Good, feck Kenyon
Jason Wilcox - New technical director
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You are seriously overthinking this We could bring in Newcastle's most obscure targets whom nobody had even heard of and Still Newcastle would have hard time to make any case against Ashworth which won't be thrown out at first instance .
I'm almost 22,000 posts deep on an internet forum about Football. Yes, I am absolutely overthinking it.
His recent IG post suggests he would prefer us over anyone else.
Makes sense anyway if he's as good as he's rated to be but makes more sense with Varane leaving.
Never heard of him
Sounds like one of the fake names they give to players they have no licence for in football games
Anyone watch Fulham can tell us is he good?
He’s having a really good season.
It's clever business. We need to build a squad with the right age profile whilst being savvy with how much we spend bringing them in. Varane is leaving and its likely Lindelof, and potentially even Maguire will leave, so two centre backs will be necessary.
It would be wise to see us look to do something similar across the pitch.
It would be wise to see us look to do something similar across the pitch.
Hmm, I imagine he knows him from his time at the City academy. I hope he is good enough and we're not just going down another "sign who we know well" route.
From what I've seen he can pass, good head but switches off at times but is young and has potential, I don't think top tier potential but could be a decent squad option for free
Martinez and Lindelof are injury prone. Varane is leaving. Maguire may also leave. We may need to sign a few CBs. It will be good to have him as squad option with Kwambala. But I think we need to sign 1 more top CBs next season and hope one of them youngsters develop to be good CB next year.
Agree with all of that, I like the look of Yoro or if we have the budget I would go for Scalvini, Silva etc but I don't see it with Branthwaite relative to his price.
He's 26, had a good season for Fulham and would be free. Makes a lot of sense to be in for him.
I'm hoping they'll get Ryan Goggs
I can't say I know too much about him, so I hope so. I actually remember watching him in an FA cup game for City and thought he was pretty good, so was surprised they let him go.
This is what Carl Anka was talking about the other week then
Sign me up
It's been mentioned long before Carl Anka said anything about it.
Can’t see Maguire leaving. He’s been our best CB this year when fit.
Well he was being all coy and refusing to name the player. I couldn't be arsed searching up the players out contract who fit the description. I'm not claiming he's had the scoop of century or anything like that.
How odd that he didn't just state the player's name. It's been widely reported.
That's not saying a lot and he doesn't suit anything other than a low-block.
We've been trying to get of him for a while. He'll be gone if makes sense from an FFP perspective.
We can. Pep would NEVER work under anyone who tells him who and what to pick come match day. He worked under Berrada and Wilcox just fine
But Southgate loves him.
I agree, I worry we'll throw a huge amount of money at the next English defensive talent who may yet turn out to be a bit meh. Clearly massive potential but we can't afford more costly transfer mistakes.
Yeah definitely need to start utilising the continental market instead of paying English premium. Hopefully having a proper structure will mean we start doing that but remains to be seen
Wonder if players undermined the manager in their one-to-one with Wilcox. Certainly would help devising a list of whom to boot out since they will extend Erik's contract.
I also hope there will be a lot less of the club briefing who is for sale in the press and rather work behind the scenes to get things done, so it's not a bag of shite for Erik to deal with when they return for pre-season.
I also hope there will be a lot less of the club briefing who is for sale in the press and rather work behind the scenes to get things done, so it's not a bag of shite for Erik to deal with when they return for pre-season.
I'd expect we'll have a lot less leaks than before.
Undermined in what way? If somebody expressed concern with tactics or training, are you insinuating they should be booted out for sharing their opinion?
That would be a good start. You can't be putting all the work of changing an unprofessional culture on one man, and especially not when he'll go from being "manager" to "head coach". His authority needs to be backed up by the hierarchy.
Let's hope Ashworth will be more clued up in his communications hence forth (if true, that crazy story).
If someone shows they do not believe in his methods or his leadership, then yes, they should be booted out. Not because he is infallible, but because we need a team that is aligned. And we had an awful lot of leaks in recent years..
Leak of the day
“Wilcox told ETH to play Bruno as a number 9 v City”
If the reporter did his homework he’d have realised that we had starting using him in that position 3 games earlier.
“Wilcox told ETH to play Bruno as a number 9 v City”
If the reporter did his homework he’d have realised that we had starting using him in that position 3 games earlier.
You can believe in someone and be aligned while still having disagreements. I would hate to work in an organization where bringing up a disagreement in good faith would lead to that level of retaliation.
Sure. It's not strictly black and white. I hope Wilcox is a good reader of people. You at the very least needs to have people motivated and hungry to deliver for the club, even if they are not playing under their dream manager.