Jobe Bellingham - Signed

[CARLOS CLASS]

They seem resigned to it.....

You must be logged on to see external links

 

[ferryhill mackem]

He was at the play off final at Wembley for sure

Jude was at the final not sure about Jobe

 

[10 Gary Rowells]

An overhaul would be all wrong. Ya need to keep the team together. That's exactly what we did last summer as well. People complained about the apparent lack of activity last summer, but getting Clarke and Roberts signed on was massive for us. Sometimes you have to trust the lads who've gotten you there, and you build organically.


It could go any number of ways if we get up, but with Clarke, hopefully Amad, and a couple others, you have a chance.

Just gotta get there first!

I would be amazed if we did go up if the likes of Patto, Ballard, Hume, Cirkin, Ekwah, Neil, Clarke, Roberts and Stewart weren't part of the first team plan. I don't think anyone would suggest otherwise. It's interesting that of the six top teams only Coventry and Luton don't really play a passing game. Both ourselves and Boro would be more suited to the Prem. As you say it's far from certain that we will make it but if we do I highly doubt a major overhaul.

 

[chriswallace85]

What a load of rubbish !.Doesn't matter if he's head coach or manager, he doesn't get told what style or formation to play.

The football is completely different under Mowbray to Neil, it's a lot more attacking under TM

He might not be told explicitly, but it will have certainly been a conversation when he took the job. It will have been important to the club that Mowbray was on the same page in terms of how we want to play. The favoured 4-2-3-1 has been in place since Lee Johnson.

I'm not convinced it's completely different at all. We started the season playing attacking football. Neil tweaked the system to get Stewart and Simms on the pitch together because it was working. That was an attacking move.

We were a soft touch when he took over so naturally the first job was to shore us up, but we still carried a threat with the likes of Clarke and Roberts. At the start of this season there was clearly an instruction to Gooch and Clarke to the byline and get crosses in earlier. Gooch has actually gone back a bit in that respect.

The one thing you certainly can credit Mowbray with is how he's integrated Amad into the side. But he arrived after Neil left, so ya can't hold that against Neil.


I think we've just got some exciting footballers on our hands and they're fearless.

I've read that Pritchard was a waste of space and that Amad wasn't good enough. I've also read from our own fans that Ekwah was a liability.
I never believe what I read until I've seen a player with my own eyes, after he's had a bit of a chance to bed himself in.

A young lad playing in a below average, struggling side will most likely struggle. Put him in a buoyant, exciting team and he's likely to thrive. We've seen that for ourselves, over the last two years.

Pritch has probably just had his two best games of the season. A few games ago I thought he was about done to be honest. To be fair to these lads they keep coming back and surprising you. I think there's a great spirit and mentality there.

 

[pwsafc]

He might not be told explicitly, but it will have certainly been a conversation when he took the job. It will have been important to the club that Mowbray was on the same page in terms of how we want to play. The favoured 4-2-3-1 has been in place since Lee Johnson.

I'm not convinced it's completely different at all. We started the season playing attacking football. Neil tweaked the system to get Stewart and Simms on the pitch together because it was working. That was an attacking move.

We were a soft touch when he took over so naturally the first job was to shore us up, but we still carried a threat with the likes of Clarke and Roberts. At the start of this season there was clearly an instruction to Gooch and Clarke to the byline and get crosses in earlier. Gooch has actually gone back a bit in that respect.

The one thing you certainly can credit Mowbray with is how he's integrated Amad into the side. But he arrived after Neil left, so ya can't hold that against Neil.


I think we've just got some exciting footballers on our hands and they're fearless.

Pritch has probably just had his two best games of the season. A few games ago I thought he was about done to be honest. To be fair to these lads they keep coming back and surprising you. I think there's a great spirit and mentality there.

It's all about opinions, but the style of play is completely different under TM. We pass out from the back far more and its farore attack based. I highly doubt it will of been a conversation when he was interviewed, they will have already done back ground checks to see he played attacking football at Blackburn and also worked well with younger players. They certainly won't be telling him what style and formation he has to play, as the other poster suggested

 

[chriswallace85]

It's all about opinions, but the style of play is completely different under TM. We pass out from the back far more and its farore attack based. I highly doubt it will of been a conversation when he was interviewed, they will have already done back ground checks to see he played attacking football at Blackburn and also worked well with younger players. They certainly won't be telling him what style and formation he has to play, as the other poster suggested

I think passing out from the back has become more and more of a necessity as we've lost any kind out outlet up front. Same with our corners of late - we've realised it's a thankless task putting balls directly into the box as we simply haven't got the players in there to compete for it.

