The Jairo hour

[Swannyblade]

Maybe stick him on after 30mins so we still get the full hour but finish the game with him on the pitch. Classy player

 

[Lowen]

If we can sort the midfield out in the summer I wouldn’t mind seeing him start next season on the left side of defence where he ended the game today.

 

[Bladesman]

 

[Berkshire Blade]

It's crazy we got Bamford and Jairo in mid season free transfers. Some work those signings and exactly the kind of smart recruitment we needed in the summer.

 

[Houston_Blade]

It's crazy we got Bamford and Jairo in mid season free transfers. Some work those signings and exactly the kind of smart recruitment we needed in the summer.

They were still hoping for better offers in the summer though, they wouldn’t have signed for us.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

They were still hoping for better offers in the summer though, they wouldn’t have signed for us.

We just missed out in the play offs after getting 90 points it's not like we were expecting to be this far off it. They joined when we were far worse off! Perhaps computer said no to them...

 

[Houston_Blade]

We just missed out in the play offs after getting 90 points it's not like we were expecting to be this far off it. They joined when we were far worse off! Perhaps computer said no to them...

Didn’t Bamford say last summer that he was looking for a PL club? He then realised he wasn’t getting one, we were a good fit for him despite league position, close enough to Leeds and presumably half decent money.

We’d have signed McBurnie instead last summer if we didn’t have Selles in charge.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Didn’t Bamford say last summer that he was looking for a PL club? He then realised he wasn’t getting one, we were a good fit for him despite league position, close enough to Leeds and presumably half decent money.

We’d have signed McBurnie instead last summer if we didn’t have Selles in charge.

Rather have Bamford over McBurnie? He basically saved us with some crucial goals, I admit he's going through a lean spell and doesn't have a right foot but he's a good player!

 

[LBA_Blade]

Rather have Bamford over McBurnie? He basically saved us with some crucial goals, I admit he's going through a lean spell and doesn't have a right foot but he's a good player!

The other advantage with Bamford in this division is he is a big name player that knows the Championship well. He draws defenders to him, yes he might not have scored for a little while but he is still a threat

 

[Houston_Blade]

Rather have Bamford over McBurnie? He basically saved us with some crucial goals, I admit he's going through a lean spell and doesn't have a right foot but he's a good player!

I’m happy with Bamford. We’d have conspired to have McBurnie sat in the physio’s room all season if we’d signed him. Wouldn’t have been unhappy with McBurnie on a free though, both are 10-15 goals a season strikers in the Championship.

 

[Yoonitedite]

Palace fan here.

I've had a few thoughts on this for a while, since as I posted on another thread Jairo was a bit of a cult favourite of ours.

But I've just seen those GD/minute stats, and... wow. Those stats with Jairo on the pitch, if accurate, are not just play-off form... thats automatic promotion form.

And yet a lot of people are complaining that he doesn't look that great as a midfielder - not mobile enough etc.

So heres the thing. I look at Jairo, and I still don't really see a midfielder dropping back. I see a defender stepping forward. Thats where he spent his career with us, and thats why he was signed by us - as a footballing centre-back in a back 3.

So my very limited opinion about whats happening - with Jairo on the pitch, you are almost playing with a back 3 already. And with the other defenders being so young, Jairos experience is really helping them out.

And when you replace him with a midfielder late on, its almost like your formation is totally changing, and in an attacking way - you are losing a defender, gaining a midfielder. And then your defence seems to crumble.

Dunno if this makes sense.

Can you forward that to our manager

 

[JayGreen17]

If we have any ambition of a top t finish we need to keep Jairo and also keep him fit.

He’s the quality we desperately need and the glue for that mid and defence, the stats prove it, and if we don’t go all out to retain him then we’re fucked as we won’t be able to bring in anyone that will be as good for the money we’d spend on his wages.

Get him signed Wilder.