redkev Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 30/06/2023 at 11:19, Firstyardleftinbed said: This is what I think Nige will end up going with for the first game (barring injuries etc). Possibly Bell instead of Mehmeti and Tanner instead of McCrorie but think he'll go with the new signings to try and bed them in. Sounds like Scott will be gone by then as well but this allows us to get Weimann in a more central position where he is so much more effective than out wide. As a few people on here have already said, I'm really looking forward to seeing how Conway gets on this year, think him and Pring will be the next ones on the radar of Prem clubs. Unless Scott stays or one of the academy lads has really impressed and come on leaps and bounds midfield looks a little weak in my eyes ( Williams injury record + James age ) just an observation not being negative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 45 minutes ago, redkev said: Unless Scott stays or one of the academy lads has really impressed and come on leaps and bounds midfield looks a little weak in my eyes ( Williams injury record + James age ) just an observation not being negative Hence why we’re in the market for Knight. And then another CM or probably two if Scott goes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan and Cemetery Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 30/06/2023 at 11:19, Firstyardleftinbed said: This is what I think Nige will end up going with for the first game (barring injuries etc). Possibly Bell instead of Mehmeti and Tanner instead of McCrorie but think he'll go with the new signings to try and bed them in. Sounds like Scott will be gone by then as well but this allows us to get Weimann in a more central position where he is so much more effective than out wide. As a few people on here have already said, I'm really looking forward to seeing how Conway gets on this year, think him and Pring will be the next ones on the radar of Prem clubs. I quite like this in lots of ways, but think we need someone giving defenders a physically hard time to relieve pressure on TC as a lone front man. Despite his detractors, currently only Cornick really fits that description (up to a point, more awkward to play against, than hugely physical), which is why I’d expect a striker to be part of the Scott spending spree, if he goes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 58 minutes ago, petehinton said: Hence why we’re in the market for Knight. And then another CM or probably two if Scott goes I just hope the ongoing situation with Scott doesn’t slow down the process , personally I would just bite the bullet and go get knight if we are serious about him surely we can’t be too far off there valuation. I know it’s not Scott or the clubs fault I just wish someone just comes in £20m off he goes and we all know where we are . I personally think the club would except £20m ( dependant on how it’s all paid etc etc ) ideally love him to stay but until that window shuts we’re all gonna be looking over our shoulder so to speak . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 15 minutes ago, redkev said: I just hope the ongoing situation with Scott doesn’t slow down the process , personally I would just bite the bullet and go get knight if we are serious about him surely we can’t be too far off there valuation. I know it’s not Scott or the clubs fault I just wish someone just comes in £20m off he goes and we all know where we are . I personally think the club would except £20m ( dependant on how it’s all paid etc etc ) ideally love him to stay but until that window shuts we’re all gonna be looking over our shoulder so to speak . Nige has said getting Knight isn’t dependent on Scott going. Would be surprised if Knight dragged on. Not in anyone’s best interests for this to go on beyond next week. It’ll come to a head this week imho, one way or another. Speculation, but we may well have respects his wish to have some time off. I think we want to hold into him. We’ve been able to recruit good targets (so far) for minimal outlay, so not dependent on selling Scott. Maybe Alex has seen what is going on and thinks giving us this season is a good option? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 25 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Nige has said getting Knight isn’t dependent on Scott going. Would be surprised if Knight dragged on. Not in anyone’s best interests for this to go on beyond next week. It’ll come to a head this week imho, one way or another. Speculation, but we may well have respects his wish to have some time off. I think we want to hold into him. We’ve been able to recruit good targets (so far) for minimal outlay, so not dependent on selling Scott. Maybe Alex has seen what is going on and thinks giving us this season is a good option? Let’s hope so Dave , watching clips of them in Austria he certainly looks happy enough and focused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firstyardleftinbed Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 20 hours ago, redkev said: Harsh on Zak thought he was superb last season , but that’s what a stronger squad does Agree, it would be harsh on Zak and Tanner but definitely one of those nice problems to have. It could be that Zak plays and Naismith moves in to midfield instead of Williams, I think a lot depends on how good Williams looks in pre season. There have been times where Williams has looked like