Paper talk

[H4usuallysitting]

Stef Jo could be off to Celtic or Leeds..... Won't we need him next season in the championship (if we go down)

[Fulham76]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

[Milo]

... and (if true..) shows poor man mangement to add to the Kamara saga?

[Woolly Mammoth]

The worrying aspect here is, that so far this season has been full of poor man management, and Ill judged decisions from within the club, with lack of leadership on and off the pitch, and the trail goes back to preseason preparation. I shan't mention recruitment, as that has been flogged to death, but all these issues have contributed to the club and the team having no Heart Beat at all this season.
With morale lower than a snakes belly.
So to transfer the kind of individuals and characters that we will probably need next season smacks of lack of foresight and vision, I would like to have thought they had learnt something by now.

[Spirit of 2000]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

Bang on ... agree 100%

[MJG]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

[cookieg]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.
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And he will be 2 years older and maybe past his best which we saw last season.

[davew]

Do you think he will really want to play for us after the way he has been neglected this season, doubt it?

[Fulham76]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

Maybe. Who knows what the club are thinking!

That said, we know Johannsen is good enough, his price is simply a continuation of his current contract (maybe we get pushed into to a small increase), but no significant expense.

Hoping the youngsters are going to be good enough doesn't seem a sensible option.

[bobby01]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

I would think that is a good idea, but unfortunately, I do not believe Ranieri will be the man to blood younger players.

[MJG]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

Maybe. Who knows what the club are thinking!

That said, we know Johannsen is good enough, his price is simply a continuation of his current contract (maybe we get pushed into to a small increase), but no significant expense.

Hoping the youngsters are going to be good enough doesn't seem a sensible option.

you never know if you block them forever

[MJG]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

I would think that is a good idea, but unfortunately, I do not believe Ranieri will be the man to blood younger players.

I agree, but I don't expect him here and if I was planning it this way he wouldn't be.

[filham]

Sorry to see Johansen leave, he performed so well last season as part of the Cairney, MacDonald, Johanson  engine room which was the best in the Championship.
I think perhaps he should have been used more this season in a midfield that has failed us.

[bobby01]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

I would think that is a good idea, but unfortunately, I do not believe Ranieri will be the man to blood younger players.

I agree, but I don't expect him here and if I was planning it this way he wouldn't be.

Fair enough, we are in agreement then,lol.

[Fulham76]

We ARE going down & yes, we'll definately need players like Johanssen. A proven excellent championship player who will cost us nothing.

Selling these type is players would be stupid.

or maybe release a space in midfield for a younger player to come through. His contract is up and while we have an option maybe if we are planning say to bring on O'Reilly or Torre next season then letting him leave would nit be a bad option.
And I write as someone who has his signed shirt hanging up on my wall.

Maybe. Who knows what the club are thinking!

That said, we know Johannsen is good enough, his price is simply a continuation of his current contract (maybe we get pushed into to a small increase), but no significant expense.

Hoping the youngsters are going to be good enough doesn't seem a sensible option.

you never know if you block them forever

True, but a silly idea to pin your hopes to them - not fair on them or the club in general.

Any youngsters with potential need to be  eased in slowly, just the way Sessegnon was.

[hovewhite]

Midfield this year,has been rubbish and no desire unlike  last year which never gave up.
This year midfield never started desire wise.

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

we should have kept hold of players like Humphrys until the summer as well

[I Ronic]

Do you think he will really want to play for us after the way he has been neglected this season, doubt it?

He started the season with the manager that picked him last year and he didn't get much game time. CR hasn't used him much either. I don't think either manager was/is being disrespectful in not picking him. He was a big part of why we got promoted. He's in the same boat as several other players who did well for us last year. The same scenario is played out across the country with teams who get promoted. I hope things work out for him. Whether he stays with us or goes. Last season won't be forgotten though.

[bigalffc]

Instead of selling the likes of Stefjo and Kmac we should loan them out for the rest of the season thereby keeping the options open for the Championship