E.G.Red Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) Nice to see Jason included in the Republic of Ireland squad. Edited August 31, 2023 by E.G.Red 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWred Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 One of the very few highlights of a poor window so far, looks a very good player! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 Watch him get injured... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 I’m really intrigued to see how he does for us. There is no doubt that he’s a quality player and will only get better. I just hope we can get the best out of him/or if our system will play to his strengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 23 minutes ago, glynriley said: Watch him get injured... I was dreading opening this thread for that reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 2 hours ago, WWred said: One of the very few highlights of a poor window so far, looks a very good player! Poor window? Haydon Roberts on a free? Rob Dickie? Seeing as we haven’t seen McCrorie play & the West Brom lad has had barely 20 minutes I’m interested in how you are defining it as poor? Are you referring to Scott leaving? Surely no one thought he would stay? 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORANGE500 Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 7 hours ago, WWred said: One of the very few highlights of a poor window so far, looks a very good player! Why is it poor? City have signed 5 players this window how many teams sign more than that each window. Roberts Dickie & Knight are all good players the injuries to Mccrorie and Conway plus the sale of Scott (which was inevitable so why the meltdown) has grossly distorted the view on this window as only a few weeks ago most people were very happy with the transfer business done up to that point. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 as at 10pm 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWred Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, GrahamC said: Poor window? Haydon Roberts on a free? Rob Dickie? Seeing as we haven’t seen McCrorie play & the West Brom lad has had barely 20 minutes I’m interested in how you are defining it as poor? Are you referring to Scott leaving? Surely no one thought he would stay? Are we all feeling more or less optimistic after this window? im not disputing some of the buys are sound but in the grand scheme of things we look thinner and weaker as a squad Edited September 1, 2023 by WWred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 minute ago, WWred said: I’m sorry are we all feeling more or less optimistic after this window?! im not disputing some of the buys are sound but in the grand scheme of things we look thinner and weaker as a squad Don't agree with that. We are weaker due to injuries, but aside from having some key players missing at the moment, on paper I would say this squad is stronger than last season. That doesn't mean there aren't positions we can improve. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Don't agree with that. We are weaker due to injuries, but aside from having some key players missing at the moment, on paper I would say this squad is stronger than last season. That doesn't mean there aren't positions we can improve. I suppose lots of us had a forlorn hope that it was going to be a lot stronger than last season, but that isn't the case. Your last line acknowledges that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Davefevs said: as at 10pm The beauty of having a good academy and a Manager prepared to use the players from it, eh Dave? Of course we could sign 4 more players by midnight, then none of them would get a look in until we draw Yeovil in the F A Cup. Plus all the potential future Academy players who come because "they get a chance at City" will look elsewhere and the conveyor belt begins to empty....... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Red-Robbo said: I suppose lots of us had a forlorn hope that it was going to be a lot stronger than last season, but that isn't the case. Your last line acknowledges that. With everyone fit, I think we are stronger than last season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, WWred said: Are we all feeling more or less optimistic after this window? im not disputing some of the buys are sound but in the grand scheme of things we look thinner and weaker as a squad I suppose Scott going makes us weaker in terms of our quality. I’m not sure we are any thinner though, of those who have moved on only him & Dasilva were regular squad members last season, Kalas wasn’t, Baker had already retired & Taylor Moore was out on yet another loan. If you see Haydon Roberts as cancelling out the loss of Dasilva then I’d argue Dickie & Knight strengthen us, obviously McCrorie hasn’t added to us for unfortunate reasons & far too early to say about Gardiner-Hickman. Edited September 1, 2023 by GrahamC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Bristol Rob said: With everyone fit, I think we are stronger than last season. Can't deny that if we had all our defensive players fit, we'd be more solid there. The loss of Alex Scott, an outstanding talent, in midfield, has scarce been addressed though. I didn't expect a like-for-like replacement, but our linking play in the games I've seen has been very poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Just now, Red-Robbo said: Can't deny that if we had all our defensive players fit, we'd be more solid there. The loss of Alex Scott, an outstanding talent, in midfield, has scarce been addressed though. I didn't expect a like-for-like replacement, but our linking play in the games I've seen has been very poor. Just to play devils advocate... How has Scott done since joining Bournemouth? Reality is, if we had kept him, he wouldn't be playing. https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/23746820.tyler-adams-alex-scott-afc-bournemouth-injury-updates/ Which would have then meant selling him in January, having had limited minutes on the pitch this season which would have impacted the sale price. