lcfcsnow Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Firstly, I'm a big fan of Pearson's but his signings this season leave alot to be desired. Last season we brought in a number of exciting young players (Hobbs, Morrison, Gilbert, Davies, Cleverley) which kept up the momentum throughout the season and helped keep us at the top. But it was evident towards the end of the season when there was no Cleverley, no Davies, Gilbert had returned to Arsenal, that we missed their guile and pace in those positions. As an ex defender, I'd expect Pearson to be able to acquire a better calibre of player than Brown, Neilson and McGivern. Attacks start from the defence, so a a huge huge problem for us. If we seriously scouted Robbie Neilson before signing him surely we should be be questioning the scout?!?! Wellens started brilliantly but has faded, though he has performed considerably better than Oakley throughout. N'Guessan is a decent impact sub but is he better than Gradel or Adams? He is bigger and stronger than the two, this seems to be the main criteria we looked at in the Summer which is disappointing. Where is the pace? We have none. He has shown no indication of knowing what he needs up front in this league. Howard is clearly not good enough and I think Pearson recognizes this but no one else apart from Waghorn for 4 or 5 games has made any effect with Fryatt. If Fryatt can only play with a target man, imagine how he'd play if he was playing with a good target man! Kermorgant was on trial for 2-3 months before we signed him, he played a few games, was even taken off against Forest about 20 minutes and then we offered him a 3 year contract?! If he didn't want to agree a short term contract we should have left it at that. Why we spent over 1 million on Gallacher, a striker he had no intention of playing up front is also questionable. Half way through the transfer window already, I'm hoping Pearson can correct some of his above mistakes.
Tilley Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Kermo has hardly set the world alight. Neilson is shit and McGivern is 100x worse. Finally, if we paid the rumoured £1 million for Gallagher then what a fucking waste of money.
Matt Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Kermo has hardly set the world alight.Neilson is shit and McGivern is 100x worse. Finally, if we paid the rumoured £1 million for Gallagher then what a fucking waste of money. Gotta agree. Gallagher is a waste of money how Pearson is currently using him, I still say put him upfront and he will score.
smudger63 Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 To be fair to wellens, i think hes become increasingly frustrated with the ball flying over his head. I think when we`ve got the ball down and played, and hes seen plenty of the ball, like at QPR, he has been one of our better players.
Legend_in_blue Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Re: Gallagher... £1 million pound players will not get you out of this league. Simple as.
Jimmy Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Re: Gallagher... £1 million pound players will not get you out of this league.Simple as. I give you Steven Edward Claridge - bought for £1.2m I think he got us out of this league once ...
Unabomber Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Wellens is awesome, Gallagher is playing out of position, Kermo needs a few more games under his belt, Neilson gets fucking hammered down the wing due to Oakley cutting in which leaves him as our option on the right wing which he is terrible at. McGivern is fucking wank I will give you that.
Ultra Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Gotta agree.Gallagher is a waste of money how Pearson is currently using him, I still say put him upfront and he will score. But the Howard/Fryatt fanboys wouldn't like it...
UrbanFox Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Kermo has hardly set the world alight.Neilson is shit and McGivern is 100x worse. Finally, if we paid the rumoured £1 million for Gallagher then what a fucking waste of money. Totally agree Why kermo was given a 3 year deal i dont know? from what i have seen all he has done good in a city shirt was head it on to dany to score against Swansea in the cup and thats it! He is a striker and still to score? Dont even get me started on Ryan McGivern. im better than him! and im a shit sunday league player! Gallys a forward and need to be playing as a forward! why spend the best part of a million quid on a player to play him out of position? I am pro Pearson and in Pearson I trust! but this seasons signings have been a bit hit and miss.
Sylvie85 Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 McGivern has been poor, I think wellens is a good player if we play the ball around but when we just hoof it he must get frustrated. Neilson hasn't cut it for me and just proves how poor the scottish league is. But considering this we're 7th in the league with an actual real chance of play off's if someone had of said that at the start of the season i'd of thought he was joking.
Legend_in_blue Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 I give you Steven Edward Claridge - bought for £1.2m I think he got us out of this league once ... That was 14 years ago. Inflation.
milan_foxes Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Kerrea Gilbert join Peterboro on loan yesterday, played full 90 today.
Pete_foxes Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Come on guys, this critisism of the team is not needed, your acting like spoilt brats, Be greatful for what our players have achieved this season as a whole as I for one thought we would be languishing at the bottom end of the championship at the start of the season, instead we find ourselves over half of the season gone and a realisitic chance of making the play-offs or being there abouts come the end of the season. I think the critisism of Kermorgant is unfair, the guy has hardly played!! Gallagher has looked lively on occasions although he has not scored as many as I had hoped I have no doubt he will be a good player for us. Remember the shower of shit players we used to buy in the not so distant past, e.g. Josh Low and Andy Johnson?
