Our relatively good form towards the end of last season was built on the CB partnership of JCS and Cook, plus the conversion of Dunne into a RB. JCS is our best player in my opinion, and his signing a new contract is massive, but sadly he's a bit of a sicknote. When he isn't playing, we look so leaky at the back. The other big loss over last season is Hayden. With four at the back, you don't need two sitting in front of them, so I'd prefer to see something like a 4-1-4-1 with Field (in the absence of Hayden) as the holding player and Madsen getting forward. Dembele and Saito are exciting players, but they come into the 'tricky winger' category - great one week, missing the next - and I don't think you can play both of them together on a regular basis. Chair must start now fit, with two from Dembele, Saito, Smyth and Andersen alongside him behind the striker. These five are very lightweight as a group, though, and easily bullied. Up top, Celar has been hugely disappointing, and Frey - whilst a little better than I first gave him credit for - is a very average footballer. Who'd have thought we'd miss Dykes? I always thought that we never played to Dykes's strengths by leaving him isolated up top and perhaps the same applies with Frey. Stick Dembele up with him for the 'big man, little man' combo, perhaps. It's all a bit depressing, though, not least because there doesn't seem to be a lot of team spirit at the moment. Heads dropped way too easily on Tuesday.
