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Posted
16 minutes ago, SalCity Biggie said:

Has Paris had any game time with Brentford since going back or has he  been shipped out elsewhere on loan?

Staggering. He should at least be out on loan, at a Championship club.

Posted

Aaron Collins isn't exactly ripping up trees at MK Dons. Thomason is the only player we lost that seems to have really kicked on. 

Santos isn't getting a game. Baxter has had a disappointing start at Watford. 

Of those four - I'd probably have Thomason and Baxter back. 

Posted
18 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Aaron Collins isn't exactly ripping up trees at MK Dons. Thomason is the only player we lost that seems to have really kicked on. 

Santos isn't getting a game. Baxter has had a disappointing start at Watford. 

Of those four - I'd probably have Thomason and Baxter back. 

Is Santos likely to be in the Cape Verde squad at the World Cup I wonder? 

Posted
25 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Is Santos likely to be in the Cape Verde squad at the World Cup I wonder? 

Reading after him on loan or permanent deal if Swansea agree to release him.

Posted
46 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Reading after him on loan or permanent deal if Swansea agree to release him.

You’d have thought Evatt would have been after him since they were such good mates?

Posted
9 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

You’d have thought Evatt would have been after him since they were such good mates?

Evatt needs a wing back and striker is his priority.

 

Posted
59 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Reading after him on loan or permanent deal if Swansea agree to release him.

Swansea's new manager is Portuguese, which I thought may help him.

I think he got a couple of games off the bench & then another injury. The last game he performed in was the 4-0 v Plymouth at Wembley when he did his groin. That's more than 21 months ago. He'll find you can't just switch it on or off.

Posted
20 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Swansea's new manager is Portuguese, which I thought may help him.

I think he got a couple of games off the bench & then another injury. The last game he performed in was the 4-0 v Plymouth at Wembley when he did his groin. That's more than 21 months ago. He'll find you can't just switch it on or off.

He is past his best now .

Posted

TSL apparently wants to go back to Chelsea and Miller has been offered a gig in MLS.

We are in for the Oldham Keeper according to folk there.

Posted
1 minute ago, gonzo said:

TSL apparently wants to go back to Chelsea and Miller has been offered a gig in MLS.

We are in for the Oldham Keeper according to folk there.

Excellent. Buy a keeper (not hard to find one at least as good as TSL - likely on an 18 month contract) and then we can get another loan in the starting 11… “Hi Paris, fancy playing football again?”

Posted
11 minutes ago, gonzo said:

TSL apparently wants to go back to Chelsea and Miller has been offered a gig in MLS.

We are in for the Oldham Keeper according to folk there.

will never play a game for Chelsea this season or for the next 15 seasons

Posted
13 minutes ago, gonzo said:

TSL apparently wants to go back to Chelsea and Miller has been offered a gig in MLS.

We are in for the Oldham Keeper according to folk there.

If they don’t want to play for us get rid get some in who do

Posted
31 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

will never play a game for Chelsea this season or for the next 15 seasons

I doubt it's that, he'll be wanting guaranteed no1 having played most games for a successful team last year. He won't like bring taken from the "spotlight". 

Think we can improve on miller but would want to keep him, seems a good bloke and we could do far worse as back up. 

Posted (edited)

Just listened to the managers 1/2 year review, very Evatt like. The only thing i get from it is he totally misunderstands the data. 

His take away is we need to convert chances from the tons of opportunities, mine is that 99% of our opportunities are rubbish and we need to create real opportunities for people to convert. 

His solution can only mean a new striker or no10 is on the way, or both. Will it change anything, i dont think so.

 

 

 

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Posted
1 minute ago, only1swanny said:

I doubt it's that, he'll be wanting guaranteed no1 having played most games for a successful team last year. He won't like bring taken from the "spotlight". 

Think we can improve on miller but would want to keep him, seems a good bloke and we could do far worse as back up. 

If it to go back out fair play....Can understand him wanting to play

Posted
2 minutes ago, Zog1 said:

Just listened to the managers 1/2 year review, very Evatt like. The only thing i get from it is he totally misunderstands the data. 

His take away is we need to convert chances from the tons of opportunities, mine is that 99% of our opportunities are rubbish and we need to create real opportunities for people to convert. 

His solution can only mean a new striker or no10 is on the way, or both. Will it change anything, i dont think so.

 

 

 

Have you applied for any lower league management roles yet or are you hanging on for a Will Still type France job?

Posted
1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Have you applied for any lower league management roles yet or are you hanging on for a Will Still type France job?

I didn't realise you could talk, i thought your tongue was still up Evatts ass. 

Posted
10 minutes ago, Zog1 said:

Just listened to the managers 1/2 year review, very Evatt like. The only thing i get from it is he totally misunderstands the data. 

His take away is we need to convert chances from the tons of opportunities, mine is that 99% of our opportunities are rubbish and we need to create real opportunities for people to convert. 

His solution can only mean a new striker or no10 is on the way, or both. Will it change anything, i dont think so.

 

 

 

xG says he’s right and you’re wrong

… followed by you telling us it’s all a bag of shite.

Posted
5 minutes ago, Eddie said:

xG says he’s right and you’re wrong

… followed by you telling us it’s all a bag of shite.

xG is bollocks in this situation as it ignores build‑up quality and ultimately, football is too complex for a single metric. This treating it as god is why Evatt turned a team of footballers into a team that could pass well.

SS has won league 1 before and for some reason he's come to us and decided to play a totally different set of tactics, make it make sense.

 

 

 

Posted
4 hours ago, bwfc4ife said:

Barely kicked a ball since going back, mental that he’s happy with that

He did get quite a significant injury I think, one that would have put him out for a while

Posted
1 minute ago, Zog1 said:

xG is bollocks in this situation as it ignores build‑up quality and ultimately, football is too complex for a single metric. This treating it as god is why Evatt turned a team of footballers into a team that could pass well.

SS has won league 1 before and for some reason he's come to us and decided to play a totally different set of tactics, make it make sense.

 

 

 

Like I said.

As for the winning it before - he’s got different players, you can’t just do the same thing with different players (see Amorim).

I’m far from happy with how it’s going, but his conclusion that if we’d put the ball in the net when we should do we’d be much better off is completely valid. Even v Northampton, we were shit, we played awful, but we missed 2 of the most simple headers going which would have won us the game.

If we have a 2nd half to the season with as positive a goals scored vs xG as our first half was negative then we go up.

Posted
34 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

I doubt it's that, he'll be wanting guaranteed no1 having played most games for a successful team last year. He won't like bring taken from the "spotlight". 

Part of making your way in football is how you react to a setback. If he's immediately said "send me back to Chelsea" then f'kim.

Young as he is, I very much doubt we'll be looking at him in a few years thinking 'we messed that up'.

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