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 9 hours ago, Davefevs said: as at 10pm Including the Semenyo sale (10min) and deducting Cornick (500k approx) and Mehmeit (1m approx) from January - that’s pocketed Bristol City/SL a cool £30 million over 2 windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Just to play devils advocate... How has Scott done since joining Bournemouth? Reality is, if we had kept him, he wouldn't be playing. https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/23746820.tyler-adams-alex-scott-afc-bournemouth-injury-updates/ Which would have then meant selling him in January, having had limited minutes on the pitch this season which would have impacted the sale price. Oh, I always knew he'd go. Local friends were holding out hopes he'd still be here when the window shut, but not me. Just hoped we'd be able to spend more of the booty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Just now, Red-Robbo said: Oh, I always knew he'd go. Local friends were holding out hopes he'd still be here when the window shut, but not me. Just hoped we'd be able to spend more of the booty. And that is where it all goes wrong! If we had kept him, and he was (for example) out until Christmas and then in January were only able to get £15mil for him, we would be in a worse position than selling him when we did, getting £25mil and not putting some money towards further squad improvements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 35 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Don't agree with that. We are weaker due to injuries, but aside from having some key players missing at the moment, on paper I would say this squad is stronger than last season. That doesn't mean there aren't positions we can improve. My takeaway from Nige’s interview yesterday: So I tend to agree, bar the injuries we have a much more even ability squad through the recruitment, but the negative is we don’t have our magic fairy dust anymore (Alex or Antoine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, Davefevs said: My takeaway from Nige’s interview yesterday: So I tend to agree, bar the injuries we have a much more even ability squad through the recruitment, but the negative is we don’t have our magic fairy dust anymore (Alex or Antoine). Probably one for next week when the dust has settled & we then don’t have a game for a fortnight, but in midweek we rested the following 5 from the start; Vyner, Pring, James, Knight & Bell. Arguably with the exception of King all 4 of those who started instead (Roberts, Dickie, Mehmeti & Cornick) are broadly of similar standard & tomorrow we will have Gardiner-Hickman available, too. That’s effectively what we are running with now, plus Weimann who will hopefully be back after the international break. It is in my opinion still two too few in terms of numbers but his comment about the gap in quality being much narrower than before is spot on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Davefevs said: My takeaway from Nige’s interview yesterday: So I tend to agree, bar the injuries we have a much more even ability squad through the recruitment, but the negative is we don’t have our magic fairy dust anymore (Alex or Antoine). One comment I noticed was Nige referred back to previous statements about how we'll need to keep players fit for a successful season. He's sort of managing expectations a bit. He's right that for a promotion you need luck with injuries and I'd argue you need luck on the pitch and a lethal goalscorer and/or player with magic fairy dust (think Grealish at Villa, Taraabt at QPR etc etc). Losing players to injury is a bad start, but to not have our most likely candidate for goals and silky Scott leaving, it feels like we'll need a lot of rub of the green and an immensely cohesive unit to have a positive season now. Edited September 1, 2023 by mozo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Starts tonight against France. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Starts tonight against France. Great for the lad. No Sykes though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) On 31/08/2023 at 15:44, glynriley said: Watch him get injured... Quite, which is why I can never get behind threads like this. Fingers crossed then, or lucky of the Irish or, yeah, whatever. We've nothing to gain and rather a lot to lose. Edited September 7, 2023 by Merrick's Marvels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, One Team said: Great for the lad. No Sykes though? Not even selected for the squad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Quite something to play against Matt Grimes and Jamie Paterson on Saturday and against Mbappe, Giroud, Griezman and Dembele tonight! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 If anyone fancies seeing how he gets on... https://www.vipleague.la/euros/france-vs-republic-of-ireland-2-live-streaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 How Sykes isn’t even in the squad is a mystery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 50 minutes ago, Gazred said: If anyone fancies seeing how he gets on... https://www.vipleague.la/euros/france-vs-republic-of-ireland-2-live-streaming Not if you've got Adblocker! And in this day and age, why wouldn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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