Hard to judge things at the moment isnt it?

I do get that things feel very w**k at the moment. I totally feel that too, and didnt bother to watch last night, I just followed along while i did something else. I was actually relieved we didnt really get our pants pulled down.

Yes, the last three games were really rather s**t. But we've played the team that is 9th in the premier league (with the quality to hurt you) and possibly the two strongest sides in the division both away from home. I mean....they were always going to be a bit s**t werent they? Was anyone expecting a rousing cup win and 4 points from that lot?

Last night we were without our three best players (I think....definitely three OF our best players) in Sarge, Sainz and Nunez. Would we have been less s**t with them in the line up? Yes. Do we need more squad strength? Yes. But still, its a lot of our best talent out.

And the jury is indeed out on many of our signings, but looking at transfers the ones we've spent good money on are 20, 21, 21, 23, 18, 20 and 23. Doyle on loan is 20. Dobbin on loan is 22. I don't know when footballers "peak" these days, but its when they're much older than that. We have clearly not been buying players for a big push THIS season - which also explains why we have got Hanley, Barnes, Fassnacht etc off the books.

Ultimately, things will get better when we have easier matches and better players back. At least one would hope so. And we'll only really know how our transfer dealings are working out next season. We know there will be 1/2 big sales in the summer - there is always is when we're without parachute payments - so either these players step up and fills the gap, or they dont and we stay s**t. Then we'll know how everyone is really performing. Till then, I guess we just hang in there, and watch youtube highlights of Forest h, Millwall h and Portsmouth a to make ourselves feel better.

Posted By: Under soil heating on January 23rd 2025 at 12:02:09

Message Thread

Bit baffled people are grumpy with JHT (NCFC) - fal5taff, Jan 23, 11:23:57
- You’re a bit baffled why people are grumpy about a coach who’s not bothered if we have a (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Jan 23, 13:42:34
  - I'm baffled by that sentence (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 13:43:13
- A lot of the problem is that nowadays people want immediate results (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jan 23, 12:20:31
  - fwiw I detected no anti-JHT sentiment in the ground (NCFC) - dr fanta, Jan 23, 13:00:29
  - We also all thought Vrancic and Stiepi were shit (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 12:46:35
    - Stiepi was really very shit at full back....remember the few games he had there early on? (n/m) (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 23, 13:43:35
      - He was very funny there though (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:44:43
    - You said last night Doyle was shit (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 23, 12:54:24
      - Haha, Ok here's a sober qualification (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:01:38
        
        He's a far, far better defender than Cordoba. (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Jan 23, 15:05:40
        
        Cumbersome (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 23, 13:45:42
        
        Yes, that's a good word (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:47:19
        
        He got done for pace by DAN JAMES!!! (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 23, 14:36:28
        
        He gets done for pace by a lot of players (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 23, 16:13:13
        
        Yes this is why he became a liability at full back. Teams clocked his lack of pace (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Jan 23, 16:42:58
    - *anything can happen... (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 12:49:04
- There's lots of things at play here (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 12:07:50
  - He is improving young players … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 12:26:23
    - Fisher has improvee (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 12:42:45
      - Doyle's trajectory seems to be declining (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 23, 13:11:32
    - This time last year you were (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 12:35:32
      - He is exposing young players though isn’t he … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 12:40:40
        
        Do I have to repeat this? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 12:52:16
        
        You do realise we have sold two of our best players… (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:07:27
        
        Where do I start? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 13:38:47
        
        I don’t think anyone hated Wagner … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 14:07:22
        
        No, just EVERY TIME we went a goal down you'd post 'Wagner out' (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Jan 23, 18:15:35
        
        Fixating on one particular match (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 14:18:50
        
        Well we clearly aren’t going to agree on this.. (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 14:30:16
        
        That said, his Hudders side were great when they demolished us at Carrow Rud (NCFC) - JD3, Jan 23, 14:47:28
        
        Telling that he’s still out of work (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 15:20:57
        
        We have no idea what offers he may have had,l/turned down (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Jan 23, 18:12:48
        
        childish name-calling is such a drag, right? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 14:47:20
        
        Well (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 15:19:51
        
        Slack jawed is grossly more offensive than cock (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 15:20:07
        
