Loans 2025/26

[davieG]

I know he's 34 but Matty James might be a decent option to bring in as Captain I'm sure he could do a decent job in L1

[coolhandfox]

6 hours ago, honeybradger said:

Our academy produces leaders, our recruitment team signs pansies.

 

Who came to apologise to fans the other day? Lascelles, Choudhury and Page, 2 out of 3 academy players. Look at the way Braybrooke has turned his career around after a nightmare loan and injury. Evans went to a relegation battling league one side at 17. Jayden Joseph, Wilson Brown both establishing themselves in league 2 at a young ages.

 

These are players with the required mentality, not some 30 year old league one journeyman whose going to "lay down the law". 

 

The thing is we looked decent in pre season, lots of energy and players trying to prove themselves. Those standards were set by the young lads like Joseph,  Wilson Brown, Aluko, Page looking to prove themselves and it got ruined by the senior lads coming in and taking back their place without having to fight for it.

 

Experienced players reduce footballing standards because they retain their position in the team through dressing room hierarchy rather than footballing ability and desire. The way we fix the mentality at this club is through playing a young group of players who are competitive and hungry to prove themselves and by bringing in a manager who backs them and doesn't default to relying on experience.

How that working out for Chelsea?

 

You need a blend of both, nothing wrong with experience if it the right ones.

 

We have just pick the wrong ones, look at the impact the like of Milner and Welbeck have had at Brighton.

 

You also need the right manager who pick a team based on performance not hierarchy.

 

The majority of the squad should young upwardly mobile players with a few seniors pros, our balance is wrong at the moment with to many players in the latter bracket. 

 

 

 

Edited 23 April by coolhandfox

[orangecity23]

Pearson was very good at bringing in the right kind of experienced old pros with the right attitudes- players like Berner, Powell, Phillips, Wasilewski, Hammond 

[Rubbersoul]

 
only just seen this from Evans at the weekend 

[JimJams]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

I know he's 34 but Matty James might be a decent option to bring in as Captain I'm sure he could do a decent job in L1

 He's got another year at Wrexham, so why bother?

[moore_94]

Yesterdays Result - Thursday 24th April

 

DFB Pokal Semi Final:

 

Bilal El Khannouss (8.0 - 1 assist - 57 mins) - Stuttgart 2-1 Freiburg AET

[AjcW]

14 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Yesterdays Result - Thursday 24th April

 

DFB Pokal Semi Final:

 

Bilal El Khannouss (8.0 - 1 assist - 57 mins) - Stuttgart 2-1 Freiburg AET

Come on mate, you've missed the key detail that he came off after vomming all over the centre circle  

[moore_94]

39 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Come on mate, you've missed the key detail that he came off after vomming all over the centre circle  

I was tempted to put it 

[Lambert09]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

Yesterdays Result - Thursday 24th April

 

DFB Pokal Semi Final:

 

Bilal El Khannouss (8.0 - 1 assist - 57 mins) - Stuttgart 2-1 Freiburg AET

I thought they confirmed the deal has been activated? 

[moore_94]

17 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

I thought they confirmed the deal has been activated? 

Still doesn’t go through until the summer

[moore_94]

Evans on the bench for Northampton vs Cardiff

 

Alves back in the squad on the bench for Huddersfield vs Mansfield

 

Braybrooke starting for Chesterfield vs Crewe

 

Opoku not in the squad for Newport vs Oldham

[Rubbersoul]

20 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Evans on the bench for Northampton vs Cardiff

 

Alves back in the squad on the bench for Huddersfield vs Mansfield

 

Braybrooke starting for Chesterfield vs Crewe

 

Opoku not in the squad for Newport vs Oldham

Was Alves just injured and nothing was ever said? 

[County Fox]

Braybroke is having a good game for Chesterfield. He can replace Winks next season if he plays like this most weeks. He takes up similar positions to what Winks does and looks to dictate the play

[moore_94]

17 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Was Alves just injured and nothing was ever said? 

Wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case

[JimJams]

According to Hudds fans he's not been injured just left out.

[Rubbersoul]

Alves subbed on at HT if anyone fancies watching 

[Rubbersoul]

Evans just scored an absolute beauty! Basically his first touch. What a talent 

[davieG]

Jake Evans scores for Northampton but they’re losing 4-1 to promoted Cardiff 

[Rubbersoul]

1 minute ago, Rubbersoul said:

Evans just scored an absolute beauty! Basically his first touch. What a talent 

My picture is so bad I thought that went in the top corner. Still a fantastic goal haha

Edited 25 April by Rubbersoul

[moore_94]

No Opoku but scenes in the Newport game

 

90+19 winner

[LVFox]

Think this has been the most positive thread of the season (not hard). But Braybrooke has been immense all season in differing circumstances. Evans seems to have shown enough talent for him to be in our first team squad next year too. 

[brookfox]

Swindon lost 4-0 and Wilson-Brown subbed at HT.

[ClaphamFox]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Jake Evans scores for Northampton but they’re losing 4-1 to promoted Cardiff 

Three minutes after coming on.

[Rubbersoul]

 
Such a good finish. Hopefully plenty of game time next season

[TommyK]

On 23/04/2026 at 10:28, AKCJ said:

I disagree.

 

I know people think that we shouldn't sign experience because of how awful the likes of Coady, Ayew, BDCR etc were but a side with a majority of players fresh out of youth football will absolutely need some experience around them.

 

I'm not talking experience for experience's sake but quality players who have been there and done it with the motivation to keep doing it.

 

We absolutely do need to sign some players who are going to come here and lay down the law and point out shit behaviour.

Agreed. We absolutely need a dirty bugger in midfield or up front.