their idea is to bring in either Viktor Gyökeres or Benjamin Šeško. One is barely through his first year in top flight football and the other is 20 years old. 

It's a genuine concern. 

It’s beyond bone headed now and the problem is they will double down to proof they are correct and f**k us over even more before they are eventually sacked.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Team is crying out for a proven striker and their idea is to bring in either Viktor Gyökeres or Benjamin Šeško. One is barely through his first year in top flight football and the other is 20 years old. 

It's a genuine concern. 

Its because realistically these are the only strikers that fit the model of giving them a long contract with low wages to keep them on books and make a "profit" on them in the long run, also the idea of amortization/FFP is catching up with us 

35 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I'd keep just Shields so we can keep on getting City's castaways. 

Michael Edwards and Joe Shields. 

Done. 😎

I'd be very surprised if there isn't still some ongoing dialogue with Edwards.

 

Just now, Sexyfootball said:

I'd be very surprised if there isn't still some ongoing dialogue with Edwards.

Give Edwards the immediate needs for the first team and Joe Shields + his network for young talents across the globe. 

Are these two still here?

 

8 minutes ago, OneTommyLangley said:

Are these two still here?

 

Yup, they are doing the job the owners have asked them to do.

They appear to be bringing in medium quality players at very high prices. Taking us close to our FFP ceiling causing us to have to sell players before we can buy even more medium quality players at high prices and on long contracts too. Some might wonder who we might sell these misfiring players to, without losing money.

 

You would think Boehly or Eghbali might question this utter madness.

Edited January 31, 20242 yr by OneTommyLangley

11 minutes ago, OneTommyLangley said:

They appear to be bringing in medium quality players at very high prices. Taking us close to our FFP ceiling causing us to have to sell players before we can buy even more medium quality players at high prices and on long contracts too. Some might wonder who we might sell these misfiring players to, without losing money.

 

You would think Boehly or Eghbali might question this utter madness.

And yet they are still here so they must be happy with the job they are doing, no?

Do you think the above cycle is sensible?

They will double down to save their ass which is natural expect this to continue for a few years 

Logic says stop buying players ( roll on the end of the window!).

Get rid of these two lightweights.

We dont need new players to lose football matches.

Save money by not buying players and employing these two.

Revisit the plan.

43 minutes ago, OneTommyLangley said:

Do you think the above cycle is sensible?

No, I don't like it but is what it is.

They didn't like the job Potter did, they sacked him.

Lamps? They did not keep him on. 

Tom Glich? They sacked him to.

Yet Winstanley and Stewart are still here so they must be happy with them no?

I am not convinced that they are doing such a bad job.

I appreciate that will be a controversial opinion, but each player individually makes sense.

caicedo - we overpaid, yet most of us wanted him

Enzo -ditto

Gusto - decent player, good potential, also contributing now

petrovic - looks decent

disasi - not bad depth, and versatile. Only stating due to injuries of James, wes and chal 

mudryk - overpaid, but hardly been given a chance by the manager

Madueke - ditto Mudryk 

palmer - been a success

Nkunku - looks decent when fit - been unlucky with injuries. 

There has of course also been mistakes (Sanchez is a liability, Cucu overpriced, sterling overpriced and too high wages, nico Jackson out of depth, generally too many young £20m plus players etc)

Instead of who they have purchased, I think it is just a case of too many in a short space. This has been a hard reset. I think we needed that, but the pace of change is unprecedented. Plus our injuries are by this stage beyond ridiculous 

 

It’s Mudryk and Madueke I feel we should’ve never bought. Mid table players. No idea what “analytics” they are using to claim they have world class potential. 
 

Jackson should’ve been bought on top of a starting ST. 
 

Sanchez was and still is a bozo. 
 

 

These two idiots should be facing criminal charges for buying these players. I cannot get over how we can spend £1,000,000,000 on total sh*t. Only Palmer is any good and I’m sure they just lucked out on that one. 

54 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

It’s Mudryk and Madueke I feel we should’ve never bought. Mid table players. No idea what “analytics” they are using to claim they have world class potential. 
 

Jackson should’ve been bought on top of a starting ST. 
 

Sanchez was and still is a bozo. 
 

 

Jackson is worse than Madueke and about as bad as Mudryk. Absolute clown of a footballer. Only good in the eyes of the opposition because it gives them a chance to laugh at us.

Let's be real though, almost the entire squad of players we have signed are mid table or worse. Palmer and Nkunku are the only ones they have bought that are better than mid table. Mudryk, Jackson, they are arguably bottom of the table players. Put them in a team like Luton and they wouldn't even start. Can even be argued that experienced players like Sterling are barely Premier League standard anymore. The only teams he can perform against are Championship teams or teams in the Premier League 15th and lower.

15 minutes ago, SimonH said:

These two idiots should be facing criminal charges for buying these players. I cannot get over how we can spend £1,000,000,000 on total sh*t. Only Palmer is any good and I’m sure they just lucked out on that one. 

That one was down to Joe Shields LOL

I think Lavia will be good if we can get him fit, and he'll be down to Shields as well :-) 

28 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Jackson is worse than Madueke and about as bad as Mudryk. Absolute clown of a footballer. Only good in the eyes of the opposition because it gives them a chance to laugh at us.

Let's be real though, almost the entire squad of players we have signed are mid table or worse. Palmer and Nkunku are the only ones they have bought that are better than mid table. Mudryk, Jackson, they are arguably bottom of the table players. Put them in a team like Luton and they wouldn't even start. Can even be argued that experienced players like Sterling are barely Premier League standard anymore. The only teams he can perform against are Championship teams or teams in the Premier League 15th and lower.

Like I said, on top of a starting striker. Jackson by himself is asking way too much of him but he’s still doing as good as I expected. 

Stewart's job history : 

 

Winstanley's Job History :

 

 

Not exactly the "A"  list is it ?

 

 

 

 

I remember when Mikel said he looks at the team and none of them would get in the Teams he played. 

Guess he knew what he was on about.

Credit to the only two people stealing a living better than Sterling.

These two need to come forward and explain what is going on, and take some responsibility/accountability.