brassmonkey
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I would say we need a new starting cm. Macguane isn't good enough.Still surprised we are not looking at CM, the back up for CB and MM is way off…
I would say we need a new starting cm. Macguane isn't good enough.Still surprised we are not looking at CM, the back up for CB and MM is way off…
Given that they issue was spotted in the medical, would you rather the club had pulled the plug on a signing becuase of 2 weeks out?
He was poor, but at least him coming on (combined with Leigh coming off the bench) meant we stumbled back into a system that actually made sense.Tyler Burey looked Impressive.....NOT!
Yes, and we looked a lot better with Smyth playing as an orthodox right back. Basically nearly all our dangerous players are injured and it's not fair to judge Des in those circumstances, but it was clear the setup in the first half wasn't working.He was poor, but at least him coming on (combined with Leigh coming off the bench) meant we stumbled back into a system that actually made sense.
Hopefully we’ve got a decent right winger coming in as we’d look much better for it.
Browne
He didn’t look interested from the first minute
Browne
He didn’t look interested from the first minute
Hard to disagree with Smyth being one of our best performers in the last run of games. Brannagan is way out in front. I know he cares deeply but it's like he has added motivation at the moment - is he trying to attract someone before end of Jan? Who could blame him. After that you'd probably say Smyth has been the one who can hold his head highest. Critical goal at Charlton and just a string of notably positive performances.Yes, and we looked a lot better with Smyth playing as an orthodox right back. Basically nearly all our dangerous players are injured and it's not fair to judge Des in those circumstances, but it was clear the setup in the first half wasn't working.
He passed the signing on medical and the minor issue flagged up in a scan which he could have played with and possibly made 10x worse.Played 45 mins on New Years Day, then missed Portsmouth. Des said that the issue that is keeping him out now wasn't flagged until the medical.
Thing with Tyler is that he wants to constantly cut in from the left, which is absolutely fine if you have players making the pitch wider otherwise it all gets narrow and congested. You look at how Pep used Sterling for years and now Grealish to stop this happening to his teams.Hard to disagree with Smyth being one of our best performers in the last run of games. Brannagan is way out in front. I know he cares deeply but it's like he has added motivation at the moment - is he trying to attract someone before end of Jan? Who could blame him. After that you'd probably say Smyth has been the one who can hold his head highest. Critical goal at Charlton and just a string of notably positive performances.
I don't mind him at right back one bit. I remember suggesting we throw him in there in pre season and got scoffed at. In fact, he's looked so comfortable of late that I'm not quite sure why you wouldn't push him in to his preferred position now and see how he goes. I think playing him behind McGuane and Brannagan might unlock something in that midfield - it certainly won't cost us anything bar one of the attacking mids, all of which were totally ineffective last night anyway.
Des likes a 451 and has the players for it so I'm not sure why he's resisting it. Rodrigues could play wider or up top as long as there are willing runners beyond him. I think Rodrigues as the central striker and Harris making runs past him from out wide might be worth a try and then put one of the more direct 1v1 wingers on the other side. Tyler isn't a starter for me, not at the moment. He's much too flaky and would rather we use him when the game opens up. I know it's experimental but that's where we are now as we are creeping in to insanity. Same thing is getting us the same result in terms of performance and the better sides don't find that difficult to play against. We are well short in the squad, yes, but there's more we could be trying with what we have and that's the frustration.
This is spot on24th January and still no available alternative to Mark Harris up top.
Make all the excuses you want, it's negligent at this point.
We were absolutely desperate for options going into January. It was known for weeks in advance. Realistically we should have had another striker ready to go before Coventry - and most definitely before Carlisle
You can queue up to patronise us of the tribulations of the infamous 'domino effect', but I don't see how anyone can conclude anything other than our management and/or recruitment being largely culpable for this.
Even a bog standard target man would make a massive difference (as Sam Cosgrove did for Barnsley last night).
Some people on here seem to think that January fixtures are free hits, but fail to win either of the next two and it won't be Derby and Peterborough we need to worry about, it'll be Blackpool.
As others have said, we ask too much of MM. It's not that he isn't good enough, both he and CB need some help in the form of an effective DCM.I would say we need a new starting cm. Macguane isn't good enough.
24th January and still no available alternative to Mark Harris up top.
Make all the excuses you want, it's negligent at this point.
We were absolutely desperate for options going into January. It was known for weeks in advance. Realistically we should have had another striker ready to go before Coventry - and most definitely before Carlisle
You can queue up to patronise us of the tribulations of the infamous 'domino effect', but I don't see how anyone can conclude anything other than our management and/or recruitment being largely culpable for this.
Even a bog standard target man would make a massive difference (as Sam Cosgrove did for Barnsley last night).
Some people on here seem to think that January fixtures are free hits, but fail to win either of the next two and it won't be Derby and Peterborough we need to worry about, it'll be Blackpool.
24th January and still no available alternative to Mark Harris up top.
Make all the excuses you want, it's negligent at this point.
We were absolutely desperate for options going into January. It was known for weeks in advance. Realistically we should have had another striker ready to go before Coventry - and most definitely before Carlisle
You can queue up to patronise us of the tribulations of the infamous 'domino effect', but I don't see how anyone can conclude anything other than our management and/or recruitment being largely culpable for this.
Even a bog standard target man would make a massive difference (as Sam Cosgrove did for Barnsley last night).
Some people on here seem to think that January fixtures are free hits, but fail to win either of the next two and it won't be Derby and Peterborough we need to worry about, it'll be Blackpool.
As others have said, we ask too much of MM. It's not that he isn't good enough, both he and CB need some help in the form of an effective DCM.
It seems blatantly obvious but I've seen no suggestion that's on the menu.
Has anyone told Des and Ed that buying players is exactly like popping to the shops for a pint of milk? That what you want is just *there* and readily available?
And that if the shop does happen to be out of milk, you can just get some Lucozade to put on your cornflakes because the wrong thing *now* is better than the right thing tomorrow?
It’s ALREADY Blackpool, Orient and Northampton we should be worrying about. Our paths are about to cross very shortly, as are our league positions if we’re not careful.24th January and still no available alternative to Mark Harris up top.
Make all the excuses you want, it's negligent at this point.
We were absolutely desperate for options going into January. It was known for weeks in advance. Realistically we should have had another striker ready to go before Coventry - and most definitely before Carlisle
You can queue up to patronise us of the tribulations of the infamous 'domino effect', but I don't see how anyone can conclude anything other than our management and/or recruitment being largely culpable for this.
Even a bog standard target man would make a massive difference (as Sam Cosgrove did for Barnsley last night).
Some people on here seem to think that January fixtures are free hits, but fail to win either of the next two and it won't be Derby and Peterborough we need to worry about, it'll be Blackpool.
We've had the same problems for years and 3 managers have failed to address them. Maybe aside from LB/RB which Manning did address, we've had a lack of powerful CM's and all realm of injury prone wingers. We keep making the same mistakes.Many on here have been saying we've needed more in central midfield for months even years but it's never been addressed and I think it's a major failing on our part.
A proper central defensive battling midfielder would free up Cam/MM/RR and enable them all to go and do their job a bit further forward....Cam can play there but is blunted when he does, and I still don't think it suits MM, he won't really dig in and battle when the going gets tough.
Yes we need a (fit!) wide wide player or two and the extra striker obviously, but I fear we won't get the nasty midfielder we're crying out for and that is an error in my view, i really believe it could transform the way we play.