The Railway Man Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 6million? What Sorry, 8million. Just change that bit of the sentence and reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Railway Man Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Pearson 'left us' weak in midfield lol Try 'got sacked whilst negotiating for players' Please don't try and deflect this back at Pearson like you usually do, saying he was out of order and could of deserved being sacked is one thing, blaming him for not being able to sign any players before he was chucked out is absolutely ludicrous, especially now Ranieri had had longer in the transfer window and worryingly seems to be making very little progress. I'm fully behind him, but his failure thus far to lure any decent cms in despite several false dawns is slightly worrying. Had a midfield that won the Championship with 100 points both in their early 20's. Now we're established as a PL side, have a 'World reknowned name" as manager and we still can't attract anyone by the looks of it, shame on Nige for not bringing us a couple of World Class young midfielders capable of playing in the Premier League while he was here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Sorry, 8million. Just change that bit of the sentence and reply. Wasn't it another million after we stayed up?Possibly 2 million? http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/12943850.display/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungry Hungry Fox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Pearson 'left us' weak in midfield lol Try 'got sacked whilst negotiating for players' Please don't try and deflect this back at Pearson like you usually do, saying he was out of order and could of deserved being sacked is one thing, blaming him for not being able to sign any players before he was chucked out is absolutely ludicrous, especially now Ranieri had had longer in the transfer window and worryingly seems to be making very little progress. I'm fully behind him, but his failure thus far to lure any decent cms in despite several false dawns is slightly worrying. You don't know what's going on behind the scenes Do you think signing players is a Simple process like buying a new TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungry Hungry Fox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Some people have no idea about how players are signed Too much CM in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 We're hoping that they'll be good enough rather than knowing they will be. Drinkwater really needs a good start to the season, perhaps a new regime will help that and whilst we're short on number he'llget a chance which he needs to take. I had no qualms about him stepping up after how good he was during our title winning season and i'm still confident he can excel at this level, but we do need 2 new midfielders before the window closes. Drinkwater plays his best football with a defensive midfielder alongside him, someone who can sit and allow him to move forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Hammond & King was one of our most successful pairings last season It was as Drinkwater & James gained fitness & Cambiasso was integrated into the team that the wheels started to slow down & eventually fall off, for half a season, until it 'clicked' in the final quarter of the season. We needed two midfielders whether Cambiasso stayed or not... Looking at the difference in Gerrard's 34th (almost lead them to the title) & 35th year (was a complete liability) and we needed to strengthen the midfield just like we have up front (Okazaki for Wood) & at the back, Huth & Fuchs If you stand still, you go backwards. We need two midfielders, just like we did when the final whistle blew against QPR Only now there's less than two weeks until the season starts and after Wednesday we only have one friendly to help integrate any arrivals Additionally to the less than ideal time, is that with Cambiasso's departure & James' injury we need two midfielders who can hit the ground running & won't have any settling-in time. Piss poor management all round IMO Until then, I think Drinky, King & Hammond are capable of at least holding their own & may saurprise a few people.... IF our tactics suit the playing staff in the way they did in the final quarter of last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Think we could probably muddle through the first few games with them, but certainly need reinforcements. Still think both players will have a role to play this season, but they need an older, more experienced head in there and - more importantly - a bit of real quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Agreed. And then signing the likes of ulloa when he's nearly 30 Amazing piece of business, scored the goals that kept us up, a more than decent return for a newly promoted team & even away from his goal return which was far in excess of many established 'names' his all round game was a great help to us as a team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 No offence to Kingy, but when he's our best midfielder in the premier league I'm quite alarmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Didn't King and Hammond start last season really well? Seem to remember both of them being surprisingly good the first few games. But yeah, we need a Cambiasso MK 2 and another option pretty sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Why can't fans just be patient? We have like two weeks to sign a midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Think we could probably muddle through the first few games with them, but certainly need reinforcements. Still think both players will