| LM in at CB 15:22 - Jul 28 with 13177 views | SitfcB | Soon. To be sure. [Post edited 28 Jul 2023 15:22]
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| LM in at CB on 19:35 - Jul 28 with 3796 views | BlueandTruesince82 | Does anyone know what car he drives? |  |
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| LM in at CB on 19:43 - Jul 28 with 3722 views | chicoazul | WHY DOES JIM ONLY SIGN IRISH PLAYERS |  |
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| LM in at CB on 20:46 - Jul 28 with 3505 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| LM in at CB on 15:38 - Jul 28 by Kieran_Knows | If we’re going back to stalking signings, he shouldn’t be that hard to miss given he has the longest neck in football! Be a good signing if true, especially if it’s permanent. |
Explains our squad photos.....this is definitely happening! [Post edited 28 Jul 2023 20:49]
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| LM in at CB on 20:54 - Jul 28 with 3397 views | FrimleyBlue | I'm assuming he's a good ball playing cb? |  |
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| LM in at CB on 20:56 - Jul 28 with 3389 views | EssexBloo | Liz McColgan? Will run all day. Decent signing |  | |  |
| LM in at CB on 21:53 - Jul 28 with 3158 views | Metal_Hacker |
| LM in at CB on 20:56 - Jul 28 by EssexBloo | Liz McColgan? Will run all day. Decent signing |
Lionel Messi? Nah , past it |  |
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| LM in at CB on 01:14 - Jul 29 with 2915 views | Westcountryblue | Luke McNally would be a good signing. It'd be interesting to see how that impacts on the existing CB's at the club. You'd think either Burgess or Edmondson would then move on, with Baggot potentially kept, as 3rd or 4th choice back up. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| LM in at CB on 07:39 - Jul 29 with 2732 views | yorkshireblue | Am I right in thinking he’s left footed, but plays as a RCB? |  | |  |
| LM in at CB on 08:23 - Jul 29 with 2628 views | Kieran_Knows | He wasn’t in the Burnley squad at all last night which played. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 08:38 - Jul 29 with 2561 views | ITFCBlues |
| LM in at CB on 08:23 - Jul 29 by Kieran_Knows | He wasn’t in the Burnley squad at all last night which played. |
He's right sided apparently, do we need another right sided CB? |  |
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| LM in at CB on 08:45 - Jul 29 with 2520 views | Kieran_Knows |
| LM in at CB on 08:38 - Jul 29 by ITFCBlues | He's right sided apparently, do we need another right sided CB? |
Does it really matter? As long as he’s a decent centre back he should be able to play both sides. Chambers and Webster were right footed, but they preferred to play on the left. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 08:55 - Jul 29 with 2457 views | pointofblue |
| LM in at CB on 08:38 - Jul 29 by ITFCBlues | He's right sided apparently, do we need another right sided CB? |
According to transfermarkt, he can play both sides. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 09:04 - Jul 29 with 2412 views | DeliasMashedPotato |
| LM in at CB on 15:50 - Jul 28 by Swansea_Blue | Linda McCartney. She’d still be more mobile than Douglas. |
Maybe and also heard linked with Heather Mills. But not sure it has legs |  | |  |
| LM in at CB on 10:20 - Jul 29 with 2205 views | tractorboy1978 |
| LM in at CB on 08:45 - Jul 29 by Kieran_Knows | Does it really matter? As long as he’s a decent centre back he should be able to play both sides. Chambers and Webster were right footed, but they preferred to play on the left. |
I do think a left footed CB makes a difference though, particularly with the way we play and how advanced Davis plays. We looked a lot more comfortable with Burgess in that position on his natural side than we did with Edmundson. Two centre halves (left sider and right sider) with Edmundson going still wouldn't surprise me at all. |  | |  |
| LM in at CB on 10:35 - Jul 29 with 2138 views | pointofblue |
| LM in at CB on 10:20 - Jul 29 by tractorboy1978 | I do think a left footed CB makes a difference though, particularly with the way we play and how advanced Davis plays. We looked a lot more comfortable with Burgess in that position on his natural side than we did with Edmundson. Two centre halves (left sider and right sider) with Edmundson going still wouldn't surprise me at all. |
I think being comfortable on the left is the most important thing, rather than being left footed. Edmundson never looked happy there. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 10:36 - Jul 29 with 2134 views | Parky |