the sort of box to box midfielder we've been missing for years but I though he was mostly pretty poor last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firstyardleftinbed Posted July 9, 2023 Report Share Posted July 9, 2023 20 hours ago, redkev said: Unless Scott stays or one of the academy lads has really impressed and come on leaps and bounds midfield looks a little weak in my eyes ( Williams injury record + James age ) just an observation not being negative Yeah, I agree with that. Scott would be in there somewhere assuming he stays and it's a big season for Williams. Would prefer to see Scott as one of the deeper midfielders though, despite all his ability on the ball I didnt think he looked as comfortable when played further forward last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 My mate at Preston is concerned that they don't have many players! Bet they still beat us though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, RedM said: My mate at Preston is concerned that they don't have many players! Bet they still beat us though I am honestly expecting a 2 or 3 Nil home win. Our squad looks bang up for it and ready to go Normally that means a 2 or 3 Nil away win though like Millwall and Ipswich a few years ago Edited July 10, 2023 by cidercity1987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnr1986 Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 O’Leary McCorrie Vyner Dickie Pring James Scott Knight Sykes Wiemann Conway Bajec, Naismith, tanner, Williams, memetti, Bell, Wells. quite a strong 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 3 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: I am honestly expecting a 2 or 3 Nil home win. Our squad looks bang up for it and ready to go Normally that means a 2 or 3 Nil away win though like Millwall and Ipswich a few years ago We are getting better against Preston, but up until recently they've been a bit of a bogey team for us, that's what I meant really. . But yes we seem to have players in early so maybe it's our year to 'hit the ground running' at last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.Red Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) On 10/07/2023 at 11:29, RedM said: My mate at Preston is concerned that they don't have many players! Bet they still beat us though Think they've now made some decent signings ,Layton Stewart from Liverpool and Mads Frokjaer Jenson. With possibly Tom Cannon returning on loan, I see them giving us a good competitive workout 1-1 Edited July 23, 2023 by E.G.Red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) Preston seem to and location will help a lot, periodically loan a lot of players from the big 4 North West clubs around them despite a pretty moderate income. 40-50 pct of ours. Edited July 23, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) Round pegs in round holes for me. I couldn't decide between starting Wells or Sykes. subs Bajic Wells Weimann Dickie Mehmeti (if Scott is still here) Tanner Williams King Cornick Squad looking very strong I must say. Even stronger when big Rob and Benarous are available. Edited July 23, 2023 by Ska Junkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Max Mcrorie Vyner Dickie Pring James Knight Cornick Weimann Bell Conway Sub A Goalie, Tanner, Roberts, Naismith, Williams, King, Sykes, Wells, Mehmeti Really difficult to read though. Think Max, the CBs and Matty James are nailed on. All the other starting positions are highly debatable. The sign of a strong squad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 From watching 3 or 4 friendlies - at this stage I could only be ‘sure’ of 5, maybe 6 names of the starting line up at most at this stage: MOL - Vyner - James - Knight surely pretty nailed on. Dickie most likely LCB but could change with Naismith coming back. McCrorie - I’d imagine over Tanner and Pring over Roberts, although that’s tough on Roberts (wonder if we may see him played somewhere other than LB soon) You’d imagine Conway gets the nod, but very tough on Wells. Scott, will he be here? Presume not so who takes his place - Weimann or Williams - depending on where you want to see Knight playing more of the game. Probably Weimann. Bell vs. Mehmeti? Wouldn’t want to decide that. Sykes for me hasn’t lit up preseason yet and Cornick has looked good, surely breathing down Sykes’ neck. Fantastic to have so many options and this much competition for places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 46 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: Round pegs in round holes for me. I couldn't decide between starting Wells or Sykes. subs Bajic Wells Weimann Dickie Mehmeti (if Scott is still here) Tanner Williams King Cornick Squad looking very strong I must say. Even stronger when big Rob and Benarous are available. You don't fancy big Dickie then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: You don't fancy big Dickie then ? Good player 01 but he's a 'righty' not a leftie. Cam is decent at LCB, we've already seen that and Roberts can deputise at LB so, to me at least, it makes sense to play Cam at LCB. If your question was a sexual innuendo one. ooh matron! ️ Edited July 23, 2023 by Ska Junkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 16 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: Good player 01 but he's a 'righty' not a leftie. Cam is decent at LCB, we've already seen that and Roberts can deputise at LB so, to me at least, it makes sense to play Cam at LCB. If your question was a sexual innuendo one. ooh matron! ️ FWIW he played LCB2 all season in 18/19 with Curtis Nelson playing RCB2. Really is too much made of having to have a left and right footer as CB partners. