Champagneblade
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I've posted my colours to the mast. I'm a Wilder fan and long term I think he has done an excellent job for us and if he can shake this season off, can still do a good job going forwards.
We all hear the comments like "not going to mug the punters off", "won't tip the Chairman upside down" and "won't risk the future of the club" as just three examples of colours Chris has liked to nail to his flagpost.
But there are a few things as a fan, with the club at heart, I simply don't appreciate.
Not naming a full bench is one of them.
Chris would like 2 new players to add to the group. We get it. I don't like the narky way of going about making the point.
You've given your list to the higher ups to secure. It's not their fault that the foreign centre back you wanted is now back in favour, has signed a new deal and is no longer available. It's also not their fault that Jessie Lindgard doesn't want to associate himself with being a member of what we hope to avoid - being the worst team in PL history and would prefer to stay at OT or be loaned to Nice.
I'm also not convinced it is worth spending a throwaway 5m on fees and wages just to prevent the bruising of a few egos, the managers included. We know that in the summer that 5m would go a lot further when rejuvenating a Championship team. I'd suggest changing target to players for next season may gain more traction if we want new faces now. We used to be quite good at picking up the odd player in the final 6 months of their deals. There are probably more than most with covid going on.
But back to the original point. There are going lads in the U23s who would benefit being a part of the senior squad on matchday as part of their education and development. Odds are they don't get on, but given we replaced Norwood, who had a shocker, with a left centre half, it can't have hurt to have given a full debut to a Zac Brunt, an actual midfielder.
You can't be taking plaudits for Hackford getting on against Palace and then denying the same experience to others in the set up. Whatever Hackford gained, so would Brunt or Gordon or whoever.
So let's not be churlish. It's a difficult season. Fill the bench, with young lads if needs be. We don't know when we will next be in the top flight but don't deny these guys the chance to experience being in a matchday squad with International players that might just spur them on that little bit more.
We all hear the comments like "not going to mug the punters off", "won't tip the Chairman upside down" and "won't risk the future of the club" as just three examples of colours Chris has liked to nail to his flagpost.
But there are a few things as a fan, with the club at heart, I simply don't appreciate.
Not naming a full bench is one of them.
Chris would like 2 new players to add to the group. We get it. I don't like the narky way of going about making the point.
You've given your list to the higher ups to secure. It's not their fault that the foreign centre back you wanted is now back in favour, has signed a new deal and is no longer available. It's also not their fault that Jessie Lindgard doesn't want to associate himself with being a member of what we hope to avoid - being the worst team in PL history and would prefer to stay at OT or be loaned to Nice.
I'm also not convinced it is worth spending a throwaway 5m on fees and wages just to prevent the bruising of a few egos, the managers included. We know that in the summer that 5m would go a lot further when rejuvenating a Championship team. I'd suggest changing target to players for next season may gain more traction if we want new faces now. We used to be quite good at picking up the odd player in the final 6 months of their deals. There are probably more than most with covid going on.
But back to the original point. There are going lads in the U23s who would benefit being a part of the senior squad on matchday as part of their education and development. Odds are they don't get on, but given we replaced Norwood, who had a shocker, with a left centre half, it can't have hurt to have given a full debut to a Zac Brunt, an actual midfielder.
You can't be taking plaudits for Hackford getting on against Palace and then denying the same experience to others in the set up. Whatever Hackford gained, so would Brunt or Gordon or whoever.
So let's not be churlish. It's a difficult season. Fill the bench, with young lads if needs be. We don't know when we will next be in the top flight but don't deny these guys the chance to experience being in a matchday squad with International players that might just spur them on that little bit more.
