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[Blademan89]

And had two excellent wingers and wing backs - plus a great flexible midfield and high class rotational forwards . Good C halves but a poor goalkeeper.

Yours sincerely

The Look North sports team

Thing is we got 90 points last season, we needed to gamble and keep the squad.

All we needed to add was a commanding cb to play next to anel, and another freebie cb (mee/ darling), a right back to support seriki. Then add 2 excellent wingers on loan.

Maybe a dm to support souza.

And if I am being greedy a solid back up keeper to replace Davies.

We didnt need many outs, but Instead owners ripped through spine of the team and then if that wasnt enough they brought in a usless Spanish pe teacher.

 

[KMC-1889]

Thing is we got 90 points last season, we needed to gamble and keep the squad.

All we needed to add was a commanding cb to play next to anel, and another freebie cb (mee/ darling), a right back to support seriki. Then add 2 excellent wingers on loan.

Maybe a dm to support souza.

And if I am being greedy a solid back up keeper to replace Davies.

We didnt need many outs, but Instead owners ripped through spine of the team and then if that wasnt enough they brought in a usless Spanish pe teacher.

Anel & Souza were going the second Watson shot went in and no owner or manager would have changed that. Moore got an offer he couldn’t refuse and I think the vast majority of fans were glad to see the back of Robinson.

The rest were all loans that went back, most of which Wilder didn’t get the most out of.

Selles might not have been up to the job but we’ll never know because he was never given the tools to do the job.

Some legacy for wilder. 10 years, £400m and all we have to show for it is 6 months of decent prem football and an FA Cup semifinal run. He’s going to take us back to where he found us.

 

[Blademan89]

Anel & Souza were going the second Watson shot went in and no owner or manager would have changed that. Moore got an offer he couldn’t refuse and I think the vast majority of fans were glad to see the back of Robinson.

The rest were all loans that went back, most of which Wilder didn’t get the most out of.

Selles might not have been up to the job but we’ll never know because he was never given the tools to do the job.

Some legacy for wilder. 10 years, £400m and all we have to show for it is 6 months of decent prem football and an FA Cup semifinal run. He’s going to take us back to where he found us.

Moore we could have replaced like for like (if not better)

Robinson could have gone or being back up but we could brought in mee & darling.

Souza was still under contract and so was anel, we didnt have to get rid of them.

Either way owners have got it completely wrong. We should have had Cooper in and brought in a proper DOF, they should have also ignored PA about last minute deals

 

[Bladesince59]

He doesn't play for us.

More's the pity

 

[LBA_Blade]

Thing is we got 90 points last season, we needed to gamble and keep the squad.

All we needed to add was a commanding cb to play next to anel, and another freebie cb (mee/ darling), a right back to support seriki. Then add 2 excellent wingers on loan.

Maybe a dm to support souza.

And if I am being greedy a solid back up keeper to replace Davies.

We didnt need many outs, but Instead owners ripped through spine of the team and then if that wasnt enough they brought in a usless Spanish pe teacher.

That was the major problem that being a Wilder side for so many years, by bringing in a newbie manager he was always going to struggle with adapting a side to his playing style. When we got rid of Wilder we really rather than changing the culture and types of signings should have signed the closest manager to manager available which would have been Sean Dyche, if he came in bringing in Mee and Ings on a free, a few other solid experienced championship/lower half Premier League players would have likely followed. Plus then 2 of your newbies are well known to you as an individual.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Moore we could have replaced like for like (if not better)

What a 4 goal a season man?
Admittedly that would be ok for what we are scoring now. But when did all these ex players suddenly gain club legend status?

 

[Pintor75]

£60m spent on 4 strikers, Mousset, Mcburnie, Cannon & Brewster
323 games - 44 goals between them, yet we stuck with them and then brought the bloke who signed them back,.Anel & Souza wanted to go, we brought in Tanganga, Mee & Mcguinness +Zatterstrom amongst others can't use the excuse of weakening the squad, just need a better coach who can get a tune out of some talented players playing in their proper positions, but looks like we're stuck with a bloke who we love for what he did ages ago, but he's yesterdays man unfortunately

 

[Blademan89]

What a 4 goal a season man?
Admittedly that would be ok for what we are scoring now. But when did all these ex players suddenly gain club legend status?

No a big target man. Moore never has been and never will be a club legend and I hadnt said anything of the sort.