        You'd better list insults in order of acceptability then (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 16:25:52
        
        Fair to say Mahovo was getting good reviews from U21 games (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:40:38
    - People say these things with zero evidence. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 12:30:57
  - My issue is saying one thing and doing another. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 12:24:41
  - Not seen anyone saying get rid tbh (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 23, 12:08:47
- Hard to judge things at the moment isnt it? (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 23, 12:02:09
  - The players who kicked on in Farke's second season (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 12:09:14
    - We also got most of them for nothing... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 12:26:07
      - Did we ? (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 12:28:14
        
        I posted our spending last night. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 12:33:42
        
        I wonder rely on transfermark as an accurate source … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 12:42:19
        
        Yeh who needs facts ...just ignore the ones that you don't agree with. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:02:44
        
        Stupid argument. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:23:53
        
        It's not a "stupid argument", it's a "fact". We are 16th on net spend. (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 13:27:54
        
        "Whether any of this matters that much can be debated -" (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:36:52
        
        Because they have parachute payments . Are you ok ?? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:42:15
        
        This entire argument has been created by you and you alone (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 13:41:58
        
        Look out Norway. He'll post a GIF in a moment. That'll show you. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 23, 14:36:35
        
        😂 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 14:38:02
        
        I can't be sure, but I think he's saying (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:45:43
        
        Yes he is (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 14:02:27
        
        And also worth bearing in mind that 25% of this fabled £30m has been spent on someone who (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 14:40:47
        
        We kept high value players because we had parachute payments … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:27:52
        
        It depends if you are presenting facts simply to suit your argument (NCFC) - norwaay, Jan 23, 13:06:49
        
        This... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:25:53
        
        I also don’t think it’s correct we made more in sales in 2018… (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:17:40
        
        Net sales.... You are the one who wanted to go there (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:29:02
        
        And again no… (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:31:18
        
        No money for Rowe yet, he's on loan with an obligation to buy (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:20:32
        
        Well… (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:23:00
        
        They're probably all fees including various add ons (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:26:53
        
        Indeed but they were widely reported at the time … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:29:26
        
        Sara looks quite likely, playing every game, in Europe and winning the league (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:33:26
        
        If payments were due for Champs Lge League phase (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 23, 13:45:46
        
        Ha, yes (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 13:46:11
        
        No but extras for winning league and qualifying for champions league (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:34:36
        
        But your argument stinks... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:41:39
        
        Teams with parachute payments at top shock 😮 (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 13:59:31
- IMHO lots of red flags. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 11:51:09
  - He’s correct to a point. Getting into good areas is much better than shots on target (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Jan 23, 14:04:49
  - The biggest spenders thing is a bit of an anomaly isn’t it … (NCFC) - loz, Jan 23, 12:29:13
    - See my answer below, you are talking Bollocks... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 13:05:41
    - Surely usac isn’t ignoring net spend? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 23, 12:36:34
  - What’s your mood like with JHT? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 23, 11:57:20
- Think people are disappointed that we barely laid a glove on them (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Jan 23, 11:50:52
- I'll keep the faith with JHT (NCFC) - 51eve, Jan 23, 11:44:04
- Aren't we by admission (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Jan 23, 11:33:56
  - No, no, no. We can't have sensible posts like this... everything and (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 23, 14:49:23
    - I should clarify (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Jan 23, 16:16:16
      - dr fanta is the hairo we all need in the stands right now...🦸 (n/m) (NCFC) - DJ Ginga, Jan 24, 01:13:58
  - I think now the parachute money is long gone (NCFC) - CauldRon, Jan 23, 11:42:27
- Surely these players must have been identified by JHT though (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 23, 11:31:05
  - Schwartau, Slimane and Marcondes for sure (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 11:31:54
- I think most people agree with you tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 23, 11:26:07
  - Only usac seems grumpy with him tbh (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 23, 11:26:53
    - My Haterz are obsessed. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 11:55:13
    - Don't think he's grumpy, just simply raising valid questions (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 23, 11:33:52
      - Nobody’s grumpy hurrah! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 23, 11:45:35
        
        Arnt you questioning the tactics here (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 23, 12:03:12
        
        Of course but I’m not grumpy about it (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 23, 12:04:40

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