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Davefevs said: FWIW he played LCB2 all season in 18/19 with Curtis Nelson playing RCB2. Really is too much made of having to have a left and right footer as CB partners. I don't disagree Dave, only an opinion which I'm sure is not what Nige will do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: I don't disagree Dave, only an opinion which I'm sure is not what Nige will do. Yeah, not having a go at you SJ, just making an observation about a bit of sheep following on social media because Gary Owers said he looked a bit uncomfortable at LCB2. I didn’t feel that way at all. I decided to dig around! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 I don’t understand this mcrorie over Tanner scenario , Tanner was excellent last season especially in the run in on what bases has mcrorie proved he is worth a place in front of Tanner , just because you are a new signing doesn’t mean you are a better player. don’t get me wrong if he does perform better than Tanner then he plays simple , but on the limited minutes I have seen so far albeit friendlies I see no reason to put him in above Tanner just my thoughts 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 minute ago, redkev said: I don’t understand this mcrorie over Tanner scenario , Tanner was excellent last season especially in the run in on what bases has mcrorie proved he is worth a place in front of Tanner , just because you are a new signing doesn’t mean you are a better player. don’t get me wrong if he does perform better than Tanner then he plays simple , but on the limited minutes I have seen so far albeit friendlies I see no reason to put him in above Tanner just my thoughts We're getting to the nitty gritty part of pre-season, I think the Exeter or Cheltenham games plus Portsmouth will define who plays RB. My choice would be Tanner at this time, but if McCrorie puts in a couple of great performances and Tanner doesn't, NP will probably go with McCrorie. Nice to have the competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, redkev said: I don’t understand this mcrorie over Tanner scenario , Tanner was excellent last season especially in the run in on what bases has mcrorie proved he is worth a place in front of Tanner , just because you are a new signing doesn’t mean you are a better player. don’t get me wrong if he does perform better than Tanner then he plays simple , but on the limited minutes I have seen so far albeit friendlies I see no reason to put him in above Tanner just my thoughts I feel very sorry for GT tbh. He's done nothing wrong whatsoever and will, probably lose his place in the team. I put McCrorie in as us fans will want to see the new boys but I would be more than happy to see GT start at RB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 20 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Yeah, not having a go at you SJ, just making an observation about a bit of sheep following on social media because Gary Owers said he looked a bit uncomfortable at LCB2. I guess we will see what Nige does over the next friendly games Dave as I'm not sure he's started a Dickie / Vyner partnership in any of the pre season games yet, has he? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 19 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Yeah, not having a go at you SJ, just making an observation about a bit of sheep following on social media because Gary Owers said he looked a bit uncomfortable at LCB2. I didn’t feel that way at all. I decided to dig around! I don't mind a right footer at LCB or vice versa as long as the player can get his body positioning correct. Its easy to get the ball stuck under the feet sometimes if the body is not in the correct position to recieve the ball - didn't see that with Dickie and I never saw it with Kalas when he's played on the left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 By my reckoning, we have at least 19 players who could legitimately make a case for starting on the first day, and that’s not including players like King and OTC who could start but may not expect to do so. It is a good place to be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 For me, Based on all pre seasons games so far If season started tomorrow…. Max Tanner Vyner Dickie Roberts Scott James Knight Bell Conway Wells 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 38 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: We're getting to the nitty gritty part of pre-season, I think the Exeter or Cheltenham games plus Portsmouth will define who plays RB. My choice would be Tanner at this time, but if McCrorie puts in a couple of great performances and Tanner doesn't, NP will probably go with McCrorie. Nice to have the competition. Yep, for me there are a couple of places where it appears very close as to who’ll start: RB - Tanner or McCrorie RF - Cornick or Sykes FWIW I think Bell has the edge on Mehmeti, even if I think over the season Mehmeti may have the greater impact. Roberts has to kidnap Pring imho to get the LB slot! If Scott is here I think James, Knight and Scott start. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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