Disco Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Hopefully Wigan might lose Figueroa and N'Zog before the transfer window closes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I said no because I am eternal pessimist. Although I didn't see the game today, the consistent comments about Nolan are very, very worrying. I am bouyed by the comments of the possession football it appears we played but unless Hughton gets ruthless and drops the ineffective players, then we are doomed to failure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Player for player we are certainly worse than two seasons ago, but as a squad we seem to have grown. The question is how will the squad cope with getting its ass kicked in the majority of our games? Call me a cynic, but this being NUFC, and us still being run by a buffoon, I will nail my colour to the "nay" mast for now.. As for getting improvements in, I'm really hope so, but I'm also fearsome that we may yet sell one of our better players if a decent offer comes in... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Hopefully Wigan might lose Figueroa and N'Zog before the transfer window closes. Aye. They're similar to us but the other way round. Them minus them 2 from Zog/Figueroa/Rodallega and they're pretty much down, in the same way if we add a couple we'd have much greater chance of staying up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Player for player we are certainly worse than two seasons ago, but as a squad we seem to have grown. The question is how will the squad cope with getting its ass kicked in the majority of our games? Call me a cynic, but this being NUFC, and us still being run by a buffoon, I will nail my colour to the "nay" mast for now.. As for getting improvements in, I'm really hope so, but I'm also fearsome that we may yet sell one of our better players if a decent offer comes in... Player-for-player our relegation squad was better than a lot of teams that stayed up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 If we get one decent striker or Arfa plays like the Fm wonderkid he used to be and gets 10 from mf we should be alright. What we have at the moment won't be enough sadly. And I really wish it would, but it won't. Can only see Blackpool and WBA finishing below us at this point. Exactly this. At the minute, no. Get a string-puller in and it's a yes. I have been encouraged by what I've seen of us today and in La Coruna though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 The striker situation is a huge worry, and I'm amazed the club don't seem to recognise it, but there is a lot of crap at the bottom of the league, think we'll get enough points against our fellow strugglers to survive, but not by much, it'll go all the way till the last game, unless of course we go on a spending spree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I remember a similar thread last season about promotion and a lot thought we'd struggle. Pundits thought we'd finish bottom half or worse. There's 12-14 matches that will be difficult to get much from. The rest are realistic points-gathering missions, imo. I remember a similar thread one and a half season ago.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 The striker situation is a huge worry, and I'm amazed the club don't seem to recognise it, but they is a lot of crap at the bottom of the league, think we'll get enough points against our fellow strugglers to survive, but not by much, it'll go all the way till the last game, unless of course we go on a spending spree. Aye, we should get David Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I remember a similar thread last season about promotion and a lot thought we'd struggle. Pundits thought we'd finish bottom half or worse. There's 12-14 matches that will be difficult to get much from. The rest are realistic points-gathering missions, imo. I remember a similar thread one and a half season ago.. Aye. Really, it's a question of faith. No one knows, tbh. The majority of pundits last season were wrong: so you've got to conclude no one fucking knows until December. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 The striker situation is a huge worry, and I'm amazed the club don't seem to recognise it, but they is a lot of crap at the bottom of the league, think we'll get enough points against our fellow strugglers to survive, but not by much, it'll go all the way till the last game, unless of course we go on a spending spree. Aye, we should get David Villa. Yeah he's not bad, I would take him, to put pressure on Xisco and Shola for their spots in the squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I actually think we've had a pretty decent transfer window for a team with no money and no short-to-medium-term prospects whatsoever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Player for player we are certainly worse than two seasons ago, but as a squad we seem to have grown. The question is how will the squad cope with getting its ass kicked in the majority of our games? Call me a cynic, but this being NUFC, and us still being run by a buffoon, I will nail my colour to the "nay" mast for now.. As for getting improvements in, I'm really hope so, but I'm also fearsome that we may yet sell one of our better players if a decent offer comes in... Player-for-player our relegation squad was better than a lot of teams that stayed up. Absolutely, so what makes you so confident a lesser squad will stand a better chance of survival..? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 If we believe we can stay up, we can stay up. A morale-boosting signing wouldn't go amiss, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 St.James' needs to be a cauldron of noise for all of our home games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I've been thinking about this for a while. Going down. This team simply doesnt have enough goals in it. No faith in Ashley to spend any money on a much needed new striker. Sorry for the doom and gloom but I just cant see past our lack of attacking threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Player for player we are certainly worse than two seasons ago, but as a squad we seem to have grown. The question is how will the squad cope with getting its ass kicked in the majority of our games? Call me a cynic, but this being NUFC, and us still being run by a buffoon, I will nail my colour to the "nay" mast for now.. As for getting improvements in, I'm really hope so, but I'm also fearsome that we may yet sell one of our better players if a decent offer comes in... Player-for-player our relegation squad was better than a lot of teams that stayed up. Absolutely, so what makes you so confident a lesser squad will stand a better chance of survival..? I believe in Chris Hughton. I believe the squad has more balls than it did before. I certainly believe more in Carroll than I did in Owen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I actually think we've had a pretty decent transfer window for a team with no money and no short-to-medium-term prospects whatsoever. What makes it decent? The fact that we haven't lost any of our better players? We are going up against opposition that is massively better than last years', promotion must have done our financial position a world of good, so I don't see why we couldn't expect a reasonable investment in the squad to give us a better chance of staying up..? What's happened is Ashley has lowered our expectations to the point where we are happy if anything but the worst happens.. Criminal how far we've fallen from grace in just a few years.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I actually think we've had a pretty decent transfer window for a team with no money and no short-to-medium-term prospects whatsoever. What makes it decent? The fact that we haven't lost any of our better players? We are going up against opposition that is massively better than last years', promotion must have done our financial position a world of good, so I don't see why we couldn't expect a reasonable investment in the squad to give us a better chance of staying up..? What's happened is Ashley has lowered our expectations to the point where we are happy if anything but the worst happens.. Criminal how far we've fallen from grace in just a few years.. 1. It's a minor miracle that we haven't lost any of our better players. 2. Clubs are not lining up to sell players for nothing and players are not chomping at the bit to join a club who will be at best 12th~17th for the forseeable future. Given the circumstances, we've not done badly. Things have actually gone a lot better than I thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 If the squad stays as it is, then no. But buying a good striker and/or Ben Arfa should see us safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 The fact is there have been much worse squads than ours which've stayed up. Sometimes for season after season after season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Going down. Blackpool aside I can't think of a side that we can finish above, WBA are on a par and that'll be the three to drop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 If Hughton plays the best 11 then I reckon we have a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Btw I think people are overstimating the quality and consistency of the other bottom-half teams rather than being overly pessimistic about our own qualities. We're pretty crap, but so are they. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Out of interest. When was the last time the 3 promoted teams were relegated? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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