have a role to play this season, but they need an older, more experienced head in there and - more importantly - a bit of real quality. Thinks that's about where I stand. We often got away two of the three last season but it did look a bit short at times, they all looked ok with someone like Cambiasso next to them but we could certainly do with a wise old head to help them along again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 How about Huth between defence and midfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Why can't fans just be patient? We have like two weeks to sign a midfielder. we are patient. there is nothing we can do but talk about it on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychonaut Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Ranieri has acknowledged last week that the game is won through the midfield. So I'd imagine he's well aware of how lightweight we currently are in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 These two don't play well together, neither are defensively minded enough. I'd probably go with King and Hammond however if Drinky can recapture the title winning form then you'd choose him. Agree. Didn't they have some pretty horrible record when played as a pairing in the Championship? I like both as players but it isn't a good enough midfield. Two genuine quality midfielders needed for me ASAP and at least one of them before the Sunderland game - that's a pretty big game that one. Imagine how negative it will all be if we lose that. Sunderland are crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Hammond & King was one of our most successful pairings last season It was as Drinkwater & James gained fitness & Cambiasso was integrated into the team that the wheels started to slow down & eventually fall off, for half a season, until it 'clicked' in the final quarter of the season. We needed two midfielders whether Cambiasso stayed or not... Looking at the difference in Gerrard's 34th (almost lead them to the title) & 35th year (was a complete liability) and we needed to strengthen the midfield just like we have up front (Okazaki for Wood) & at the back, Huth & Fuchs If you stand still, you go backwards. We need two midfielders, just like we did when the final whistle blew against QPR Only now there's less than two weeks until the season starts and after Wednesday we only have one friendly to help integrate any arrivals Additionally to the less than ideal time, is that with Cambiasso's departure & James' injury we need two midfielders who can hit the ground running & won't have any settling-in time. Piss poor management all round IMO Until then, I think Drinky, King & Hammond are capable of at least holding their own & may saurprise a few people.... IF our tactics suit the playing staff in the way they did in the final quarter of last season I didn't realise Luis Suarez had changed his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnaldo Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 You don't know what's going on behind the scenes Do you think signing players is a Simple process like buying a new TV? I don't, but the rumours which seem to have some basis e.g. Mendy, Kante have rumbled on for a while with no end product. Obviously it isn't a 'simple process', I never said it was so chill out on the patronising, but we have a more than capable scout team to get in a couple of decent CMs. I haven't said we're doomed, or that we're going to start badly, I've just voiced that I'm slightly concerned that with only a few weeks to go we have a weak midfield at the moment, is that all right with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 We're hoping that they'll be good enough rather than knowing they will be. Drinkwater really needs a good start to the season, perhaps a new regime will help that and whilst we're short on number he'llget a chance which he needs to take. I had no qualms about him stepping up after how good he was during our title winning season and i'm still confident he can excel at this level, but we do need 2 new midfielders before the window closes. Drinkwater plays his best football with a defensive midfielder alongside him, someone who can sit and allow him to move forward. trust me I know kingy is good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 I certain we will have signed somebody before the season starts. Whether they're any good or not remains to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Push comes to shove, it's Kingy and Hammond for me. If my memory serves me right, Drinkwater looked so out of his depth last season... And was very, very poor on a number of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Fox Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Push comes to shove, it's Kingy and Hammond for me. If my memory serves me right, Drinkwater looked so out of his depth last season... And was very, very poor on a number of occasions. +1 for me to. Drinkwater was terrible maybe he also underestimated the step up required. I'm sure he'll get a chance soon but I feel it's last chance saloon for him. Hammond is proven at this level and while he doesn't possess the creativity we need. But he is steady in there. We might start with 4 in the midfield. to crowd out the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 King and Drinky eh? Kin-ky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 27 July 2015 Share Posted 27 July 2015 Agreed. And then signing the likes of ulloa when he's nearly 30 Yeah we get it- Pearson's shit, his squad is shit, everything else is better. You can talk about something else now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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