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Post by jimianto on Apr 21, 2024 15:03:45 GMT
Keep - Contracted players Burke, Weeks, Caton & Peers Also - Stanway, Williams (possibly these 2 will choose to move on), Murray, Heywood, Woodthorpe, Daly & I'm 50/50 with Coates - young and talented, but too many injuries. The rest can go. It's with regret for Kev, but his legs have gone. Glendon has been class, but top earner, who is too quiet as captain. Plus the team has been built round him for the last 2 seasons he's played and it hasn't ended well for us. I wouldn't have any concerns about anyone else leaving. Seems like Cal is planning a more physical team for next season and it's the right thing to do. We need to make the Deva a difficult place to visit.
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Post by Rimmer on Apr 21, 2024 18:40:27 GMT
A fair point and something I did consider yes. I know Edwards was out for several games when he took that bad blow to the head earlier in the season, since then I've no idea if he was injured or just not selected. For me he's a solid 7 out of 10 player, does the basics well and reliable when selected. That's another thing I'm not a fan of, the lack of information regarding players, their injuries and potential timeframe to when they might be available again. agreed about Edwards i like him too when fit Edward’s won’t be here next season
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Post by weareblues on Apr 21, 2024 19:10:23 GMT
agreed about Edwards i like him too when fit Edward’s won’t be here next season Shame hes injury prone he's the physiclal type of player we need but we can't afford passengers
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Post by sealking on Apr 21, 2024 20:47:03 GMT
Alot of injury prone players in this side, definitely effected us this season. Caused us to play a certain way and players out of postition
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Post by bitbbh on Apr 22, 2024 13:50:00 GMT
I don't post much on here these days, so please excuse me if I have missed anything already posted in this thread.
Not seen a reply to this and I'm not sure where I remember hearing it from but I believe Liam Edwards had pneumonia and that was the reason he has been out of the match day squad since the turn of the year.
Got to say there are some great reads in this thread.The vast majority wanting some major surgery to the squad, me included.
I think there are players I would love to keep but will move on destined for bigger things. Stanway, Williams and I think Burkenbaur will also go for a fee which should help what I fear maybe a smaller budget.
Acquisition of players last season was really poor but Cal has already accepted this and I'm sure he wont the same mistake again. Player retention was also questionable not sure certain players deserved a new contract just because the squad came 3rd last season.
Moving back to this seasom The vast majority of Loan players were a disappointment however I've been impressed with Burton and given I expect we are going to have to over haul the defence I would gladly see him come back next season.
The Glendon/Weeks scenario is like the Non League version of Gerrard and Lampard both excellent players in their own right but somehow they seem to be even better players when one or other is not on the pitch.
A lot of said we should let Glendon go and no doubt there will be a host of admirers who will gladly snap him up. Radcliffe the obvious suitor. Given many have said Weeks did not have his best season this season probably because Glendon was available where as the season before he was unavailable.
Not sure how this scenario will work out but I would be happy to keep both but only if we can afford it but given that in previous seasons Glendon has usually signed a new contract by now and the fact he hasn't whether that his down to him not being offered one or he has his head turned elsewhere we don't know but we will find out soon enough.
The injury crisis at the club this season needs a closer look at given a lot of niggles kept decent players out for far longer than I would have expected. Is it down to training methods/the type of surface/ recovery facilities.
I heard Cal talk about barriers to doing things this season that weren't there the season before and it would to get a better understanding of what he meant by that.
From the very start of the season everyone was questioning how we would replace Willoughby's goals and that question was never answered and ultimately that is why we never made the play offs.
Anyway who to keep, who I would like to stay and those that will need to move on.
KEEP FOR SURE
Weeks Caton Burke ( MAY GET SOLD UNFORTUNATELY)
WOULD LOVE TO KEEP BUT ITS NOT HAPPENING
Stanway Williams Glendon
UNDER CONTRACT BUT IM NOT CONVINCED
Peers
OFFER A NEW CONTRACT
Woodthorpe
Murray
Roberts ( one last hurrah tied in with additional physio duties to hopefully improve our injury record)
Whitehouse
OFFER THE CHANCE TO WIN A CONTRACT IF FITNESS IS PROVED
Coates Edwards
THANKS BUT NO THANKS
Taylor Hall Heywood Thomas Norton Jake Burton Daly
LOAN PLAYERS
Burton
impressed by his contribution in his time with us, definitely worth a conversation with with a view to next season.
