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Painter Croydon 22 Apr 23 6.43pm | |
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Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad
The last three games of the season Phillips, Rak-Sakyi and O'Brien i believe will be available, i would start them in these games, so we can see how much they have developed. Its not in Roys interest to play any youngsters unless he has no choice. He has been employed to get as many points as possible, not play youngsters, he wont be here next season.
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Dubai Eagle 22 Apr 23 7.43pm | |
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At over a £ million per league position that's quite some gamble. Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
That would be extremely pessimistic of Roy. Follow the link below. 36 points is the new 40. Plus the shyte goal difference of the bottom 7 teams. We are safe. Today. And anyway, are you afraid of the kids performing worse than our current weakest links ? One or two dinosaurs need retiring. Maybe we play the kids and we thump somebody 5-0.
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EddieMac 22 Apr 23 10.28pm | |
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Priority new player positions for next season: Right Back
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PatrickA London 23 Apr 23 7.06am | |
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For me the priority has to be a striker/forward and we will need two if Zaha departs.
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southnorwoodhill 23 Apr 23 7.42am | |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
For me the priority has to be a striker/forward and we will need two if Zaha departs. Roy must now realise the problem PV had. Both mediocre, and I'm wondering why Roy has settled for Edouard at the moment? He doesn't make runs or link up play or offer an out ball?
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Dubai Eagle 23 Apr 23 7.53am | |
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I must admit yesterday I too struggled to see what Edouard contributed to the game, at least when JP came on you could see he wanted to be involved, on several occasions Everton had to put 2 defenders on him to stop him going forwards - I would hope that JP starts against Wolves in midweek - Originally posted by southnorwoodhill
Roy must now realise the problem PV had. Both mediocre, and I'm wondering why Roy has settled for Edouard at the moment? He doesn't make runs or link up play or offer an out ball?
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doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 23 Apr 23 9.49am | |
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Originally posted by Dubai Eagle
I must admit yesterday I too struggled to see what Edouard contributed to the game, at least when JP came on you could see he wanted to be involved, on several occasions Everton had to put 2 defenders on him to stop him going forwards - I would hope that JP starts against Wolves in midweek -
Everton was definitely the game for Mateta IMHO. He would have at least made their CBs work
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southnorwoodhill 23 Apr 23 10.02am | |
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I look at the league table and note that remarkably we are still in 12th place despite having taken 10 points out of 12 since Roy and Ray's return. Notable also is the statistic that we have a better goal difference than all the teams below us but not better unsurprisingly against those teams higher. It seems to me that we really need an out and out double digit goal scoring forward if we are to move up to 10th and beyond.
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taylors lovechild 23 Apr 23 10.15am | |
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In a 4-3-3 the role of the number 9 is as much about hold-up and link-up play with the wide men as it is about scoring goals. Neither Edouard or JPM have shown they can offer much in this regard, the former looking a bit lightweight and the latter having terrible ball control. Firmino in his prime was the perfect example of how it's done. The fact neither of our strikers seem capable of scoring regularly means it is hard to see what either offer in games. Both might do better in a 4-4-2, but they have hardly proven themselves good enough for Roy to adjust his tactics for them. Roy clearly didn't rate JPM at all barely giving him any game time after we signed him and so far it doesn't look much like his opinion has changed. Edouard is probably playing due to lack of options. Like others have said, I wouldn't be surprised to see Ayew move to the middle once Wilf is fit. I was excited when we signed Edouard but this season he has looked unmotivated and disinterested. He did run around a bit more than usual yesterday, but to little effect. I know it won't happen, but I'd like to see if one of the U21 strikers can offer something off the bench in the run in. It might at least lift the crowd as we all love to see a youth player make their debut.
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aashman12 23 Apr 23 10.23am | |
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Originally posted by EddieMac
Priority new player positions for next season: Right Back Left winger
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Croydon-Trucker 23 Apr 23 11.16am | |
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IMHO I really don't think we will buy anyone. There will be a few of the non starters going out and Wilf and the bench will be filled with the academy players that are on loan and doing well . Just my opinion . Expect nothing and you wont be disappointed.
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PatrickA London 23 Apr 23 11.55am | |
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I’m convinced we’ll be active in the summer market. We may not spend massive transfer fees but there are some interesting players either out of contract or with only one year remaining.
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