Hughton: "I have no doubts we'll be ready come that first game of the season."

[Brighton Mod]

Good excuse to roll this one out.

Top call, great video, Secret Affair, 31st October, Concorde 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTdUYLX7Ks

So Cool!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

This. Our squad as it stands is one of the worst in the league, the only team worse on paper is maybe Rotherham. The team will struggle to muster 8 goals in 10 games. The strike force is non existent. The midfield is ok as is the defence but the goalkeeping area is also very weak. We have signed 5 players with the only tested one being Rosenior, the other 4 are punts, much like last season. With Hughton's basic plan to defend and try and sneak 1 goal if possible in a game, it could be a very rude awakening to some, let's see where we are in October and then judge. Anyone that thinks this squad is within light years of being top 6 is deluded I am afraid

Just let the club get on with it Uncle. We've told the them til we're blue in the face. If they want to keep doing things on the cheap then good luck with that and with the property portfolio. Doing things on the cheap this season will mean saying cheerio to many of the lanyards and much of the 1901 'club'. Oh, and Championship status also.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

In fact I remember being very harsh about the squad strength on my blog report and on here. I just re-read it and apparently my NSC post that evening got over 40 thumbs up. It read:

"When you start with Shamir Fenelon and O’Grady in the Championship where once it was Barnes and Ulloa you are going backwards. When you have to play your reserve right back as a left wing back you are going backwards. When you play another ex-devteam squad player as one of two holding midfielders when his major weakness is tackling you are going backwards. When you no longer have Mathew Upson reading the game and controlling the spine you are going backwards. When your answer to this is to put on an overweight, out of favour player with the pace of a snail on mogadon and who cannot accurately pass a bottle of port you are going backwards."

We are nowhere near that desperate a situation at the moment. IMHO like

Yet, we managed to win two League matches and two cup matches that August. It all went downhill after that.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

We are nowhere near that desperate a situation at the moment. IMHO like

Come back here in a month and we'll compare notes.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Just let the club get on with it Uncle. We've told the them til we're blue in the face. If they want to keep doing things on the cheap then good luck with that and with the property portfolio. Doing things on the cheap this season will mean saying cheerio to many of the lanyards and much of the 1901 'club'. Oh, and Championship status also.

I will but have we actually spent any money ? Any at all ? What I don't understand is some fans seem to think we have signed a load of Worldbeaters and the squad is much stronger, we signed 1 decent pro, Rosenior, 2 development players and 2 complete punts on a couple of strikers from other leagues. Who have our rivals signed ? As it was we had statistically the worst squad in the league as of Summer this year. Hughton is very very cautious, I feel it will be a long season and midtable with this squad and manager would be a massive achievement. Still time will tell, we had this last season when the " bedwetters " were slaughtered and look what happened

 

[Zebedee]

Just let the club get on with it Uncle. We've told the them til we're blue in the face. If they want to keep doing things on the cheap then good luck with that and with the property portfolio. Doing things on the cheap this season will mean saying cheerio to many of the lanyards and much of the 1901 'club'. Oh, and Championship status also.

That's pretty much how I feel too. If we get relegated the club will only have itself to blame. If we, as fans, can all see that the current squad isn't strong enough goodness knows why the club can't? Without further significant investment in players, I forecast a bottom 6 finish for us in the coming season...and just 3 points in the first month of the campaign, if we're lucky.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What I don't understand is some fans seem to think we have signed a load of Worldbeaters and the squad is much stronger

Same old gormless rosy-tinted bullshit every season tho, to be fair. Jam tomorrow and all that.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Yet, we managed to win two League matches and two cup matches that August. It all went downhill after that.

So? We were talking about the first GAME not the first MONTH.

But, yes, since you mention it the squad continued to regress. Chucking a load of loans and has beens at that starting point was never going to work. I really don't think what we have now is worse than what we had at the end of August last year. Do you>

 

[LamieRobertson]

I will but have we actually spent any money ? Any at all ? What I don't understand is some fans seem to think we have signed a load of Worldbeaters and the squad is much stronger, we signed 1 decent pro, Rosenior, 2 development players and 2 complete punts on a couple of strikers from other leagues. Who have our rivals signed ? As it was we had statistically the worst squad in the league as of Summer this year. Hughton is very very cautious, I feel it will be a long season and midtable with this squad and manager would be a massive achievement. Still time will tell, we had this last season when the " bedwetters " were slaughtered and look what happened