Tollit
Certainly a player but not convinced he is a team player. Not for me
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Post by vandycandy on Apr 22, 2024 13:56:51 GMT
I don't post much on here these days, so please excuse me if I have missed anything already posted in this thread. Not seen a reply to this and I'm not sure where I remember hearing it from but I believe Liam Edwards had pneumonia and that was the reason he has been out of the match day squad since the turn of the year. Got to say there are some great reads in this thread.The vast majority wanting some major surgery to the squad, me included. I think there are players I would love to keep but will move on destined for bigger things. Stanway, Williams and I think Burkenbaur will also go for a fee which should help what I fear maybe a smaller budget. Acquisition of players last season was really poor but Cal has already accepted this and I'm sure he wont the same mistake again. Player retention was also questionable not sure certain players deserved a new contract just because the squad came 3rd last season. Moving back to this seasom The vast majority of Loan players were a disappointment however I've been impressed with Burton and given I expect we are going to have to over haul the defence I would gladly see him come back next season. The Glendon/Weeks scenario is like the Non League version of Gerrard and Lampard both excellent players in their own right but somehow they seem to be even better players when one or other is not on the pitch. A lot of said we should let Glendon go and no doubt there will be a host of admirers who will gladly snap him up. Radcliffe the obvious suitor. Given many have said Weeks did not have his best season this season probably because Glendon was available where as the season before he was unavailable. Not sure how this scenario will work out but I would be happy to keep both but only if we can afford it but given that in previous seasons Glendon has usually signed a new contract by now and the fact he hasn't whether that his down to him not being offered one or he has his head turned elsewhere we don't know but we will find out soon enough. The injury crisis at the club this season needs a closer look at given a lot of niggles kept decent players out for far longer than I would have expected. Is it down to training methods/the type of surface/ recovery facilities. I heard Cal talk about barriers to doing things this season that weren't there the season before and it would to get a better understanding of what he meant by that. From the very start of the season everyone was questioning how we would replace Willoughby's goals and that question was never answered and ultimately that is why we never made the play offs. Anyway who to keep, who I would like to stay and those that will need to move on. KEEP FOR SURE Weeks Caton Burke ( MAY GET SOLD UNFORTUNATELY) WOULD LOVE TO KEEP BUT ITS NOT HAPPENING Stanway Williams Glendon UNDER CONTRACT BUT IM NOT CONVINCED Peers OFFER A NEW CONTRACT Woodthorpe Murray Roberts ( one last hurrah tied in with additional physio duties to hopefully improve our injury record) Whitehouse OFFER THE CHANCE TO WIN A CONTRACT IF FITNESS IS PROVED Coates Edwards THANKS BUT NO THANKS Taylor Hall Heywood Thomas Norton Jake Burton Daly LOAN PLAYERS Burton impressed by his contribution in his time with us, definitely worth a conversation with with a view to next season. Tollit Certainly a player but not convinced he is a team player. Not for me Agree with you on everything apart from Caton, he's not good enough in my opinion & offers very little going forward. If he was/is as good as some people say, Shrewsbury wouldn't have got rid in the first place. If it's him & Peers up front next season we won't score many goals.
