Summer Transfers 2025 Missed Opportunities and Regrets

[KSE Comedy Club]

Saw this posted by someone around the interweb:

People can say 'it's only been a few days' all they want but people need to understand...many of us have seen the way this club has operated, and failed, in windows for the last 20 years. We know the telltale signs. We have a healthy level of cynicism. And already, those signs are there.

That's where I think I fall on the subject.

on that note:

Day 5 of the transfer window:

No. of signings - 0
Players likely to leave - 1
Players leaving - 4

[HCZ_Reborn]

I don't think creating chances is necessarily the issue - we created loads this season, we just didn't have anyone to finish them.

I do think adding creativity will help to an extent, but two goal scorers is the big one.

I disagree strongly. I think creativity is almost a bigger issue than a goalscorer (clearly we need that as well)

You look at most analysis of our game, we generate few chances inside the box because the defence is packed and we don’t do enough in build up play to commit defenders and breach defensive lines.

We have lots of shots, that’s not the same as creating lots of chances…most of these shots come from areas that have low likelihood of becoming goals, and either go wide or are blocked

[KSE Comedy Club]

I disagree strongly. I think creativity is almost a bigger issue than a goalscorer (clearly we need that as well)

You look at most analysis of our game, we generate few chances inside the box because the defence is packed and we don’t do enough in build up play to commit defenders and breach defensive lines.

We have lots of shots, that’s not the same as creating lots of chances…most of these shots come from areas that have low likelihood of becoming goals, and either go wide or are blocked

In the 23/24 season we created a total of 503 chances.
This season we created a total of 427 chances

Whilst we have dropped in terms of chances created this year, it was the same players creating those chances last season.

So our style of play has hindered our attacking ability but in terms of personnel, they are not strictly the issue.

[HCZ_Reborn]

But that tells you nothing about the type of chances created

Our average XG this season was 1.97

Compare that to Liverpool who were at 2.45

There’s no doubt we need a goalscorer to put away chances, but our XG is not massively in excess of the goals scored. I would imagine last season, that we outperformed our XG

[HCZ_Reborn]

Last season can best be split into two, the first half of the season where we scored 38 goals in 20 games, and the second half where we scored 53 in 18.

Much of that 18 game period we opened the scoring from set pieces, and we scored relatively early on in the game…thus opening up the game

I think what’s changed this season is a) teams did better at neutralising our set piece routines and b) I think teams felt like they could be patient at one goal down and hit us on the break if we overcommitted looking for a second goal to kill things off.

[Chippy]

Saw this posted by someone around the interweb:



That's where I think I fall on the subject.

on that note:

Day 5 of the transfer window:

No. of signings - 0
Players likely to leave - 1
Players leaving - 4

Surely the pressure will also be in Andrea Berta Bassett if we fail on transfers? He is meant to be one of the best in business.
Mind you, we have the capability to ruin good players, maybe we will do the same with a Director of Football

[Letters]

Last season can best be split into two, the first half of the season where we scored 38 goals in 20 games, and the second half where we scored 53 in 18.

Is 53 a typo?

[Letters]

Players leaving - 4[/B]

If you really want to get your doom juices ( ) going, I saw something this morning about 20 players leaving.
I suspect that includes a load of academy players who didn't make the grade.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Is 53 a typo?

No it’s a miscount

It should be 37 in the first 20 games, and 54 in the last 18

[Letters]

No it’s a miscount

It should be 37 in the first 20 games, and 54 in the last 18

Oh hang on. By last season do you mean 23/24? Cos the season is finished so I thought you were taking about the one just gone.