Hurt today, the defeat showed up the obvious deficiencies we currently have. Our squad isn't threadbare, its got holes in, there's no cover for any position. Whoever goes down that's it, no on but a kid from the U23's or U18's to step into his boots.
We have no squad to cover the bench and worse than that we have no bench to cover the starters. Some would argue that many of the starters today should be ones supporting from the bench. Not going to single anyone out because all the players are doing the very best they can and they have my respect but I'm sure you can pick 4 maybe 5 starters who, in a world of supportive owners, should be starting from the bench.
So, we can't cover our striker unless we move someone whose been missing the net for fun, from midfield to up top. To cover that move we bring on a player who should still be in rehab or at least started light training. Pushing Fer as we are you have to ask, how long is he going to last into the season pushing his recovery this way. We have NOBODY to cover him if he goes down injured for any length of time.
We're pushing Rodon too, we're expecting him to play 2 games a week when his body hasn't even stopped growing yet. Keep doing that and its inevitable his young body is going to break down at some point.
To get to Christmas relatively intact imo, without finding ourselves in a relegation battle, the CONsortium must loan the bare minimum of two players. They must have experience playing at Championship level or above and be ready to go. The players have to give Potter a choice to make, either start them or bench and nothing else would do.The players have to give Potter the options that kids wouldn't.
Wood was an ideal choice, experienced and battle worthy at this level and Potter would have had a choice because he was good enough to make Potter think, but they let him slip right into an oppositions changing room where he and Joe Allen will run riot imo.
What the consortium has done though is exactly what it shouldn't have, gone and signed another kid, this time at center back. a 20yo, untried, untested American. Anyone remember the last untried, untested American they signed? of course you do.
Now then, the consortium has less than a week to save our season imo. They have to bring in some experience, if its not to be a beauty, like Woods, then it has to be a beast, like Charlie Adams. He or his like would offer protection to our midfield and would look out for our young and slight midfielders, Celina, Assoro, Carroll, Mckay and Dhanda when he plays; none of them could fight their way out of a paper bag and also, one bad kick to Fers ankle could take him out for weeks so, if no skill then grunt will have to do imo.
But the Consortium has to sign someone otherwise it'll be over for us by Christmass imo and also they must NOT SELL OR LOAN DYER OR ROUTLEDGE, both have the experience to playa valuable role this season.
We have no squad to cover the bench and worse than that we have no bench to cover the starters. Some would argue that many of the starters today should be ones supporting from the bench. Not going to single anyone out because all the players are doing the very best they can and they have my respect but I'm sure you can pick 4 maybe 5 starters who, in a world of supportive owners, should be starting from the bench.
So, we can't cover our striker unless we move someone whose been missing the net for fun, from midfield to up top. To cover that move we bring on a player who should still be in rehab or at least started light training. Pushing Fer as we are you have to ask, how long is he going to last into the season pushing his recovery this way. We have NOBODY to cover him if he goes down injured for any length of time.
We're pushing Rodon too, we're expecting him to play 2 games a week when his body hasn't even stopped growing yet. Keep doing that and its inevitable his young body is going to break down at some point.
To get to Christmas relatively intact imo, without finding ourselves in a relegation battle, the CONsortium must loan the bare minimum of two players. They must have experience playing at Championship level or above and be ready to go. The players have to give Potter a choice to make, either start them or bench and nothing else would do.The players have to give Potter the options that kids wouldn't.
Wood was an ideal choice, experienced and battle worthy at this level and Potter would have had a choice because he was good enough to make Potter think, but they let him slip right into an oppositions changing room where he and Joe Allen will run riot imo.
What the consortium has done though is exactly what it shouldn't have, gone and signed another kid, this time at center back. a 20yo, untried, untested American. Anyone remember the last untried, untested American they signed? of course you do.
Now then, the consortium has less than a week to save our season imo. They have to bring in some experience, if its not to be a beauty, like Woods, then it has to be a beast, like Charlie Adams. He or his like would offer protection to our midfield and would look out for our young and slight midfielders, Celina, Assoro, Carroll, Mckay and Dhanda when he plays; none of them could fight their way out of a paper bag and also, one bad kick to Fers ankle could take him out for weeks so, if no skill then grunt will have to do imo.
But the Consortium has to sign someone otherwise it'll be over for us by Christmass imo and also they must NOT SELL OR LOAN DYER OR ROUTLEDGE, both have the experience to playa valuable role this season.
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I show them to proper swans fans who understand football and they cant believe your are swans fans 
