You're really stretching the definition of a few weeks. For someone generally so fixated on the precise words he uses.. Hughes is meant to be back for Cardiff which is ten days away.
Egan for £250k looks a good deal, but unless it sees Burns loan cancelled, it still leaves us with an issue with a left-back on loan.
It's in baz's last article. "Having walked away from a move for Southampton's Charlie Taylor, Selles is happy to stick with what he's got on the left side of the back four, but bringing in cover can't be ruled out. The Tigers do have to be wary of the fact they have five loan players already in their squad, and any more would leave Selles with a decision he doesn't want to know. "
The criticisms on here of McLoughlin and especially Jacob in the last 48 hours have been wild. There isn't a full back in the land that isn't occasionally slightly out of position, gets beaten for pace once or twice, and loses the odd backpost header. He's a good solid defender and is willing to get forward and join in - suggestions that Jacob simply isn't up to it are very very wide of the mark IMO.
Egan, like McLoughlin, is from Cork. They could speak in their local accent and absolutely no one will understand what they are saying. Could be good for defensive code strategies!!!
Is anyone worried we're not in for a keeper? The three back ups to Pandur have 65 league games between them.
Are we really arguing about what is or isn't an acceptable definition of "a few weeks"?! Really? We're fighting for our Championship survival and entering the final 3rd of the season, 2/3rd's already gone. I'd like to see a competent, experienced LB, who can defend well but also offers something going forward. A Connor Townsend would do nicely. I'd ideally like us to also bring in another CB. Experienced, commanding, someone who dominates aerially and also offers some threat in the opposition box (because we don't currently have that). We have more than enough options now elsewhere, other than keeper perhaps, should Panda get injured, but you can bring in emergency keeper loans I think? OK?
We've done this to death but Jacob is 23-years-old and he still makes the same defensive mistakes a 17-year-old would. Nobody can fault his attitude but his positioning is really suspect. I'd keep him around as second-choice left-back but we can't rely on him as first-choice.
Egan’s a good signing in the fact he’s a decent defender with championship experience. Not sure we need another centre back though, Hughes to come back and burns has done well in the games he’s played
He's not going to say "the players I have that can play LB are all ****" is he?!! Of course he would strengthen at LB if he gets chance to. He knows there's limits to the support he can realistically get though, and it looks like he and Dublin believed there were greater priorities elsewhere (wide and upfront). Regarding loan numbers and Burns. I don't see why it's a problem. If we had 6. it's highly unlikely he would be needing to use all 6 at the same time. It's contingency planning in what is a crisis. As we've seen, Burns for example stands down, as others could do if necessary due to a bigger need in another position.