| LM in at CB on 08:45 - Jul 29 by Kieran_Knows | Does it really matter? As long as he’s a decent centre back he should be able to play both sides. Chambers and Webster were right footed, but they preferred to play on the left. |
McNally and Trusty given Clarke is injured? |  | |  |
| LM in at CB on 10:38 - Jul 29 with 2126 views | Kieran_Knows |
| LM in at CB on 10:36 - Jul 29 by Parky | McNally and Trusty given Clarke is injured? |
Would be nice! |  |
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| LM in at CB on 10:41 - Jul 29 with 2099 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| LM in at CB on 21:53 - Jul 28 by Metal_Hacker | Lionel Messi? Nah , past it |
Messi will never make it at the top level. He's too short. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 10:48 - Jul 29 with 2059 views | pointofblue |
| LM in at CB on 10:36 - Jul 29 by Parky | McNally and Trusty given Clarke is injured? |
We're only signing both if we're looking to change both starting centre backs. Neither will be coming to sit on the bench/fill out the squad. I think we'll go into the season with Woolfenden, Edmundson, Burgess and possibly McNally, but a new signing all the same. Baggott will go out on loan and Edmundson's situation will be reviewed in January. I'd say, even if we get someone through the door, only injury or illness will prevent Woolfenden and Burgess being the starting pair at Sunderland. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 11:46 - Jul 29 with 1911 views | Herbivore |
| LM in at CB on 10:35 - Jul 29 by pointofblue | I think being comfortable on the left is the most important thing, rather than being left footed. Edmundson never looked happy there. |
Edmundson was fine there in 2021/22, in fact when we signed him I'm sure I read somewhere that despite being right footed he liked playing as a left sided CB. It's only when his form dipped last season that people started to question him playing there, but I'm not sure playing on the left was his main issue, more that he never really seemed match fit and was prone to lapses in concentration. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 12:07 - Jul 29 with 1833 views | GlasgowBlue |
| LM in at CB on 11:46 - Jul 29 by Herbivore | Edmundson was fine there in 2021/22, in fact when we signed him I'm sure I read somewhere that despite being right footed he liked playing as a left sided CB. It's only when his form dipped last season that people started to question him playing there, but I'm not sure playing on the left was his main issue, more that he never really seemed match fit and was prone to lapses in concentration. |
His form dipped the moment John McGreal, followed by McKenna, brought back Woolfy and moved Edmundson over to the left. He never looked comfortable there. Hence McKenna brought in a more defensive left back in Dominic Thompson for extra cover as Edmundson tended to drift more to the centre. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 12:13 - Jul 29 with 1814 views | FrimleyBlue |
| LM in at CB on 12:07 - Jul 29 by GlasgowBlue | His form dipped the moment John McGreal, followed by McKenna, brought back Woolfy and moved Edmundson over to the left. He never looked comfortable there. Hence McKenna brought in a more defensive left back in Dominic Thompson for extra cover as Edmundson tended to drift more to the centre. |
It changed when he was asked to play more football from the back. He couldn't pass his way out of trouble with his right foot and gave the ball away many many times. Leaving himself out of position etc. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 12:26 - Jul 29 with 1768 views | GlasgowBlue |
| LM in at CB on 12:13 - Jul 29 by FrimleyBlue | It changed when he was asked to play more football from the back. He couldn't pass his way out of trouble with his right foot and gave the ball away many many times. Leaving himself out of position etc. |
A fit Edmundson on the right hand side of central defence is Championship quality. Unfortunately, he's rarely been fit and rarely played on the right. |  |
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| LM in at CB on 13:39 - Jul 29 with 1640 views | pointofblue |
| LM in at CB on 12:26 - Jul 29 by GlasgowBlue | A fit Edmundson on the right hand side of central defence is Championship quality. Unfortunately, he's rarely been fit and rarely played on the right. |
The problem is we have two good defenders who can play out from the back on the right but not so much from the left, though I do like Burgess. |  |
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