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Post by noddy on Apr 22, 2024 14:00:34 GMT
I don't post much on here these days, so please excuse me if I have missed anything already posted in this thread. Not seen a reply to this and I'm not sure where I remember hearing it from but I believe Liam Edwards had pneumonia and that was the reason he has been out of the match day squad since the turn of the year. Got to say there are some great reads in this thread.The vast majority wanting some major surgery to the squad, me included. I think there are players I would love to keep but will move on destined for bigger things. Stanway, Williams and I think Burkenbaur will also go for a fee which should help what I fear maybe a smaller budget. Acquisition of players last season was really poor but Cal has already accepted this and I'm sure he wont the same mistake again. Player retention was also questionable not sure certain players deserved a new contract just because the squad came 3rd last season. Moving back to this seasom The vast majority of Loan players were a disappointment however I've been impressed with Burton and given I expect we are going to have to over haul the defence I would gladly see him come back next season. The Glendon/Weeks scenario is like the Non League version of Gerrard and Lampard both excellent players in their own right but somehow they seem to be even better players when one or other is not on the pitch. A lot of said we should let Glendon go and no doubt there will be a host of admirers who will gladly snap him up. Radcliffe the obvious suitor. Given many have said Weeks did not have his best season this season probably because Glendon was available where as the season before he was unavailable. Not sure how this scenario will work out but I would be happy to keep both but only if we can afford it but given that in previous seasons Glendon has usually signed a new contract by now and the fact he hasn't whether that his down to him not being offered one or he has his head turned elsewhere we don't know but we will find out soon enough. The injury crisis at the club this season needs a closer look at given a lot of niggles kept decent players out for far longer than I would have expected. Is it down to training methods/the type of surface/ recovery facilities. I heard Cal talk about barriers to doing things this season that weren't there the season before and it would to get a better understanding of what he meant by that. From the very start of the season everyone was questioning how we would replace Willoughby's goals and that question was never answered and ultimately that is why we never made the play offs. Anyway who to keep, who I would like to stay and those that will need to move on. KEEP FOR SURE Weeks Caton Burke ( MAY GET SOLD UNFORTUNATELY) WOULD LOVE TO KEEP BUT ITS NOT HAPPENING Stanway Williams Glendon UNDER CONTRACT BUT IM NOT CONVINCED Peers OFFER A NEW CONTRACT Woodthorpe Murray Roberts ( one last hurrah tied in with additional physio duties to hopefully improve our injury record) Whitehouse OFFER THE CHANCE TO WIN A CONTRACT IF FITNESS IS PROVED Coates Edwards THANKS BUT NO THANKS Taylor Hall Heywood Thomas Norton Jake Burton Daly LOAN PLAYERS Burton impressed by his contribution in his time with us, definitely worth a conversation with with a view to next season. Tollit Certainly a player but not convinced he is a team player. Not for me Good read Paul, and plenty of common sense spoken, though I would query the retention of the same midfield of Weeks, Glendon, Whitehouse, Murray and Roberts. Clean slate required for me, just retaining Weeks under contract.
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Post by Moltisanti on Apr 22, 2024 14:14:18 GMT
Weeks Glendon (but probably be leaving) Burke Williams Coates on a short term contract
*Missed out Whitehouse
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Post by bitbbh on Apr 22, 2024 17:12:44 GMT
I don't post much on here these days, so please excuse me if I have missed anything already posted in this thread. Not seen a reply to this and I'm not sure where I remember hearing it from but I believe Liam Edwards had pneumonia and that was the reason he has been out of the match day squad since the turn of the year. Got to say there are some great reads in this thread.The vast majority wanting some major surgery to the squad, me included. I think there are players I would love to keep but will move on destined for bigger things. Stanway, Williams and I think Burkenbaur will also go for a fee which should help what I fear maybe a smaller budget. Acquisition of players last season was really poor but Cal has already accepted this and I'm sure he wont the same mistake again. Player retention was also questionable not sure certain players deserved a new contract just because the squad came 3rd last season. Moving back to this seasom The vast majority of Loan players were a disappointment however I've been impressed with Burton and given I expect we are going to have to over haul the defence I would gladly see him come back next season. The Glendon/Weeks scenario is like the Non League version of Gerrard and Lampard both excellent players in their own right but somehow they seem to be even better players when one or other is not on