kingfox Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 First I'm not gonna moan about the Squad quality and lack of transfers. But has anybody thought we are going down the Aston Villa route in terms of producing a young squad. Aston Villa the past two summers have continued to sign players under 23, and the way Pearson has acted since coming back as manager, it seems like he is doing exactly the same with our squad. Last season, all of one signing was either under the age of 24 or inexperienced i.e Vardy. The way Pearson talked in his interview recently, he mentioned about the good young squad we have, and if we do make any transfers, do people think he will mostly sign young players again. Would that be a good thing or bad thing, considering teams like Wigan, Bolton and other teams are buying better quality and better experience? Is it better to have a younger squad, stability, and a long term plan in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasty Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 Think you're right. It's quite obvious we're playing the long game now and any times when we thought we may have 'bought' the league are now over. However, with the three relegated sides strengthening considerably plus Bolton and a few others throwing a bit of cash about, I can only see a bit of a spell in mid table for the next season or 2. That opinion may change if we make some quality signings but as it is, I see us finishing somewhere between 8th and 12th. I can only hope that my pessimistic, downbeat nature has got the better of me and I am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherShitSeason Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 You can't win anything with kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry - LCFC Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 You can't win anything with kids We can't afford anything other than kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 You can't win anything with kids Thanks Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burbage Fox Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 I agree with the young squad however what happens if in 2 years we are still mid table in championship and the owners go enough is enough and pull out, leaving us with a massive debt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasty Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 If we signed perhaps 3 proven, experienced Championship campaigners who knew what it took to get promoted and knew how to bring the kids on then I'd instantly revise my prediction to play offs at least. We have the youth in place, but who is there to carry them through when times are tough, especially away from home? Wes? Nuge? Kasper? All decent players but only the latter I would say has any kind of authority about them. Get the wise heads in and this team can go far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 You can't win anything with kids Apart from a World War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 You can't win anything with kids http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Manchester_United_F.C._season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loggy88 Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 I like plenty of youth in the side but then would want 2 or 3 older wiser heads in there. When i say older like 27/28 year olds. I think we lacked a bit of experience last season which was one of the reasons for us not going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 First I'm not gonna moan about the Squad quality and lack of transfers. But has anybody thought we are going down the Aston Villa route in terms of producing a young squad. Aston Villa the past two summers have continued to sign players under 23, and the way Pearson has acted since coming back as manager, it seems like he is doing exactly the same with our squad. Last season, all of one signing was either under the age of 24 or inexperienced i.e Vardy. The way Pearson talked in his interview recently, he mentioned about the good young squad we have, and if we do make any transfers, do people think he will mostly sign young players again. Would that be a good thing or bad thing, considering teams like Wigan, Bolton and other teams are buying better quality and better experience? Is it better to have a younger squad, stability, and a long term plan in place? Well, that's good of you seeing as they're an actual impossibility unless we get the wage bill down significantly wither through offloading the likes of Wellens, Gally, Danns, SSL etc or as a last resort loaning them out & probably paying a portion of their ridiculous wages. Like who? Besides Wigan have £23m parachute payment + what they raise from selling a few key players, Bolton are beneficiaries of a huge parachute payment too, signings they make compared to what we're able to make (IF we offload the overpaid non-contributors) are not comparable, but if you think the signing the likes of Mills & Beckford from us is actually quality, then we must have different views on quality. Personally I'd go for the long term plan every time, we've tried buying quality, spent a fortune on it, really restricting our future and in particular what we can do this season whereas Pearson goes around things the right, and importantly a sustainable way to ensure we even exist as a club in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny the fox Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 I the long run we are all dead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 However, with the three relegated sides strengthening considerably plus Bolton and a few others throwing a bit of cash about, I can only see a bit of a spell in mid table for the next season or 2. What an exciting prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen10 Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 A lot of people are getting hung up on having a young side. If you look at Schmeichel, Morgan, Konchesky, Dyer, King, Nugent - all experienced players at this level and those guys made up half the first team more often than not. I think we almost had the perfect balance of youth and experience last season, perhaps having another experienced CB alongside Wes rather than throwing young Keane in at the deep end would have been a better way to go. Now the younger players have had a year of first team football, in some cases their first full season, they can only learn from it and get better as well as build a good understanding with the rest of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horse's Mouth Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 God why haven't we signed anyone???????Pearson out!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbelladave Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 Odd thread this. For the first 10 or 11 weeks of last season we put out a fairly young side playing, (for us and NFP) a radically different style of play and despite an early hiccup or two very successfully too. By October we were top of the league and, perhaps surprisingly, every single player that played in those games are still with us, even at the time of writing, Beckford. Just find out what we did right, and do more of it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox42 Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 Even if we did sign anyone now, I reckon it'll be too late. 25 days to go... And if we want youth call up our babies down the academy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 9 July 2013 Share Posted 9 July 2013 You can't win anything with kids Thats not what Jimmy Saville said. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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