An upgrade from Nouble and Telford as a back-up striker (send Telford out on loan) and desperate for a genuinely mobile and effective central defender. That's a big ask !
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January transfer window - what do we need/who will leave?
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Part of me thinks a dominating centre back won’t be THAT hard to find, especially in English football. Certainly compared to a goal-scoring striker.
Obviously we need a higher standard now, but when we picked up players like Wotton, Purse and Branston in L2 it massively improved us.
With ball-playing centre backs all the rage, it could be there are quite a few big, vocal, ‘old fashioned’ types out there who could organise our defence. We may have to change our style a tad though...
Obviously we need a higher standard now, but when we picked up players like Wotton, Purse and Branston in L2 it massively improved us.
With ball-playing centre backs all the rage, it could be there are quite a few big, vocal, ‘old fashioned’ types out there who could organise our defence. We may have to change our style a tad though...
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I’ve discovered something that I didn’t think was a problem but I’m coming to a conclusion that maybe the GK position is actually an issue.
It’s clear we need organisation and a voice from the root of defence. Something that we do not have presently.
It’s clear we need organisation and a voice from the root of defence. Something that we do not have presently.
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So now we need a left-wing back.
Conor Grant and Byron Moore can do a job although it is a specialist position requiring someone to be energetic and extremely fit to get up and down. A proper LWB might also bring the best out of Danny Mayor.
Conor Grant and Byron Moore can do a job although it is a specialist position requiring someone to be energetic and extremely fit to get up and down. A proper LWB might also bring the best out of Danny Mayor.
PL2 3DQ":2tj4y1jw said:
Also requires someone who can defend which Cooper could never do. I prefer Grant anyway so don't think we do need a lwb. We need a commanding centre half and a target man up front as Nouble clearly cannot do that.
daront":1q9rtire said:
For me its a wingback that does have the energy to get up and down and defend. The problem I'm seeing time and time again is that the right or left CB is being drawn out to close down the opposition R/L winger because our WB can't get back in time to cover. This leaves us with space in the middle which Fornah/McLeod etc don't really fill. If our WB's can get back and cover those bottom corners then our back 3 can stay tight. If Lowe persists in sticking with this formation he needs WB's with an abundance of energy. Joe Edwards is a prime example (although I'd prefer he played in the CDM role)....G Cooper is not a good example.
Youngsters are the last thing we need. We must bring in some defensive experience if we can. Both goals we gave away today were so soft again.
The 28 year old Spaniard?oldage":uyhfsy9p said:
I thought he looked half decent and I thought Critchlow looked alright as well