The College Dropout Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Why would we even loan him out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Looking at the squad now I'd be absolutely fine with Lascelles staying. He'll be 4th choice CB so very unlikely to actually start in the Prem and would make most of his appearances in cup games I imagine. Fernandez is the odd one for me, he's gone to Austria so clearly fit again now but obviously isn't on his way out just yet. With Dumment able to cover CB I'm not sure we need Fernandez AND Lascelles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Yeah I imagine we are listening to offers for Fernandez and if we can't get rid of him must be at risk of being excluded from the 25 if Dummet is still wanted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 18 minutes ago, Mazzy said: Looking at the squad now I'd be absolutely fine with Lascelles staying. He'll be 4th choice CB so very unlikely to actually start in the Prem and would make most of his appearances in cup games I imagine. Fernandez is the odd one for me, he's gone to Austria so clearly fit again now but obviously isn't on his way out just yet. With Dumment able to cover CB I'm not sure we need Fernandez AND Lascelles. Ignoring the obvious. He's 1st choice back-up to Schar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Happinesstan said: Ignoring the obvious. He's 1st choice back-up to Schar. We could play Burn and Botman together. Plenty of right footed centre backs play as a pair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: We could play Burn and Botman together. Plenty of right footed centre backs play as a pair Aye but that's through necessity brought about by a lack of left footed CBs. Though you could be right, we could move Botman over and bring in Burn on the left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Sell and buy Levi Colwill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Confirmed as captain for the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 There’s obviously going to be a team captain/club captain setup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: There’s obviously going to be a team captain/club captain setup. He’ll not start on a regular basis, Trippier is likely to get the armband whilst Lascelles arse is warming the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Could be any of Trips, Wilson, Shelvey, Burn or Schar with the armband tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillingtonMag Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Kanji said: Could be any of Trips, Wilson, Shelvey, Burn or Schar with the armband tbh. I'd go between Trippier or Wilson tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Never liked the idea of a striker being captain. Should be a defender or a centre mid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, loki679 said: Never liked the idea of a striker being captain. Should be a defender or a centre mid. Shearer being the exception to the rule I agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, WillingtonMag said: I'd go between Trippier or Wilson tbh. Trippier is a natural leader and the sensible choice, knowledge wise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakzz Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 10 hours ago, bowlingcrofty said: Confirmed as captain for the season. I think Thats the first «mistake» Eddie has made here in my mind. Might be only me tho. lacelles should be sold / loaded out for sure and trippier given the band. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Weird decision. Should be looking to flog him whilst he may still command a fee. Assume that means we’re unlikely to bring in another CB, with Clark already off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Lascelles has shown- at least in a couple of games near the end of the season- that he isn’t a complete liability, I suppose. Howe seems to be focused on team unity and morale which was certainly a massive contributing factor to our amazing late-season form last year. Would be pretty silly to throw that to the wayside so soon imo. I imagine (or would hope) that he’d be a bit more ruthless as expectations rise; carrying players for the sake of morale at the expense of ability only gets you so far. Edited July 18, 2022 by McCormick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) It's clearly a balancing act. You want to improve and there's a lot to be said symbolically for cutting away a lot from the previous regime. But you also want to keep the team spirit and also retain the continuity of people who have been at the club longer and arguably know it better than the management. That explains giving somebody like Dummett a contract. This is particularly true when you're aiming for a certain quality of player which limits the # of players you can bring in during a window. And are also finding it difficult to move players out of the club. I think we're doing OK so far - but are possibly not quite being ruthless enough. For example if Ritchie gets any minutes at all this season in the league then something has gone very wrong. Edited July 18, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 11 hours ago, ponsaelius said: It's clearly a balancing act. You want to improve and there's a lot to be said symbolically for cutting away a lot from the previous regime. But you also want to keep the team spirit and also retain the continuity of people who have been at the club longer and arguably know it better than the management. That explains giving somebody like Dummett a contract. This is particularly true when you're aiming for a certain quality of player which limits the # of players you can bring in during a window. And are also finding it difficult to move players out of the club. I think we're doing OK so far - but are possibly not quite being ruthless enough. For example if Ritchie gets any minutes at all this season in the league then something has gone very wrong. Hopefully Ritchie doesn't get a squad number this season. Nothing against him, if he stays he's there for training and transitioning in to coaching. If he wants to play then he can go out on loan till he's ready to retire. I've not issues with him being around the club for the next 5-10 years, but I never want to see him on the pitch again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 With the 5 subs rule unfortunately Ritchie's gonna get plenty of minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Shearergol said: With the 5 subs rule unfortunately Ritchie's gonna get plenty of minutes. Then we are failing players like Lewis & Anderson. If we see him play any games then we have massively failed as a club in our recruitment drive. It's a very fucking low bar to say Ritchie & even Gayle do not get minitues this season. No excuses really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 45 minutes ago, Shearergol said: With the 5 subs rule unfortunately Ritchie's gonna get plenty of minutes. Is he fuck. He never got a look in last 3rd of last season. Barely even got on the bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 28 minutes ago, jack j said: Is he fuck. He never got a look in last 3rd of last season. Barely even got on the bench He was on the bench for the last 12 games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Apparently Lascelles makes a big contribution in the changing room helping with togetherness and moral etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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