Just thinking ignoring injuries is there a team made up of ex Clarets that could keep us up?
Pope
Trippier
Collins
Keane
Tarkowski
Mee
McNeil
Cornet
Ings
Wood
A N Other

Pope

Trippier
Tarkowski
Mee
Maatsen

Cornet
Philips
Styles
McNeil

Ings
Tella

Struggling for centre mid options which shows where we have been weakest over the years.

Sorry I meant playing in the Prem.

claretburns wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:02 pm

Pope

Trippier
Tarkowski
Mee
Maatsen

Cornet
Philips
Styles
McNeil

Ings
Tella

Struggling for centre mid options which shows where we have been weakest over the years.

I know you said you were struggling for options in the middle, but playing the unproven and untested Harry Styles in there seems a bit of a serious risk to me.

Don’t forget Dale Stephen’s

bobinho wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:08 pm

I know you said you were struggling for options in the middle, but playing the unproven and untested Harry Styles in there seems a bit of a serious risk to me.

Yeah would've been better with with Louis Tomlinson, at least he has made an appearance on a football pitch

Don’t forget Dale Stephen’s

bobinho wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:08 pm

I know you said you were struggling for options in the middle, but playing the unproven and untested Harry Styles in there seems a bit of a serious risk to me.

He'd be our Robbie Savage, opposing players would love to two foot him every week so we'd only be playing against 10 men.

Westleigh wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:13 pm

Don’t forget Dale Stephen’s

Dale Stephen's what?

No but our ex manager would with £100 million to spend last summer

Dean Marney

Why has Dale Stephens somehow acquired an apostrophe?

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:45 pm

Dale Stephen's what?

Ability

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:45 pm

Why has Dale Stephens somehow acquired an apostrophe?

See previous post .

Some of our ex players would and our ex manager might do to.

Theoretically no notwithstanding currentl injuries

Pope

Trippier
Tarkowski
Mee
Maatsen

Tella
Westwood
Arfield
McNeil

Barnes
Wood

Subs

Heaton
Ings
Cornet
Gray
Keane
Bastien
McNally

CM would be the potential weakness as ever

As someone above said, give SD 100 million to play with, and he'd keep us up. We wouldn't be anywhere near the bottom now.

claretburns wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:02 pm

Pope

Trippier
Tarkowski
Mee
Maatsen

Cornet
Philips
Styles
McNeil

Ings
Tella

Struggling for centre mid options which shows where we have been weakest over the years.

Which ex players are Philips & Styles??

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:35 am

Which ex players are Philips & Styles??

Adam Philips and Callum Styles

No-one picking wout up front then?

timshorts wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:47 am

No-one picking wout up front then?

He's not an ex-player and he's also crap

If Kompany had his way
Leighton James
Tony Morley
Dave Thomas
Glenn Little
Wade Elliot
Etc.

mdd2 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:37 pm

No but our ex manager would with £100 million to spend last summer

Agree with this. Doing a good job at Everton with some better players.

claretburns wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:38 am

Adam Philips and Callum Styles

He said the premier league not league one.

How do you pick Adam Phillips ahead of Berge?

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:32 am

As someone above said, give SD 100 million to play with, and he'd keep us up. We wouldn't be anywhere near the bottom now.

Of course we'd still be in the relegation zone regardless of manager or how the £100 million was spent, have you seen the gap these days and how much the league has grown in 12 months? NO championship team can ever compete

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:45 pm

Why has Dale Stephens somehow acquired an apostrophe?

Probably part of his injury!

bumba wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:36 am

Of course we'd still be in the relegation zone regardless of manager or how the £100 million was spent, have you seen the gap these days and how much the league has grown in 12 months? NO championship team can ever compete

Last season, the three promoted clubs after 15 games had

Fulham - 19 points
Bournemouth - 16 points
Forest - 13 points

Wolves were bottom with 10 points

And the clubs that got relegated had:
Leicester 17 pts
Leeds 15 pts
Southampton 12 pts

bumba wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:36 am

Of course we'd still be in the relegation zone regardless of manager or how the £100 million was spent, have you seen the gap these days and how much the league has grown in 12 months? NO championship team can ever compete

All in 12 months?

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:30 am

Last season, the three promoted clubs after 15 games had

Fulham - 19 points
Bournemouth - 16 points
Forest - 13 points

Wolves were bottom with 10 points

The emoji was a giveaway to the sarcasm relating to other posters saying it's impossible to compete

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:40 am

All in 12 months?

As stated above I was being sarcastic because some posters keep telling us to stay positive because we just can't compete and £100 million is nothing so should just accept relegation and 'come back up', for some very strange reason some posters believe the new ownership is about building a squad to bounce back but in reality any cash offers upon relegation at a profit will be accepted

bumba wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:35 pm

As stated above I was being sarcastic because some posters keep telling us to stay positive because we just can't compete and £100 million is nothing so should just accept relegation and 'come back up', for some very strange reason some posters believe the new ownership is about building a squad to bounce back but in reality any cash offers upon relegation at a profit will be accepted

Got to stay positive...what's the alternative?

bumba wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:35 pm

As stated above I was being sarcastic because some posters keep telling us to stay positive because we just can't compete and £100 million is nothing so should just accept relegation and 'come back up', for some very strange reason some posters believe the new ownership is about building a squad to bounce back but in reality any cash offers upon relegation at a profit will be accepted

I get you now.

If VK had Jimmy Mac, Dobo and Trevor Steven he wouldn’t play them cos they don’t fit the system.

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:01 pm

If VK had Jimmy Mac, Dobo and Trevor Steven he wouldn’t play them cos they don’t fit the system.

Correct, he probably wouldn't pick Haaland, Salah or Bellingham if he was offered them either

KRBFC wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:19 am

He said the premier league not league one.

How do you pick Adam Phillips ahead of Berge?

Because if you read further up my initial team selection was before the Premier League stipulation was made clear and he said ex-Clarets which Berge clearly isn't.

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:13 pm

Correct, he probably wouldn't pick Haaland, Salah or Bellingham if he was offered them either

VK has my full support. If he had these wonderful Clarets of course he would have used them and is that good of a coach that he would have modified his approach