Mellowyellow
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I disagree, we always knew what talent he had, and he displayed this whilst still playing alongside Nelson. He used to make the odd mistake, but you could see his talent. Talent doesn't just appear out of thin air. It's black and white. It's clear we need an experienced CB for both Moore and Atkinson to learn from. A few years back that would have been Mous. Remember a few weeks back there was talk of Mous not even being named as a player in the squad, now kr sees him as a main player. It doesn't add up.Slightly revision of history going on there. No one felt Dickie was one of the best CB’s in L1 whilst he was playing alongside Nelson. It wasn’t until Nelson moved on that Dickie shifted to the right and really kicked on
At most other clubs Atkinson would be seen as learning his trade, months out of non league football, one for the future, back up to the main CB's. kr is holding him up as a main player in the first 11, which is unfair on the lad. The pressure he must be feeling, which may be counter productive to his development.
I believe kr isn't as naïve to not see the issues here, and the huge problems potentially we could find ourselves in. What's worrying is other teams have gone about their business, without using squad size/budget as a barrier to assembling a decent team. Teams we have played so far, Crewe tomorrow, Lincoln, Gillingham. This should be a season of building on last season's successes, mid table seems to be more likely at the moment, with the current crop of players.
Lets hope the additions brought in will make a difference in the areas where they are needed, and not simply premiership starlet' cosmetics.