they’re wide 10s as well so maybe even bring the best out of Roberts with a wing back overlapping him
Do you reckon we'll line up defensively with Cirkin and Pembele as our wing backs. Middle cb Ballard with Alese and Hume either side of him
Roberts is a very talented attacking player, I'd like to see him used better and supported. I believe he's been thrown in to take on two or three players from a very wide position ... and failed in all honesty. He hasn't scored but some of that is to do with a lack of anyone to support him in that position and it's hard to assist when there's no one to pass to in the box. Yes, he needs to step up but no, he's not suddenly useless.
Stability after the last two jokers almost ruined the club , the management infrastructure being strengthened and hopefully the Head Coach appointment required to take the club forward in a sustainable manner shows planning for the future . We have a team all be it young one with players that Premier league teams would like to take from us for good money , people have short memories as in recent years we had players of poorer quality that no one was remotely interested in and for the most part gave them away to get them off the wage bill .
I’ve watched videos and listened to podcasts of Still, Maric and now Svensson. I’ve said the exact same after each one I’d be happy with any of them.
I think that’s the only way Pembele gets in the side, that back 3 has massive potential, don’t dare say it too loud but think onien would stand out in a back 3 as the ball carrier
The question I ask myself is 'are they better than Johnson/Neil/Mowbray/Beale' ... ... from what I've seen and heard I'd have to say yes. Could any of those four find an equivalent job in Europe, I'd have to say no. On a possibly irrelevant point, as far as I'm aware none of the previous managers could speak other languages, you could reasonably argue some struggled with English. With our current squad of players I think it's difficult to totally integrate everyone unless there's some decent means of communication. I'm sure Rusyn is a better player than we've seen, he just looks lost and seeing managers miming instructions to him don't look great imo. Just a thought.
Good point well made mate, Dodds has fone the club a favour by doing what they have asked of him, by all accounts hes a very good youth team coach & that may well be his highest level which is fine. Bit harsh to go along the lines of 'thanks for helping us out when we needed you, sorry you cant go back to your old job you were great at as were sacking you as your not capable of doing the job we've hoyed you in at the deep end with' Let the bloke return to the job he was by all accounts excelling at
I think it gets the best out of Hume and 09 Cirkin and probably Alese. As always we just need to sign more goal threats.
Yeah, I think he was part of the first team coaching team on a temporary basis during the promotion season and that was made permanent at the start of the first season back in the Championship. He was combining that with his player development role which was overseeing the 'pathway from the u21s to the first team'. So he wasn't really a youth team coach as such.
I thought he was more doing individual coaching as in development, maybe he was involved with first team but was that simply due to so many in the first team are still in that transition from youth to first team?
I'm excited by the idea of either Still or Maric. I would never have considered someone like Svensson because that's a whole other level. Proven Bundesliga quality. Yes please.
Have had a cursory at Bo's CV and it looks a little more filled with experience and achievement than Still and Maric. Know **** all about him though so happy to be guided by the reaction of more knowledgeable people.
Yeah agreed. I was meaning that a lot of our supporters don’t like the 5/3 at the back. Don’t mind it personally, we would need to tailor our recruitment accordingly but I think the front foot football is more suited to us as fans.
