notThisWayButThat
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Your probably right, but it would be nice to get an upgrade, because I feel we do need one.
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Your probably right, but it would be nice to get an upgrade, because I feel we do need one.
One of them already has .Yes and if one of them has a big dip in form/has a suspension/is injured, I don't see much of a Plan B
I thought he was going that way (woeful) before Manning left. In fact, I think this is McGuane’s trajectory most seasons unfortunately.One of them already has .
Since Manning/Hogg left,McGuane has been increasingly woeful
I agree .I thought he was going that way (woeful) before Manning left. In fact, I think this is McGuane’s trajectory most seasons unfortunately.
Woeful is a massive exaggeration, he’s just been average or good rather than the best player on the pitch, as he was at the start of the seasonOne of them already has .
Since Manning/Hogg left,McGuane has been increasingly woeful
I agree .
For me a player who should go at the end of the season
Woeful?I thought he was going that way (woeful) before Manning left. In fact, I think this is McGuane’s trajectory most seasons unfortunately.
I think that's generous, unless Smyth is a lot better than we imagine him to be - but three managers have hardly played him. We need a strong, fairly quick midfielder as first reserve and to provide competition!Yes agree. If, and it can happen both are out. We'll then have Smyth and McEachran as a pairing and tbf that's probably lower half table standard.
We do need cover there.
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Agreed, the idea that he’s a holding midfielder has always been so misguided. He’s a special talent with a skillset very few if any players have at this level. He turns 25 in a couple of weeks, his best years are still ahead of him, I find it crazy that anyone could not want them to be with us. We need to be giving him a new deal, not talking of letting a prized asset go.McGuane needs to be unshackled. I don't really want to see him moving the ball between the centre backs and full backs. I want to see him 20 yards higher up the pitch with cover behind him, then we'll see him cruising past opposition players with the ball.
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Three goalscorers is a nice-to-have, but definitely a luxury when you only play one up front (and although we do shift our formation around, it has only been between 4-3-3 and 3-4-2-1, so we're always just playing one central striker).
For me it's far more important now to add another wide player - because whilst we would seem to have a lot of bodies, I'm not convinced we'll get a whole lot more out of Edwards, Browne & Murphy this season given their track records, and we have no idea what we'll get from Burey. Which just leaves Tyler plus a couple of older guys in Bodin & Henry who really should be playing centrally at this point in their careers.
And the second priority for me would be a box-to-box central midfielder so we're not stone dead if anything happens to Cam.
So yeah, a new striker would be a bonus. But that's only if we can fit three more players into the wage bill.
McGuane needs to be unshackled. I don't really want to see him moving the ball between the centre backs and full backs. I want to see him 20 yards higher up the pitch with cover behind him, then we'll see him cruising past opposition players with the ball.