Current state of the squad

GregorRobertson

GregorRobertson

Jack Burkitt
It will be Awoniyi, Jota and Cuiabano who miss the PL league squad. Seems like Cuiabano might be sorted already. Jota had a move but we stuffed it up between us and Sporting. Hopefully something else can be sorted out there. Tawio? Dunno.
 
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king_congo_red

king_congo_red

Ale Ape
Writing this down, with a count so it makes sense to me...

League
In:-
Williams (1), Morato (2), Murillo (3), Sangaré (4), CHO (5), Anderson (6), MGW (7), Wood (8), Luiz (9), Victor (10), Ndoye (11), Kalimuendo (12), Gunn (13), Jesus (14), Hutchinson (15), Yates (16), McAtee (17), Sels (18), Bakwa (19), Milenkovic (20), Cuiabano (21), Aina (22), Zinchenko (23), Savona (24), Boly (25)
+ Cunha, Abbott

Misses out
Awoniyi, Jota Silva, Dominguez (Inj)

So, if Dom is back in a reasonable time frame, then one of Boly or Morato miss out, possibly.

Europe:-
Buggered if I know.
 
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Red in the trent

First Team Squad
DizzyBala said:
Honestly, I don't think Aina has had a good game for us since going off injured against United and I thought he was quite lethargic on Sunday as well. That could be because of the lack of relationship between him and Ndoye but if you contrast how little Aina was getting forward and looking to make things happen with how much Neco was getting forward, it's like night and day.

As for Hudson-Odoi, I think there is a certain element that he's overhyped. Good player but very inconsistent. Considering his position, he doesn't contribute anywhere near enough creatively.

Aina gets a pass from fans because he's the vibe merchant and Hudson-Odoi somewhat is still living off Anfield last year and occasionally, something he does comes off. It'll be interesting to see if he can maintain his place now we've got options.
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I think Aina is still carrying an injury and not is not nearly fully fit but, given the lack of full-backs, he's had to play. Remember, he didn't really play in pre-season either. That might be another reason why Nuno wasn't happy with the transfer window a few weeks back.

CHO doesn't create or score nearly enough given his role, he hardly beats his man to the byline and instead tries to cut inside on his right - which the whole league, their gran and their dog knows he's going to do. He looks better when played in a more flexible, rotating system, as he can play anywhere across the front 3.

But despite that being successful in the first two games for him and Ndoye, Nuno decided not to do it against West Ham (apart from at the beginning), which made us too predictable attacking wise.
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
king_congo_red said:
Writing this down, with a count so it makes sense to me...

League
In:-
Williams (1), Morato (2), Murillo (3), Sangaré (4), CHO (5), Anderson (6), MGW (7), Wood (8), Luiz (9), Victor (10), Ndoye (11), Kalimuendo (12), Gunn (13), Jesus (14), Hutchinson (15), Yates (16), McAtee (17), Sels (18), Bakwa (19), Milenkovic (20), Cuiabano (21), Aina (22), Zinchenko (23), Savona (24), Boly (25)
+ Cunha, Abbott

Misses out
Awoniyi, Jota Silva, Dominguez (Inj)

So, if Dom is back in a reasonable time frame, then one of Boly or Morato miss out, possibly.

Europe:-
Buggered if I know.
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Think Cuiabano has gone back to Brazil on loan.
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
king_congo_red said:
The 'last known' registration was with us. As there has been no official announcement of him leaving, then I'm working on that basis.
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I read that because the FIFA; be was submitted correctly he's their player, but can't play in the Portuguese league as they stuffed that one up.

Imagine there's plenty going on behind the scenes to rectify it, as think he couldn't play for them after December if he goes elsewhere on loan until then because I think he came in for us?
 
king_congo_red

king_congo_red

Ale Ape
Gyros Peter said:
I read that because the FIFA; be was submitted correctly he's their player, but can't play in the Portuguese league as they stuffed that one up.

Imagine there's plenty going on behind the scenes to rectify it, as think he couldn't play for them after December if he goes elsewhere on loan until then because I think he came in for us?
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I read that too - but I don't always trust what I read, when it's from sources that aren't always correct.
I await the official announcement, when they've decided what's actually happened.
 
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incident

Viv Anderson
Gyros Peter said:
I read that because the FIFA; be was submitted correctly he's their player, but can't play in the Portuguese league as they stuffed that one up.

Imagine there's plenty going on behind the scenes to rectify it, as think he couldn't play for them after December if he goes elsewhere on loan until then because I think he came in for us?
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Yeah, if he's still preferring to go to Portugal (in January) then the fact he appeared against Brentford will prevent him signing anywhere in the interim, due to the three club rule.

Who knows what the current situation actually is. Doubt we'll get any official confirmation until it's untangled and you'd imagine the club are trying to sort that at the moment.
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
incident said:
Yeah, if he's still preferring to go to Portugal (in January) then the fact he appeared against Brentford will prevent him signing anywhere in the interim, due to the three club rule.

Who knows what the current situation actually is. Doubt we'll get any official confirmation until it's untangled and you'd imagine the club are trying to sort that at the moment.
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He's probably better of there really, since he can apparently play champions league and cup games. He'll struggle for any kind of time with us given the need to bed in new arrivals. Rubbish for him.
 
Heffing Psycho!

Heffing Psycho!

Steve Chettle
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Huge coincidence given who Neom's DOF is...
 
Ripple

Ripple

First Team Squad
Would love to see this front six together for 60 mins.

Kalimuendo
Ndoye Bakwa

Anderson Luiz Gibbs-White

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The layout won't let me put Ndoye and Bakwa wide. Never mind.
 
Timothy Pope

Timothy Pope

Just another roll of the Dyche
ubik said:
Er...what?...

Is there any reason to doubt Aina or CHO's commitment?

Just watched full match replay of Sunday's game and can't understand the pelters Aina is getting, for a start.
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I’m not giving them pelters at all. Just responding to a previous post that stated that they may be unhappy with so much competition for places and what the outcome could be.
 
JonnoSnr

JonnoSnr

Grenville Morris
Timothy Pope said:
I’m not giving them pelters at all. Just responding to a previous post that stated that they may be unhappy with so much competition for places and what the outcome could be.
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Aina has a very languid style which I suppose could be misinterpreted as not caring but I dont think any of our players knowingly slack off.

They might drop 1/2% or so if not in any danger of their place which is a different matter. That's just human nature really and hopefully the numbers we've brought in keep everyone on their toes.
 
robboisagenius

robboisagenius

Youth Team
Ripple said:
Just would be excited to see these six to play together. Not sure what you want me to say about my love or lack of it for someone else not here on my list really :unsure: Bizarre.
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It might not be about you!
More that we have a record signing that no one seems too excited about when compared to our other signings, with a backdrop that team Edu/Joorabchian seems to have fallen out with team Nuno/Mendes
 
Daz

Daz

First Team Squad
Europe squad is tough. We need to lose 7 players.

Gunn - no need for three keepers, and we can add him if there's an injury
Cuiabano, Jota Silva, Awoniyi, Morata if they're being loaned/sold.
Domínguez if still nursing and injury.
Then perhaps the 7th could be Hutchinson
 
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