ItzzOwl

When he’s on the ball, I get the same confident feeling as when BB’s on it. Doesn’t matter where it is on the pitch, just feel like we aren’t in danger

Think Fusire is really starting to grow into the team now. Liking the potential at the moment for him at RWB

If we end up losing Charles in summer, I’d have no problem with us bringing him back as first choice next season, especially on assumption we are likely to go down.

Think now is a perfect opportunity to bring out all and any Wednesday songs, Let’s make the evening about us, the club, the fans, the players, the manager, our club. Would be bliss to keep our previous tenant out of frame.

If we are allowed to, would be a no brainer. The squad is being worked into the ground, no need to actively choose to run them further into it, if we can bring some bodies in, whether it’s 6 months or not. Still some decent bottom champ / top league one players available on a free (admittedly I assume there will be issues with a portion of them, being without a club at this stage) but we aren’t exactly the most attractive proposition either. Could it be feasible to offer short term deals with option from club to extend if deemed feasible. Same with loans, a great chance to show the clubs above that we can treat there players well. Get the opportunity in now, and then if we set a positive impression, it’ll only do us well next season. Not saying it’ll suddenly send us on an immense run, but, our squad is paper thin. (For what it’s worth, they are still leaving everything on the pitch too, so will only get worse you’d imagine with injuries and fatigue)

If that’s the Waltons, who on earth is it with sunglasses on, looks the part like

Be nice to have something for HP. Feel like under all the shambles, he’s not had much. A strong crowd giving him the backing would be nice

I’m baffled - how have we got one across the line, and genuinely, even if he is on paper a good prospect, how will one signing make much difference?

They have had great success, aided by making the correct decisions. people don’t like it, because it’s successful and it’s not the club they support. fair play to them, it’s worked wonders. Championship is another step, but they seem to be gearing up to give it a go.

The starting line up on paper, isn’t genuinely that shabby, we’ve some good players at this level, combined with some youngsters who can do a job. beyond that is the issue, we’ve barely any senior pros so to speak on the bench, we’re relying heavily on young lads, and we really don’t have much scope for actual rotation. as the season goes on, the players get more miles in there legs, there will be suspensions and injuries, and then fixture congestion. it’s going to be a slog. Of which I’ve zero doubt the lads will give it there all, but realistically we are in the championship, deemed one of, if not the hardest division in the world. hopefully we uncover some gems, that can help build a brighter future down the line

In terms of new bodies (if it happens), I see the logic with getting some older heads in. They’ll help navigate what will be a tough ride for the younger lads, and these younger lads who are likely to be around the first team squad, will be able to learn bits from them. that and we have minimal depth too, so a few injury’s / suspensions and we won’t be far off naming our under 21’s, with who knows on the bench. An ideal world would have been taken over early in the summer, stack the squad out with decent free’s and loans, and limit the amount of players we’ve had to let go. Unfortunately we are in anything but an ideal world, so at this stage, a body is a body

Mass protesting of games will be a tricky one, there will be people, genuinely, who don’t see the information. they might dislike everything going on with the ownership, but don’t use forums, watch news channels, read news etc. If it wasn’t for owlstalk, I wouldn’t have a clue about anything happening, or at least very rarely, as I don’t actively use Twitter which seems to be another strong platform for it.

There’s nothing wrong with some of these younger lads getting minutes in the league, if anything I suspect we will need them out there, unless we get bodies in. however, a big difference between bedding them, and just launching them in and expecting it to work. if the answer was using a squad of players of that age, from the academy, then every club would be doing it as first priority, which isn’t the case. yes, we’ve not had a great track record of giving them a chance, which needs to improve, but letting 1 or 2 have a run out, with the senior heads, is different from letting 9-10 have a run out together. there’s signs of good potential there, but let’s be realistic, under normal circumstances, we’d have done transfer business and a lot of these would have gone out on loan, with maybe the odd one making a cameo. it’s a great opportunity for them to make a claim for a spot, and I hope some of them are able to do just that, because it would be a glimmer in an utterly miserable period. No issues with some getting minutes this weekend either, we have a small squad, it’ll happen. there’s nothing wrong with getting a loan in, if it’s done effectively, as you’re normally plugging a gap or getting someone out of the typical price range. Charles last season is a great example. I suspect in hindsight there isn’t going to be many shouting that we shouldn’t have got him, he was outstanding.

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Fair play to him and others for staying. Gonna be a tough slog, but sounds like the players are committed to giving it a go