I agree with most of what you say there. I don't think sacking him is necessarily the answer. Not least because I don't trust Short to bring in anyone who could do any better. What I would like to see over the next few weeks though is some evidence of him looking to overcome our lack of a target man by trying a new approach. Maybe, like a few people mentioned elsewhere, by bringing Khazri in to play as a No. 10.
Me and 83 was on about the number 10 yesterday. It's the only way I can see us getting the ball out of our half. Injuries need to ease of for that to happen and he needs to put a bit of faith in Khazri and use him but Januzaj can play there too so we have two for that position. We'd need to go three at the back but it worked very well last night so it's food for throught. Pickford Kone-------Denayer-------Papy Jones--------------------------------------Oviedo Ndong--------Catts---------Gibson Khazri------- ---------Defoe This is what I'd be looking at doing now.
I think that could work. Personally, I'd look at someway of getting the wingbacks further forward (maybe dropping Cattermole back slightly and using a sweeper too). The problem with that is, you don't want to over complicate things in our position.
Well cats would be the midfield anchor in front of the defence as always meaning he can protect and join it when Papy or Kone is drawn wide covering for the wing back. I never want formations to be as ridged as on paper. It's just meant as a general shape.
That looks good to me, certainly worth a try, been advocating three at the back all season, just because of the personnel available.
That looks like a good idea and it would be great if DM can get Khazri firing on all cylinders as he was at the end of last season, or get Januzaj doing the same thing. I think one of the biggest challenges we've faced this season is our inability to be able to build attacks through the midfield hence the wasteful lumping forward of the ball to the smallest guy on the pitch. Playing a 10 in the hole and hopefully a more competent/resilient midfield would certainly be a way to stop us exposing the defence for such long periods. The less they have to defend the less opportunity there is for individual errors
The 34.5 million you have mentioned plus the supposed 20 million on the table for Ulloa and Rodriguez on the last day of the transfer deadline. That's 50 million that has been available and we seem totally f*cked at the moment. No big target man upfront other than a free when available from his history of injuries.....two transfer windows and we haven't addressed this problem.......goals keep you in the Premier League.....madness, just madness......
We weren't after Ulloa and Rodriguez, it would have been one or the other. Still though, that would have been a minimum 40 million spend. No other manager has spent that much for Sunderland, in one season, that I'm aware of? Totally agree with the rest of what you said, mate.