the pitch. A lot of said we should let Glendon go and no doubt there will be a host of admirers who will gladly snap him up. Radcliffe the obvious suitor. Given many have said Weeks did not have his best season this season probably because Glendon was available where as the season before he was unavailable. Not sure how this scenario will work out but I would be happy to keep both but only if we can afford it but given that in previous seasons Glendon has usually signed a new contract by now and the fact he hasn't whether that his down to him not being offered one or he has his head turned elsewhere we don't know but we will find out soon enough. The injury crisis at the club this season needs a closer look at given a lot of niggles kept decent players out for far longer than I would have expected. Is it down to training methods/the type of surface/ recovery facilities. I heard Cal talk about barriers to doing things this season that weren't there the season before and it would to get a better understanding of what he meant by that. From the very start of the season everyone was questioning how we would replace Willoughby's goals and that question was never answered and ultimately that is why we never made the play offs. Anyway who to keep, who I would like to stay and those that will need to move on. KEEP FOR SURE Weeks Caton Burke ( MAY GET SOLD UNFORTUNATELY) WOULD LOVE TO KEEP BUT ITS NOT HAPPENING Stanway Williams Glendon UNDER CONTRACT BUT IM NOT CONVINCED Peers OFFER A NEW CONTRACT Woodthorpe Murray Roberts ( one last hurrah tied in with additional physio duties to hopefully improve our injury record) Whitehouse OFFER THE CHANCE TO WIN A CONTRACT IF FITNESS IS PROVED Coates Edwards THANKS BUT NO THANKS Taylor Hall Heywood Thomas Norton Jake Burton Daly LOAN PLAYERS Burton impressed by his contribution in his time with us, definitely worth a conversation with with a view to next season. Tollit Certainly a player but not convinced he is a team player. Not for me Good read Paul, and plenty of common sense spoken, though I would query the retention of the same midfield of Weeks, Glendon, Whitehouse, Murray and Roberts. Clean slate required for me, just retaining Weeks under contract. Absolutely can see your point about the midfield. But in my head I don't think Glendon stays, Roberts is able to play in multiple positions, holding mid, centre half and right back. I dont think he will be a starter as much but the fact he can slot in and his leadership and physio ability swings it for me. Murray gives us something we dont have in abundance the ability to run at a defence and be creative again I dont see the impact being huge on the budget and he has improved once again this season. Whitehouse again has been asked to play multiple positions this season and although some games have passed him by he quietly and diligently gotvon with his work. Although on the face it looks like I have kept a lot of the midfield I only expect Weeks and Whitehouse to start. Giving Cal plenty of free reign to build a new first choice midfield but we would players that would strong coming off the bench.
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Post by deesideblue1 on Apr 22, 2024 18:43:44 GMT
Kieran Smith leaving Bala.
Chester lad, absolute class act and stand out in that division.
Won’t cost us a bomb wage wise either.
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Post by waggoner on Apr 22, 2024 19:54:25 GMT
Kieran Smith leaving Bala. Chester lad, absolute class act and stand out in that division. Won’t cost us a bomb wage wise either. I think we would be looking for someone with a better profile than someone 31yo from the Welsh premier
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Post by deesideblue1 on Apr 22, 2024 20:30:33 GMT
Kieran Smith leaving Bala. Chester lad, absolute class act and stand out in that division. Won’t cost us a bomb wage wise either. I think we would be looking for someone with a better profile than someone 31yo from the Welsh premier One of the best players in the league and fitter than anyone in our squad.
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Post by yoshimitsu on Apr 22, 2024 20:37:36 GMT
I think we would be looking for someone with a better profile than someone 31yo from the Welsh premier One of the best players in the league and fitter than anyone in our squad. How do you know this to be true?
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Post by Harry Lime on Apr 22, 2024 21:01:14 GMT
I think we would be looking for someone with a better profile than someone 31yo from the Welsh premier One of the best players in the league and fitter than anyone in our squad. Has he actually got the physical profile and style we'll be looking for to complement what we have?
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Post by deesideblue1 on Apr 22, 2024 21:07:40 GMT
One of the best players in the league and fitter than anyone in our squad. How do you know this to be true? A) Being from the Quay I’ve watched a few LOW games. B) He’s literally been voted in top players in the league most seasons. C) He runs sub 35 10k’s and owns a running club. We need to be outside the box some times and there’s a number of good players in the LOW who’d jump at the chance to play in the English pyramid.
