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Owls v Plymouth Argyle Matchday Thread
TheBoyBeevers replied to Holmowl's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Windass and Bannan both benefited immeasurably from Ingelsson. His forward forays created little pockets of space all over the place in the middle and final third. So many excellent individual performances, but the balance of the team was the thing that excited me most yesterday, and if we can maintain it will give our better technical players like Bannan and Windass the opportunity to thrive. -
What impressed you most v Plymouth?
TheBoyBeevers replied to dannybgoode's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Intensity. The whole thing was purposeful and played at pace. In and out of possession, for the full 96 mins. Don’t remember us setting up like that in a very, very long time. -
Neither a criticism not a defence of the club per se, but another reason I hate modern football and what it has turned into. We’re in a rat race spending millions on a player just this week, and paying most of our players many thousands of pounds a week. And yet we’ve got independent experts saying our infrastructure has the potential to lead to loss of life and the almost universal agreement is that cost is prohibitive. And I get that, I really do. But the prioritisation is a depressing indictment of what football has become- our club (and others, it isn’t whataboutery to say other clubs such as QPR have stands which have similar issues from my experience) is almost compelled to channel our revenue straight into first team expenditure. The more direct criticism of the club is that LL and the North Stand are unsustainable, and yet there remains no plan on what we do next. Repeatedly reducing capacity is not a long term strategy or solution.
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I don’t think we’ve had a string of overseas central midfielders play for us, so it’s a bit of a red herring comment IMO. We’ve not had many succeed or fail, we've just not had very many, period. Excluding foreign nationals brought from British clubs (Semedo, Bannan, Abdi, FDB etc), it’s only Momo Diaby, Lopez, Pelupessy and Paul Corry off the top of my head in the last decade. Maybe a few short term loans I’ve forgotten.
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As has been said, I’m just glad we’re underdogs. For the derby games and the season as a whole. They might get straight back up, but when you’ve followed Sheffield football for a while you do get these occasional seasons where you have a sense that the pendulum is swinging. And this season feels like the start of that to me.
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Smartening up the Ground
TheBoyBeevers replied to We are all Wednesday's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
Pigs ripped the ******** out of us a good few years back when (I think) Lee Strafford organised a day where fans helped repaint some steps and do a few tidy ups. I’d be all for something similar- we have a lot of fans who would donate their time and skills around the ground. We’re a community club and always have been, always will be. It won’t solve some of the macro issues we clearly have with Hillsborough but there is absolutely improvements that could be made just with some free man power IMO. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
Their squad is so paper thin it’s (putting aside the blue and white specs) scary. Championship is a long old season, we had a squad of 25+ pros last year and had periods of time where we were still short. As did most teams. And several of their players (Tom Davies, Shackleton, Brewster, Norrington Davies etc) have terrible injury records as it is. They could still sign 6-8 experienced players, plenty of time. But their inability to get players in so far doesn’t bode well for them at all. If it was happening here they’d be laughing their ******** off. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
I enjoy the fact you took the time to edit this, and yet the end product still reads like I’ve asked AI to show me what a piece of luncheon meat would write like. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
Maybe, or one made possible by the Bogle sale. -
Obviously helped by the fact he has so much capital, but Röhl’s seeming ability to manage upwards with DC is another feather in his cap.
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Needs to be somebody with some knackers. My view on the Foden/Bellingham ‘problem’ was that Southgate is a nice guy who would never have had the stones to drop one and shoulder the media and fan frenzy as soon as we lost a game with a top quality player sitting on then bench. It’s crying out for somebody who will make tough decisions and not give a flying one if he gets roasted in the media as a result. Basically the sort of robust character that the FA have never, and probably will never appoint.
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We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
Cooper would be the first signing i’d be impressed by- he has the potential to be a top class keeper, and is at an age where he could be a number 1 for a few years and then make you some serious coin. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
Moore reminds me of us signing Steven Fletcher. Good player, but at his age and on a 3 year deal on very good money we ended up paying the price plus interest further down the line. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
Agree, and they can have all the money in the world but if they can’t get much business done in the summer window, it’ll make the first half of the season an uphill battle and then they’ll get their pants pulled down in the JTW if they want to sign anyone decent. Obviously preference number one is it fails, but preference number two has to be that it takes forever and cooks their pre-season. -
Have you ever doubted a new signing from day 1?
