Kieran Trippier: has a chance to play against Everton (Howe)

[TheBrownBottle]

10 minutes ago, wyn davies said:

Shocking really to think a young lad basically and only 34 may not be able to hack it much longer in the premier .

34 isn't young in football terms - it is very much in the 'veteran in twilight days of career' period. 

[ponsaelius]

I think the physical decline was noticeable even before everything dropped off a cliff due to the personal issues. Like no doubt he was hugely influential in our game and still playing well, but you could still see it coming on the horizon IMO. 

 

Agree that it's been a huge issue trying to replace what he brought to our game. But this is always going to be an issue with relying on older, experienced players.

[ponsaelius]

In terms of getting a fee the only option is Saudi now. Really hope we are pushing for that with him.

 

Don't think any other European club is doing anything other than taking his wages off us, if we're lucky.

[Karjala]

He's either on the bench for a decent team, starting for a relegation battle team, or sunning it up somewhere. Couldn't blame him for going to MLS.

[Erikse]

58 minutes ago, Lenny said:

I used assists, an isolated stat, as a loose counter to the suggestion that he, our most productive creator for the last couple of years, cost us Europe with a number of errors that will have been dwarfed by the positives he brought during the season.

 

Sure, he was essential for us until October ish. Maybe some games after that aswell, but we had strong indications that things were about to change with him back in jan.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by Erikse

[Erikse]

1 hour ago, wyn davies said:

Shocking really to think a young lad basically and only 34 may not be able to hack it much longer in the premier .

 

The Premier League is extremely competitive, and because of that small changes for the worse can have a massive impact. On top of that there's an increase in injuries, and each one will impact you more and more.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by Erikse

[Dokko]

Cancel his contract if he wants away that much. We'd get next to nothing for him unless a Saudi club is ready to do us a favour. 

[TheBrownBottle]

I still think Trippier is the best RB I've seen in B&W by a margin, and I'm happy to say that the club was all the better for him signing - he was a genuine catalyst and his quality was ridiculously obvious.

 

He's let himself (and the club) down badly over the last year or so.  That doesn't change my view that he's this generation's Brian Kilcline and one of the most important signings in our history - I just wish he'd went to Bayern in January and he'd left us with pretty much nothing but fond memories (even with the Nov-Dec 2023 ricks that happened every game).  I think both positions are supportable - great signing and a class player for most of his time here, but has let us down at the end though not enough to poison my general vibe about him.

 

But he needs to go in Jan.

[Menace]

Didn't shadow puppets say nothings wrong they're happily married?

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, Menace said:

Didn't shadow puppets say nothings wrong they're happily married?

Lost ITK points on that front when the rest of us were claiming the patently obvious

[Erikse]

1 in 17 was a bit simplistic, but it was quite common that his assist count coincided somewhat with the form of his general play (especially in terms of set pieces). At his best form he would allways produce lots of assists, because he would be unstoppable in every part of his game.

 

I looked it up, and if you go back to the start of november and throughout the month last year in this thread, you'll see that people were commenting on his horrible performances through weeks. It started more than a month before december, in that "1 in 17" period. Some put it down to fatigue, which is very possible, mind.

 

I recall that his last "peak performance" game was in october last year in that 4-0 win vs Palace, and after that his form plummeted. He just wasn't actively losing us games until december.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by Erikse

[SteV]

1 minute ago, Menace said:

Didn't shadow puppets say nothings wrong they're happily married?

Tbf he said they appeared to still be together at whatever match it was at the time. Which might well have been the case in public until she decided to fuck it off.

[TRon]

1 hour ago, ponsaelius said:

I think the physical decline was noticeable even before everything dropped off a cliff due to the personal issues. Like no doubt he was hugely influential in our game and still playing well, but you could still see it coming on the horizon IMO. 

 

Agree that it's been a huge issue trying to replace what he brought to our game. But this is always going to be an issue with relying on older, experienced players.

 

Many of us pointed out in January that he was going to be 34 this summer. We had a decent bid from Bayern and we didn't take it. I was really surprised that we didn't do that deal, even some of the Bayern commentators thought they were crazy trying to sign him. It might have been part of the reason why Staveley and her hubby were moved on, they were not ruthless enough when it came to deals of this sort.

[PauloGeordio]

3 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

Many of us pointed out in January that he was going to be 34 this summer. We had a decent bid from Bayern and we didn't take it. I was really surprised that we didn't do that deal, even some of the Bayern commentators thought they were crazy trying to sign him. It might have been part of the reason why Staveley and her hubby were moved on, they were not ruthless enough when it came to deals of this sort.

Eddie would have wanted him here also. He doesn’t seem to be ruthless enough when it comes to letting players leave with some value. See Wilson. We are going to have to recycle players to improve our lot as painful as that may be. It’s what growing clubs do.

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

Eddie would have wanted him here also. He doesn’t seem to be ruthless enough when it comes to letting players leave with some value. See Wilson. We are going to have to recycle players to improve our lot as painful as that may be. It’s what growing clubs do.

 

Staveley basically took her instructions from Eddie, at least that's how it seems. That worked well for us early on tbf, but it put us in a load of bother when PSR caught up with us.

[80]

5 hours ago, Sean said:

I remember thinking what a professional he was, and that he was bound to retire here and join the coaching team 

It was only a couple of months or so ago Howe and Tindall were doing an interview together and both agreeing he was the one most likely to make a go of management. Gave me hope he was back on track at the time.

[Choppy Chop Chop]

Perhaps we should have a tittle tattle thread?

[Pearljam10]

5 hours ago, 80 said:

It was only a couple of months or so ago Howe and Tindall were doing an interview together and both agreeing he was the one most likely to make a go of management. Gave me hope he was back on track at the time.

Pardew 2.0

[Erikse]

Maybe he can be our set piece coach for now

[Joe1984]

Just now, Erikse said:

Maybe he can be our set piece coach for now

But his set pieces were poor.

 

Everyone moaned about them.

 

Then again, can't be worse than whoever, if anyone, is doing that role now.

[Erikse]

9 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

But his set pieces were poor.

 

Everyone moaned about them.

 

Then again, can't be worse than whoever, if anyone, is doing that role now.

 

They were actually pretty poor in certain periods, it was a bit up and down as far as I can remember.

[PauloGeordio]

9 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

They were actually pretty poor in certain periods, it was a bit up and down as far as I can remember.

Tripps set penis’ had been shite for some time. Tonali and Hall can whip a mean corner/free kick in. Add Bruno to that list after last nights effort! 

[bobbydazzla]

12 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

They were actually pretty poor in certain periods, it was a bit up and down as far as I can remember.

Set penis up n down is what got Trippier into this mess 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by bobbydazzla

[Erikse]

1 minute ago, PauloGeordio said:

Tripps set penis’ had been shite for some time. Tonali and Hall can whip a mean corner/free kick in. Add Bruno to that list after last nights effort! 

 

He can be a coach to show them how to not do them.

[Joe1984]

Just now, Erikse said:

 

He can be a coach to show them how to not do them.

What set piece routines or set penis routines?

 

Considering all the rumors he's good for both...