Summer transfer window 2021.

[TruRover]

Just now, davulsukur said:

Seen that he can play LB or midfield. What type of midfield role, does anyone know?

Assuning he's here to challenge for a place either at LB or in MF, and not just back up.

I think he’s being brought in to play wingback

[Bigdoggsteel]

2 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

So we have Khadra, Leeds Guy, Dolan, Chapman all vying for the same role.

Someone must be on their way out...

Brereton not guaranteed his place...

[neophox]

Where is the striker signing??? Its the goals thats needed.

[AdamRochina]

3 minutes ago, TruRover said:

Obafemi joining Swansea on a perm deal… 

 

he held out and got a better club fair play to him

[neophox]

2 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Brereton not guaranteed his place...

You forgot Bradley Dack!

[neophox]

Just now, AdamRochina said:

he held out and got a better club fair play to him

Better...seems to struggle this year...

[Angry_Pirate]

5 minutes ago, TruRover said:

Obafemi joining Swansea on a perm deal… 

 

Swansea (apparently) getting Ntcham and Obafemi.

Yuk.

[Iceman]

1 minute ago, AdamRochina said:

he held out and got a better club fair play to him

He could have been playing with Ben Brereton Diaz.. Too bad for him then

[callumrovers]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Better...seems to struggle this year...

Better club? I dont think so.

[bluebruce]

5 minutes ago, TruRover said:

Obafemi joining Swansea on a perm deal… 

 

If he wants a perm he should just go to the barber like everyone else.

[RevidgeBlue]

9 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

5 hours left, I think anything we get now is a bonus.

Haven't even got the one player we actually need the most yet. (The Armstrong replacement)

[islander200]

5 minutes ago, AdamRochina said:

he held out and got a better club fair play to him

Better wages.Swansea are not a better club than us

[callumrovers]

Need a striker on a perm. None of this loan bullshit. 

[callumrovers]

Why am I holding on to hope of Josh Maja? Just put me out of my misery.

[Paul Mani]

Anyone else think that Khadra might be one of those endearing signings? Just looking at all his content / interviews etc….he just seems really positive in his outlook! Hope he’s a good player

[TruRover]

1 minute ago, callumrovers said:

Why am I holding on to hope of Josh Maja? Just put me out of my misery.

Your not the only one.

[G Somerset Rover]

Well there goes the ‘Saints aren’t letting him go’ rollocks. As I said earlier, just hope we have someone else lined up otherwise we’ve had a stinker chasing him for so long.

[Bigdoggsteel]

Some praise from Lincoln city fans for the left back. He must have been playing some stuff at that level 

[blue_n_white99]

6 minutes ago, Angry_Pirate said:

Swansea (apparently) getting Ntcham and Obafemi.

Yuk.

Also Rhys Williams from Liverpool on a year loan

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Paul Mani said:

Anyone else think that Khadra might be one of those endearing signings? Just looking at all his content / interviews etc….he just seems really positive in his outlook! Hope he’s a good player

Nope.

Will just stop Dolan getting game time. Even looks like him.

[G Somerset Rover]

Swansea signed Rhys Williams on loan from Loverpool too. They’re doing some decent business today!

Edit: Blue and White beat me to it!

Edited August 31, 2021 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Swansea signed Rhys Williams on loan from Loverpool too. They’re doing some decent business today!

Edit: Blue and White beat me to it!

Replacing Connor Roberts with Rhys Williams is the opposite of decent business to me

[Ossydave]

We're a striker away from a good window IMO. Without the striker though it's an average one.

We have a head of recruitment FFS, he should be fired on the spot tomorrow if he flops on the striker front.

[RoversClitheroe]

If we sign Rhys Healey it just shows how bad an appointment this new head of recruitment is.

[Blue blood]

4 hours ago, The Hypnotic said:

Yeah but in all other areas we are happy for professionals to operate at the high levels of their field without questioning every judgement and suggesting that they don’t know what they are doing. Have you ever called your vet “Mogadick”? What about complaining about a pilot’s lack of charisma? There aren’t any message boards where people complain about how a surgeon tried to perform a heart bypass and stating that they’re missing obvious points of improvement.
 

TM is a professional manager, not as good as some coaches for sure, but with decades of experience behind him it is hard to listen to armchair experts on here banging on about how they can see what he can’t. We’re all entitled to our opinions, I’m ready for TM to leave now as well, but it frustrates and depresses me to constantly read the same old crap in here day after day. 
 

As BDS stated, TM has a level of expertise in coaching professional footballers that is beyond the comprehension of probably anybody who contributes here. Your comparison with vets, doctors and pilots is an apt one, so if you respect the above professions for their expertise and knowledge then why can’t you see how embarrassing it is to think that you could do better then TM, or let yourself down by slinging childish insults around. 
 

The above is not all aimed at you btw, just my observations on those who post the same inane, tired old cliches and personal attacks on a daily basis!

Ok feel there are a ton of different threads in this which I will try to pick up on in turn. 

Firstly I think it's key we seperate personal insults from criticism/questioning TM. The two are utterly not the same. I can question his judgement without resorting to name calling - with TM or any other professional. 

There's a discussion as to whether name calling is appropriate but feel that's a rabbit hole we could get lost in. Suffice to say it is a seperate issue. 

Secondly other professions are questioned too. Whether it's complaints procedures, whistleblowing policies or professional standards other professions are criticised and questioned. People do look for second opinions and also move on when they judge the competence is unsatisfactory. Of course the last point may be why there is so much complaining - because whilst we can change our doctor we can't change our football club. 

Of course there is the question whether there is too much questioning of TM. This holds a bit more water, although like all other instances of people being questioned the more of it there is, the more likely people are onto something and there are serious concerns. In fact the more dodgy someone is, the more likely they are to be questioned and on more decisions. 

Again it's worth differentiating tiredness of the same old crap/sweeping statements Vs genuine concerns. "He's crap cause TM signed him" is very different from people questioning specific decisions or indeed TMs success rate. Sweeping statements may be tiresome and unfair, but it is equally unfair to dismiss genuine criticisms and concerns as unthought out statements. From the makeup of the squad to the experience of squad I think there are some valid concerns. I think it's worth seperating out from the clichés. 

Finally I'd add in that though professionals probably do know more that doesn't mean that a) fans know nothing or b) they are infallible. its only if you hold to these two assumptions that professionals cannot be questioned. As I've highlighted, other professionals are questioned, and people can spot when they have made mistakes. If you have a basic understanding of something you probably can spot when a pro makes a basic mistake or something doesn't seem to make sense. Actually sometimes even common sense alerts us to errors that pros make. Not just football, all areas of life. 

Still whatever you want to call it, whether it's common sense, knowing the game or I'm just being arrogant my call would be we are badly run with a poor manager. Yep let's avoid clichés and Insults because none of that is needed. Just on his actions and decisions alone TM doesn't seem to be doing that good a job.