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Progress?

Progress?

Mer5eywhite

Mer5eywhite

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Oct 26, 2012
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Keepers
2015 League 1
Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone (Reserve Thorsten Stuckmann)

2020 Championship
Goalkeeper Declan Rudd (Reserve Conor Ripley)

Not complaining about Rudd but is this progress? We had the option of signing Johnstone for a bit less than 2 mill (1.75 I think).

Forwards
2015 League 1
Joe Garner, Jermaine Beckford, Kevin Davies, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson.

2020 Championship
Maguire, Stockley, Sinclair, Barkhuizen, Moult, Nugent

Again I’m not complaining about these individual players or their workrate but is this really progress?
Alex Neil may make mistakes as a manager, he may frustrate us with his decisions at times but I think he’s has done well to get us where we are with the players he has been told he can have.

AS usual we are aiming our dissatisfaction in the wrong direction.
 
Thought the Sam Johnstone deal fell through because Man Utd stalled on letting him go As De Gea was stalling on signing a new contract.
 
Mer5eywhite said:
Keepers
2015 League 1
Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone (Reserve Thorsten Stuckmann)

2020 Championship
Goalkeeper Declan Rudd (Reserve Conor Ripley)

Not complaining about Rudd but is this progress? We had the option of signing Johnstone for a bit less than 2 mill (1.75 I think).

Forwards
2015 League 1
Joe Garner, Jermaine Beckford, Kevin Davies, Jordan Hugill, Callum Robinson.

2020 Championship
Maguire, Stockley, Sinclair, Barkhuizen, Moult, Nugent

Again I’m not complaining about these individual players or their workrate but is this really progress?
Alex Neil may make mistakes as a manager, he may frustrate us with his decisions at times but I think he’s has done well to get us where we are with the players he has been told he can have.

AS usual we are aiming our dissatisfaction in the wrong direction.
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Oh how we could do with that 2015 forward line up right now.
 
Hugill and Robinson were untried young lads and not generally in the team. Davies was past it and Garner can’t even get in the Wigan side. Beckford did nothing after we got promoted.
 
Pilot said:
Hugill and Robinson were untried young lads and not generally in the team. Davies was past it and Garner can’t even get in the Wigan side. Beckford did nothing after we got promoted.
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and along comes Mr. glass half empty, unless you of course you have a pop at Hemmings and Ridsdale!!!!
 
Pilot said:
Hugill and Robinson were untried young lads and not generally in the team. Davies was past it and Garner can’t even get in the Wigan side. Beckford did nothing after we got promoted.
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It was a pity that he couldn't get on with Doyle; don't know why they hated each other. For me, I'll always be grateful to Beckford for getting us through the nightmare of the play offs in the best style ever, confounding the pundits and sticking it to the lashers (who were certain we would fck it up....again).
 
kingpne said:
Even after Hugill left (who I didn't and still don't particularly rate, didn't you know?)

Rudd

Fisher
Hunts
Davies
Cunningham

Pearson
Johnson

Bodin
Browne
Barkhuizen

Robinson
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I know. Crazy really. Browne's penalty miss and Maxwell's error at Derby were ultimately what cost us. Obviously we can point at other bits of the season but for me that was the game we blew it.
 
Naughton's moustache said:
2 sitters missed in the home game to Norwich, courtesy of Bodin an Maguire. If we'd of won that, it didn't matter what Derby did against Barnsley on the last day
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I remember that game against a poor Norwich side. We actually played really well. Hot day. Atmosphere was fantastic. But like you say, we had some big big chances and just didn't take them.
 
In truth we need better than the 2015 or 2020 strikers.
Garner has never been prolific in the championship and Beckfords knee(s )were done for.
 
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