Hughton says we're not safe yet but...

[Super Steve Earle]

I reckon he is giving everyone in the squad a run out to see how they show in a competitive match environment and if they are good enough for next season's promotion push. Excluding Fat Boy Kemi of course. I think the only recent picture of him was at the opening of a new all you can eat joint at the Marina!

 

[Icy Gull]

More likely Bloom has told him to look at what we've got before he agrees to pay for replacements. Don't forget that TB thinks we brought in players capable of a top six finish...maybe he still feels the same way as he doesn't make mistakes.

 

[solly]

I agree, CH needs to know his preferred squad and where the gaps are or strengthening needed. I think he is an excellent thinking mans manager and just the man for our current position. Just hope he doesnt start overthinking things. This season is pretty much a write off as long as we dont go down, so it seems sensible to run the fringe plaeyrs out.

 

[Chicken Run]

We are most definitely NOT safe, it's what Mr Hughton is doing about it that's important to me!

 

[dazzer6666]

More likely Bloom has told him to look at what we've got before he agrees to pay for replacements. Don't forget that TB thinks we brought in players capable of a top six finish...maybe he still feels the same way as he doesn't make mistakes.

This I think. 'Look Tony, I played some of the questionables at Reading and look what happened. Cheque please !'

 

[Hillian1]

I reckon he is giving everyone in the squad a run out to see how they show in a competitive match environment and if they are good enough for next season's promotion push. Excluding Fat Boy Kemi of course. I think the only recent picture of him was at the opening of a new all you can eat joint at the Marina!

Last picture I saw of him was last week having just had an operation.

More to this than meets the eye I think.

 

[SurreySeagulls]

gastric band

 

[8ace]

Maybe we are playing deliberately shit away and better at home to increase ST sales

 

[TomandJerry]

Maybe we are playing deliberately shit away and better at home to increase ST sales

Ah! One of Barber's clever ideas

 

[el punal]

This maybe the case, although I think injuries and loss of form affecting the players is probably the reason. We're not out of the woods yet so it would be a hell of a gamble to start experimenting now with "fringe" players. Surely that time should be with five games remaining and a safe cushion between us and the bottom three.

 

[el punal]

Maybe we are playing deliberately shit away and better at home to increase ST sales

Elaborating your point, the classic football strategy - win your home games and play for a draw away, with a hope of sneaking a win. This seems to be the case of late. At home, entertaining wins against Ipswich, Birmingham, Leeds and Derby. Even the Forest match was eventful, although wrong scoreline!

Away, drab draws to Cardiff and Huddersfield, and avoidable defeats to Blackpool, Bolton and Reading, losing by single goal margins.

It will be interesting to see how we perform at Millwall, after all it will be the proverbial "6 pointer".

 

[Sargey]

Last picture I saw of him was last week having just had an operation.

More to this than meets the eye I think.

A good friend of mine bumped into him and asked him about the injury etc a week ago....He said it wasnt great, he seemed really down and implied it may lead to him retiring from professional football and doubted he would be signing another contract again!

Personally I doubt he would of been offered another contract with the lack of appearances he has made since he has been with us!!

 

[Igzilla]

This maybe the case, although I think injuries and loss of form affecting the players is probably the reason. We're not out of the woods yet so it would be a hell of a gamble to start experimenting now with "fringe" players. Surely that time should be with five games remaining and a safe cushion between us and the bottom three.

This would probably be the safest option, but then how much value can you get out of fringe players when all they play in are the dead rubber games at the end of the season? Maybe Houghton is going to rotate a bit more until the end of the season to give everyone a fair crack of the whip?

 

[dadams2k11]

This maybe the case, although I think injuries and loss of form affecting the players is probably the reason. We're not out of the woods yet so it would be a hell of a gamble to start experimenting now with "fringe" players. Surely that time should be with five games remaining and a safe cushion between us and the bottom three.

This, Once we are safe then its time to experiment.

 

[Worthing exile]

I reckon he is giving everyone in the squad a run out to see how they show in a competitive match environment and if they are good enough for next season's promotion push. Excluding Fat Boy Kemi of course. I think the only recent picture of him was at the opening of a new all you can eat joint at the Marina!

I think along a similar line. My feeling is that CH thinks the nine point cushion plus what we get from home games will be enough so use the aways to evaluate the fringe players. Hopefully some reserve (sorry DS) players will get their chance later. WhY spend a fortune if we have DS players ready to step up as cover.