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Post by stokiematt1992 on Nov 30, 2020 0:03:50 GMT
So, if we could get one player in for January, what position would be best to address? For me, it has to be striker. I live in the hopes that Davies will come back strong around January, that Allen may add another option in midfield and that Shawcross may get back to fitness.....that’s a lot of ifs and hopes though.
However, yesterday showed that when Fletcher isn’t playing, we are crap. Campbell needs Fletcher on as much as anyone. He’s someone to link up properly with further up the pitch. Gregory can’t do that. Vokes can’t bully defenders the way that Fletcher can. Brown is the only other option and I haven’t really seen enough to figure him out yet, but I wouldn’t fancy us to continue pushing for top 6 with him leading the line.
I feel we really need a striker to come in on loan in January and offer us something different from the bench. Where does everyone else sit on the single position most important to address?
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Post by iwebbyyy on Nov 30, 2020 0:06:29 GMT
Still left back for me, I said Fox would be shit but he's probably even worse than I expected. Don't mind him as the left centre half in a back three but he is never a fullback.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 30, 2020 7:09:29 GMT
Right back
DM
Left back
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Nov 30, 2020 7:38:54 GMT
STRRRRIIIKKEER!!!!!!
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Post by LankyPotter on Nov 30, 2020 7:41:27 GMT
Joe Lolley hasn’t really been able to get a game since Hughton came in, I wonder if they would make him available to free up some funds?
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 30, 2020 7:48:51 GMT
A Dynamic CM who can pass forwards and has pace and strength. Someone in the Sawyers mould.
Then a LB or RB.
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Post by slicko on Nov 30, 2020 7:49:13 GMT
Rehabilitate Dwight Gayle at Stoke.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 30, 2020 7:50:41 GMT
A Dynamic CM who can pass forwards and has pace and strength. Someone in the Sawyers mould. Then a LB or RB. Couldn’t Mikel do that? He can’t defend..... |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 30, 2020 7:53:52 GMT
A Dynamic CM who can pass forwards and has pace and strength. Someone in the Sawyers mould. Then a LB or RB. Couldn’t Mikel do that? He can’t defend..... I like Mikel but he needs someone with legs besides him. |
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Post by crowsnwra on Nov 30, 2020 8:00:04 GMT
Couldn’t Mikel do that? He can’t defend..... I like Mikel but he needs someone with legs besides him. That always helps |
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Post by gingerninja on Nov 30, 2020 8:29:12 GMT
Vokes seems to have totally regressed these last few months. We can't start him in Fletcher's absence. I would try and develop Brown as a central striker, hold up is decent and better in the air.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 30, 2020 8:44:14 GMT
So, if we could get one player in for January, what position would be best to address? For me, it has to be striker. I live in the hopes that Davies will come back strong around January, that Allen may add another option in midfield and that Shawcross may get back to fitness.....that’s a lot of ifs and hopes though. However, yesterday showed that when Fletcher isn’t playing, we are crap. Campbell needs Fletcher on as much as anyone. He’s someone to link up properly with further up the pitch. Gregory can’t do that. Vokes can’t bully defenders the way that Fletcher can. Brown is the only other option and I haven’t really seen enough to figure him out yet, but I wouldn’t fancy us to continue pushing for top 6 with him leading the line. I feel we really need a striker to come in on loan in January and offer us something different from the bench. Where does everyone else sit on the single position most important to address? Could we not play Campbell centrally when Fletcher's not fit though? His hold-up play has come on leaps and bounds. I suspect we won't do much in January but there are areas of the first XI that need strengthening. Right back being the obvious one. |
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Post by Northy on Nov 30, 2020 8:54:35 GMT
That strong creative midfielder with pace we've not seen in a long time, or an Alan Hudson type midfielder
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 30, 2020 8:55:51 GMT
Couldn’t Mikel do that? He can’t defend..... I like Mikel but he needs someone with legs besides him. He does but if they're that player you described, who's gonna defend? The issue in there at the minute and all season has been letting runners go imo. Mikel's passing range has been really good and I think if he played alongside someone who held their position we'd get so much more out of him. |
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Post by bolders on Nov 30, 2020 9:10:24 GMT
Back up RB and LB
Striker, on loan if necessary
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Post by robwahlmann on Nov 30, 2020 9:30:07 GMT
It probably won't be long before both Allen and Thompson are back playing, and Cousins didn't do too badly at the end of last season either in that position so I wouldn't bring any new faces in at CM. A left wingback, a right wingback and a winger would be more needed I think.  |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 30, 2020 9:32:47 GMT
It probably won't be long before both Allen and Thompson are back playing, and Cousins didn't do too badly at the end of last season either in that position so I wouldn't bring any new faces in at CM. A left wingback, a right wingback and a winger would be more needed I think. None of them bar Cousins offer what we actually need though and he's League One standard really. |
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Post by StaffordPotter on Nov 30, 2020 9:32:53 GMT
I'd say rolling out a vaccine.
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 30, 2020 9:33:50 GMT
Biggest Priority?
Shift out the leaches. Wimmer, Bauer, and Ince are taking around £80,000 a week out the football club between them and doing nothing for it. If we can remove them somehow and replace them with one or two quality loans then it would make a huge difference to our options.
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 30, 2020 9:40:44 GMT
Ben Pearson.
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a nasty twat who can sit in front of the back four, tackle, and use the ball well would be a godsend.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 30, 2020 9:48:40 GMT
Ben Pearson. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a nasty twat who can sit in front of the back four, tackle, and use the ball well would be a godsend. He'd be perfect, wouldn't he? Is he out of contract this season as well? |
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 30, 2020 9:53:35 GMT
Ben Pearson. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a nasty twat who can sit in front of the back four, tackle, and use the ball well would be a godsend. He'd be perfect, wouldn't he? Is he out of contract this season as well? Still only 25. I can’t see him staying at Preston beyond this season. It will be interesting to see where he ends up. |
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 30, 2020 9:58:54 GMT
Our manager is a huge admirer of Joe Rothwell at Blackburn Rovers. I gather he’s out of contract in the summer.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Nov 30, 2020 9:58:57 GMT
A proper DM, it would free up the other midfielder to push forward more and would solve a couple of problems.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 30, 2020 9:59:15 GMT
I think a dose of reality is required for some people, there will be no ingoings save for a loan or two maybe unless we continue to ship out those earning not insignificant salaries (Wimmer and Bauer most notably, but also the likes of Ince and possibly Vokes and Gregory)
The key this season is to be patient with the manager and the players we have at our disposal, once the likes of Allen, Verlinden and Shawcross are (hopefully) back in the fold it gives us more options, but the 20 odd players we have now will be the ones seeing it through until May I have no doubt.
If there is a genuine, athletic DM out there available to loan then that would be the position for me if we could only bring in one player.....
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Post by boskampsflaps on Nov 30, 2020 10:00:55 GMT
It probably won't be long before both Allen and Thompson are back playing, and Cousins didn't do too badly at the end of last season either in that position so I wouldn't bring any new faces in at CM. A left wingback, a right wingback and a winger would be more needed I think. They're all the same midfielder though and thats the problem, there's no ballance in the middle. |
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Post by etebojan on Nov 30, 2020 10:50:09 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 30, 2020 10:58:08 GMT
We have 94937 centre backs already. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 30, 2020 10:59:43 GMT
I stopped listening to Kevin Phillips after his Afobe shout to be honest, but why would he have a scooby about Cedric Kipre either way? |
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Post by march4 on Nov 30, 2020 11:08:47 GMT
Can he play full back?
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