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On 13/01/2024 at 17:18, Supersonic Robin said:

Think that's harsh on Conway.

He's avergaing a goal every 170 mins this season. Not bad at all, especially for a 21 year old striker. I reckon a number of other Championship teams would be perfectly happy to have him in their starting XI.

Sorry I don't mean ability wise as I think he is going to be a decent striker but for the burden placed on Tommy to be our match winner when still learning his trade. Having a more experienced striker playing either alongside or sharing the load with Tommy would only benefit him more. 

Our front line needs a complete overhaul. 

Bell, Mehmeti and Cornick not good enough. Conway not ready to be a regular starter. 

Wells Aging. 

How much money do we have???? 

19 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Firstly I really like BB’s stuff, haven’t watched yet, will do next.

The thing a lot of people do when they do these things is look at who each club has signed, but not enough duty is paid to who has left.

Its why I do my churn table:

(for info any player who left but has re-signed isn’t included, so it’s fair, e.g. Sanderson)

(for any player who’s been offered a contract but yet to sign, they are included, e.g. Kalas)

And in particular Birmingham, who are getting a bit of backing based on their incomings.

But to delve deeper:

They’ve lost the equivalent of 4.5/10 outfield players.

Sanderson, Long and Bielik were already here, so they’ve brought in:

Laird, Anderson, Myoshi, Dembele and Roberts

whilst losing:

Chong, Trusty, Hannibal, Deeney, etc.

 

Now, maybe it’s me, but do Brum look stronger than last season….not to me they don’t.  Yet I bet most pundits will have them higher than last season’s 17th.  I don’t think the evidence is there.

 

Whereas for us, we’ve only really lost Dasilva, yet brought in four.  Not just numbers, but I think we look stronger as a result.

 

It’s a pretty much impossible job to predict right, but there is the usual big-club bias in amongst it.

 

 

Agree with this. 

Feel as though there is a lot to be positive about going into this season. Not only the 4 signings which I think will all add benefit to the squad but also the likes of Tanner, Bell, Conway and if he stays Scott all being wiser, stronger and more championship streetwise plus Mehmeti with a full pre season behind him. 

Lee Johnson really messed with Taylor's head, he was playing really well and then LJ dropped him and loaned him out. Talk about messing with a players confidence.

Hope he does well in France. 

I had a procedure called micro fractures as I had damaged/worn cartilage. It is basically done via key hole, the surgeon will drill small holes into the bone marrow around the knee  and cells from that will stimulate new cartilage growth. 

I have been pain free for 7 years now but that is with managing what I can and cannot do, no football, squash or running and my exercise consists of cycling and swimming which the  consultant recommended. New cartilage growth will never be as strong as the original. 

15 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Yes I enjoyed that one. And to think he popped in to Ashton Gate after the war asking for a game but was told - no you're alright! 

Another one we missed out on

Trautmann's Journey (from Hitler youth to fa cup legend) was a really good read if you also enjoy war history. 

3 minutes ago, headhunter said:

And who is going to buy the players you list?

Fair point, players like O Dowda and Martins contracts are up at the end of the season and maybe ship a couple out on loan's. We need a complete mentalality  change within this squad and the old guard need getting out of the club, the Johnson /Ashton era destroyed this club with their negative signings, tactics and treatment of certain players causing a negative attitude ingrained on the current players. The only way we will see an improvement is by bringing in players with a fresh positive can do attitude and sadly we don't have enough of those. 

34 minutes ago, samo II said:

While not dumping on Warnock’s achievements, I think the issue here is bigger than one personality coming in and somehow flipping a couple of years of issues on their head, and I don’t think we’re really set up for that just now anyway.

NW is 72; yes, he can still have an impact at a club, but my worry is he wouldn’t be an appointment that would facilitate future stability or success - Rotherham fell back into their yo-yo ways after he left, Cardiff are a mess, and while Middlesbrough aren’t in trouble, they used to be a promotion contender every year, so aren’t exactly in a better spot.

We’re all frustrated, but as someone said elsewhere, as we can’t sack players, people always look to an individual who can carry the can, but I don’t think that’s the core issue here.

NP needs to do something, but he’s also only had one window - if I’m the money men at the club, I’m working all hours to figure out how we can augment the squad within the financial risks in Jan.

I agree. On the whole the players Pearson has signed have made a positive impact in Atkinson, Tanner and James particularly and 2 of those were missing vs Coventry. We need another big clear out of players clearly not good enough or realised their potential,for me I would be happy to see the likes of Palmer, O Dowda, Vyner, Martin, Pring, Wells go and bring players with pace and more aggression brought into the squad. We are soft and easy to play against, offer no threat going forward, when was the last time we had seen a wide player of ours take on and dominate the oppositions fullback? 

Pearson needs to backed in January otherwise we are in serious trouble. We have been shocking imposing ourselves on teams and weak mentally for a good few seasons, Pep would struggle with this lot and it's going to take more than 1 transfer window to sort it out. 

Pearson has inherited an awful squad that has been playing with no confidence for several years now and Johnson was the main culprit for that for the way he handled the players, Taylor Moore being a fine example, plays his best football so Johnson sticks him on the bench next game then sends him out on loan!

Johnson and Ashton between them continued to buy players that as Johnson called them "clubs in the bag" all similar type players with no plan how to utilise these players causing an unbalanced and unhappy sqaud with no style of play which we are still paying for to this day. 

If anyone thinks that this is going to be a 5 minute fix then they need to pull their head out of their a*s. 

Pearson has been straight with us telling us that it will be bumpy and will not happen overnight,he needs another 2 or 3 windows to start shaping the team with regards to style of play and the players to carry out what he asks, most of the players currently here can't.Pearson started the cull last summer getting rid of players that pretty much all fans wanted gone and that will carry on in the next couple of windows.

We have to take the positives with the signings that Pearson has already made with the likes of Atkinson, Tanner, James and to a certain extent King, if we manage to get in a few more players like this, particularly in forward areas and the improvement of some really talented youngsters we could see a positive future, so for me it's all about staying up this season. 

1 minute ago, Leveller said:

No point in criticising strikers until the lot behind them can create chances.

I do get your point about creating more chances but our strikers cannot stretch an elastic band at the moment as we have no pace! I often watch our strikers movement and it's fairly static, if we are playing Martin then you have to have plenty of pace alongside and on the flanks, we don't currently. 

1 minute ago, RedorDead BCFC said:

We had the chance this summer to move Weinmann on. 

The only reason I believe is lack of funds and  numbers in those forward areas otherwise I think Weiman might of gone. 

I still believe in big Nige, he has had one transfer window with little money and the players in the main have been decent signings in Tanner, Atkinson and James. We lack pace and goals in the forward areas which Pearson has spoken of but Lansdown  will need to make funds  available, I trust Pearson more than any other recent manager to spend the money wisely. Players like O Dowda, Palmer, Wells and dare I say it Weiman need to be moved on and that front line needs complete fresh blood but this takes money and time which hopefully Pearson will get. 

Porto is an easy trip from Bristol, cheap flights particularly during the football season, great ground and a beautiful city. As a city I actually prefer Porto over Lisbon, more rustic, compact and then you have the port. 

2 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said:

Other thing is Hegeler has started twice, player well twice, scored once and we have not conceded with him on the pitch. Baker will get his chance soon enough but the message this season has to be that anyone who performs well gets to keep hold of the shirt...

Totally agree with you but also Hegeler needs games in that position the more he plays the more comfortable he becomes, For years the fans has kept saying about having a defender comfortable passing and bringing the ball out from the back and here we have a player who can do this I just hope fans don't get on his back if he makes the odd mistake.