Dont get me wrong I am so proud of our lads but if we dont get a established center half and a striker who will bag 20 a season its going to be a struggle. I know some will say we dont need to and argue about wages/big time Charlies but anyone who knows anything about footy surely must agree. I love the prem and i really dont want to go back to the Championship but if the fore mentioned arent shipped in its going to be a looooong battle. Not saying the boys are not capable of staying up,just that it would make things so much easier. ps.I am not moaning about the lads. I ****in love em to bits.
So where are you going to find a 20 goal a season striker then Crowey. Don't get me wrong I think that you are right in one sense but they just don't grow on trees mate. For a club of our size we have to scour the lower leagues for Ashton type players and hope that they can make the transition. It is either that or go abroad and i'm guessing that there are far better scouting networks out there by established PL teams than we can imagine employing right now. This season is about survival and if anybody thought that it wouldn't be a long hard gruelling slog then they were sorely mistaken.
Half agree with you crowey. I don't think we need to spend on the back four (although if the right player came up...), but we clearly need something more up front. There's nothing wrong with the strikers we have, but Holt/Morison isn't a comfortable partnership, and with Wes playing behind a lone front man we can look a bit toothless. I don't think we neccesarily need a 20 a season striker, more somone to provide 'the other half' of a partnership.
Agree Exile. I just started a thread wondering about the possibility of Simeon starting ahead of Holt. Perhaps that is what Vaughn was bought for - to provide something a little bit different to what we have at the moment. He could be the missing link when he returns - anybody know when that will be though?
Ha, just posted on that thread Chris. I think you may well be right on the money with Vaughan, such a shame for him (and us!).
I'd like to see a Jackson Morison start they would complement each other well but then leads you on to what system and who do you drop....
It would have to be Hoolahan, wouldn't it? I think if Jackson were the out and out striker, with Morison playing behind it could work in much the same way we play now. Obviously there'd be no point hitting direct balls to Jackson as we can with Morison, but Morison being a bit deeper dosen't have to rule out he and Jackson switching position as we attack/defend.
I don't think it'd be a bad thing to drop Hoolahan. He's not been at his best the last couple of games and today he gave the ball away a bit and looked a bit lost. The other problem with playing Hoolahan behind Morison is he hasn't got the pace to run onto Morison's flick-ons and nine times out of ten doesn't even try. Jackson on the other hand would at least chase down the flicks and give Morison a bit more freedom instead of winning headers and then having to chase down his own flick-ons.
Going to have to disagree; if Steve Morrison isn't a proper striker then frankly I don't who the **** is, considering the amount of service he's been getting lately (Nigh on **** all) to have 3 goals in 3 games is a great return, and I'm also happy with our options at CB. I can't see us getting relegated this season tbh.
i actually thought morrison was poor yesterday - lost the ball a number of times and had he not got a goal, think he'd have been hauled off at half time... by and large i'm happy with our strikers - but you aren't going to be beat anyone if you are letting in 2/3 goals a game as we have been - barney, or bambi as my girlfriend likes to call him has looked suspect the last few matches...without martin yesterday it would've been embarrasing...tierney hasn't been hitting the form he started off with early on for me... too many of our players lost the ball in ridiculous positions yesterday - i'm not pressing the panic button yet...get behind what we've got, we'll be fine...
But strikers lose the ball, because it's the defenders job to make them lose the ball. I can't imagine Holt or Jackson would of scored Morro's goal, but it's when defenders and midfielders lose the ball it really hurts you.
One thing that has baffled me is that since our run form from bolton to blackburn game using the 4-2-3-1 formation we have lost 2 games on the bounce yet we hadnt had anything bad happen to us like a whooping etc! Why change something thats yet not broken, well wasnt?? The only reason he changed the formation was to have holt in aswell as moro, but why cos he scored a couple of vital goals off the bench... Maybe that is best suited for holt, cos they just dont work. as for yesterday what was our formation? 4-3-2-1? I never watched or listened to the game as was busy but was gobsmacked to see fox, johnson AND crofts in the side! Im sorry but last 2 games lambert has got it completely wrong changing the side and formation from something that was doing us fine! People may disagree with me but just my opinion.... As for transfers, i really dont know what lambert will do but i feel we need someone decent enough to cover hoolahan atleast, i feel we must move for rhodes and i would say another winger just to cover bennett and pilks so we could make sure we wouldnt need to change to much if any of the above were to get injured, suspended etc.