100% this.

We have a squad full of decent championship players. There is not one player that is outstanding. Maybe Aarons, but he’s hardly showing it.

This is why we’re stuck around 10th. This is what a squad of decent championship players will get you.

And I honestly don’t see how we rebuild from here, without pulling out a repeat of the miracle Emi/Pukki signings or i) getting given 100m to spend and ii) the recruitment team not spunking it all away on another set of decent championship players. The current crop, minus the sale/departure of a few, are not suddenly going to turn into top 6 material. Are they?

Posted By: Under soil heating on February 12th 2023 at 11:20:54

Message Thread

Rebuild (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 12, 10:14:55
- I don’t know about you Camcan, but when we sold Maddison… (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 10:56:23
  - Can't see Maddison staying at Leicester next season (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 12, 11:00:56
    - I don’t think it’s confirmed that all the parachute payments are spent, is it? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 11:05:17
      - I'm not sure why we'd have a loan against all of the para payments (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 12, 11:11:39
        
        That’s what I’m asking, is the loan against all of the parachute payments? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 11:15:24
        
        I think Bailey has said in his pod that we have spent the parachute payments (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Feb 12, 11:37:07
        
        from the accounts (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 12, 12:09:07
        
        Sale value (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 12, 13:22:33
- Our recruitment policy .... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 12, 10:37:09
  - That’s a budget issue though (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 10:41:16
  - Dowell is a top player in a team dominating possession (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 12, 10:40:10
- I think the building blocks are still there (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 12, 10:30:50
  - Well, I do think you may be over rating some of those, but the problem is that (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 12, 12:04:15
  - Dimi is shit. Simple not good, enough. Agree with you sentiments though. There has to be (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Feb 12, 11:53:44
  - Agreed, we don't need a mass cull of the squad (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Feb 12, 11:47:28
    - It’s not so much culling for the sake of it (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 12, 12:07:45
  - I always kept that thought (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 12, 11:28:34
  - I don’t see it with Idah,obviously I’m worng be use he’s got a 5 year contract. (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 12, 11:27:13
    - Not a difficult injury injury to treat, couple of pessaries usually sort them. (n/m) (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Feb 12, 12:11:34
  - I think that’s a rather optimistic assessment of the squad (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 12, 11:07:48
    - Yep (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 12, 11:29:27
      - Someone needs to be! (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 12, 14:16:03
  - Dimi can't defend, these days even at Champ level (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 12, 10:58:31
    - Yeah - I thought sarge would be quality in the championship… (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 11:06:52
      - Thing is, he's still not really playing as a 9 (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 12, 11:09:25
        
        I can’t see him ever being a 20 goal striker, even as a number 9 (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 11:11:08
        
        Depends if his early goal exploits were just a rogue streak (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 12, 11:12:57
        
        They look like a rogue streak, but yeah, maybe not! (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 11:24:47
        
        He looks like a confidence player. During that streak, he was shooting on sight and (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 12, 13:05:35
        
        He doesn’t strike me as a natural goalscorer (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 13:06:41
    - This is absolutely it ☝️☝️☝️ this is a stale squad that needs a big overhaul (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 12, 11:03:48
  - “Decent” doing some pretty heavy lifting there CC! (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 12, 10:49:37
    - 100% this. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Feb 12, 11:20:54
  - Not many of those get in any of the last three promotion winning sides (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 12, 10:40:44
    - I would say Omobamidele ahead of any CD but Godfrey, and that's it. (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 12, 13:08:45

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