I have never liked him as a footballer myself. But to have 1 up front you need to either be creating enough for the lone striker or the plsyer in question needs to be an all rounder/target man.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

No a big target man. Moore never has been and never will be a club legend and I hadnt said anything of the sort.

I have never liked him as a footballer myself. But to have 1 up front you need to either be creating enough for the lone striker or the plsyer in question needs to be an all rounder/target man.

I mean the theme of needing likes of Moore and McBurnie back. I know you didn't say / mean he was a legend, just seems lots in here seem to make out we recently had a massive threat that has gone. (Not aimed at you)
We have struggled to score for ages, including last season. Our methods , and resulting form of are just a carry on of that. No serious goal threat either though the middle or from the wings. No pace in either place either.
Goal machine Billy wouldn't be scoring in this team, or end of last season. No opportunities.

 

[Cappy]

Why didn’t he cut back and pass it around a bit instead of shooting? Amateur!

 

[Badger Blade]

The last time we had a side that troubled the scorers regularly was Hecky's promotion team, which had we not inexplicably lost most of them upon promotion, might have stood something of a fighting chance with a few quality additions. McBurnie (15), Ndiaye (15), McAtee (9), Berge (7), Doyle (4) all chipped in. Anel scored 7 from the back!

That team averaged 2 goals a game at home which was enough to win most of them, whereas now scoring twice in a game seems like some sort of mad pipedream.

Now we've got absolutely no goal threat from midfield whatsover besides Gus, who hasn't scored himself yet, while we're also lacking anything from set pieces which ought to be a source of goals if we don't have the ability to create anything from open play.

Bogle, Egan and JLT all got 3 each. Even Ciaran Clark got 2 in 11 appearances.

All boils down to confidence, willingness to take a bit of a gamble and having some sort of plan to get the best out of people. Until Wilder can settle on what he believes is his best team and how to operate them effectively, we're pinning the tail on the donkey and hoping for some luck from somewhere.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Apart from Hamer, we don't play the percentages.

No early crossing, no shots on sight, no looking for deflections, poor corner routines, never break the lines, always checking back.

The team isn't set up to score goals. It was the same last season.

Wilder has tightened up the non existent Selles defence, but he's struggling to create chances and goals. It was the same last season.

Wilder has changed from a front foot manager in 2016, to a defensive manager since Covid.

Boring isn't it.

This is a good point, as a goal shy team you’d think we’d be encouraged to have a shot, it seems that the opposite instruction is in effect. Only Hamer tries a shot from distance on a regular basis.

I’m aware of the low % chance of a long shot going in, but I’d hazard a guess that there’s more of a chance of a long shot going in than no shot at all?!

 

[Nick Jansky]

This is a good point, as a goal shy team you’d think we’d be encouraged to have a shot, it seems that the opposite instruction is in effect. Only Hamer tries a shot from distance on a regular basis.

I’m aware of the low % chance of a long shot going in, but I’d hazard a guess that there’s more of a chance of a long shot going in than no shot at all?!

Some coaches are fixated on controlling possession and it is a crime to lose the ball, hence the amount of dicking around without getting off a cross or a shot. Of course, what actually counts isn’t dominating possession, it’s what you do with the possession you do have together with what you do out of possession. Look at Palace and their very smart manager for a prime example.

 

[Sky Blues]

After 9 games Cov have scored 27, United have scored 3.
Goal difference +20 to -13.
Just what is going on?
Utter shambles.

One more stat not mentioned.

We've played 1 game in Sheffield this season. We've scored more goals in Sheffield than Wednesday and yourselves have scored combined in Sheffield all season so far.

 

[Houston_Blade]

One more stat not mentioned.

We've played 1 game in Sheffield this season. We've scored more goals in Sheffield than Wednesday and yourselves have scored combined in Sheffield all season so far.

I mean this in the bitter way in which it sounds but enjoy this season and promotion because next season will be painful when you go up! You just get some money to cushion the pain.

 

[Kenilworth]

My grandad would have been able to see where that penalty was going. It was obvious.

If you watch players that take penalties properly they look as though they about to hit it to one side but it goes to the other.

Not us though. Let’s make it as obvious as possible!

Confidence is a huge issue.
Last season he’d have buried that.

I knew he’d miss this one when I saw the Sky camera look at his face just before he took it. He gave Pandur the eyes for the bottom right (as Burrows looked) which is the best place for a left footer striking the ball sweetly and it heading away from the keeper. Even down the middle would have been better. But his confidence is low so he took the option that assured him getting it on target but it was weak and not in the corner and easy for Pandur to read.