The College Dropout

Wilson is the default profile of an optimal Howe striker. Isak is the deluxe. I think Wissa is workable variant. Ramsey and Elanga look to be poor signings. Elanga in particular I Dont think is signed by any competent transfer committee. I don’t blame Howe for that. There was a power vacuum.

I actually disagree. We aren’t going to out football teams with more resources than us. We need a prime Pope level GK that make saves, catches crosses and sweeps. If he can play that’s a bonus but I want GK skills. We must resist the desire to become North East Spurs on a smaller budget. Players that are technically better than the other 13 but lack character and basics. I don’t want Vicario.

He doesn’t play like someone who has been a 9 for a decade. He doesn’t make the right runs. Needs to play with Wissa too

Thought he was ok tbh. Did need subbing for Barnes or for him to move to the right though. Lack of quality when it mattered but I think that’s his level more time.

I’m concerned about this lad. Good reputation. Has some fundamentals. But he weekly giving Jermaine Jenas down to the nickname. No impact. No presence. No forward ball. I wanted him off at half time. Joe didn’t do much when he came on. But his presence alone meant something. I stand by this. If we are to make it to the top, we have to be bigger presence and tougher then the rest. We’ll never be that team with Ramsey in it I fear.

We’ve become a weak team defensively. A soft touch. Spursey.

It’s a poorly run club outside of the ability to spend money

2 isn’t a pattern. And the first was a 7th finish with only 6 less points than we managed the next season. We were genuinely good the 7th season either side of the injury crisis. We’ve been shut this season from MD1

Same. In certain we’ll be back to permanently mid table. The big issue has been the leadership. This entire project has lost steam, momentum, direction and belief. We’ll continue to throw around the 7th/8th most money in the league. But smart thinking ? Nope.

I think we just do it badly now. Woltemadd struggles to intiate the press consistently. We signed the same profile of player we already have apart from Woltemade who was 6th choice.

Not a good idea though. We lacked quality last season but with no European football, Isak and Murphy, Bruno, Tonali, Barnes and a strong defence we had enough. This summer more than anything we needed to add 1 Isak/Tonali level attacker. A Tonali level misfielder and Cb Just to stay 5th imo. The margins in this league are thin. The difference between us and Brentford isn’t Murphy’s In depth it’s Bruno and Isak.

Criticism is fair. Advocating sacking him isn’t.

He hasn’t though.

Then you don’t know ball. Maybe 1 player we signed this summer would’ve started the league cup final. Not if I was choosing.

Why was he even able to do that ? a club with proper leadership wouldn’t have had the summer we had. Anthony Elanga is an Antony level signing for £80m. It’s not a transfer a well run club makes. I wouldn’t be counted as a ‘football person’ and I could tell you after 2 appearances Antony or Elanga are worth the money paid. You get 3 decent football people of equal autonomy and they wouldn’t sanction that move.

Just horrible top line management in the leadership.

It’s down to the owners. IMO it’s now obvious to everyone at the club that the owners aren’t as real and capable as they say they are.

I still think the clubs atmosphere and successive poor windows has killed us. I don’t believe in the clubs leadership to take us forward without Howe.

We won a cup this year btw lads

Conference league? we ain’t finishing top 6.

No credit for this second half performance imo. These are shit.

Aye. We ain’t scoring in a million Sundays.

They are begging to concede

Which is why we needed 2 strikers up top for at least 10 minutes.

These are desperate to concede but we are too shit