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  • January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)

    alderzalderz
    The club would have been heavily criticised had Calvert -Lewin been a summer target. He is having a good patch and has had them before but before he went to Leeds his injury record was not great and he had been anything but prolific in front goal.

    He had a great season in 20-21 with 21goals but following that his tally was 5, 2, 8 &
    3.
    They were equally criticised for Callum Wilson but we're alright with that one.

    The board were happy to sign an injury prone out of form striker on a freebie and not the other. The only material difference I could see between them is that one was happy with a short term contract that was financially beneficial to the club, and the other signed a three year deal on a reported £100k a week.

    I'm not saying that signing DCL would have been a good signing, or that financially they made the wrong choice, but the reality is that the finances drove the decision.

  • West Ham v Fulham, Saturday 27th December, 15:00

    OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Outlet’s are no good when they keep running down blind alleys & being dispossessed. Especially when you are losing. Wilson has 4 goals this season in only a handful of starts. We need goals. He has to play.
    But an outlet that doesn’t produce much is still better than no way to release pressure. Summerville is frustrating but we need some pace to help us get up the pitch.

    Wilson should come in for Paqueta.

  • January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)

    claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    The club would have been heavily criticised had Calvert -Lewin been a summer target. He is having a good patch and has had them before but before he went to Leeds his injury record was not great and he had been anything but prolific in front goal.

    He had a great season in 20-21 with 21goals but following that his tally was 5, 2, 8 &
    3.

  • It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it...........Away to Man City SAT 20th Dec 3pm

    IronHerbIronHerb
    I think we all know how that has happened.

  • It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it...........Away to Man City SAT 20th Dec 3pm

    IronHerbIronHerb
    The issue is, people start saying ‘well we only need two wins to get back in it’ - we’ve won 3 times in 5 months. If we get 9 points from 4 matches. 3 wins out of 4 when we’ve won 3/17 all season. It’s not likely at all. It won’t happen. Leeds are hitting some great form, & anybody from Forest up, sadly, are not going to go down. We can try & convince ourselves they’ll get ‘dragged in’, but they won’t. In any case, it doesn’t matter, as we don’t win. When we played fairly well against Brighton & Villa, we took 1 point. That should have been 4. So when we play ok, we don’t keep clean sheets or win. When we then play badly or face a side much better than us, we lose too.
    Seeing as you can foresee the future so well do you ave the Lottery numbers please?

    For supporters to give up so early is not a good look. Why not look for the few positives? Yes, we've only won 3 games but Bournemouth, Forest and Leeds have won only 5. That is something that can be reversed. It's not that straightforward I know but to give up so early is poor.

  • Couldn't think - June 2025 onwards

    IronHerbIronHerb
    Different sport, so I for one am not overly interested.

  • January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)

    alderzalderz
    We chose the other injury prone freebie English striker instead. Presumably because we could get him in a highly incentivised pay as you play deal

  • West Ham v Fulham, Saturday 27th December, 15:00

    buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Personally I wouldn't mess with the midfield 3 of Potts, Fernandes and Magassa unless I really had to. Summerville, although he's struggling for end product, does provide an out when we're under pressure and does offer a threat so I'd stick with him atm.

  • It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it...........Away to Man City SAT 20th Dec 3pm

    buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Personally I think our performances have improved recently, and that it's tough to take too much from yesterday's performance; there's a gulf in class between the two clubs. The disappointing thing is that, just as we were starting to get a settled team and see some improvement, we then lose both FBs to the AFCON. Without doubt the next 4 games are extremely important, as if we do poorly in them then we really will start to be adrift of safety.

    So I've not given up all hope just yet, but it'll be a tough job to survive this season. On the plus side, the only time Sullivan dips into the transfer kitty in January is when we're in trouble, so it's likely we'll see a signing or two; as to whether they'll be any good, that's a different matter altogether.

  • It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it...........Away to Man City SAT 20th Dec 3pm

    alderzalderz
    Personally, I don’t think it’s particularly likely that we’ll string results together, but it was also unlikely that Leeds would have done so a month ago. It was also unlikely that Bournemouth would go 7 without a win, or that Arsenal would be pegged back from an 8pt lead so quickly. It’s too early to be so certain of anything, IMO.