John Lundstram

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The cushioned header out wide was good too. Didn't just get it as far away as he could, had a look and did something useful with it.
 

Our best player IMO.
Jack of all trades, master of all trades.

Passing ability with both feet is the best I’ve seen this season. Can anyone tell me when we last had someone who can pass with either foot aswell as he can? You think he’s in trouble and then he uses the other foot to pass to a free man, still gets me now 😂
 
Man of the Match today.

Great to see him get better as a player.
 
Bladesman said:
Man of the Match today.

Great to see him get better as a player.
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I was in with the Wet Spam fans keeping very quiet but enjoying their moans and groans about how shit they were. The only bit of praise I heard for us was one asking his mate regarding Lunny, "Who IS that bloke?" in an annoyed-but-admiring tone.
 
Greenwich Blade said:
I was in with the Wet Spam fans keeping very quiet but enjoying their moans and groans about how shit they were. The only bit of praise I heard for us was one asking his mate regarding Lunny, "Who IS that bloke?" in an annoyed-but-admiring tone.
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You should have stood up, ripped your shirt off to reveal your full back tattoo of Lunny and said "That's John Lundstram!" Before being escorted away.
 
I'm flabbergasted by the transformation from lacklustre Championship bit part player into the box to box premier league destroyer.

I was crying out for a Fer in pre season, but we had that here all the time
 
Bladesman2019 said:
I don’t like to be negative but how is Lundstram even being considered for a place in our squad/lineup when his influence on the team is so poor. We cannot afford to play him and then realise this after 2 or 3 poor games
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Hindsight, what a leveller!
 
It shows that Mr Wilder knows more about his players than we do, they'll come good if you keep playing them .
My biggest worrying about doing things this way is how long is it going to take with Robinson ?...... :rolleyes:
 
bornablade said:
There are a number of posters on here who have no time for Football Heaven / Praise and Grumble on Radio Sheffield but there's a guy called 2-1 Ken (a regular caller) who's been beating on for ages about how good John Lundstram is.
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2-1 ken seems like a true gent. He's the best caller on there by miles
 
Lunny just gets better and better, I thought as a team we can play a lot better than that but there was some good individual performances out there today and Lunny was certainly one of them.

It’s a strange one for me as I want us to play with a player behind the front two but I wouldn’t drop any of the midfielders, although Norwood needs to up his game a bit otherwise he could be getting splinters on his arse.
 
Judging from Wilders interview this morning, it doesn't sound like those contract discussions are going too well to me.
 

CaptainMorgans said:
Judging from Wilders interview this morning, it doesn't sound like those contract discussions are going too well to me.
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Judging from the first page of this thread it doesn’t matter, apparently he’s shit.
 
BushBlade said:
Judging from the first page of this thread it doesn’t matter, apparently he’s shit.
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Those posts were pre his Premier League exploits. I'm sure most would now have revised their opinions... myself included.

He'd be a big loss. But with him being a free transfer, I wouldn't be surprised if a "big boy" was willing to pay outside of our wage structure to secure him. He'd be a very useful squad asset for a lot of Premier League sides. I'm pretty sure this is whag Wilder was alluding to. It would be sad to lose him, but equally - you couldn't blame him.
 
CaptainMorgans said:
Those posts were pre his Premier League exploits. I'm sure most would now have revised their opinions... myself included.

He'd be a big loss. But with him being a free transfer, I wouldn't be surprised if a "big boy" was willing to pay outside of our wage structure to secure him. He'd be a very useful squad asset for a lot of Premier League sides. I'm pretty sure this is whag Wilder was alluding to. It would be sad to lose him, but equally - you couldn't blame him.
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There was that much umming and arring from Wilder I’m not sure what he was getting at but unless we have an option on Lunny’s contract he’s going in six months for nowt. If he does, it will be the first time I criticise Wilder.
 
BushBlade said:
There was that much umming and arring from Wilder I’m not sure what he was getting at but unless we have an option on Lunny’s contract he’s going in six months for nowt. If he does, it will be the first time I criticise Wilder.
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i personally think they are having big-ish issues with Lunny's contract and probably agents!
i agree CW is perhaps being a big vague as when asked about Lunnys contract talks he sort of brushes over it a little and says '2 or 3' are having their contracts looked at and not really discussing Lunny's specifically
Very strange under the amazing guidance of CW for one of our starting 11 players to be out of contract within 6 months
really hope he gets signed up soon
 
I get the impression that Lunny's sudden transformation this season has also taken our Chris by surprise, hence his contract situation.
 
Large Mendonca said:
I get the impression that Lunny's sudden transformation this season has also taken our Chris by surprise, hence his contract situation.
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It shouldn’t be that much of a surprise though. He obviously intended to play him because he was using him in pre season. If he didn’t think he was going to be good, why was he determined to play him?
 
alcoblade said:
Why would you criticise Wilder for it?
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Because he should have started negotiations earlier. He obviously intended Lundstram to be a first team player because he played him pre season. Letting an important player’s contract run down so there’s only six months left is poor management and something that both Spurs and Arsenal have been heavily and correctly criticised for.
If Lunny walks away on a free at the end of the season I will criticise Wilder for allowing it to happen. It hasn’t happened yet though.
 
BushBlade said:
It shouldn’t be that much of a surprise though. He obviously intended to play him because he was using him in pre season. If he didn’t think he was going to be good, why was he determined to play him?
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Maybe he come back from his "pre-preseason" fitness training in Dubai a changed fella ?
 
Did he really intend for him to be a regular first team player in pre-season or was he looking at the flat 3 in midfield as a system and using Lunny there because he was here and available.

For all we know Wilder was getting the team used to the slightly tweaked system while shopping for other midfielders. Then Lunny kicked on and it didn’t matter that we then either didn’t land our target / changed our mind.

We’ll never really know what was Wilders plan.
 
BushBlade said:
Because he should have started negotiations earlier. He obviously intended Lundstram to be a first team player because he played him pre season. Letting an important player’s contract run down so there’s only six months left is poor management and something that both Spurs and Arsenal have been heavily and correctly criticised for.
If Lunny walks away on a free at the end of the season I will criticise Wilder for allowing it to happen. It hasn’t happened yet though.
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Before we lay any blame at Wilder's feet, I think we'd have to know when the contract negotiations actually started, how much Lundstrum is asking for, and how much sway Wilder has over the top end salary scales.

And also factor in that if Wilder had offered him 3 years at the start of this season, that would probably have been the most criticised thing he'd done since he arrived. Though he had some plans for Lundstrum, I doubt it was for him to be a mainstay in our team. His form has taken everybody by surprise, and it was impossible to see it coming.
 
ben1987 said:
Did he really intend for him to be a regular first team player in pre-season or was he looking at the flat 3 in midfield as a system and using Lunny there because he was here and available.

For all we know Wilder was getting the team used to the slightly tweaked system while shopping for other midfielders. Then Lunny kicked on and it didn’t matter that we then either didn’t land our target / changed our mind.

We’ll never really know what was Wilders plan.
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In which case, he should have offered him a new contract then, when he decided he couldn’t buy a better player.
 

The likelihood is that Lunny was offered I priced terms at the start of the year but he and his management team put it on hold until Jan to see what his first team status was then - nothing to see here
 
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