TheBoyBeevers replied to WimJunk's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
I knew Kenny Lunt was going to flop. There’s something about a player being at one club for so long and then making a move. He was quite highly thought of too, but just knew it wouldn’t work out. -
The thing about Southgate is that the players look happy- to me- playing for him. And his major championship records is strong, even if he hasn’t won anything [yet]. It’s a bit of a stick or twist moment if he makes another final especially, because you could replace him with somebody tactically stronger but that same person might not have the players onside to the same extent. On balance, I’d twist with a new manager. But I don’t find it that far fetched that he stays, and that argument is strengthened if he makes another final. The idea of ditching him if we win our first silverware for 60 odd years just because the football is a bit tough going is mad.
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Olaf Kobacki Expected To Sign
TheBoyBeevers replied to SheffWed's topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
The Bizzle and King Monkey are the only ones I can remember for a very long time on here who are genuinely connected in some way and ITK. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
Irrespective of the takeover talk getting around players, the Osborn situation will have. Players talk, and the way they messed him around will hinder them if they’re competing against multiple clubs for players and having to promise them ‘it’s going to happen and then we’ll be offering you X’. Credibility and trustworthiness shot. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
I think players like Egan and McBurnie leaving suggest it’s either a really, really big takeover (and they genuinely will be capable of much better) or that they’re in a lot of bother. Can’t see it being a run of the mill ‘got a bit of cash, not a lot’ potential buyer. -
We’ve gone 99 years but a trophy ain’t won
TheBoyBeevers replied to Big Malc's topic in General Football Chat
I’m sure they’ll spozz their way out of it, but as things stand they’ve got issues everywhere with the keeper situation their biggest headache. Don’t see many/any teams competing at the top end of the league without a reliable no1. Right now, the only goalkeeper they have is the guy who can’t dive. Who Captain Peroni made a big public song and dance about being his number 1.Then dropped him for a player they already knew was leaving. -
I agree with all of this. Southgate’s caution in possession means we move the ball slowly and the players look terrified of playing a creative pass. In any part of the pitch. And his caution out of possession means we basically won’t press. Put the two together and you get the insipid, dull performances we’ve seen. And that’s before you even get to the imbalance of the player selection. Though I do think it’s relevant that we’ve played a few teams that have been very, very happy to sit in. And I’m one- in perhaps a minority on here- that think we’ll look better and more threatening against a stronger team that comes at us a bit more. We’re clearly not going to create space ourselves under Southgate by moving the ball at pace, but we might have it given to us if we play a team that is set up more openly to play.
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We’ve got genuinely world class players in most of our attacking positions, and we’re into the quarters. There’s always hope that we’ll have enough to nick a few more tight games without playing well. But as a team unit, we are so poor it’s frightening. And the fact we’re in the knock out stages of a major competition and we’re talking about experimenting tells us everything you need to know about how effectively we’ve approached the last two years leading into this. We should have plans A, B and C lined up and tested from friendlies and qualifying. Instead we’re basically just repeatedly trying Plan A and relying on Kane or Bellingham individually producing a match winning moment as Plan B.
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Good job it was Röhl and not Chris Wilder.
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New Swedish hero on the way!
TheBoyBeevers replied to Paul..'s topic in Sheffield Wednesday Matchday
He might turn out to be rubbish, I’ll hold judgment on that until he plays. But the profile is exactly the type of signing we should be making. He’s got some pedigree from stints at Udinese and Hansa, is coming into the prime of his career, is seemingly physically robust and at an age where he isn’t at his ceiling and if he’s half decent will have resale value. For where we are as a club, signing a half a dozen of these sorts of players each year is the way forward. 1-2 might struggle, 1-2 might do a job and 1-2 might kick on and either propel us forward and/or be able to be sold to strengthen the squad.