Looking forward & the January Window.....

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So, over the coming weeks/months things will happen that will shape our fate in the Premier League. Now we are here I desperately want us to stay, bollocks to those who like the "competitiveness" of the Championship, I can barely bring myself to watch a live Champ game on Sky now!! Few points to think about and consider as we start to get towards the Christmas period;

Hopefully we will be reasonably placed in the table and have given ourselves more than a fighting chance of survival.

We will have some clarity on the ownership of the club, we could also, possibly, have new owners in place.

The squad will have started to settle. Certain individuals will have pushed themselves to the fore and others will start to fade.

We will have suspensions and injuries to contend with.

We may still be in the Carabao Cup, if not do we take the FA Cup seriously?

More than 30% of the BDTBL fanbase may have learned the words to "Allez, Allez, Allez"

Lots of permutations that's for sure and I am just enjoying the ride at the moment but you can bet your arse that CWAK and the backroom team are already making decisions that need to be made. Will there be a surprise exit for a player that's just not working/fitting in, (ala Lee Evans)? Have certain positions already been identified for strengthening? If a healthy budget is made available to "ensure survival" will CW use it or do as he has done and tweak here and there? Will one of the top sides come in for a player that has been outstanding in the first half of the season, (Enda, JOC for example)?

As things stand the back 3 are my biggest worry and that should be priority for strengthening. They are all playing at the top of their game don't get me wrong but have all made costly mistakes so far, Bash v Leicester and JOC/Egan v Chelsea.....(we could have been on 8 points and third without these mistakes) and my fear is that as the season progresses and teams start to figure us out and don't take us as lightly as they may have then these mistakes will become more commonplace and punished. In turn this will affect the confidence of Henderson and we could quickly be caught in a downward spiral. for me we have good strength in depth up front and in midfield but it's lacking at the back.....the thought of Jags and Stearman in the back 3 together brings me out in a cold sweat!

Anyhoo, just a bit of discussion for a boring International Break week!
 



Not when Enda Stevens name keeps cropping up in the news all through December I won’t
 
Your fear is when teams start to figure us out half way through the season. I’ve been hearing that for the last three years and it hasn’t happened yet.
Stop worrying, Chris Wilder doesn’t do relegation, his teams get better as the season goes on.

Apart from the first year back in the Championship when we faded in the second half of the season, (7 wins from 21 games)....
 
The JTW will change the face of our team forever.
At long last we'll finally get Podolski, Morsy and Burn.
We will have a new owner in Mike Ashley and a new home to look forward to in Thurgoland as BDTBL is repurposed as a transportation hub for Sports Direct.
KWAK will be released and replaced by theupcoming and popular Gareth Ainsworth and in a stunningly creative marketing move we will be swapping the red and white stripes for blue.*

* Thought I might as well post a complete load of shit as God help us that's pretty much all that will appear for the next 10 days or so.:rolleyes:
 
Lunny is the man everyone's talking about.
We need to see Verrips in action in some capacity, because we need to be looking for a keeper for next season, unless we can by some twist of fate, keep hold of Henderson.
 
Lunny is the man everyone's talking about.
We need to see Verrips in action in some capacity, because we need to be looking for a keeper for next season, unless we can by some twist of fate, keep hold of Henderson.

Did you not see simon moore in the cup , if anything he deserves to play the cups and man united.

Unsung heroo
 
We need cover at CB.

I'd go for Dael Fry at Boro. Have him as cover this season, learning the system and have him start next season. He looks a good player, in the Summer he'll probably go to an Everton or someone. So, mighy as well try and jump in early.
 
Lunny is the man everyone's talking about.
We need to see Verrips in action in some capacity, because we need to be looking for a keeper for next season, unless we can by some twist of fate, keep hold of Henderson.

Randolph from Boro would be a decent replacement. Solid stopper, Irish, wont break the bank.
 
1. Teams won’t figure us out as I think we’ve been figured out but we are just too good/efficient in the style of Olay they can’t stop us.

2. The players you are worried about will get better as the season progresses.

3. There will be minimal shaping in the JTW probably 3 signings ; RB, CM, CB.
 
Would love to see us push on before January! If we in a comfortable position and looking we are going to be stopping up it will be interesting to see the type of players we are linked with. Would be nice to have a cup run too. Good teams like we have here don’t come around too often so I don’t think we should ever write off cups.
 



Mason Holgate and Jeff Hendrick would make a perfect January window.

We need to definitely look to bring our style of play down the right hand side up to the same standard as the left hands side. Before long teams will single Enda out for special treatment which might expose some creative deficiencies down the other flank.

Mason Holgate would be a good shout.
 