I accept we try some riskier passing than we did under Neil. However I'm not convinced that's such a good thing at times. I would love for us to take more care of the ball. It's rare that a side actually takes us apart with good football. We're often the architects of our own downfall giving the ball away cheaply in daft positions.

 

[RoversBoy]

Blimey, are you guys really getting Bellingham? If he becomes half the player his brother has already, you will have some player. Perfectly fits the buy young and develop model too.

 

[MustardAndOnions]

He might not be told explicitly, but it will have certainly been a conversation when he took the job. It will have been important to the club that Mowbray was on the same page in terms of how we want to play. The favoured 4-2-3-1 has been in place since Lee Johnson.

I'm not convinced it's completely different at all. We started the season playing attacking football. Neil tweaked the system to get Stewart and Simms on the pitch together because it was working. That was an attacking move.

We were a soft touch when he took over so naturally the first job was to shore us up, but we still carried a threat with the likes of Clarke and Roberts. At the start of this season there was clearly an instruction to Gooch and Clarke to the byline and get crosses in earlier. Gooch has actually gone back a bit in that respect.

The one thing you certainly can credit Mowbray with is how he's integrated Amad into the side. But he arrived after Neil left, so ya can't hold that against Neil.


I think we've just got some exciting footballers on our hands and they're fearless.

Pritch has probably just had his two best games of the season. A few games ago I thought he was about done to be honest. To be fair to these lads they keep coming back and surprising you. I think there's a great spirit and mentality there.

We play nothing like we did under Neil mind, and we have also often played 3 at the back

Can’t agree with this point tbf

Mowbray is known his whole career for playing good football, Neil isn’t, he’s more pragmatic

Both are fine but they are totally different managers, Neil did his job installing belief and grit and getting us promoted but we’d have never been playing football of this quality under him

 

[Hawyatt Earp]

Blimey, are you guys really getting Bellingham? If he becomes half the player his brother has already, you will have some player. Perfectly fits the buy young and develop model too.

Top target.. Lets see

 

[Whitburnmakem]

It's all about opinions, but the style of play is completely different under TM. We pass out from the back far more and its farore attack based. I highly doubt it will of been a conversation when he was interviewed, they will have already done back ground checks to see he played attacking football at Blackburn and also worked well with younger players. They certainly won't be telling him what style and formation he has to play, as the other poster suggested

It’s alot to do with having better footballers rather than likes of Bailey wright and flannighsn panicking and slicing diagonal balls out of play

 

[SAFC Wilks]

Blimey, are you guys really getting Bellingham? If he becomes half the player his brother has already, you will have some player. Perfectly fits the buy young and develop model too.

We tried to get him in the summer, but Birmingham promised him more first team exposure I think.

We’ll keep trying whilst he’s still at Birmingham, if he goes to one of those top European teams then we’d likely stop trying for a bit.

 

[CARLOS CLASS]

I think passing out from the back has become more and more of a necessity as we've lost any kind out outlet up front. Same with our corners of late - we've realised it's a thankless task putting balls directly into the box as we simply haven't got the players in there to compete for it.

I accept we try some riskier passing than we did under Neil. However I'm not convinced that's such a good thing at times. I would love for us to take more care of the ball. It's rare that a side actually takes us apart with good football. We're often the architects of our own downfall giving the ball away cheaply in daft positions.

You have to risk the ball to play slick, attacking football.

You can't not risk losing possession and expect to see exciting play!

 

[pwsafc]

It’s alot to do with having better footballers rather than likes of Bailey wright and flannighsn panicking and slicing diagonal balls out of play

No it's more to do with style of play a manager prefers. Batth isn't the most comfortable on the ball but we still play that way. Neils style was a bit more direct than TM style.

I think passing out from the back has become more and more of a necessity as we've lost any kind out outlet up front. Same with our corners of late - we've realised it's a thankless task putting balls directly into the box as we simply haven't got the players in there to compete for it.

I accept we try some riskier passing than we did under Neil. However I'm not convinced that's such a good thing at times. I would love for us to take more care of the ball. It's rare that a side actually takes us apart with good football. We're often the architects of our own downfall giving the ball away cheaply in daft positions.

