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Alexandre Mendy (transfer rumour)


Zidane said:
Don't for one minute assume I rate Burstow as I dont. But there was countless times he was pointing to where he wanted the ball while on the shoulder and was ignored every single time in favour of a ball out to the winger.

Last season became just the exact same patterns of play over and over again, coming to nothing.
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Not what i remember. I remember loads of times, like absolutely loads where we tried ti play him in under Mowbray and then we even played on the counter with Beale before Beale just gave up on him. Millwall always stands out for me because him and Ba had loads of time and space on the break and they showed in a nutshell where our problems lie - poor decisions and a lack of quality in the final third.

I also remember Rusyn trying ti play in the shoulder and just being eased off by defenders time and time again.

I remember loads of Burstow not anticipating, loads of a poor first touch or second and I also remember him being ridiculously easy for defenders to sheild him away from danger and hold off.

He was absolutely minging.
SAFC Wilks said:
I will say that last season - especially towards the end - we were constantly ignoring any player making a run into space and would just give it to Clarke to try and take on 3 or 4 players.
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Clarke was missing for how many games? Were we still doing that then?

I absolutely remember trying us to play centrally through Burstow and Rusyn under Mowbray, then with Burstow under Beale.

Beale even had us compact centrally and trying to be compact to then hit sides on the break and it worked against Stoke, but not against others - it was a massively different style of play. We also tried briefly to play Mayenda under Mowbray. In the game he started we played like Sven with Owen for England for the first 25 minutes. Opposition got to grips with him and he spurned a few opportunities and 1nd half changed were made.

We're not too easy to play against because we have Jack Clarke and there's an over reliance in him. We're reliant on Clarke and over use him because mostly the others aren't good enough and make too many poor choices and show no consistency in the final third - that is the main reason it 'slows down'. We can try and play with pace and tempo but largely we just lose the ball or concede chances doing so.

Last season we had Jobe ffs up front (making a half decent fist of it tbh) or in attacking midfield, when apart from movement in the box he shows absolutely no qualities of a #10. We didn't have an adequate centre forward. We spent most the season without a left back to give support on the left, sometimes also having to use Hime on the left and we played much of the season with too many inexperienced kids that werent ready. our 'stodginess' lack of confidence and quality in forward play comes from that.
 
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Anar there is a view which isn't wrong which says this one has been delayed by Caen.

But it's absolutely f***ing mental after the last 2 seasons that here we are, first game of the season day, and still haven't signed a striker.

If someone had told us that we'd still be waiting and going into first game with Mayenda up top, the reaction would have been that it lies with the club for not making this the absolute priority to get somebody in by now. If this continues to drag on and isn't sorted this month (not impossible) it's unforgivable for me.
 
BoshItLikeBardo said:
Imagine if you went to the pub and they went ‘we’re under new ownership and the price of a pint has gone up from 2 quid to 3.’ You’d either cough up the extra quid, or you’d f*** off to a different pub.

You wouldn’t pop two quid down and stand there like a twat for a month waiting for a pint to appear.
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That’s the best analogy I’ve heard about the situation, fair play 😂
 
Buck stops with the owner for me he controls the budget however Speakman’s ego and inability to shut his mouth takes the heat off him.
 
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