Trialists, Transfers & Speculation

[welshwhite]

Our win at West Ham must have been a great relief for Radz.

A perfect deflection away from the transfer window no-shows.

[Phil LUFC]

Our win at West Ham must have been a great relief for Radz.

A perfect deflection away from the transfer window no-shows.

Along with 2 more in the success column for Orta with positive EPL debuts for Hjelde and Bate.

[welshwhite]

Our win at West Ham must have been a great relief for Radz.

A perfect deflection away from the transfer window no-shows.

Along with 2 more in the success column for Orta with positive EPL debuts for Hjelde and Bate.

When Orta first came here I don't think he made one successful signing.

Bielsa turns up with his own right-hand men and 'Hey Presto' that changes.
Took him a season or two to get things right though (As expected)

[Phil LUFC]

Our win at West Ham must have been a great relief for Radz.

A perfect deflection away from the transfer window no-shows.

Along with 2 more in the success column for Orta with positive EPL debuts for Hjelde and Bate.

When Orta first came here I don't think he made one successful signing.

Bielsa turns up and 'Hey Presto' that changes

100% agreed. If we're going to overlook Jansson, Klich, Alioski, Forshaw, Struijk & Roberts.

[welshwhite]

100% agreed. If we're going to overlook Jansson, Klich, Alioski, Forshaw, Struijk & Roberts.

Over half of the main promotion side were Cellino players

Jansson was first here on loan during The Cellino ownership.
Can't give that one to VO.


Ayling
Berardi
Cooper
Dallas
Phillips
Shacks
Hernandez.

[Phil LUFC]

100% agreed. If we're going to overlook Jansson, Klich, Alioski, Forshaw, Struijk & Roberts.

Over half of the main promotion side were Cellino players

Jansson was first here on loan during The Cellino ownership.
Can't give that one to VO.


Ayling
Berardi
Cooper
Dallas
Phillips
Shacks
Hernandez.

I'm pretty sure Pablo was a Monk signing (he was given enough freedom to use his Swansea contacts to suggest he wasn't Cellino's target. Ayling was alsoonk, via a recommendation from Bartley). You can't really credit Cellino for those, especially if you're going to consider Bamford onwards as Bielsa assisted rather than Orta signings.

[welshwhite]

100% agreed. If we're going to overlook Jansson, Klich, Alioski, Forshaw, Struijk & Roberts.

Over half of the main promotion side were Cellino players

Jansson was first here on loan during The Cellino ownership.
Can't give that one to VO.


Ayling
Berardi
Cooper
Dallas
Phillips
Shacks
Hernandez.

I'm pretty sure Pablo was a Monk signing (he was given enough freedom to use his Swansea contacts to suggest he wasn't Cellino's target. Ayling was alsoonk, via a recommendation from Bartley). You can't really credit Cellino for those, especially if you're going to consider Bamford onwards as Bielsa assisted rather than Orta signings.

I'll go as far as to say that without Bielsa we'd still be a Championship side.
He shaped the players you and I mention into what they've became.


If you want to credit Orta and the owner it's fine by me, as I've always said "Each to their own

[Phil LUFC]

Orta definitely has a mixed record but lets not forget Bielsa wouldn't be here without him.

[welshwhite]

Orta definitely has a mixed record but lets not forget Bielsa wouldn't be here without him.

I knew you'd say that I wish I could have got a bet on that.

I've mentioned before that Cellino first mentioned to Radz about bringing MB here.
The person that told me is still close inside the club, don't want to put his name on here. You've been on this site a long time so I think I can trust you not to say who that person is.

Have a look in your PMs

[Bobbycollins]

Good to see that McCartney isn't the only person recycling their greatest hits

[welshwhite]

Good to see another Orta apologist coming out of the woodwork now that the players have busted a gut to get us another win.
Still, it keeps him in a job

If Bielsa had never come to the club we'd now be watching a mid-table Championship side, with Mick McCarthy coaching Jay-Roy Grot how to head a ball at corners

In Orta we trust

[Tommy]

I'd still take a reserve keeper but given that you can get an emergency loan keeper at any time and not just in the window, there's no urgency to it.

Otherwise, I think we've reached the tipping point where it's actually daft if we don't continue to use our academy players to plug the gaps given how useful they could be going forward.

[dirty leeds]

Good to see another Orta apologist coming out of the woodwork now that the players have busted a gut to get us another win.
Still, it keeps him in a job

If Bielsa had never come to the club we'd now be watching a mid-table Championship side, with Mick McCarthy coaching Jay-Roy Grot how to head a ball at corners

In Orta we trust

Aye, and what about Don Revie that time? Or Sgt. Wilko?
Makes you think.

[Mustafaster]

I'd still take a reserve keeper but given that you can get an emergency loan keeper at any time and not just in the window, there's no urgency to it.

