Mikky

1 hour ago, ponsaelius said:

Can somebody explain how it wasn't a pen for us today? The actual trip on Hall that caused him to fall was comfortably inside the box.

I’ve been a massive advocate of drug testing the VAR officials before and after - convinced the smoke crack during the game 

24 minutes ago, BeloEmre said:

€65m is the price for Sesko this summer.

 

https://x.com/philipphinze24/status/1791890322668109829?s=46&t=qiC9vAb9jDAu45ZXRygfkQ

increased towards season end when he was scoring for fun

2 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

We wouldn’t need Olise and Neto.

Rather get a CM who can play RW also 

…. MGW?

11 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said:

Keep an eye on Rabiot. He’ll be talking to a number of clubs including us over the next few weeks. Another free although an expensive one.

His salary is way too high - rather get a younger CM

16 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

I see Chelsea are buying another Brazilian lad for circa £50 million.

It’s literally beyond a joke what they are doing - having free reign 

I thought UEFA banned clubs for financial irregularities?

Why would you even consider signing Ramsdale when you can get Marmashvilli for a much better price, he’s better, younger and with a higher ceiling 

39 minutes ago, Ikon said:

Ideally don’t want Barkley but he is a game changer if we play him instead of one of the others if one of Bruno/Tonali/Joelinton can’t play. 

Which is why I suggested him - 2 year deal 

I personally want Caqueret - he’ll cost circa 25m

But if money is tight then if you are to keep the status quo in midfield why not just add Barkley as your Ritchie replacement

9 hours ago, duo said:

I am really worried about this transfer window - as it's huge.  I just sense am going to be disappointed as there are so many positions that need addressing and the club can't address them all.

I’d take Tosin - Kelly - Barkley (add Minteh) all on free transfers, gives us some flexibility in my view. Then you can drill down to GK - RW - CF as the priority positions - if we could squeeze in a young CB then great 

That’s poor keeping imo - like watching Dubravka this guy

We do all the above and we are in a pretty good position going into 2425

11 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said:

I have no confidence at all there’s going to be a ruthless revamp this summer. 

I’m not sure what a massive revamp is tbh 

Have a load of deadwood (Dummett, Hayden, Ritchie etc that’s needs removing)

Minteh will have pre season with us 

Likely Tosin and Kelly are free transfers 

Highly likely Wilson - Miggy - Dubravka are off and need to be replaced 

We may or may not cash in on Longstaff 

7 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

This is the main thing for me.

 

I want to see what he can do with a more talented and well rounded squad before any talk of making a change.

 

He's shown a lot making use of some very ordinary players so far.

 

It's such a shame this FFP nonsense means we have to build so slowly.

Given that we are 2.5 years into a 5 year plan - I think we are probably par in terms of where we need to be - hopefully have a complete clear out of the deadwood in the summer (Dummett, Ritchie etc)

I think we have to bear in mind, within this process we started with a much lower base than the current group within the top 8 - to achieve safety from being rock bottom, top 4 finish, joint best defence, a final, 2 QFs, massive goal returns and maybe the Conference is pretty decent if you ask me 

3 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Our midfield has absolutely not proven to be more than capable.

 

The story of the season has been Bruno having to carry the whole unit, while Gordon and Isak have had standout performances higher up the pitch to win us games.

Yep totally agree with this - the whole right side needs fixing in my view and that should in theory be our summer priority - whether it’s attainable or not I don’t know but a RCM, RW and CF (with Minteh) should be our business with the likes of Miggy and Wilson departing with one of Longstaff and Murphy (if not both at risk) - there’s no other way forward 

1 minute ago, KaKa said:

 

Players, particularly the ones that aren't as good, absolutely tend to play with much more confidence at home, yes!

Look I am not saying get rid of Howe and there’s reasons for why we haven’t been as strong this season, of course there is.
 

My stance has always been let’s learn from this season regardless - EH has effectively been on a seasons secondment where everything has been thrown at him  - search deep into what hasn’t worked, what we need to improve on - box clever in the market with clever signings (Tosin/Kelly)

If it is to be the Europa Conference then I am more than happy with it - it’s a chance to win something 

18 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

It's unacceptable in your view because of your arrogance.

 

You think we have a right to get a result in these games just because we came 4th last season.

 

This isn't a video game. You can keep dismissing the injury situation all you want, but at the end of the day, most of this season we've ended up playing Bruno in midfield (the most impactful part of the pitch) with some combination from Longstaff, Anderson and Miley.

 

And you really think this is no big deal and 'tactics' can simply sort this out, so we can go to these away games and just beat these teams, because it's just that easy, and everyone else is doing it.

 

It's this kind of thinking that means I cannot take you guys that 'keep it real' seriously.

 

 

What’s wrong with saying 11 defeats in 18 is a poor return? It’s a fact - got nothing to do with us finishing 4th - in those 11 defeats, which matches can we say we were unlucky not to get anything?

And yet at home we look a totally different team - EH has had the same tools home and away or is it just away from home where we suffer more with injuries?

It’s massively important we finish 7th now and hope Man Ciry can do us a favour so we have some form of football.

Then in the summer regroup and take a collective view of where we are and what we need to challenge for at least the top 6 next season 

We have lost 11 out of 18 away games - that’s unacceptable in my view - yes you can point at injuries, but tactically we’ve been ordinary and at times been a soft touch 

Just now, KaKa said:

Perfect position, in lots of space, great angle to hit it low and across goal on his strong foot. And he just whacks it straight at Onana.

 

This is the one thing he needs to be able to do, as he typically strikes the ball pretty well. If he can't manage it then he has to be pushed way back in the midfield reckoning.

 

The falling over continues and the amazingly poor passes in great positions. 

 

It's just too much man. Please no more.

Said earlier in the week - Maxence Caqueret

Infuriates me even more that we came across a Man U that was clearly arsed just the majority of the crowd and we totally shit our pants 

1 minute ago, worthy said:

Thats on the coaches - they should see that and start fucking managing the players.

Tindall is the defence coach 

Losing to that Man U team was embarrassing  - utterly unacceptable that 

The standard of defending from us tonight was pathetic to a man - basic stuff 

so so disappointed with the players - let us down 

The defending cost us today - absolute school boy stuff at times - the goals conceded were truly shocking 

Poor finishing too

Why even play this fucker

2 hours ago, Thumbheed said:

 

Kone and Caqueret are the profiles I like the most, press proof, comfortable getting the ball off the defenders with good distribution. 

 

I wish we were linked with Merino. 

 

Not sure why Kone hasn't been snapped up yet though, he in particular looks ideal.

 

 

 

I think Caqueret is a great shout and not someone who I think would command a massive fee given Lyons financial situation  - £25m possibly?

1 minute ago, Fezzle said:

Prepare for disappointment 

I don’t think it’s impossible if the right deals are out there 

45 minutes ago, Thumbheed said:

1 forward 

1 RW

1 CM

1 GK

and hopefully 2 frees will be our business this summer.

What profile of CM do most people think we need?

CMs we been linked with 

Y Fofana

M Caqueret

K Zenon

M Kone

Ederson

(Archie Gray - if Leeds don’t go up)