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Post by Lawto on Oct 31, 2021 12:02:33 GMT
….. is what we’re lacking.
Somebody to get the defence, and other midfielders by the scruff of the neck, and organise them.
ALL successful teams have them. We don’t have one!
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Post by andystokey on Oct 31, 2021 12:17:38 GMT
Ben Pearson changes this side in a heartbeat in the same way Talbot and Taggart did.
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Post by Fred Merger on Oct 31, 2021 12:22:32 GMT
We need a competent Goalkeeper and a decent group of defenders first but, a defensive midfielder is obviously also required. We always look capable of scoring but sadly never look like keeping a clean sheet these days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2021 12:29:47 GMT
Ben Pearson changes this side in a heartbeat in the same way Talbot and Taggart did. But there’s not a chance in hell that we are taking him from Bournemouth. He does seem ideal, but it’s really a case of who we could bring in versus who would be useful. I think Souttar needs a mentor as well. |
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Post by richardparker on Oct 31, 2021 12:37:57 GMT
Do these type of characters actually exist anymore?
Every team had one (or more) thirty years ago. Now if you have one ... advance to go and collect £200 when you get there!
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Oct 31, 2021 12:42:05 GMT
Do these type of characters actually exist anymore? Every team had one (or more) thirty years ago. Now if you have one ... advance to go and collect £200 when you get there! At the very least most teams have some kind of physical presence in their midfield. |
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Post by TinkerT on Oct 31, 2021 12:46:21 GMT
Pearson or Cook from Bournemouth would be ideal.
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Post by sheds1862 on Oct 31, 2021 12:53:55 GMT
About the 20th thread on this subject
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Post by s7oke on Oct 31, 2021 12:54:51 GMT
To be honest I would play wilmott there as he plays too far forward and gets dragged all over the place anyway
He also seems to have a decent engine
If MON persists with 3 at the back play ostigard
Souttar and batth
But more importantly we need a leader and someone who will open his mouth bollock and organise.
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Post by s7oke on Oct 31, 2021 12:55:37 GMT
About the 20th thread on this subject Must be a popular subject then |
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Post by zerps on Oct 31, 2021 13:03:05 GMT
To be honest I would play wilmott there as he plays too far forward and gets dragged all over the place anyway He also seems to have a decent engine If MON persists with 3 at the back play ostigard Souttar and batth But more importantly we need a leader and someone who will open his mouth bollock and organise. Same |
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Post by yyy on Oct 31, 2021 13:21:12 GMT
Personally as said before I'd bring batth into defence and play Willmott deepest centre mid.
What gets me is that all summer we needed a certain type of midfielder and we didn't get him.
Besic on a free would have been perfect, he was available
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 31, 2021 13:23:37 GMT
Do these type of characters actually exist anymore? Every team had one (or more) thirty years ago. Now if you have one ... advance to go and collect £200 when you get there! At the very least most teams have some kind of physical presence in their midfield. Whenever we don’t have something you have a section of fans on here and Twitter that don’t think it exists anywhere else. What’s that about? The DM is the new one like no other team has one and finding one is like finding the Holy Grail. 😂 |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Oct 31, 2021 13:29:44 GMT
At the very least most teams have some kind of physical presence in their midfield. Whenever we don’t have something you have a section of fans on here and Twitter that don’t think it exists anywhere else. What’s that about? The DM is the new one like no other team has one and finding one is like finding the Holy Grail. 😂 Like TP and full backs. The DM one is weird, I keep reading that ‘you don’t need one with a back three’ yet most of the teams who play with three at the back play with one or sometimes two sharing the load. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 31, 2021 13:34:49 GMT
Whenever we don’t have something you have a section of fans on here and Twitter that don’t think it exists anywhere else. What’s that about? The DM is the new one like no other team has one and finding one is like finding the Holy Grail. 😂 Like TP and full backs. The DM one is weird, I keep reading that ‘you don’t need one with a back three’ yet most of the teams who play with three at the back play with one or sometimes two sharing the load. Yeah it doesn’t compute. Especially when most of us support a national side where a massive moan has been playing a back 3 with 2 DM’s too 😂 |
