oldbluefox

True I expect his sheer presence will occupy a defence leaving space for others to come through, something we have not had for a long time. However he is not the freescoring forward he once was. Hopefully City can tap into his experience to nurture our developing youth.

The point I was making was that a record of goal scoring does not mean the same success at their new club. Daka was a good example what a gamble finding a striker can be.

I may be wrong but didn’t Daka come to us with a good goalscoring record? Everything is a gamble.

Hopefully as well as what he may provide on the pitch he will be able to help along some of our younger strikers.

If I behaved like that at work I'd be sacked.

But is he any good at keeping the ball out of the net?

If they are fit that will be an improvement straight away. Stop feeding the greedy lardarses donuts and chips at Seagrave.

I’m getting quite accustomed to seeing all those with any quality going for free to other teams secure in the knowledge that we will be there to sift through everybody else’s rejects and probably paying over the top for their services. We do it every year

I’m not sure a move to any of the big clubs is ideal although I can understand why he would be interested but they all have a habit of hoovering up all the young talent so there would be strong competition. For many it’s a loan out and often forgotten as they mop up more talent.

I agree entirely. It is up to the club to present something worth cheering about. When you are spending (a lot of) money to watch your team and be entertained by their skills, their levels of fitness and their commitment to the club which should mirror that of the fans it is reasonable to expect some semblance of pleasure and satisfaction. If all you are getting is some half hearted performance from a group of highly paid players who couldn't give a sh** about you or the club you have every right to feel aggrieved. I don't agree with some of the abuse thrown at them but likewise I would not be praising them either. It would help if the players remembered people are paying to watch them and are not earning the vast amounts of money they are.

If we don’t have 11 lumps of lard turning out for us it will be an improvement.

Not sure who we could have appointed with that team. I doubt even Alex Ferguson would have got a tune out of them. The damage was done long before these no-hopers came in. That applies to the whole setup.

I don’t think he’s ready for a starting spot at Championship and above , not yet. You could see last season that defenders had worked him out and coped easily with him. I feel he needs experience at a lower level to hone his skills, work on new ideas and broaden his game. He may be best to remain at City depending on who they bring in or go to a club with a strong reputation for developing youth players. He is certainly not ready for first team football at a higher level and it would be a bad decision to push him on too soon before he is ready. A season in Lge1 may do him good.

You’re right there and we didn’t have the players who could play that way. How many times did we try, gave the ball away and conceded a goal? It was painful to watch yet we still persevered with it week in week out. I reckon they thought they were Barcelona. Just been watching the Lge1 play off semi finals - quick decisive football played with energy and determination. We’re going to need to match that and if we continue with tippy tappy football we’re going to come unstuck. For my money Challinor is the man to build what we need not only to survive but to challenge for a top spot.

These players should not forget the supporters are their bread and butter. Distance yourself from the fans and turn them against you and you are on a slippery slope. The majority of last season’s team did little to endear themselves either in their effort, their displays or their arrogant attitude towards the club and its supporters. I’ve been a supporter for 70 years and have never known it as bad as last season and there have been some pretty lean times. The difference is those players gave their all on the pitch, the problem is they weren’t very good but nobody could criticise their commitment. The same could not be said about this current crop. You only had to observe the body language during and after the match. Things need to change.