TheGreatNebber

Goes to Southampton in the summer. Gets them promoted next season. Bottom 3 in the Premier League in October 2026, gets sacked. I can see why he'd want to get away from Chansiri and a promotion on the CV is always nice (albeit with a parachute money asterisk) but I can't see how him going to Southampton is a good career move.

Good result last night and up to 12th for the time being but for me this still stands; Hull are awful but we missed chances and had Beadle to thank for a couple of worldy saves. We don't score enough, we give away silly goals and we're a few injuries / recalls (Bannan / Charles / Bernard) away from having a real problem. Every point towards survival is key and we could still get dragged back into it.

Not personally convinced we're not in a relegation battle.

Bit late to the party on this one but I went to this on Monday and have a few observations. Joey Phuthi needs to work on his final ball and he could be a very good player. There seemed a much larger crowd in than the last couple of U21/3 derby games I've been to there, maybe because There was an impeccably observed minutes silence for George Baldock before kick off. They used to let you pay on the door but now you need to go to the ticket office and specify home or away supporter. Despite this there didn't seem to be much segregation inside the ground. Whereas I don't hold that all lades fans are thick, there were a few the other night that tested that opinion.

While I'm in agreement with the OP I do think they have a bit of an advantage over us in terms of location. They have a very successful model of scouting overseas talent, polishing them up and then selling them on at a profit but for me being able to say that they are 'London by the sea' and that the player can live in London is an advantage over trying to sell Sheffield to someone as a new home. An advantage London clubs have more generally except for when it comes to the big North West teams. .

well let's hope he can make good on his statement

Ubgo is of course a 'forward' player and by default will have to play as our main striker in some games this season in rotation with Smith, Cadz and Fletcher but I don't think he's an out and out striker and I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if he gets to double figures.

I think that individually all four players we've brought in are decent and will do a good job and should improve the matchday 16 but.... None of them are strikers and we need someone who can score 10+ goals to have any chance of staying up. We needed players in early. The latest two won't be up to speed until mid to late February and games are running out. All four are on loan so contribute zero to any long term strategy or plan. Huge rebuilding job (again!) in the summer. We've lost a player who would at least have played with some pride in Byers but not managed to offload deadwood Hendrick or players clearly not in Danny's plans like Gregory and James.

Didn't know that, cheers.

Isn't Beadle also included as an under 21 player? I thought he was about 19.

he'll be 28 by the summer and with his injury record would probably want a three year deal somewhere. I guess only time will tell though.

Out of contract in the summer. He could of course sign an extension but at his age and with his injury record he might be looking for a longer deal than we'd be willing to commit to. He might also excel at Blackpool and put himself in the shop window.

We've now lost Byers, Bakinson and Buckley from the midfield this window. You can argue about their relative quality but that's 3 out and so far, zero in.

He'll be out of contract in the summer. Could sign an extension but no guarantee.

odds on we're in League 1 again next season and we'll be saying we need a Byers type player. All this 'in Röhl we trust' stuff people keep saying is fine but if we go down, will he still be here?