Begbie Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, arnonel said: Worst window in the league? Wow Yeah this summer. Who had a worse? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Would love to see some movement in the first few days of January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said: Would love to see some movement in the first few days of January. Howe has already said that if anything happens, then it’s towards the end of the month. Deals should be lined up to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Need a RW and a creative centre mid… Exactly the same we needed in the summer and it wasn’t addressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just give me a creative mid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ronson333 said: Need a RW and a creative centre mid… Exactly the same we needed in the summer and it wasn’t addressed. Got it wrong in the summer apart from Tino and where paying the price now unfortunately. Yeah nobody could foresee injuries to Barnes and Tonali ban, problem is neither we’re what we needed in first place. Edited December 23, 2023 by Whitley mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BShearer Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 we are in bad form, lots of injuries and the transfer window in the summer did not really help us much. all in all its a bit better rotation options with Livramento and Hall than last season but none of them improved the first eleven which was crucial to do imo. few loans needed who can improve first eleven, if we cannot touch Saudi league loans I cannot see much improvement in this window either. having said that tactical issues wont be solved in the window, Tindall and Howe need to come up with something much better away from home, as if the likes Bournemouth, Luton , Everton beating us its not because they have so much better squads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Plenty were saying we didn't need creative players like Maddison because they don't have the energy for our game yet it's clear as day we've got so little creativity and we weren't just going to be able to outrun teams every week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 We need a creative midfielder and a right winger. I've said this for three transfer windows and it's just plainly obvious now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey47 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) On 19/12/2023 at 07:37, MrRaspberryJam said: What about now? Edited December 23, 2023 by Joey47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, joeyt said: Plenty were saying we didn't need creative players like Maddison because they don't have the energy for our game yet it's clear as day we've got so little creativity and we weren't just going to be able to outrun teams every week Plenty were talking shit it's been an issue for three windows now and still not resolved (as is a right winger) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, joeyt said: Plenty were saying we didn't need creative players like Maddison because they don't have the energy for our game yet it's clear as day we've got so little creativity and we weren't just going to be able to outrun teams every week We brute forced many results last season purely by using our manic press and physicality.. being physically superior and possessing elite fitness is the bread and butter of the system we have had success with. Without that we are a weak side, the snowballing injury list fucked us in October. A bad run was always coming after that, forget creativity and technical ability for a second - we won’t see any sustained run of good form until we have the important components of this side fully fit again. Edited December 23, 2023 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetsbaiaIsBald Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Luton played the last 10 minutes so much better than we did vs Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Having an enforced 6 week break during the middle of the season also helped last year. It was pretty clear it wouldn't be sustainable in the long run I don't usually like looking back on past players and he definitely would have got injured during this run but a player like ASM would have at least provided a bit of flair to our game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 ASM would have spontaneously combusted having to play a game every 3-4 days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, timeEd32 said: ASM would have spontaneously combusted having to play a game every 3-4 days. Was always injured over Christmas, so wouldn’t have been available anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, timeEd32 said: ASM would have spontaneously combusted having to play a game every 3-4 days. 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Joey47 said: What about now? No. I don’t want Solanke at NUFC. I’d like to think we’re setting our sights a lot higher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Get the reinforcements in to give everyone a lift, we’re shot to pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Maxi was very rarely ever the answer in those types of matches. He was always much better in games with space to attack. The creative player thing is, imo, a bit overrated. Our attacking numbers have routinely been very good going forward under Howe, in terms of underlying stuff and actual output. Bit of a rut this month which is kinda obvious to a degree. I do think we desperately need another wide forward now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, ExiledGeordie said: Get the reinforcements in to give everyone a lift, we’re shot to pieces. Early doors too. No fannying about until the end of January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Recall Minteh in my opinion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Maxi was very rarely ever the answer in those types of matches. He was always much better in games with space to attack. The creative player thing is, imo, a bit overrated. Our attacking numbers have routinely been very good going forward under Howe, in terms of underlying stuff and actual output. Bit of a rut this month which is kinda obvious to a degree. I do think we desperately need another wide forward now though. Agreed on the creative midfielder. We'd benefit far more from an athletic DM to bridge the gap between midfield and defence imo, with Joelinton and Bruno playing a bit further up. Bruno is good in the "6" role when we're in control of a game, but in games with high turnovers he struggles and huge gaps appear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Andy said: Agreed on the creative midfielder. We'd benefit far more from an athletic DM to bridge the gap between midfield and defence imo, with Joelinton and Bruno playing a bit further up. Bruno is good in the "6" role when we're in control of a game, but in games with high turnovers he struggles and huge gaps appear. I'm not sold on the DM either but at least having a proper backup/Bruno rotation would be nice. That nasty ocean-sized gap between defence and midfield massively reared its head again in the first half especially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Does anyone have an actual idea of where we stand with regards FFP and what we can spend in January? Something that isn't speculation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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