Eddie

Have we bought or sold anyone recently?

Did he turn up to training in a Brentford kit with Toney on the back in that loan spell or something? It’s the only way I can see a comparison being made. Worst buy that Evatt and team ever made, purely based on the fact he had a try before you buy 6 months to see just how shit he is.

Would we? If we’re playing 4 at the back then I reckon we’ve got enough centre backs with the 4 remaining. Centre mid - depends how you look at it, we were after one before this. If GT left we’d still have 4 centre mids (incl. the new one), plus Dempsey for the 10 games a season he’s fit for. Probably right actually but I’d say a youngster on loan rather than having to spend on a first teamer.

Probably get close to £1.5m between the two of them, with a bit of negotiation, for two players that probably wouldn’t be in our strongest starting 11 (or at least have decent other options before people open up another debate about GT). I still think there’s a proper player in Forrester, and if he could stay fit then he was one that could have been a good example of the moneyball method - going to a decent champ club. But he can’t stay fit, and he’s still a bit green in this league and so if we get a decent offer then he’s another that I wouldn’t be too arsed about. Take the cash and spend it all on a striker that will get us out of this fucking league!

Yeah but we were playing treacle ball and only had wingbacks. We’re now robust, dynamic and likely to play a formation that gives us genuine wingers with full backs behind them to offer protection. Morley and Sheehan’s biggest problem will be choosing which one they want to pick out.

That answers that one 👍🏼

Did he play for Wales post season? I can’t remember but I wonder if he did whether he got an extra week or two before he returned to pre season.

I said it last season when it got trialled. I agree, really like the idea. I know I make it sound like I’m not a GT fan, but I actually am, I just don’t think he’s a centre mid - his limitations (every player has them) are just not the ones that you want your centre mid to have in my opinion. As a left back, the game is in front of him, which he’s far better at reading, he doesn’t need that 2-3 yard burst of pace, he’s got a decent defensive mind, his athleticism is more suited to longer distance up and down a wing rather than short court sprint type runs, he’s good enough on the ball, he’s got a decent delivery on him and he’s big enough that he’d add a decent physical presence to the back line in a position that is usually a smaller player. Clearly he’s also a brilliant character to have around the place. If we started the season (given there would still be some of the window left to rectify if it didn’t work out) with him and Conway as the 2 left back options, then it wouldn’t concern me at all.

I might be getting ahead of myself now that I’ve not watched our shower of shit for a few months, but imagine Sheehan / Morley being able to actually use their passing range to put 2 genuine wingers with real pace in behind a full back.

So we’ve got 2 proper wingers, with Des and Schon seemingly as back up / challengers for those spots. Likely leaving CMG as free to go. We’ve got 2 ball playing centre mids in Morley and Sheehan. We’ve got 1 of the 2 ‘big’ more defensive minded centre mids in Simons and are clearly looking to add a second. We’ve got 2x no.10s who could be considered starters in Randall and McAtee. Clearly neither could be in SS’s mind but on the face of it they would be the best options at the moment. Leaving Lolos as surplus to requirements. We’ve only got 1 big lad up top. Unless he sees Dan as the back up option then there’s surely another coming in and I’d imagine Dan is free to go (god knows on Vic). More than enough centre backs, with possibly 1 likely to leave. JDC as the lone right back. Wouldn’t be surprised to see another come in. Left back is an interesting one. He could be happy with Conway and GT as his options, or he might not be keen on either in which case there’s a couple to come in. And then keepers, TSL is clearly first choice. Wouldn’t surprise me to see ‘Hutch’ play second fiddle and get some game time in the cups. So I reckon we’ve got 1 striker, 1 right back and 1 centre mid to come in, unless we see others go that aren’t surplus to requirements (Lolos and CMG).

Maybe we’ve had bids in for them all

I don’t mind it, I really don’t. I think it’s got legs and he didn’t look out of place there last year when tried.

Who is it?

Fair play to him for still wanting to play, and not just just going finding money overseas. However, he’s losing his pace and combined with being in a team that’s going to be under serious pressure defensively, he might get really shown up compared to the levels he’s been at.

He had me at “I’m very fast”. You’ll do for me mate. Half the battle in this league, be big or fast.