I think tonight...

[S'hampton Seagull]

Shows we are a decent side that need a sprinkling of quality in key areas.

Therefore I'd say we need the following in the first XI:

1 x attack minded centre mid
1 x clinical striker
1 x goalkeeper

Plus sign up Painter & Calderon, the back four look so solid at the moment.

What does eveyone else think?

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

Painter looks so composed on the ball.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Shows we are a decent side that need a sprinkling of quality in key areas.

Therefore I'd say we need the following in the first XI:

1 x attack minded centre mid
1 x clinical striker
1 x goalkeeper

Plus sign up Painter & Calderon, the back four look so solid at the moment.

What does eveyone else think?

I agree entirely, that is if we sign Lua Lua as well, otherwise add +1 left sided winger to the list.

 

[cardboard]

we look a good side - im sure by the start of next season we will be a superb side
TRUST IN GUS

 

[mona]

Calderon and Painter have made a huge difference.

 

[BensGrandad]

What is the possibility of signing both Calderon and Painter for nexr season.

 

[cardboard]

Calderon will be here and Painter is 90% to be here

 

[We're the Stripes]

I see no reason why we wouldn't be able to snap up Calderon for another year or two.

Painter on the other hand, not so sure. I think people on here underestimate the extent to which Swansea value him as a City player. He was sent here to get match-fit, as I gather from their comments at the time, he was having a pretty good season up until his fairly significant injury. He's looked very comfortable at this level, as I'm sure both parties were expecting when he signed. Also he's only 23 remember, so still a young prospect - and if he's a good Championship player, it'd seem a strange move to come here permanently, with little remorse from Swansea. I think we'd have to offer a fairly hefty fee to get him in, but I'd love it if we signed him. I see it as an almost identical scenario to Borrowdale's loan from QPR last season though. (Perhaps we're in a slightly advantageous position this time round, hmm)

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Painter is 90% to be here

Says who?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Calderon will be here and Painter is 90% to be here

I can see Calderon getting an extension to his contract but I doubt if Swansea will release Painter. I'd love it if they did.

 

[Colossal Squid]

Is anyone else curious as to why Calderon was a free agent for so long before we offered him a contract?

From what I've seen he's a very decent player and just the sort of defender we want if we are serious about pushing forward.

All credit to Poyet for recognising his talent obviously but are we just tapping into his unrealised potential or is there something other clubs have seen that we've missed?

To be honest I don't care, if he keeps it up then I'll be delighted. STAR MAN

 

[Blackadder]

Shows we are a decent side that need a sprinkling of quality in key areas.

Therefore I'd say we need the following in the first XI:

1 x attack minded centre mid
1 x clinical striker
1 x goalkeeper

Plus sign up Painter & Calderon, the back four look so solid at the moment.

What does eveyone else think?

Agree with Painter & Calderon. Otherwise I think there's not a lot wrong with the team!

 

[Whitterz]

The foundations are there. Although I am still seeing too much hoof ball, and lack of clinical finishing. Nothing that a good summer in the Friday Ad wont cure

 

[Blackadder]

The foundations are there. Although I am still seeing too much hoof ball, and lack of clinical finishing. Nothing that a good summer in the Friday Ad wont cure

Hoof ball? that was Colchester wasn't it?

 

[sjamesb3466]

1 x goalkeeper

Im pretty happy with Brez at the moment to be honest. Whilst FDM is still an amazing shot stopper Brez is very good in the air and claiming balls that FDM would flap at which I think has cost us some goals this season. Brez as a starting keeper with the young gun as backup sounds good to me!

 

[Billy Mays]

Let's hope Gus sticks around to finish the job which clearly he has started. Like all good teams he's building from the back. We are now apparently very hard to score against. We have the makings of a nice little unbeaten run to foster confidence and I'm looking forward to a gradual but sustainable rise up the table. Of the 12 remaining games I'm going to be optimistic and predict no more than 3 defeats. Mid-table beckons and I have the utmost faith that in the summer Gus , backed by Bloom's cheque book , will bring in the handful of quality players we need to have a proper tilt at promotion next season.

Onwards and upwards. Already looking forward to a few weeks exciting speculation about summer signings. Haven't felt this confident about things for a few years now.

Up the Albion!

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

at last it seems we have a team to be proud of fantastic last night

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

Im pretty happy with Brez at the moment to be honest. Whilst FDM is still an amazing shot stopper Brez is very good in the air and claiming balls that FDM would flap at which I think has cost us some goals this season. Brez as a starting keeper with the young gun as backup sounds good to me!

True, but I'm still to be convinced he is No 1 in a promotion chasing side though.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Some of the football played by us in the 1st half, on that awful pitch, was quite exceptional. The way that we wone the ball and kept it, players making themselves available so the one with the ball always had options, it was a joy the way we moved the ball about.

It says something in that Colchester had to set out to stop us playing in order to save them from losing, rather than imposing themselves as the 'better' team that you would expect from promotion chasers.