Otherwise, I think we've reached the tipping point where it's actually daft if we don't continue to use our academy players to plug the gaps given how useful they could be going forward.

Agree 100%.
The win at W Ham was immense in itself and for how it affects the season as a whole. It put a marker down and more importantly a large gap back to 17th.
We aren't quite out of the woods but the path is clear.
That means we are in the position where we have our top players slowly coming back from injury, senior players finding a bit of form and junior players showing that they are up to the job when needed.
We don't need to make any panic signings ( so long as Meslier doesn't get knee knack).
Spend the time thinking about where we need to sign in the summer.

[Tommy]

Meslier and Struijk already look like senior players and a huge part of that is because they've survived their baptism of fire in the PL. We have lots of players with a vaguely similar potential around the same age or younger and it will suit us to ascertain where they are given that the rest of this season is more or less a write off (though also not really because the stated goal in the first two seasons was survival).

[welshwhite]

Bielsa does not want to play the youth, he's been forced into it.
When everyone is fit it's older heads that get the nod every time.
If Rodrigo was fully fit Bate would not have been used, hence him making way for Rodrigo in a crazy double substitution.
Same with Hjelde, he'd have not played if Cooper or Llorente had been available.

I see nothing wrong in bringing in two new experienced players to boost the squad.
Bielsa will want to finish this season on a high. Just like last season.

[dirty leeds]

Bielsa does not want to play the youth, he's been forced into it.
When everyone is fit it's older heads that get the nod every time.
If Rodrigo was fully fit Bate would not have been used, hence him making way for Rodrigo in a crazy double substitution.
Same with Hjelde, he'd have not played if Cooper or Llorente had been available.

I see nothing wrong in bringing in two new experienced players to boost the squad.
Bielsa will want to finish this season on a high. Just like last season.

Crazy.

Rodrigo: 27 minutes played, 28 touches, 91% pass completion.
Lewis Bate: 43 minutes played, 33 touches, 79% pass completion

[welshwhite]

Bielsa does not want to play the youth, he's been forced into it.
When everyone is fit it's older heads that get the nod every time.
If Rodrigo was fully fit Bate would not have been used, hence him making way for Rodrigo in a crazy double substitution.
Same with Hjelde, he'd have not played if Cooper or Llorente had been available.

I see nothing wrong in bringing in two new experienced players to boost the squad.
Bielsa will want to finish this season on a high. Just like last season.

Crazy.

Rodrigo: 27 minutes played, 28 touches, 91% pass completion.
Lewis Bate: 43 minutes played, 33 touches, 79% pass completion

Just as I said, MB prefers older heads

[Phil LUFC]

I'd still take a reserve keeper but given that you can get an emergency loan keeper at any time and not just in the window, there's no urgency to it.

Otherwise, I think we've reached the tipping point where it's actually daft if we don't continue to use our academy players to plug the gaps given how useful they could be going forward.

Agree 100%.
The win at W Ham was immense in itself and for how it affects the season as a whole. It put a marker down and more importantly a large gap back to 17th.
We aren't quite out of the woods but the path is clear.
That means we are in the position where we have our top players slowly coming back from injury, senior players finding a bit of form and junior players showing that they are up to the job when needed.
We don't need to make any panic signings ( so long as Meslier doesn't get knee knack).
Spend the time thinking about where we need to sign in the summer.

I more or less agree too. The only place I don't is for the role mostly filled by Rodrigo, Roberts or Klich. I don't really see an obvious U23 graduate right now (?) and it's a key position where none of the senior options are close to what Pablo did there.

If the right option becomes available we should get them now so they can adjust in time for next season.

[Quiffy]

I'd still take a reserve keeper but given that you can get an emergency loan keeper at any time and not just in the window, there's no urgency to it.

Otherwise, I think we've reached the tipping point where it's actually daft if we don't continue to use our academy players to plug the gaps given how useful they could be going forward.

Agree 100%.
The win at W Ham was immense in itself and for how it affects the season as a whole. It put a marker down and more importantly a large gap back to 17th.
We aren't quite out of the woods but the path is clear.
That means we are in the position where we have our top players slowly coming back from injury, senior players finding a bit of form and junior players showing that they are up to the job when needed.
We don't need to make any panic signings ( so long as Meslier doesn't get knee knack).
Spend the time thinking about where we need to sign in the summer.

I more or less agree too. The only place I don't is for the role mostly filled by Rodrigo, Roberts or Klich. I don't really see an obvious U23 graduate right now (?) and it's a key position where none of the senior options are close to what Pablo did there.

If the right option becomes available we should get them now so they can adjust in time for next season.

gelhardt considers himself a 9 or a 10. he's got the skillset to rotate that role with patrick, who himself does a lot of his best work when dropping into the hole. the only trouble is they're both left footed, but i'd love to see if that could work.