Cider red Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 With our transfer business so far; we've lost our two best players but have replaced them with proven championship talent; I'd say our squad looks stronger than last year. With hopefully a dominating cm to come. Next season will be another interesting one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Squad will be stronger this season as a result of the business we will have done by August - COYRs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Something I have not seen mentioned, but would also expect us to bring in a couple of loans when Premiership squads complete. Hopefully with more success than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, Cider red said: With our transfer business so far; we've lost our two best players but have replaced them with proven championship talent; I'd say our squad looks stronger than last year. With hopefully a dominating cm to come. Next season will be another interesting one Spot on,squad will be stronger even if the starting eleven is not as good but even if the worst happens and we got relegated with cheap buys we are becoming self efficient and should be able to bounce back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zod Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 I’m delaying judgment on the new recruits until I see them in a few Championship games. Looks encouraging on paper though and great that we are signing guys with Championship experience and know how. The flip side is that a couple of them seem a little injury prone but that’s probably a gamble we have to take because I imagine we are still way down the list of first choice destinations for the majority of good Championship players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 I'm happy with the business so far and getting them in early to give them more time to gel and get a pre season in together. They will need time to gel as a team though so lets not give them/LJ the OTIB write off if we don't win our first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dastardly and Muttley Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 I really like the business. Webster, Weimann and Hunt in particular seem like the type players we’d be linked with in previous seasons but never quite get over the line. Remember players like Jonny Russell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodinho Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Have we replaced Bobby’s 20+ goals though? Not yet in my opinion but there’s still time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, jambodinho said: Have we replaced Bobby’s 20+ goals though? Not yet in my opinion but there’s still time. Totally agree that is my concern alongside a goalkeeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodinho Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Or Flinty’s 8 goals come to think about it. Webster has scored 6 in his whole career so not expecting him to score many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 20 minutes ago, jambodinho said: Have we replaced Bobby’s 20+ goals though? Not yet in my opinion but there’s still time. I’d say diedhiou is good enough to be a 20 goal a season striker. With flint as well, a better defender will help make sure that his 5-8 goals a season aren’t conceded at our end and so don’t need to be scored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodinho Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, JBFC II said: I’d say diedhiou is good enough to be a 20 goal a season striker. With flint as well, a better defender will help make sure that his 5-8 goals a season aren’t conceded at our end and so don’t need to be scored Yeah no reason why Fammy can’t get 20 if he stays injury free but between he and Bobby they scored about 35 didn’t they? So we need another forward who can contribute 15-20 in my opinion. Weimann has never scored double figures in a season in his career and has only scored 29 goals in total ever. The common consensus among Derby and Villa fans is that he has no end product so I hope we are not counting on him to be Reid’s replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 41 minutes ago, jambodinho said: Have we replaced Bobby’s 20+ goals though? Not yet in my opinion but there’s still time. Last year, Wolves went up without a 20 goal striker. Cardiff went up without a 20 goal striker Fulham went up without a 20 goal striker. The way we seem to be setting up is to not depend on a 20 goal striker but look for goals from all over the park, while showing up a defence that has been pretty leaky for 3 years. Have we replaced him? Yes. Across Weimann, Adelakun & Watkins. That’s what last season proved works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornacix the Druid Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, jambodinho said: Yeah no reason why Fammy can’t get 20 if he stays injury free but between he and Bobby they scored about 35 didn’t they? So we need another forward who can contribute 15-20 in my opinion. Weimann has never scored double figures in a season in his career and has only scored 29 goals in total ever. The common consensus among Derby and Villa fans is that he has no end product so I hope we are not counting on him to be Reid’s replacement. Wilbraham? Its happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 46 minutes ago, jambodinho said: Have we replaced Bobby’s 20+ goals though? Not yet in my opinion but there’s still time. 2 years ago we were worrying about replacing Kodjia's goals. A year ago we were worrying about replacing Tammy's goals. .................. 27 minutes ago, jambodinho said: Or Flinty’s 8 goals come to think about it. Webster has scored 6 in his whole career so not expecting him to score many As has been mentioned elsewhere, it wasn't our lack of goals that was a problem last season, it was keeping them out at the other end. Flint's goals are replaced if the man coming in to replace him can help reduce our goals conceded total by 8 ( or more). Another poster also mentioned that we might see goals spread more around the team, especially at set pieces where most things were directed at Flint in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodinho Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Silvio Dante said: Last year, Wolves went up without a 20 goal striker. Cardiff went up without a 20 goal striker Fulham went up without a 20 goal striker. The way we seem to be setting up is to not depend on a 20 goal striker but look for goals from all over the park, while showing up a defence that has been pretty leaky for 3 years. Have we replaced him? Yes. Across Weimann, Adelakun & Watkins. That’s what last season proved works. Yep none of those teams had a 20 goal contributor but they all had multiple players with double figures. In Cardiff’s case their right back got 10. I think we can count on fam to notch double figures but we’ll need at least 1 other player too also. None of our other players got close to double figures last season. Watkins didn’t score last season, Weimann got 5 and Adelukan got 3 in league one so it’s hard to imagine they’ll get 20 between them. Our most attacking players, Djuric, Taylor, Paterson and O’Dowda also didn’t even hit double figures between them so again, it would be a surprise that anyone we currently have will become a goal scorer all of a sudden. You never know though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalcub Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 