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Post by J-Roar on Oct 31, 2021 20:57:20 GMT
Personally as said before I'd bring batth into defence and play Willmott deepest centre mid. What gets me is that all summer we needed a certain type of midfielder and we didn't get him. Besic on a free would have been perfect, he was available If Batth plays then we're fucked from a possession point of view. Other teams let him have the ball and know they will get the ball back as he will either ping it out or give it back to them. Chester isn't an answer as teams just target him because of his lack of pace. The only 3 I can see possibly working are Souttar - who teams are beginning to work out a bit - Wilmot and Leo. Tbh though, Wilmot and Leo's passing is erratic but in a whole different league to Batth. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Oct 31, 2021 21:01:27 GMT
Personally as said before I'd bring batth into defence and play Willmott deepest centre mid. What gets me is that all summer we needed a certain type of midfielder and we didn't get him. Besic on a free would have been perfect, he was available If Batth plays then we're fucked from a possession point of view. Other teams let him have the ball and know they will get the ball back as he will either ping it out or give it back to them. Chester isn't an answer as teams just target him because of his lack of pace. The only 3 I can see possibly working are Souttar - who teams are beginning to work out a bit - Wilmot and Leo. Tbh though, Wilmot and Leo's passing is erratic but in a whole different league to Batth. This. But the problem with that is that Wilmot's passing on the left is way worse than it is on the right. And he can't pass wind when he plays on the right. |
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Post by bertiestan on Nov 1, 2021 0:37:37 GMT
Wilmot at dm is definitely not the answer ffs
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Post by s7oke on Nov 1, 2021 4:31:35 GMT
Wilmot at dm is definitely not the answer ffs Why as that is where he has played for most of his short career |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2021 7:24:26 GMT
Wilmot at dm is definitely not the answer ffs Why as that is where he has played for most of his short career I don’t think it is. He’s played there about three times in his career hasn’t he? |
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Post by toad on Nov 1, 2021 7:27:29 GMT
Never replaced Mikel, we're crying out for a player like him now. Many on this board didn't see the value he added... Maybe they do now.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2021 7:37:11 GMT
Never replaced Mikel, we're crying out for a player like him now. Many on this board didn't see the value he added... Maybe they do now. Mikel was part of the problem just like Sawyers is. |
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Post by pb1863 on Nov 1, 2021 7:37:21 GMT
Watching Fulham I think we need a player of the ilk of Harry Wilson. Can pass, shoot and covers a lot of ground.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2021 7:42:54 GMT
Watching Fulham I think we need a player of the ilk of Harry Wilson. Can pass, shoot and covers a lot of ground. The problems really are at the other end though? |
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Post by boweryboy on Nov 1, 2021 8:22:57 GMT
The problems at the moment are all over the pitch,and O'Neill hasn't got a clue how to solve any of them !!
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Post by 16quidachuck on Nov 1, 2021 8:37:33 GMT
Cameron Brannagan would be a good shout
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Post by boskampsflaps on Nov 1, 2021 8:54:13 GMT
Never replaced Mikel, we're crying out for a player like him now. Many on this board didn't see the value he added... Maybe they do now. Mikel was part of the problem just like Sawyers is. Both are/were only a problem because of how they were/are being used tbf to them. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2021 9:11:54 GMT
Mikel was part of the problem just like Sawyers is. Both are/were only a problem because of how they were/are being used tbf to them. Sawyers definitely, though it would have been nice if Mikel could’ve bothered doing some off the ball stuff here and there. He didn’t play as the DM we needed. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2021 9:16:13 GMT
Cameron Brannagan would be a good shout Yep, mentioned him on the Transfer window thread. Be realistic also |
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Post by fraybentos on Nov 1, 2021 9:19:38 GMT
I couldn’t even think of who to bring in during January, it’s all a bit of a mess after watching the Cardiff match
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