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Post by noddy on Apr 22, 2024 21:09:06 GMT
One of the best players in the league and fitter than anyone in our squad. Has he actually got the physical profile and style we'll be looking for to complement what we have? 5'10 apparently. So probably not.
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Post by dannydeva on Apr 23, 2024 0:21:28 GMT
I’d keep,
Stanway Williams Coates Woodthorpe Burke Roberts Weeks Whitehouse Murray Peers Caton Thomas Norton
Try and sign Tollit and Burton, then strengthen the midfield and get another striker in, understanding Tolit would be on a wage, I’d rather sacrifice him for the above. Need some physicality in midfield. The defence is sound, need some wingers to provide width as well, not sure this Tippy tappy tactics work at this level, may do in the league above, I’m sure Cal knows what he’s doing though….
Is it me? I feel like I’ve dreamt something, everyone’s on about Coates staying fit otherwise get rid… I’m sure he played all season last season? He’s just struggled this season? He’s one of our best players and needs to be kept anyone that thinks otherwise needs their head checked! Along with the guy who doesn’t rate Williams! 🤯 Chester fans worry me sometimes… Williams is one of our most consistent players…. I’d say our defensive record is so good because of him! He’s the only consistent!
Anyway, onwards and upwards! Bring on 24/25 Up the Seals! 🦭
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Post by luckyblue on Apr 23, 2024 7:18:24 GMT
I think Stanway, Williams and Burke will be snapped up by NL/League 2 teams . All three deserve to play at a higher level, plus we might receive a little cash injection to support a team rebuild.
I rate/would keep Woodthorpe, Heywood and Murray.
Outside of that I’m a bit meh.😒
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Post by devadiva on Apr 23, 2024 7:49:56 GMT
I think we need to pay someone to create a clone of Ross Hannah, Asante and Willoughby at their best and grow it to adulthood before August!
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Post by league2 on Apr 23, 2024 8:54:19 GMT
All this team really needs is goal scoring forwards,we don't let many goals in so we are ok there .unfortunately every club is on the look out for them and its the ones with the most money who get them ,which certainly isn't us
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Post by leedsutd234 on Apr 23, 2024 10:03:56 GMT
Some bold calls there and a ruthless view, but I think that’s needed if you want to be successful. I like Weeks, Glendon and Whitehouse as individual players, but not all together. The former is local and popular so gets the nod, although my doubts about him are increasing by the game and he was incredibly lucky to get offered that new deal so early in the season. Whitehouse makes a serious effort for us, which you have to commend, travelling in from Donny, but you get the feeling it isn’t sustainable. Peers will be here next season, he’s contracted, but even then he’s got 7 goals in 24 games this season, stretch that out to a full season and it’s 14 which isn’t a bad return considering he hasn’t been played to his strengths. I’ve been alarmed by how unbelievably arsey and argumentative he’s been in recent months though, frustration maybe, but felt like slapping him myself a few times recently. Daly has disappointed me, he had a good reputation in the youth team but whenever I watched them he felt like a luxury. He made a bright start to the season but has shown next to nothing since. He got a decent assist at Chorley away a few months ago but was otherwise a clear weak link in that game and threw in one of the worst performances I’ve seen from a Chester player at King’s Lynn. He’s young and needs to gain experience and I acknowledge I’m being harsh on an inexperienced young lad, but if he is given a new deal which I expect he will then he has to show a lot more next season. Big call to make on Coates. Not really about injuries as the one he picked up at the end of the Buxton home game was just unlucky. He’s very likeable, pacey, leaps like a salmon and good enough defensively, but his crossing is absolutely dire and a huge flaw. It’s got to a point where you think there’s no point going to all that effort to sprint up the pitch because we all know you won’t do anything when you get there. I’d tell him to work on it himself over the summer and invite him back to pre-season to see if there has been any improvement. I reckon he will fancy himself to get another deal elsewhere rather than go through that rigmarole though. I’d give Kev Roberts another year, maybe not an automatic starter anymore but he can do a very decent job in three positions still, and if you’re going with a smaller squad as Calum suggests then we will need that versatility. Personally I like Norton, he’s done some good things in away games that many haven’t seen. There’s something there with him and I really want him to come good. He hasn’t done enough to earn a new deal but would invite back to pre-season on trial. Could be wrong, but heard Thomas wants to go part time (proper part time, night training). Murray and Heywood have their uses and would be keeps for me if they don’t brake the bank, which they probably don’t. Edwards is the type of defender you want at this level, but it’s whether you can tolerate him being so injury prone. Woodthorpe has shown more than enough. Hall, Taylor & J Burton aren’t really worth discussing.
