newyddion
Well-known member
of course we're going to see a transition period as wilder gets to know his players and the players get to grips with their new manager, I understand that we had to go for Wilder when we did or risk losing him to another team. he was apparently our long term option (even though we didn't go for him in the summer)
there has been talk of us bringing players in to suit wilder over Warnock.. well, that clearly isn't the case, as it doesn't sound as if he fancies any of them at the moment!
we are effected by the very same issues as under Warnock best team in the championship over 70 minutes, then as fatigue comes into play with a relatively thin squad the cracks start to appear and we crumble.
the new shape, the progressive all singing all dancing way that wilder sets up the team isn't that much different from Warnock, I would say Warnock's shape had it's soul set in 3-4-3 but in reality was not much different from 3-5-2 Wilder looks prettier as we are more attacking and we take more risks (for which the players are immediately criticized for after the match)
I do think we look softer, 'the dark arts' are much less apparent, the pressure on the referee and officials has gone (which is much needed as they are truly dreadful)
I've said that over the past two games that Neil Warnock gets results, with Bola back his team is stronger, although Tavernier looks better in the middle he has been much more effective out wide, Dijksteel gets more game time under Warnock.. fine margins.
January can't come quick enough Scrug and neither can the return of Dael Fry - our recruitment has been abysmal for a number of reasons, injuries certainly haven't helped robbing us of Sammy Ameobi, we left holes in defence which cost us massively with our first choice back four being out and we scrimped and saved and delayed and argued right up until we were down to the bare bones up front.
James Lea Siliki is our most disappointing acquisition of the summer compounded with the fact we were in for Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu hopefully both Kieran Scott and Chris Wilder can work together to alleviate the issues that previous managers have found with Neil Bauser. Short term I'm not expecting anything spectacular, but come January our recruitment needs to perform minor miracles to bring in the players that we need.. players that we've needed for quite some time now. All eyes with be on Scott and Wilder in January. Folarin Balogun would be a great start and a massive show of intention!
If feels that we will be at best treading water and more realistically even going backwards a little. I don't think we'll see 'The Wilder Effect' until the transfer window, the huge change we'll hopefully see will be us bringing in the players we need rather than just seeing their names in the papers and seeing them go to other clubs.
Where do we go from here? Pragmatism and realistic targets over smashing the league
Sat 27 Huddersfield Town A - 7th - WIN 26 Points
Sat 4 Swansea City H - 19th - WIN 29 Points
Sat 11 Stoke City A - 4th - DRAW 30 Points
Sat 18 AFC Bournemouth H - 1st - LOSS 30 Points
Millwall DRAW
Preston LOSE
Sat 27 Huddersfield Town A - 7th - WIN 26 Points
DECEMBER
Sat 4 Swansea City H - 13th - WIN 29 Points
Sat 11 Stoke City A - 5th - DRAW 30 Points
Sat 18 AFC Bournemouth H - 2nd - LOSS 30 Points HALFWAY POINT 1.3ppg (over six games)
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Sun 26 Dec Nottingham Forest H - 12th - WIN 33 Points
Wed Dec 29 Blackpool A - 9th - LOSE 33 Points
JANUARY
Sat 1 Sheffield United A - 16th - WIN 36 Points
Sat 15 Reading H - 20th - WIN 39 Points
Sat 22 Blackburn Rovers A - 8th - DRAW 40 Points
Sat 29 Coventry City H - 4th - LOSE 40 Points 1.6ppg (over six games)
1.4 ppg 40 points with 17 games to go leaves us to achieve 1.88ppgin order to reach 72 points
there has been talk of us bringing players in to suit wilder over Warnock.. well, that clearly isn't the case, as it doesn't sound as if he fancies any of them at the moment!
we are effected by the very same issues as under Warnock best team in the championship over 70 minutes, then as fatigue comes into play with a relatively thin squad the cracks start to appear and we crumble.
the new shape, the progressive all singing all dancing way that wilder sets up the team isn't that much different from Warnock, I would say Warnock's shape had it's soul set in 3-4-3 but in reality was not much different from 3-5-2 Wilder looks prettier as we are more attacking and we take more risks (for which the players are immediately criticized for after the match)
I do think we look softer, 'the dark arts' are much less apparent, the pressure on the referee and officials has gone (which is much needed as they are truly dreadful)
I've said that over the past two games that Neil Warnock gets results, with Bola back his team is stronger, although Tavernier looks better in the middle he has been much more effective out wide, Dijksteel gets more game time under Warnock.. fine margins.
January can't come quick enough Scrug and neither can the return of Dael Fry - our recruitment has been abysmal for a number of reasons, injuries certainly haven't helped robbing us of Sammy Ameobi, we left holes in defence which cost us massively with our first choice back four being out and we scrimped and saved and delayed and argued right up until we were down to the bare bones up front.
James Lea Siliki is our most disappointing acquisition of the summer compounded with the fact we were in for Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu hopefully both Kieran Scott and Chris Wilder can work together to alleviate the issues that previous managers have found with Neil Bauser. Short term I'm not expecting anything spectacular, but come January our recruitment needs to perform minor miracles to bring in the players that we need.. players that we've needed for quite some time now. All eyes with be on Scott and Wilder in January. Folarin Balogun would be a great start and a massive show of intention!
If feels that we will be at best treading water and more realistically even going backwards a little. I don't think we'll see 'The Wilder Effect' until the transfer window, the huge change we'll hopefully see will be us bringing in the players we need rather than just seeing their names in the papers and seeing them go to other clubs.
Where do we go from here? Pragmatism and realistic targets over smashing the league
Sat 27 Huddersfield Town A - 7th - WIN 26 Points
Sat 4 Swansea City H - 19th - WIN 29 Points
Sat 11 Stoke City A - 4th - DRAW 30 Points
Sat 18 AFC Bournemouth H - 1st - LOSS 30 Points
Millwall DRAW
Preston LOSE
Sat 27 Huddersfield Town A - 7th - WIN 26 Points
DECEMBER
Sat 4 Swansea City H - 13th - WIN 29 Points
Sat 11 Stoke City A - 5th - DRAW 30 Points
Sat 18 AFC Bournemouth H - 2nd - LOSS 30 Points HALFWAY POINT 1.3ppg (over six games)
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Sun 26 Dec Nottingham Forest H - 12th - WIN 33 Points
Wed Dec 29 Blackpool A - 9th - LOSE 33 Points
JANUARY
Sat 1 Sheffield United A - 16th - WIN 36 Points
Sat 15 Reading H - 20th - WIN 39 Points
Sat 22 Blackburn Rovers A - 8th - DRAW 40 Points
Sat 29 Coventry City H - 4th - LOSE 40 Points 1.6ppg (over six games)
1.4 ppg 40 points with 17 games to go leaves us to achieve 1.88ppgin order to reach 72 points