New signing: Jack Simpson

[Trigger]

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Nearly 26 and almost as inexperienced as someone like Denham. Bizarre.

Denham hasn't been involved with the mighty Gers though. The biggest club in all of Europe....that are Scottish and Protestant.

Must have been intimidating for him tbf coming from Bournemouth to that, we will see what he can do back at a more modest club.

I feel like SM obviously wants players that can play out of defence comfortably, I think he has a plan, it just seems that whatever the style we employ we still can't create or score goals. Which is where giants on set pieces came in quite handy.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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if we send Bagan out on loan we only have 1 LB in the squad

Yes agreed, I should have added replaced and sent out on loan, if we have to rely on him for any length of time we are in trouble, teams will target him and attack down our left.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Yes agreed, I should have added replaced and sent out on loan, if we have to rely on him for any length of time we are in trouble, teams will target him and attack down our left.

That's me with Stealers Wheel lyrics in my head for the rest of the day! Thanks!

[Rjk]

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Yes agreed, I should have added replaced and sent out on loan, if we have to rely on him for any length of time we are in trouble, teams will target him and attack down our left.

I don't think so, he was fine mostly last season. I don't think one bad performance in a side that for whatever reason didn't work last night is reason to send him on loan.

[City123]

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Let’s be honest this window has been quantity rather than quality. Worrying times.

We're up to what, 15 signings now? Absolutely ridiculous, I'm not sure many of them could be described as above average Championship footballers

Hopefully now people will stop buying the bullshit about Morison being good for our young players

[life on mars]

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Rangers are probably a bit better than us so one may hope our ( developing ) club will benefit from his left sided defence skills , has more game experience than other youngsters at the club h .. Let's judge the lad after he has actually kicked a ball ....

[Nobody's Rep]

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Rangers are probably a bit better than us so one may hope our ( developing ) club will benefit from his left sided defence skills , has more game experience than other youngsters at the club h .. Let's judge the lad after he has actually kicked a ball ....

That's not the way of some on this board - written off before he starts and a queue waiting for SM to fail so they can say told you so and then we repeat with the next signing and/or player.

Looking forward to Saturday and WBA away - excited by this group and I am going as I want to be part of it 👍

[Rjk]

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Rangers are probably a bit better than us so one may hope our ( developing ) club will benefit from his left sided defence skills , has more game experience than other youngsters at the club h .. Let's judge the lad after he has actually kicked a ball ....

If that word salad means what I think it does; then I agree.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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That's not the way of some on this board - written off before he starts and a queue waiting for SM to fail so they can say told you so and then we repeat with the next signing and/or player.

Looking forward to Saturday and WBA away - excited by this group and I am going as I want to be part of it 👍

If we avoid a relegation scrap, for me that will be success, albeit modest. Everything has to be taken into consideration - the loss of experienced players, the bringing together 14 new faces who at most have only had 1.5 competitive games together, and the not inconsequential fact that few if any have experience of football at this level. Oh, and throw in the by-now-accepted-by-nearly-everybody fact that our forward options are barely league 1 standard.

Early, early days.

[William Treseder]

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That's not the way of some on this board - written off before he starts and a queue waiting for SM to fail so they can say told you so and then we repeat with the next signing and/or player.

Looking forward to Saturday and WBA away - excited by this group and I am going as I want to be part of it 👍

Not sure if that’s aimed at me. I never want any of our new signings or managers to fail. I’ll be over the moon if the boy does well for us.
I am entitled to an opinion though. I’d like our club to be a bit more ambitious and attempt another promotion bid.
The Scottish old firm are both shadows of their former selves nowadays, so picking up a player of that age from them, who can’t get a run in their first team, hardly inspires me.

[Nobody's Rep]

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Not sure if that’s aimed at me. I never want any of our new signings or managers to fail. I’ll be over the moon if the boy does well for us.
I am entitled to an opinion though. I’d like our club to be a bit more ambitious and attempt another promotion bid.
The Scottish old firm are both shadows of their former selves nowadays, so picking up a player of that age from them, who can’t get a run in their first team, hardly inspires me.

Absolutely you are entitled to your opinion - I was just voicing mine in terms that how this board feels after a loss - if you feel it was aimed at you specifically then I doubt it as if so I would have referred to a particular post of yours.

As I said each to their own - surely that is what this board is about - I was purely making an opinionated observation that I don't agree with that approach and will take a different view

👍

[The Lone Gunman]

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Could this signing mean it's time up for Mark McGuinness already? He made 34 league appearances last season, but he didn't make the bench for either of City's first two league games and he was left on the bench last night despite the dire defending from Nelson.

McGuinness was given the number 5 shirt before the season started. I assumed that meant we'd be seeing him in the side in the early season games, but he's been the odd man out so far.

[Hilts]

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Could this signing mean it's time up for Mark McGuinness already? He made 34 league appearances last season, but he didn't make the bench for either of City's first two league games and he was left on the bench last night despite the dire defending from Nelson.

McGuinness was given the number 5 shirt before the season started. I assumed that meant we'd be seeing him in the side in the early season games, but he's been the odd man out so far.

I can see him going out on a season long loan.

[Rjk]

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I can see him going out on a season long loan.

if we DO revert to 3 at the back, presumably we would want at least 2 to cover those positions, that can be Denham and McGuiness, and challenge them to force their way into the first XI.
I can't see us suddenly keeping a load of clean sheets either, so there should be opportunities still

[The Lone Gunman]

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if we DO revert to 3 at the back, presumably we would want at least 2 to cover those positions, that can be Denham and McGuiness, and challenge them to force their way into the first XI.
I can't see us suddenly keeping a load of clean sheets either, so there should be opportunities still

I know we almost certainly shouldn’t read too much into such things, but the fact that the club used Nelson for the kit launch pictures sent shivers down my spine. To me, that suggested he’ll be sticking around come what may.