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More than just you with that opinion to be fair, Jairo is excellent at doing the “unfashionable” things like breaking up play and playing the short balls. Yes every now and then Hamer may come up with a screamer and Jairo will never do any of that. Sometimes you just need players to do the basics well and build a foundation around the spine of a team
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Which makes the signing of Rothwell even more baffling.
I can believe it on Jairo to be fair mainly because of cost, salary wise. I don’t know how long we have been after Rothwell for before he signed but it seemed like Wilder wanted him in his club, Jairo was signed as available and needed. It depends on Gus really, as if they offloaded him that would free up wages for Jairo and reduce to overall wage bill. The problem we have is having Bamford, Gus, Rothwell and Jairo at over £30k each a week we also had Mee and Ings in that bracket too. Without getting rid of the high earners we can’t stay under the rules. Luckily Rothwell, Gus and Bamford only have next season left on their contracts it’s how we cope when we really need to scrape the barrel next season if we have the money to extend any.
Going to increasingly incentivise a sign and develop approach it’ll favour clubs with productive academies and who are able to sign and develop. We have the first of those things although I think we’ve had a golden generation which isn’t going to continue indefinitely. We desperately need to show we can be a club which can sign and develop players again something we arguably haven’t done since Wilder MKI
Yep - lose Peck and you can kiss goodbye to any pace in midfield , keeping our transition just as slow & boring as it's been for ages.Peck's the only one I'd want to keep from that list. Jairo's a calming influence but neither dynamic nor a game changer, Rothwell plays in very short spurts and we can't carry passengers. I didn't get all the hype with Blaster pre-injury where I thought he was too slow to be top class. If he comes back next season without improving a lot he might be one of our own, but he won't be a very good one.
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One direction and it isn't up going on last seasons performances....shitshow.
Depends if the rules are enforced like they have been with the pigs , Leicester , ManCity & Chelsea.
What position are you suggesting Brooks should play in? (Not criticising, just want to understand your thoughts)
I know we are talking different territory but Premiership (Prem) Rugby has just become a closed shop for relegation with the aim of promoting 2 more clubs when they hit criteria. In their cases they are waiting for Worcester and Wasps to be back.
KMC I wonder if that increases the likelihood of Phillips coming back? We don't need Rothwell, Jairo and Phillips but we could do with 2 of them. You add them to Blaster and Peck (or his replacement ) and that will be our CM fornnext season I suspect. Desperately lacking in athletisism but functional.
I've got a fairly open mind about where to use Brooks pace & talent , apart from the fact that I'm against inverted wingers unless their weaker foot is at least decent - and I think he struggles on the RW.
After watching the highlights of the past 2 Celtic matches I believe that football is fixed, Manchester Utd have shall we say have had the rub of the green, there’s nothing sacred can’t they keep their mucky paws off our sport and keep them on politics!
But with Jairo and Peck in midfield, we finished 13th and lost 22. Rarely did we control midfield. The defence has been rightly criticised but I have issues with a central midfield that does not protect the defence, but rarely scores/ assists or carries other forward and gets physically overrun. If we roll those two out again next season, we probably finish no higher than mid table.
The main problem was mentioned on the other thread about the Jairo hour, when he was on the pitch we did well but then things seem to fall apart when he was replaced. I don’t think we can afford a 60 min Jairo on those wages though. With the teams that will be in the division next season and the cuts we need to make in wages, I think I would take mid-table now to be fair. Rebuild and go again 27/28 Wilders contract will be up too so be interesting to see if it turns a corner and we start to use it as an opportunity to improve the club.
I know like the craziest idea ever. Although I know they had the additional subs in Covid it was in place at 5 subs in 23/24 for our Premier League season. I don’t know anything about professional conditioning but apart from when players are coming back from an injury they should be easily be able to last 90 minutes, tracking back etc. Apparently according to google a Championship midfielder averages 10-12km in a 90 minutes match. I am 38 and ran a sub 1 hour 10k last year and I am no where near what I would class as fit. It seems the “workload” is very light at best especially as most of our midfielders are walking and then make the occasional run.
Spot on here deadbeat. We didnt. That's got to be an issue. We lack a midfield general. Yes, on his day , ( and too often he wasn't this season) Hamer is quality. But is not a 90 minute man. Peck has excellent work rate too but is not consistent. With Brooks and Arblaster we SHOULD have a formidable midfield. But strangely it didn't work that way. There's a missing link. That's the key. Could Philips be that key? Money, and time will tell. ( I doubt he'll end up coming though)
The defence has been a big problem. We need a solid centre half. Kyle Walker might come. Again it's going to be a case of money. ( which we're not forthcoming with usually) Let's see how serious our owners are.Binden and him together could be a good partnership.
Although I’m a lot lot older I’m still a keen amateur runner and would say that the 10k is in short sprints which is far more tiring on the body plus there’s the physical contact and running in continuous different directions I don’t think you can compare, I did see a tv programme where the Bournemouth team had to run a 10k in training and they were all coming in under 34 mins.
Definitely can see where you are coming from but be interesting to do a 10k to see where our players would finish. We were definitely fitter as a squad 20 years ago when physical football was our thing, it’s not in the game as it used to be. Plus if you dangled a £20-30k a week carrot in front on me I would be chomping at the bit. It’s natural injuries are going to occur but personally I don’t think there is an excuse for players to be tiring after 60 mins in football, I could understand if it was either code of Rugby where you are being physically battered and there are some young Rugby League players in the top tier (Super League) on minimum wage.
Starting to think I am not making it. Just did slightly over 5k in 31 minutes testing out a dodgy knee! The lack of confidence I had in my knee to go faster was a interesting mind game that I am sure pros go through coming back from injury too
Rugby League players are bred differently though....
It’s a decent 5 a side team,they would give us a run for the money.
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