I think he is paid enough to afford the airfare, meet in Paris etc......
 
So, over the coming weeks/months things will happen that will shape our fate in the Premier League. Now we are here I desperately want us to stay, bollocks to those who like the "competitiveness" of the Championship, I can barely bring myself to watch a live Champ game on Sky now!! Few points to think about and consider as we start to get towards the Christmas period;

Hopefully we will be reasonably placed in the table and have given ourselves more than a fighting chance of survival.

We will have some clarity on the ownership of the club, we could also, possibly, have new owners in place.

The squad will have started to settle. Certain individuals will have pushed themselves to the fore and others will start to fade.

We will have suspensions and injuries to contend with.

We may still be in the Carabao Cup, if not do we take the FA Cup seriously?

More than 30% of the BDTBL fanbase may have learned the words to "Allez, Allez, Allez"

Lots of permutations that's for sure and I am just enjoying the ride at the moment but you can bet your arse that CWAK and the backroom team are already making decisions that need to be made. Will there be a surprise exit for a player that's just not working/fitting in, (ala Lee Evans)? Have certain positions already been identified for strengthening? If a healthy budget is made available to "ensure survival" will CW use it or do as he has done and tweak here and there? Will one of the top sides come in for a player that has been outstanding in the first half of the season, (Enda, JOC for example)?

As things stand the back 3 are my biggest worry and that should be priority for strengthening. They are all playing at the top of their game don't get me wrong but have all made costly mistakes so far, Bash v Leicester and JOC/Egan v Chelsea.....(we could have been on 8 points and third without these mistakes) and my fear is that as the season progresses and teams start to figure us out and don't take us as lightly as they may have then these mistakes will become more commonplace and punished. In turn this will affect the confidence of Henderson and we could quickly be caught in a downward spiral. for me we have good strength in depth up front and in midfield but it's lacking at the back.....the thought of Jags and Stearman in the back 3 together brings me out in a cold sweat!

Anyhoo, just a bit of discussion for a boring International Break week!

There’s an essence of “it could all go wrong” about this but it’s certainly food for thought.

I think Wilder will be backed by the new owners to further strengthen in January. I think some of the squad will be pushed further to the fringes of the team as even better players come in. I think we will see Verrips take over the number 1 shirt and Henderson recalled to Man United. I think we’ll sign Mitrovic from Fulham and a lightning fast winger whose name I cannot tell you because it’s only in my imagination. I think Kyle Walker will join us and Jags will be given a coaching job. But most of all I think we’ll stay in the top 10 and be pushing for the top 6 or 8.

In summer Wilder be be linked with a really big club, but he’ll turn it down, get a bigger salary from United, and lead us to the Champions League. And I think Garth Crooks will be raving about our unique, sophisticated style of play and call us a fashionable club.

I also think my Aunty Mabel will win “Spot the ball” for the third time and buy me and my family a private jet to get to away games more easily. (Last time she treated us to a half-pound box of “Milk Tray”!) 😲
 
i’ll see your klopp and raise you a bobby firmino if we’re talking teeths pal.

A certain Carlos Tevez would take some beating in that respect .

As I once overheard a Blade remark in the Old Crown " Everybody has the right to be ugly , but he abuses the fucking privilege " .
 
There’s an essence of “it could all go wrong” about this but it’s certainly food for thought.

I think Wilder will be backed by the new owners to further strengthen in January. I think some of the squad will be pushed further to the fringes of the team as even better players come in. I think we will see Verrips take over the number 1 shirt and Henderson recalled to Man United. I think we’ll sign Mitrovic from Fulham and a lightning fast winger whose name I cannot tell you because it’s only in my imagination. I think Kyle Walker will join us and Jags will be given a coaching job. But most of all I think we’ll stay in the top 10 and be pushing for the top 6 or 8.

In summer Wilder be be linked with a really big club, but he’ll turn it down, get a bigger salary from United, and lead us to the Champions League. And I think Garth Crooks will be raving about our unique, sophisticated style of play and call us a fashionable club.

I also think my Aunty Mabel will win “Spot the ball” for the third time and buy me and my family a private jet to get to away games more easily. (Last time she treated us to a half-pound box of “Milk Tray”!) 😲


Our new owners are very shy aren't they.
They've managed to buy a Premier league club without a single person knowing.
Do Kev and Abdul know?
 



Get towards the Christmas period? It's September the 3rd! You're bored Torrex aren't you, get down meadowhall and do some Christmas shopping, you don't want to leave it till the last minute, do you
Given his propensity for shortening the future, he'll probably be buying easter eggs in bulk. ;)
 

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