Not a chance. Hugill, failed here, can't get a game at Norwich. Downing, failed here, can't get a game for a bottom half club. Mikel, FFS, leave the juice alone, Besic, can't get a game anywhere, Baath, in a side below us in the table.No club is! Put those players into this seasons squad and we go top 2
Mikel stole a living here. Couple of good games when he first came then did nothing. How many games was he subbed to be replaced by Clayton who looked better than he had been.Randolph - yes, would walk into the team
Flint & Batth - would be sat on the bench
Besic - no better than what we have got now
Mikel - was class, but was never going to stay
Downing - Version #1 was my one of my favorite players. The sequel was not actually that good.
Hugil - As a non-scoring striker, he would fit in well with the rest of our strikers. Scored less than Britt this season
Braithwaite - Would only be a "gem" if he actually wanted to be here - which he obviously didn't
No we definitely don't, Corcaigh is right about that.No club is! Put those players into this seasons squad and we go top 2
Mikel wasn't class at all and is stinking the place out at Stoke.Randolph - yes, would walk into the team
Flint & Batth - would be sat on the bench
Besic - no better than what we have got now
Mikel - was class, but was never going to stay
Downing - Version #1 was my one of my favorite players. The sequel was not actually that good.
Hugil - As a non-scoring striker, he would fit in well with the rest of our strikers. Scored less than Britt this season
Braithwaite - Would only be a "gem" if he actually wanted to be here - which he obviously didn't
I think we do. Not my ideal choices but quality cover where we didn’t have any this season.No we definitely don't, Corcaigh is right about that.
I think you were right saying if we had to sell Traore, go sign Bowen and Watkins at that time.
Christ can you imagine if we had a front line of Bamford, Bowen and Watkins - all absolutely class players.
Some on here have been trained by TPNot a chance. Hugill, failed here, can't get a game at Norwich. Downing, failed here, can't get a game for a bottom half club. Mikel, FFS, leave the juice alone, Besic, can't get a game anywhere, Baath, in a side below us in the table.
I'll give you Braithwaite and Randolph but they're not here because we are failing, under Warnock our results are worse than they were under Pulis, and we're still awful to watch, trying to kill games and scrape a result.
Normally the wayI see this this thread was nabbed by the gazette....
Not a chance. Hugill, failed here, can't get a game at Norwich. Downing, failed here, can't get a game for a bottom half club. Mikel, FFS, leave the juice alone, Besic, can't get a game anywhere, Baath, in a side below us in the table.
I'll give you Braithwaite and Randolph but they're not here because we are failing, under Warnock our results are worse than they were under Pulis, and we're still awful to watch, trying to kill games and scrape a result.
So what are you saying, we should have kept these players (Flint, Downing, Baath) who didn't perform last time and one can't get a game in a bottom half side?We're currently 16 points from 2nd place - 6 games in which Randolph and Braithwaite would have been the difference.
Flint - has played a big part for Cardiff
Batth - has been solid for Stoke
those times when we miss Fry and Hall can be adequately patched up with those two.
Downing, Besic & Mikel make the difference to results even at 20-30mins in games when we are missing Tavernier.
they make the difference and that was the point. to say that taking them out of Woodgate's team would have made no difference is crazy.
I find it staggering how anyone can defend his time here.
The most negative of all managers I think we've had during our time at The Riverside.
His football was atrocious and it still wasn't successful. You could argue if he succeeded whether his football/tactics/team selections were valid and worth it, but he failed, whilst playing the worst football known to man.
And as for him saying 'if we kept Bamford...etc...we'd have got in the top 2' - one of the main reasons we made the playoffs in his first season was because injuries forced his hand to play Bamford up top!...before that he was thrown out wide or had to settle for a place on the bench at the expense of Rudy F**king Gestede!
The playoffs are evidence of this too. He gave our best striker about 10 minutes of the 180 up front in his natural position...and he has the cheek to say 'if we kept Bamford we'd have finished in the top 2' ?
He spouts more garbage than BJ.