I like Tollitt but probably not worth the wage demands considering can blow hot and cold. Also like K Burton but lives in York (apparently) and don't know feasible a permanent deal is.
Leeds ~~ we chatted with him after the Gloucester game ~~ a bit nearer.
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Post by noddy on Apr 23, 2024 10:09:26 GMT
All this team really needs is goal scoring forwards,we don't let many goals in so we are ok there .unfortunately every club is on the look out for them and its the ones with the most money who get them ,which certainly isn't us True, we don't concede many goals and that has been out strength this season. Is it any coincidence that every forward we have had this season, I believe it's as many as 10 has looked generally ineffective though? I put it more down to our style of play, lack of natural width and teams working us out, sitting deep, getting men behind the ball and counter attacking us personally.
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Post by Si on Apr 23, 2024 10:14:45 GMT
All this team really needs is goal scoring forwards,we don't let many goals in so we are ok there .unfortunately every club is on the look out for them and its the ones with the most money who get them ,which certainly isn't us We might not be so ok in defence if we lose Williams, Burke, and Stanway. So it's places a lot of trust on Cal to sign good quality replacements if they go.
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Post by Harry Lime on Apr 23, 2024 10:25:16 GMT
Some bold calls there and a ruthless view, but I think that’s needed if you want to be successful. I like Weeks, Glendon and Whitehouse as individual players, but not all together. The former is local and popular so gets the nod, although my doubts about him are increasing by the game and he was incredibly lucky to get offered that new deal so early in the season. Whitehouse makes a serious effort for us, which you have to commend, travelling in from Donny, but you get the feeling it isn’t sustainable. Peers will be here next season, he’s contracted, but even then he’s got 7 goals in 24 games this season, stretch that out to a full season and it’s 14 which isn’t a bad return considering he hasn’t been played to his strengths. I’ve been alarmed by how unbelievably arsey and argumentative he’s been in recent months though, frustration maybe, but felt like slapping him myself a few times recently. Daly has disappointed me, he had a good reputation in the youth team but whenever I watched them he felt like a luxury. He made a bright start to the season but has shown next to nothing since. He got a decent assist at Chorley away a few months ago but was otherwise a clear weak link in that game and threw in one of the worst performances I’ve seen from a Chester player at King’s Lynn. He’s young and needs to gain experience and I acknowledge I’m being harsh on an inexperienced young lad, but if he is given a new deal which I expect he will then he has to show a lot more next season. Big call to make on Coates. Not really about injuries as the one he picked up at the end of the Buxton home game was just unlucky. He’s very likeable, pacey, leaps like a salmon and good enough defensively, but his crossing is absolutely dire and a huge flaw. It’s got to a point where you think there’s no point going to all that effort to sprint up the pitch because we all know you won’t do anything when you get there. I’d tell him to work on it himself over the summer and invite him back to pre-season to see if there has been any improvement. I reckon he will fancy himself to get another deal elsewhere rather than go through that rigmarole though. I’d give Kev Roberts another year, maybe not an automatic starter anymore but he can do a very decent job in three positions still, and if you’re going with a smaller squad as Calum suggests then we will need that versatility. Personally I like Norton, he’s done some good things in away games that many haven’t seen. There’s something there with him and I really want him to come good. He hasn’t done enough to earn a new deal but would invite back to pre-season on trial. Could be wrong, but heard Thomas wants to go part time (proper part time, night training). Murray and Heywood have their uses and would be keeps for me if they don’t brake the bank, which they probably don’t. Edwards is the type of defender you want at this level, but it’s whether you can tolerate him being so injury prone. Woodthorpe has shown more than enough. Hall, Taylor & J Burton aren’t really worth discussing.
