Please tell Me..Who Has A Better Squad Of Players

[qblockpete]

I am at a lost to find 10 teams in the championship who have better squads than us?

[Quaz]

look at the 10 that finished above us...we are only "strong" on paper....reality is that 10 were stronger on the pitch.

[Sleeping Giants]

I am at a lost to find 10 teams in the championship who have better squads than us?

The problem is that we only need 2 to be better than us and we rely on the play offs, top 6 and we're in a lottery, if 10 are better than us and we're only 1 better than last season.

[davman]

Here we go again.

Told you in January Burnley were stronger man for man than us - you didn't agree; proof was where we both ended up.

I know we had no Vine and no Buzz last year, but we were weak going forward in all areas of the pitch - full backs are meant to overlap and support the wide men in front of them; we ended up with two converted Centre Backs who couldn't cross a road let alone a ball.

We had zero creativity in the middle of the Park until Lopez, Taarabt and Hogan came into the middle and don't get me started on the front men.

I can't help but find the irony in your choice of 10 teams better than us with us finishing 11th!!

We don't know who is buying who yet, but for starters, I'd expect the following to be up there:

Reading - still looking like a strong squad
West Brom - even (especially) if Mowbray goes, they will play the kind of football that works in this league - physical strength with a desire to play it on the floor
Sheff U - don't believe the rumours; they may lose a couple of players, but will still maintain their strong, talented (and dirty) spine - they will still pose a threat
Preston - Maybe a small squad compared to ours, but they have consistently outperformed us in this league, proving that their squad IS better
Leicester C - got the winning habit back and will be above mid table
Ipswich - still capable of putting in performances home AND away; will improve next season methinks
Newcastle - will start poorly, but will pick up in the tail end of the season; on paper (which is what you're asking) they have a MUCH stronger squad than our team of rejects
Middlesborough - crap in the Premiership, but still far more quality than we have...

..and there'll be at least one suprose; Coventry, Forest, Bristol C, Barnsley????

Admittedly, not ten, but then you'd hope we were in the top half of the table with the money that has, ahem, apparently, been invested in us wouldn't you? :anger:

It may not seem it, but I am optimistic about next season; I just hope that full backs, central midfield and strikers are sorted out as a priority as they should have been last pre-season...

[Fawny]

The problem is that we only need 2 to be better than us and we rely on the play offs, top 6 and we're in a lottery, if 10 are better than us and we're only 1 better than last season.

Lottery? What, where the teams go in a hat, and the first one drawn out gets promoted? Fck, I thought they played each other Home and Away in the semi final, and then the two winning teams met in the final, so its decided on the pitch rather than this "lottery" method.......

[davman]

Here we go again.

Told you in January Burnley were stronger man for man than us - you didn't agree; proof was where we both ended up.

I know we had no Vine and no Buzz last year, but we were weak going forward in all areas of the pitch - full backs are meant to overlap and support the wide men in front of them; we ended up with two converted Centre Backs who couldn't cross a road let alone a ball.

We had zero creativity in the middle of the Park until Lopez, Taarabt and Hogan came into the middle and don't get me started on the front men.

I can't help but find the irony in your choice of 10 teams better than us with us finishing 11th!!

We don't know who is buying who yet, but for starters, I'd expect the following to be up there:

Reading - still looking like a strong squad
West Brom - even (especially) if Mowbray goes, they will play the kind of football that works in this league - physical strength with a desire to play it on the floor
Sheff U - don't believe the rumours; they may lose a couple of players, but will still maintain their strong, talented (and dirty) spine - they will still pose a threat
Preston - Maybe a small squad compared to ours, but they have consistently outperformed us in this league, proving that their squad IS better
Leicester C - got the winning habit back and will be above mid table
Ipswich - still capable of putting in performances home AND away; will improve next season methinks
Newcastle - will start poorly, but will pick up in the tail end of the season; on paper (which is what you're asking) they have a MUCH stronger squad than our team of rejects
Middlesborough - crap in the Premiership, but still far more quality than we have...

..and there'll be at least one suprose; Coventry, Forest, Bristol C, Barnsley????

Admittedly, not ten, but then you'd hope we were in the top half of the table with the money that has, ahem, apparently, been invested in us wouldn't you? :anger:

It may not seem it, but I am optimistic about next season; I just hope that full backs, central midfield and strikers are sorted out as a priority as they should have been last pre-season...

...oh, yeah - and CARDIFF.

Enough for you? Sounds a bit like 'What have the Romans done for us?'.

[Nodge70]

Newcastle, Boro, WBA, Reading, Cardiff, Sheff Utd, PNE, Derby Ipswich then potentially Forest, Wednesday, Leicester and Swansea

[Rieger]

well that was easy

[davman]

well that was easy

Rieger, it usually is!:victory:

[WeAreQPR12]

Bringing in Buz, vine and Rowlands from injury how can you say Swansea have a better squad? Last season was a big disappointment but with Martinez now gone with certain players likely to follow I don't know how you can add them. We have a decent defence but I would change the fullbacks. We have a good keeper and a very very strong midfield. Using last year is not worth looking at. I do however think West Brom will be unstopable and it is going to be a tough division. We need 2 strikers. If we can get goals from our centre forwards then there is no reason why we can't get a playoff spot.

[Captain Clunge]

Well I was going to buy a season ticket, based on Pete's unbiased view and on his deep knowledge of football and ITK friends.

But on 2nd thoughts.......

[Nodge70]

Top level CCC teams and lower level PL teams are queueing to buy Swansea's players. Can't see many beating our door down.

[qblockpete]

To be honest, Captain Clunge, I wouldn't put you down as a season ticket buyer ever.

If a manager can get this team playing to its strengths we are a TOP 6 team, thats less than I thought last season, we would finish higher at the start. If we would have pushed on after the Blackpool win we would have been in that top 6 for sure.

[Youvebeenrangered]

The league doesnt lie, and the fact is we were the 11th best team last season....

Injurys played a part but next season the players wont have that excuse!

[Captain Clunge]

To be honest, Captain Clunge, I wouldn't put you down as a season ticket buyer ever.

If a manager can get this team playing to its strengths we are a TOP 6 team, thats less than I thought last season, we would finish higher at the start. If we would have pushed on after the Blackpool win we would have been in that top 6 for sure.

I wouldn't put you down as an anorexic, ever.