A December to Remember!

comment by Outwood White (U9610)
posted 5 minutes ago
Must say I think our transfers under the 49rs have been much better than when we had Orta. Ampadu, Tanaka, Solomon, Piroe, Rodon. Some great signings.
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Much better than Orta. Imo these players will all be in our pl squad.
Like Batty said, the gap is widening between the league's so we'll have to have a decent summer without the drama of the last two years.

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 2 minutes ago
Outwood, to be fair to Orta, he had his hits too.

And what about his near misses?

Cunha, Gakpo, and Slot for starters.
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Batty is Farke the manager next year?

Not many hits though once we were promoted - Raphinha thats about it really. Rodrigo was a good player but wasn't right for our system.

mont, I can only see him being listed by the pundits
as 'most likely first sacking'. Based on history alone.

My feeling is he's gone end of November. Hope that
isn't the case.

comment by Outwood White (U9610)
posted 43 seconds ago
Not many hits though once we were promoted - Raphinha thats about it really. Rodrigo was a good player but wasn't right for our system.

^^^

Not defending Orta. His overall track record was
woeful - Bamford contract alone. Glad he's gone.

49ers this summer did fantastic work. Happy.

I get why there are concerns over Farke if we go up, his record with Norwich was appalling. We are just another level to Norwich though, he wasn’t backed at all when they got promoted.

They spent £8million the season after they beat us to promotion and ended up playing plodders like Grant Hanley. Second time he took them up they immediately sold their best player Buendia, it would have been like us selling Phillips as soon as we went up.

He’d have done a phenomenal job if he’d have managed to keep them up either time. Difference with Leeds is if we will go up, we can keep hold of our best players and will spend money.

Difference with Leeds is if we will go up, we can keep hold of our best players and will spend money.

^^^

This is what gives me hope. The club's recruitment
was really smart over the summer. Major losses.
Still managed to build a better balanced team. If they
can translate that to Prem level recruitment and back
Farke, then why not.

My only reservation beyond that is the tactical side
of Farke. Can he change matches in-game at the Prem
level? He's getting better in the Championship lately.
However, it's that side of him that has us still in this
division. We'll see. No doubt the club will stick with
him if he gets us up. And why wouldn't they?

We will worry about it when we come to it. I want to enjoy the promotion feeling before that. Happy new years everyone.

Happy New Year.

Not sure why anyone is worried about next season. Firstly we haven’t got pronation yet and secondly we have no idea what the owners will do investment wise if we do go up.

My feeling is Farke will be fine if he gets the players he wants - and I think he will get them.

But let’s enjoy this season first and hopefully another three points tomorrow.

Enjoy your evening and a happy new year!