I like Tollitt but probably not worth the wage demands considering can blow hot and cold. Also like K Burton but lives in York (apparently) and don't know feasible a permanent deal is.
Leeds ~~ we chatted with him after the Gloucester game ~~ a bit nearer. Easier journey than Hartlepool then.
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Post by vandycandy on Apr 23, 2024 10:26:31 GMT
All this team really needs is goal scoring forwards,we don't let many goals in so we are ok there .unfortunately every club is on the look out for them and its the ones with the most money who get them ,which certainly isn't us We might not be so ok in defence if we lose Williams, Burke, and Stanway. So it's places a lot of trust on Cal to sign good quality replacements if they go. Am I correct in thinking that of the three we'd only receive a fee for Burke?
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Post by Harry Lime on Apr 23, 2024 10:33:17 GMT
All this team really needs is goal scoring forwards,we don't let many goals in so we are ok there .unfortunately every club is on the look out for them and its the ones with the most money who get them ,which certainly isn't us True, we don't concede many goals and that has been out strength this season. Is it any coincidence that every forward we have had this season, I believe it's as many as 10 has looked generally ineffective though? I put it more down to our style of play, lack of natural width and teams working us out, sitting deep, getting men behind the ball and counter attacking us personally. I'd agree that it's our style of play that has restricted our goal scoring. However, you need to be better than the opposition in class or movement or finishing or pace or power. Hopefully a combination of all those. Caton does have the pace. None of the others really have any of those attributes. The goal scoring dropped off not long after Peers arrived. There were other mitigating factors in that, but having him as the focal point was a major factor.
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Post by Harry Lime on Apr 23, 2024 10:36:35 GMT
We might not be so ok in defence if we lose Williams, Burke, and Stanway. So it's places a lot of trust on Cal to sign good quality replacements if they go. Am I correct in thinking that of the three we'd only receive a fee for Burke? We would get training compensation for the other two, as we've offered them contracts and they're under 24yo. Not sure how significant that would be, but Williams has been here a while now and Stanway over 2 years too.
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Post by superhans on Apr 23, 2024 18:30:33 GMT
Am I correct in thinking that of the three we'd only receive a fee for Burke? We would get training compensation for the other two, as we've offered them contracts and they're under 24yo. Not sure how significant that would be, but Williams has been here a while now and Stanway over 2 years too. Listening to cal on that last Friday football show of the season im sure he said the fees for the latter two would still be significant. What that means in monetary terms I don't know. Both have been with us since they were under 21 that could be a big factor hopefully. It would be a huge blow if we were to lose all three but at the same time Cals shown that he can play defensively solid football so I'd back him to sort that out far easier than the attack
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Post by noddy on Apr 23, 2024 19:05:52 GMT
We would get training compensation for the other two, as we've offered them contracts and they're under 24yo. Not sure how significant that would be, but Williams has been here a while now and Stanway over 2 years too. Listening to cal on that last Friday football show of the season im sure he said the fees for the latter two would still be significant. What that means in monetary terms I don't know. Both have been with us since they were under 21 that could be a big factor hopefully. It would be a huge blow if we were to lose all three but at the same time Cals shown that he can play defensively solid football so I'd back him to sort that out far easier than the attack Agreed, it would be a blow to lose all three for sure. I don't want Cal to be known as a manager who plays solid defensive football, yes it's an important part of the game but you need to score goals to win games of football. We have suffered enough the last two seasons with the "entertainment" on offer at home and that has to be the priority to get right during the close season.
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Post by brooklaneblue on Apr 23, 2024 19:35:01 GMT
Forgive the obvious but if you keep to many of the squad we will finish somewhere between a 8th to mid table and more importantly have a far lower attendance by Christmas. Cal has to be ruthless and send out a message that he means business and so do our board.
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