We finally signed a rb , now im happy as you were ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 1 hour ago, jambodinho said: Yeah no reason why Fammy can’t get 20 if he stays injury free but between he and Bobby they scored about 35 didn’t they? So we need another forward who can contribute 15-20 in my opinion. Weimann has never scored double figures in a season in his career and has only scored 29 goals in total ever. The common consensus among Derby and Villa fans is that he has no end product so I hope we are not counting on him to be Reid’s replacement. What did Bobby do before last year? Could anyone ever comprehend that he had such end product? Some around me used to think he had bananas for feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1988 Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 3 hours ago, jambodinho said: Yeah no reason why Fammy can’t get 20 if he stays injury free but between he and Bobby they scored about 35 didn’t they? So we need another forward who can contribute 15-20 in my opinion. Weimann has never scored double figures in a season in his career and has only scored 29 goals in total ever. The common consensus among Derby and Villa fans is that he has no end product so I hope we are not counting on him to be Reid’s replacement. More than one way to skin a cat mate. We were one game away from promotion with Darren Byfield's eight not so long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 9 hours ago, jambodinho said: Have we replaced Bobby’s 20+ goals though? Not yet in my opinion but there’s still time. That fella at the Post reckons no more outfield players, especially front men, unless more players leave. Bryan will be replaced by a left back so that will leave us with Weimann being the man to replace Bobby yet he is not really an out and out striker; neither was Bobby so maybe the coaches have seen enough of Weimann to think he can step up. We have Fammy and we have Pato who may be more central and forward next season. Its a gamble, but it always is. I would much sooner have someone like the Posh guy coming in though; that would give us some impressive overall firepower. And lets not forget, i do not think anybody at the club is expecting Webster to replace Flintys goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 10 hours ago, jambodinho said: Or Flinty’s 8 goals come to think about it. Webster has scored 6 in his whole career so not expecting him to score many We will concede at least 8 less so job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRed Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 As things stand Fam will miss 10% of our games before the season even starts, add in potentially a few more games for injury throughout the season and 20 is a big ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 10 hours ago, jambodinho said: Yep none of those teams had a 20 goal contributor but they all had multiple players with double figures. In Cardiff’s case their right back got 10. I think we can count on fam to notch double figures but we’ll need at least 1 other player too also. None of our other players got close to double figures last season. Watkins didn’t score last season, Weimann got 5 and Adelukan got 3 in league one so it’s hard to imagine they’ll get 20 between them. Our most attacking players, Djuric, Taylor, Paterson and O’Dowda also didn’t even hit double figures between them so again, it would be a surprise that anyone we currently have will become a goal scorer all of a sudden. You never know though The four players you mentioned in your last paragraph all had injuries last season which affected not only their ability to play at 100% but also their availability. Djuric and Taylor should easily get into double figures and Pato and COD should get 5 or 6 each at worst . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 All those goals that Bobby scored were by a guy who’d never played up front before and had previously had a pretty dubious record in front of goal. One could very easily argue that the performance of the team as a whole enabled Bobby to get in great scoring positions and the performance of the team created many chances. Its not like we are now gonna be playing with 10 men. We will have another player on the pitch (whomever it may be) who will be in goal scoring positions and on the end of chances created. Not a huge amount of Bobby’s goals were 30 yard screamers or solo dribbles, the majority of his goals were created by others and he was in the right place - we will have other players taking up those same positions, so as long as we’re creating chances there’ll be someone on the end of them. I’m not at all concerned about missing / replacing Bobby’s goals. I’m more concerned that we must ensure we replace his energy and work rate in that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsteral Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Dont worry about who is going to score the goals, we will be ok when tammy comes back. Somebody said on here a few weeks ago that he was coming back and it was a DONE DEAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 52 minutes ago, ScottishRed said: As things stand Fam will miss 10% of our games before the season even starts If he could miss them before the start of the season that would be perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Footman's T shirt Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 15 hours ago, jambodinho said: Yep none of those teams had a 20 goal contributor but they all had multiple players with double figures. In Cardiff’s case their right back got 10. I think we can count on fam to notch double figures but we’ll need at least 1 other player too also. None of our other players got close to double figures last season. Watkins didn’t score last season, Weimann got 5 and Adelukan got 3 in league one so it’s hard to imagine they’ll get 20 between them. Our most attacking players, Djuric, Taylor, Paterson and O’Dowda also didn’t even hit double figures between them so again, it would be a surprise that anyone we currently have will become a goal scorer all of a sudden. You never know though Reid had never scored double figures before last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 40 minutes ago, Buster Footman's T shirt said: Reid had never scored double figures before last season He'd mainly hit doubled up figures in row Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodinho Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Buster Footman's T shirt said: Reid had never scored double figures before last season Absolutely right and we’d have been in the poop if he hadn’t. In my opinion we need more firepower up front. Don’t want to argue with anyone and I admire the positivity of everyone in here saying Taylor and Djuric should easily get double figures next season and players we’ve signed who aren’t goal scorers will score more than they usually do next season. Just my opinion. I’d like to see another striker come in. I’m fairly confident that Watkins, Adelukan, Weimann, O’Dowda, Taylor and Djuric won’t get 20 between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 Meanwhile our first opponents Forest have signed an estimated 18mil pound worth of new players, a tough first game and indeed a tough looking first few months ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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