Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I'd take Carroll, Nolan, Barton, Guthrie, Routledge, Enrique, Colo, Williamson. If we're going by them at that time and what they brought to the team, they were all excellent for us in the championship, even Barton when fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Think Barton scored against someone away near the end of the season but he did nowt else iirc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 For people that are worrying, this team got promoted last season with Steve Bruce as manager: To be fair though, they had that young unproven in the Championship striker who could barely score in the Premier League up front for them. They should have went for a proven striker like McCormack or Lambert and they'd have won the league with 110+ points, rather than settling for his 20 league goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Barton missed practically that whole season due to injury, he would've played a bigger role if not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Barton missed practically that whole season due to injury, he would've played a bigger role if not Was probably a blessing he was injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 If Barton was fit we may have never experienced that Nicky Butt overhead kick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Was looking at Norwich's squad today, as I assume they'll be one of our rivals, and their out and out striker options seem to be Cameron Jerome, Kyle Lafferty and Ricky van Wolfwinkel which are pretty uninspiring van Wolfswinkel just left to join Vitesse so going to be interesting to see if they go into the new season with just Jerome and Lafferty as their out and out strikers. Can see why they're desperate for McCormack and/or Assombalonga It's a mystery that Jerome is a professional footballer. Has he ever scored a competitive goal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Scored an absolute worldie for Stoke a few years ago but don't remember much except for that Pretty sure Norwich rejected an £8mil bid from Boro for him in January Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 If Barton was fit we may have never experienced that Nicky Butt overhead kick the enforcerrrrrrrrrrr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Was looking at Norwich's squad today, as I assume they'll be one of our rivals, and their out and out striker options seem to be Cameron Jerome, Kyle Lafferty and Ricky van Wolfwinkel which are pretty uninspiring van Wolfswinkel just left to join Vitesse so going to be interesting to see if they go into the new season with just Jerome and Lafferty as their out and out strikers. Can see why they're desperate for McCormack and/or Assombalonga It's a mystery that Jerome is a professional footballer. Has he ever scored a competitive goal? Scored 18 last time they were in the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Barton was only ever effective for us at RW. Routledge was better. Signing Routledge and him hitting the ground straight away pretty much secured our promotion. He was the best opposition player at SJP that season when he played for QPR would take routledge now for a reasonable fee if he was willing to drop down a league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Think Barton scored against someone away near the end of the season but he did nowt else iirc Peterborough away free kick? We were right on line with it and it was a pearler! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Was looking at Norwich's squad today, as I assume they'll be one of our rivals, and their out and out striker options seem to be Cameron Jerome, Kyle Lafferty and Ricky van Wolfwinkel which are pretty uninspiring van Wolfswinkel just left to join Vitesse so going to be interesting to see if they go into the new season with just Jerome and Lafferty as their out and out strikers. Can see why they're desperate for McCormack and/or Assombalonga It's a mystery that Jerome is a professional footballer. Has he ever scored a competitive goal? Scored 18 last time they were in the Championship. Jesus did he? Our strikers should get hundreds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Will be extremely concerned if Tiote, Sissoko, Thauvin and Perez all leave. Can only hope Rafa has some sort of contingency plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Perez is definitely staying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Perez is definitely staying What makes you sure? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Perez is definitely staying What makes you sure? If the Barca interest is in any way true, which I doubt, he'd be their cheap option to add some depth and I think taking into account the other players we'll have sold we'll be wanting a lot of money for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Perez is definitely staying What makes you sure? If the Barca interest is in any way true, which I doubt, he'd be their cheap option to add some depth and I think taking into account the other players we'll have sold we'll be wanting a lot of money for him £15m is the asking price apparently which is pennies to someone like Barca. Many people seem to be thinking that Perez wouldn't want to go there due to the lack of games he'd get but I doubt the thought would cross his mind when he has the chance to join a club of that calibre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 If we had your average decent championship manager I'd be worried, but with Rafa, I'm confident. I know it seems like tempting fate but I am. There are slight concerns in the squad but when you look around you'd be hard pressed to find 2/3 areas of the squad in rivals that are superior. Combine that with the best manager in the division by a long way and it would take a major leap in the teams around us to stop us even coming second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 So it was described as a wake up call and really there's no other way to put it. I still maintain the championship is poor quality, but we have to be realistic about our own squad. There's very little proven quality in there when you come down to it. We idolise Perez but he was plucked from some Spanish reserve side for £1m a couple of years ago. Our captain couldn't make Nottingham Forest's first team when we bought him. Hayden, Colback, Anita, Hanley....what is it about these players that is going to make them stand out against other championship clubs? Times have moved on, there's a lot of money swimming about in this league. Everyone can buy promising players, and judging by the touchline, even promising managers. Don't know who the Fulham guy was but he cut an impressive figure. It's hardly panic stations yet, but we need to realise only genuine quality will get us out of this league. We didn't score yesterday because our final ball and finishing was shit. That was the difference between us and all the other championship teams last time we were in this division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Nowhere near enough goals in this team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 I looked at the bench and didn't see much firepower. We need another big striker. We only have two wingers. Two more would be ideal. Another attacking centre midfielder would be good too. Creativity is a must. Most teams will sit back and we'll have to break them down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 When does this become League One planning? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Perez is definitely staying What makes you sure? If the Barca interest is in any way true, which I doubt, he'd be their cheap option to add some depth and I think taking into account the other players we'll have sold we'll be wanting a lot of money for him £15m is the asking price apparently which is pennies to someone like Barca. Many people seem to be thinking that Perez wouldn't want to go there due to the lack of games he'd get but I doubt the thought would cross his mind when he has the chance to join a club of that calibre. Despite not wanting to lose Perez, I can't help chuckle at the thought of two regulars from our feckless relegation squad being linked to Real & Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I voted Perez as my best player but in the two games I've seen him he's played crap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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