You've missed out the goalie or if he's the decent pro then it's Bong who's omitted ..still somewhat light in quality I fear

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You've missed out the goalie

We already had two or maybe even three decent goalies. How many do we NEED? Sake!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I will but have we actually spent any money ? Any at all ? What I don't understand is some fans seem to think we have signed a load of Worldbeaters and the squad is much stronger, we signed 1 decent pro, Rosenior, 2 development players and 2 complete punts on a couple of strikers from other leagues. Who have our rivals signed ? As it was we had statistically the worst squad in the league as of Summer this year. Hughton is very very cautious, I feel it will be a long season and midtable with this squad and manager would be a massive achievement. Still time will tell, we had this last season when the " bedwetters " were slaughtered and look what happened

'Free transfers' are not free. There is a signing on fee, wages and agents fees to pay.

If you want to see what the other Championship clubs are doing, then Google it. They haven't all been spending millions.

 

[Easy 10]

You've missed out the goalie or if he's the decent pro then it's Bong who's omitted ..still somewhat light in quality I fear

Rosenior IS the one decent pro we've signed.

As [MENTION=3887]Uncle Spielberg[/MENTION] correctly said, the rest of the signings really are "cross your fingers" style punts again that may or may not come off. The recurring factor is that the club does not have the finance, desire or wherewithal any more to sign players of proven ability at this level. So far, once again, its L1 standard, kids, or cheap (free) foreigners.

Then there'll be the loans. Lots of loans.

 

[durrington gull]

Same old gormless rosy-tinted bullshit every season tho, to be fair. Jam tomorrow and all that.

This..

 

[Zebedee]

We already had two or maybe even three decent goalies. How many do we NEED? Sake!

Wo do keepers. It's strikers we have a problem with.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We already had two or maybe even three decent goalies. How many do we NEED? Sake!

Surely you understand a 19 year old going on loan to get experience? Three keepers are needed for cover for injury & illness, but then you know that from reading Nsc for years.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

So? We were talking about the first GAME not the first MONTH.

But, yes, since you mention it the squad continued to regress. Chucking a load of loans and has beens at that starting point was never going to work. I really don't think what we have now is worse than what we had at the end of August last year. Do you>

I think we look stronger. We even have our own LB now, which has got to be an improvement.

 

[sir albion]

This. Our squad as it stands is one of the worst in the league, the only team worse on paper is maybe Rotherham. The team will struggle to muster 8 goals in 10 games. The strike force is non existent. The midfield is ok as is the defence but the goalkeeping area is also very weak. We have signed 5 players with the only tested one being Rosenior, the other 4 are punts, much like last season. With Hughton's basic plan to defend and try and sneak 1 goal if possible in a game, it could be a very rude awakening to some, let's see where we are in October and then judge. Anyone that thinks this squad is within light years of being top 6 is deluded I am afraid

Totally agree although I think many are seriously overrating our midfield as kayal is the only real known quality...Ince blows hot and cold,crofts is very slow and offers little,Stephens goes missing a lot and offers little,jfc is crap etc etc.You have ageing Calderon on the right wing in which is getting stupid now
If kayal gets crocked which is highly possible then we'll be awful in midfield and a league 1 midfield

According to my bees buddy the striker and wingers that Brentford signed recently played brilliant on Saturday against Stoke and with lots of pace and skill....They'll do very well next season as they have pace and skill and that's everything we don't have.
Our scouting is way behind other clubs as we normally sign ageing players who want a last big pay day...We never learn do we?

Get ready for signing overpaid rejects at the death again this season

 

[LamieRobertson]

We already had two or maybe even three decent goalies. How many do we NEED? Sake!

Try a chill pill then perhaps look again ..a tad too quick to criticise and roll your eyes

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Same old gormless rosy-tinted bullshit every season tho, to be fair. Jam tomorrow and all that.

This is everything that is wrong with NSC. There's no debate. If you're not in the in crowd and attacking the club, you get abuse like this. It's pathetic.

For what it's worth, as others have said we clearly have a stronger squad than this time last year. It's not enough and nobody is saying we don't need more players, particularly attacking ones.

 

[Stat Brother]

We already had two or maybe even three decent goalies. How many do we NEED? Sake!

If we're playing 4-4-2 we need to get Walton back.