They played out from the back even when Stewart played, that style suits us because we have some many technical players. The short corners have more come about because of the injuries to batth and Ballard aswell as Stewart.
I would much rather we played like we do now, yes there will be mistakes but you don't stop playing a certain way because of a few errors. Look at Brighton last night, they made a few mistakes which nearly cost them, but they kept playing the same way and battered one of the best teams in the premier league

 

[chriswallace85]

We play nothing like we did under Neil mind, and we have also often played 3 at the back

Can’t agree with this point tbf

Only out of necessity.

I think we played good football under Neil. We started the season well enough. Nobody had any complaints about the style before he walked.

You have to risk the ball to play slick, attacking football.

You can't not risk losing possession and expect to see exciting play!

Playing the ball into the centre of the park, with a couple of git wass bastards breathing down your neck, as we did a couple of times on Saturday, is not conducive to playing slick, attacking football.


It's a balancing act. Be sensible about it. Don't do it for the sake of it. Mix it up a bit if you can. There's nothing wrong with putting your laces through it and clearing your lines.

 

[Charmless Man]

I know nothing about the lad, but surely he is not moving home to play for Sunderland under 23s?

Birmingham’s finances aren’t in great shape and he’s out of contract end of next season. They may want / need to cash in.

We’re as attractive a place as any in the Championship for a young player to go to.

 

[1879]

I think passing out from the back has become more and more of a necessity as we've lost any kind out outlet up front. Same with our corners of late - we've realised it's a thankless task putting balls directly into the box as we simply haven't got the players in there to compete for it.

I accept we try some riskier passing than we did under Neil. However I'm not convinced that's such a good thing at times. I would love for us to take more care of the ball. It's rare that a side actually takes us apart with good football. We're often the architects of our own downfall giving the ball away cheaply in daft positions.

All about risk versus reward. Mowbray and the coaching staff are obviously encouraging this young team to play without fear.

It’s been a joy to watch this season with some of the best football and goals we’ve witnessed.

 

[Foreigner]

Nice to have long term targets as opposed to ripping it up and starting again as we sack the latest manager and bring it players to suit the new gaffer’s style

 

[Whitburnmakem]

No it's more to do with style of play a manager prefers. Batth isn't the most comfortable on the ball but we still play that way. Neils style was a bit more direct than TM style.

They played out from the back even when Stewart played, that style suits us because we have some many technical players. The short corners have more come about because of the injuries to batth and Ballard aswell as Stewart.
I would much rather we played like we do now, yes there will be mistakes but you don't stop playing a certain way because of a few errors. Look at Brighton last night, they made a few mistakes which nearly cost them, but they kept playing the same way and battered one of the best teams in the premier league

Batth is far better on the ball than Bailey Wright etc also we have players that are willing to take a pass in tight spots we used to piss around with it before until someone played another player in to trouble then they would panick and launch it, it was never intentional it was lack of ability and composure

 

[chriswallace85]

All about risk versus reward. Mowbray and the coaching staff are obviously encouraging this young team to play without fear.

It’s been a joy to watch this season with some of the best football and goals we’ve witnessed.

Incidentally some of the same coaching staff there were already here under Neil.


I've no arguments about the quality of football. These are good players. I just don't see this night and day transition between our play under Neil and our play under Mowbray.

Ya can't tell me that goal we scored down Reading came straight out of the Mowbray playbook, because it didn't. He'd only been here 2 minutes. He was as much a spectator as the rest of us that night.

All about risk versus reward. Mowbray and the coaching staff are obviously encouraging this young team to play without fear.

It’s been a joy to watch this season with some of the best football and goals we’ve witnessed.

Yeah, but do it in the right places. There's a fine line between brave and stupidity.

 

[stevo]

Only out of necessity.

I think we played good football under Neil. We started the season well enough. Nobody had any complaints about the style before he walked.

Playing the ball into the centre of the park, with a couple of git wass bastards breathing down your neck, as we did a couple of times on Saturday, is not conducive to playing slick, attacking football.


It's a balancing act. Be sensible about it. Don't do it for the sake of it. Mix it up a bit if you can. There's nothing wrong with putting your laces through it and clearing your lines.

Aye spot on mate, any attempt to play into midfield in our usual way tomorrow will cost us.Neil in particular is often caught in possession against a pressing side.