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Forest have little option but to spend money because they’ve lost nearly half their team: Davies, Garner, Spence, Zinckernagel and (probably) Samba.
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Forest have little option but to spend money because they’ve lost nearly half their team: Davies, Garner, Spence, Zinckernagel and (probably) Samba.
New Forest Cherry
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if we don't spend millions on a player I don't see that as accepting relegation, more like being realistic and living within our means
if that means facilitating the training ground and ultimately max's exit, so be it
I'd rather the club take that approach than be cavalier with the finances in an attempt to stay up
and if I had some inside knowledge the last thing I'd do is share the source [or it's context, whatever that means] on here
KingKieffer
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by context I was just asking out of interest if he had any info on what the general direction of the club is right now ie is the low budget due to Max trying to facilitate his exit and recoup as much as possible. Was not asking him to post his source, of course he wouldn’t do that.
KingKieffer
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I’m not speculating. I’m asking a poster who claims to have inside knowledge whether any of the above to be true. If we have a poster with inside knowledge I’m intrigued to know as much as possible about the direction we are going in and the reasons behind it. No harm in asking him, after all he doesn’t have to answer if he doesn’t wish to.
Hillviewred
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Yes you ****************,you bet with another poster on here and I assume your username is after the racehorse,so I said bookies in jest
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Hillviewred
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Personally I think he’s full of it
New Forest Cherry
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New Forest Cherry
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A week or so ago Alex Crook, who I think is usually quite reliable, suggested we'd be bringing in 4 or 5 more players
no suggestions of who they were or if fees were involved
if that's true then at least it's a sign of some intent to make a fist of it next season
no suggestions of who they were or if fees were involved
if that's true then at least it's a sign of some intent to make a fist of it next season
To answer your question i don't know about the training ground or other matters atm.we were discussing a player and I was told money was tight and there wouldn't be to much to spend. Max had the club up for sale but dont know if that still is the case.
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zigger zaggar
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I think the squad we have is good enough to stay up.
MB1980
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He wasn;t good enough, overall. Part of it is pace, but plenty of average to slow or relatively weak strikers have made it at this level before.
Strength is a bit of a thing of the past anyway, what with diets, resistance training etc, anyone can have that side of their game improved to an acceptable level.
Used to be a trope you'd hear years back. 'He was an incredible player talent wise, just not big/strong enough.' Basically absolute b0ll0cks, at least in this era, as if a player had that much ability, professional coaches could improve that over a year or two. Stick pretty much any adult on a decent weight training routine and diet and they'd go from lifting say 10kg chest dumbells to 30kg in a year. Obiovusly would need a balanced routine, but theres no way that wouldn;t get someone to at least minimum required strength, particularly as overall strength not as important in football compared to something like rugby.
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Sleepy Cherry
First Team
Yes. Another left back and and centre back would help us on our journey, though.
personally I'm not against low spending this season, I am glad the training ground is back on and also I don't begrudge max recouping some of the money he is owed. this time round we have players with PL experience and staff with PL experience if we do get relagated at end of season then in theory we wouldn't have to sell to balance the books. as we have learnt during our last stay in top flight a transfer fee doesn't mean success
kirsikka
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One thing we seem to be really lacking from the current starting XI is a dead ball specialist.
Tavernier started well but seemed to get progressively worse over the matches to the point that Lewis Cook was taking corners against Fulham. For free kicks, we know Billing can ping them (or spot a cheeky pass) but he doesn't exactly strike fear into an opponent when he lines one up.
For a team playing low risk attacking football it's actually a crucial part of the game. I wonder if Rothwell is the answer? A quick Google showed up some assists from corners and free kicks for him.
Still not sure where he fits into the team in this system but when he does finally get on, it'll be interesting to see if he immediately takes over dead ball duties.
Tavernier started well but seemed to get progressively worse over the matches to the point that Lewis Cook was taking corners against Fulham. For free kicks, we know Billing can ping them (or spot a cheeky pass) but he doesn't exactly strike fear into an opponent when he lines one up.
For a team playing low risk attacking football it's actually a crucial part of the game. I wonder if Rothwell is the answer? A quick Google showed up some assists from corners and free kicks for him.
Still not sure where he fits into the team in this system but when he does finally get on, it'll be interesting to see if he immediately takes over dead ball duties.
KingKieffer
Star Player
Cook put a few brilliant balls into the box from set pieces on Saturday. I was shocked at how decent his delivery was.
I think there is more chance of one of us on here getting an appearance before Dembele
