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posted on 19/12/23

"but I personally think he is the right man for our current predicament."

He half the cause for me

comment by ifarka, (U8182)

posted on 19/12/23

The owners,

They have wasted all the cash. We are without wriggle room.

The owners are worth billions, it is not personally an issue for them, but we now have to sell any / all academy assets to raise cash ( pure profit players) to be FFP compliant first.

It is easier for them to buy new players on the strap, load the club with debt and then amortize the fee over the contract.

May seem like a great idea if you an accountant, buying players that supposedly may one day be worth 2/3 time more than you paid for them.

The issue is the bit in middle, how do this little gems sparkle in a poor side, its a chicken & egg situation. Which comes first ?

We essentially have a squad of prospects, nothing wrong with prospects, you've got to start somewhere, but, these young lads need role models , guidance, leadership and success in order to turn the fleeting glimpses ( Mf) of potential into confident , assured footballing ability.

Loading them with pressure, as the young players at CFc are under imo is not the best way to build a team or get the best out of them.

Poch, i rate him as decent, but he really needs to get a tune out of what he has by the end of the season.

The squad/ signings , well where are the sporting directors in all this?

Or are the accountants & Tod really pushing who & why we buy?

I have mentioned this previously, imo, when the owners sacked Tuschel ( as he didnt share the Bohley- Clearlake vision ) & we lost C/L status the owners lost control of the situation.

The damage was done in the first 8 months whilst Bohley was intrim sporting director.

What is Cfc worth today ?

Its not worth the 3.5 bln these clowns have thrown at the club

The reality is currently we are not a top team / elite club.

It took 50 years for Bates, Harding & Abramovich to build the club Bohley- Clearlake took over.

They have taken it back 30 years in 19 months

posted on 19/12/23

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 42 minutes ago
"but I personally think he is the right man for our current predicament."

He half the cause for me
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Not sure that's totally fair. What can he do with these players. Do we really want to go back to parking the bus? He's trying to play possession based, expansive football and we need patience with him. But the owners also have to listen to who he wants to buy, not go around splashing cash on players who don't answer the shortcomings in our squad. We need players for now.

comment by Devil (U6522)

posted on 19/12/23

I have mentioned this previously, imo, when the owners sacked Tuschel ( as he didnt share the Bohley- Clearlake vision ) & we lost C/L status the owners lost control of the situation.
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Among all the numerous things moronic about that decision, that's when they (arrogantly) chucked away what could've been their shield. It's been seen numerous times, currently being seen at Liverpool, a world class manager can paper over every crack you have & buy you time. I think they might've passively realised this when they brought a club legend back as interim, the other (more transparent) way to buy favour/time.

Not the perfect shield by any means, he's a bit of a headache, but the previous ownership dealt with him fine so it was possible.

comment by ifarka, (U8182)

posted on 19/12/23

Imo, they are currently treading water, they will try to sell as many assets as they can in the next two windows to raise the FFP compliance money.

Hopefully they will bring in a couple of players ( the right ones ) but seriously im not going to hold my breath on who they bring.

After that blame the sporting directors & maybe Poch for the poor progression. someones going to carry the can for sure

posted on 19/12/23

Defo the owners and their transfer strategy

posted on 19/12/23

Injuries and bad finishing.

comment by ifarka, (U8182)

posted on 19/12/23

Nick, we do have 30 players in the squad and have spent 1.1 bln pounds, whilst simultaneously ransacking the academy to have the squad we have ?

posted on 19/12/23

We don't have 30 players though. We've had about 14 fit at times.

Look at our benches for some games this season.

No point spending money if that money sits on the treatment table.

If we bought messi and mbappe and both were injured would the expectations still be the same? no.

our bench v bournemouth included maatsen, petrovic, washinton,gilchrist,bergstrom,matos, stutter


posted on 19/12/23

comment by Eric_Draven (U20260)
posted 3 hours, 52 minutes ago
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 42 minutes ago
"but I personally think he is the right man for our current predicament."

He half the cause for me
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Not sure that's totally fair. What can he do with these players. Do we really want to go back to parking the bus? He's trying to play possession based, expansive football and we need patience with him. But the owners also have to listen to who he wants to buy, not go around splashing cash on players who don't answer the shortcomings in our squad. We need players for now.
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Sorry...that doesn't wash with me, I didn't want him from the of & little has detracted me from that thought...he's just not a winner

I'll grant you our injuries have not helped

comment by ifarka, (U8182)

posted on 19/12/23

Nick, i understand but the issue is we are thread bare with a 30 man squad, with 12 injuries.

We should have a 24 man squad fit for purpose, which we don not, ( as in they can maintain a level of competitiveness good enough to weather the injury issues) and if we did have 12 injuries then we should then be looking at academy players to support the first 24.

ok, it is a total rebuild, but the ownership have made the decisions to bring together the playing pool in the way they have.

It has left us uncompetitive and we are still light in strength, depth, experience & leadership.

Your, not wrong regarding injury crisis, and the quality of our ability to finish, but our competitors are facing similar issues and these issues are not something which cropped in the last few months.

The club were aware of our vulnerabilities and still pressed ahead a built the squad without hedging their bets.

Come on, you could have put your house of the likelihood that James & Chilwell would be out over Christmas.

Likewise the finishing issue is nothing new, and they went with Jackson & Broja ( another injury prone player) to support Nkunku.

Jackson imo should be in Brojas place, we should have another striker to support Nkunku who can simply hit the net, more often than not.

Mudryk ? he is not an 80m footballer.

The only current piece of good news is Palmer & Gallagher, but the latter is vulnerable to be sold to Comply with FFP. ( fingers crossed this will not be the case)

Lets hope the club can bring in a goal scorer in the next window to take the pressure off Nkunku.








posted on 19/12/23

I just said the main reasons which imo are injuries and finishing.

Over the last 3 years we have had the most injuries in european football.

comment by ifarka, (U8182)

posted on 19/12/23

I know Nick , imo, all the more reason for the ownership to exercise caution.

If you know you are vulnerable, you surly would do something about it, not repeating the same mistake?

We were even discussing these issues on the board over the summer and before.

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