Budweiser Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Come on guys, this critisism of the team is not needed, your acting like spoilt brats, Be greatful for what our players have achieved this season as a whole as I for onethought we would be languishing at the bottom end of the championship at the start of the season, instead we find ourselves over half of the season gone and a realisitic chance of making the play-offs or being there abouts come the end of the season. I think the critisism of Kermorgant is unfair, the guy has hardly played!! Gallagher has looked lively on occasions although he has not scored as many as I had hoped I have no doubt he will be a good player for us. Remember the shower of shit players we used to buy in the not so distant past, e.g. Josh Low and Andy Johnson? Listen to this man, he speaks alot more sense than most of you
ramboacdc Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 I give you Steven Edward Claridge - bought for £1.2m I think he got us out of this league once ... back in the days when 1 million pounds was a lot of money though
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 This thread just goes to show how fickle football fans really are. We really have little to complain about... Granted when Brunos out we struggle at full back, but apart from that the squad needs no tweaking. A few defeats, and suddenly people question Nigels signings. Compared to recent seasons he's made some astute aquisitions. Whether we've overachieved or not so far (I don't believe we have btw...) - we have no grounds for complaint. We'll be in top 6 or thereabouts come May, which will be a tremendous achievement - arguably more so than last season. I wonder if people will complain then....?
Corky Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Some of Pearson's signings have been what we expected, but that's the gamble. We haven't wasted millions like other clubs, we've made good purchases in the last 18 months and have a solid team. Hobbs, Weale, Morrison, Dyer and Berner have all, on the whole, been very good acquisitions, with King coming through and Fryatt turned around completely. His good decisions far outweigh the bad.
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Exactly - he's had to work within certain parameters, budgets and limitations. It's become increasingly clear Milan isn't going to throw £2-3m + on players willy nilly - altho I bet the majority of us thought he might when took over. The fact is there are quite a lot of clubs who have more financial muscle in this league than we do... hence you see the Browns of this world (thats not a negative btw, I like Brown!), and loanees... Your always going to get a few duffers (even Arsene and Sir Alex havent got squeeky clean records in the transfer markets), but on the whole he's certainly exceeded expectations - signings and how we find ourselves at this current point...
midfield Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 wellens is a class act on the ball i tnink kermogat not seen enough of him nilesen and mcgiven are both crap n gessen not really good enough but worth a go from the bench gallagher waste of some good money all in all prob not good enough two out of six
caz123 Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Come on guys, this critisism of the team is not needed, your acting like spoilt brats, Be greatful for what our players have achieved this season as a whole as I for onethought we would be languishing at the bottom end of the championship at the start of the season, instead we find ourselves over half of the season gone and a realisitic chance of making the play-offs or being there abouts come the end of the season. I think the critisism of Kermorgant is unfair, the guy has hardly played!! Gallagher has looked lively on occasions although he has not scored as many as I had hoped I have no doubt he will be a good player for us. Remember the shower of shit players we used to buy in the not so distant past, e.g. Josh Low and Andy Johnson?
CosbehFox Posted 16 January 2010 Posted 16 January 2010 Always difficult to sign players of note if you're expected to perform poorly. All the top clubs prefer their lads at successful clubs to ensure their confidence isn't dented.
bald reynard Posted 17 January 2010 Posted 17 January 2010 Firstly, I'm a big fan of Pearson's but his signings this season leave alot to be desired.Last season we brought in a number of exciting young players (Hobbs, Morrison, Gilbert, Davies, Cleverley) which kept up the momentum throughout the season and helped keep us at the top. But it was evident towards the end of the season when there was no Cleverley, no Davies, Gilbert had returned to Arsenal, that we missed their guile and pace in those positions. As an ex defender, I'd expect Pearson to be able to acquire a better calibre of player than Brown, Neilson and McGivern. Attacks start from the defence, so a a huge huge problem for us. If we seriously scouted Robbie Neilson before signing him surely we should be be questioning the scout?!?! Wellens started brilliantly but has faded, though he has performed considerably better than Oakley throughout. N'Guessan is a decent impact sub but is he better than Gradel or Adams? He is bigger and stronger than the two, this seems to be the main criteria we looked at in the Summer which is disappointing. Where is the pace? We have none. He has shown no indication of knowing what he needs up front in this league. Howard is clearly not good enough and I think Pearson recognizes this but no one else apart from Waghorn for 4 or 5 games has made any effect with Fryatt. If Fryatt can only play with a target man, imagine how he'd play if he was playing with a good target man! Kermorgant was on trial for 2-3 months before we signed him, he played a few games, was even taken off against Forest about 20 minutes and then we offered him a 3 year contract?! If he didn't want to agree a short term contract we should have left it at that. Why we spent over 1 million on Gallacher, a striker he had no intention of playing up front is also questionable. Half way through the transfer window already, I'm hoping Pearson can correct some of his above mistakes. Completely agree with you. I think virtually all of Pearson's signings this season have been pretty much a waste of money (Gallagher and N'Guessan cost a fair bit and Neilson is on big wages, Wellens has seriously 'lost his way' - even McGivern's loan signing has been a bit of a disaster). The only exception is Weale - and he probably was a Stowell 'signing'. Perhaps equally important have been the signings he could have made but didn't - Cleverley, Gilbert etc - and the players he could have given a much fairer 'crack of the whip' to - Wesolowski, Adams, Gradel - even DJ. I think the 'jury is still out' on this side of NP's 'game'.
Babylon Posted 17 January 2010 Posted 17 January 2010 Hilarious that these threads pop up after a loss, suddenly lambasting all his signings and his work in the transfer market. Short memories.
Jimmy Posted 17 January 2010 Posted 17 January 2010 its wasn't a case of could of signed Cleverley but didn't Manchester United wouldn't let us, for 2 reasons, 1. we couldn't guarantee him a starting place and 2. Fergie doesn't like his young players getting too familiar with other clubs
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