| I could only see a loan deal arriving 05:16 - Feb 3 with 1995 views | muccletonjoe |
And even then , I think the best that would have happened , was a loan deal for a Premier league U21 with limited experience. Having limited impact on our season. So barring any free transfers, we are left with what we've got. Promotion or no promotion , I really don't think it will boil down to this transfer window. Our bets were already laid. |  | | |  |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:50 - Feb 3 with 335 views | BloomBlue |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:28 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
I don't get your first point. If a penalty isnt scored then it's missed.
If you can't get players to sign, then you are not shopping down the correct aisle.
Interest in playing for the club should be part of your criteria, probably the first box to tick. We have one of the brightest young managers in the game. A training complex nearing completion that will rival many in the PL and Europe, and we are a parachute payment club so can provide great renumeration. If thats not enough to entice a player to the club, say thank-you and move on quickly. [Post edited 3 Feb 9:28]
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But that's what we did we moved on and didn't find a striker who wanted to join us. I'm sure we could have found one who wouldn't improve us, but is that you want?
Players aren't attracted to a training complex, Ipswich is in the ar$e end of nowhere. Take your specs off and you'll see Ipswich is a shlthole. People say places like Blackburn etc is a dump, you should walk down Ipswich high street. Somebody said the other day Ipswich doesn't even have a nightclub now.
Footballers aren't any different to any walk of life. If you moved places for a different job, you won't move just because the new office has a really nice coffee machine, you would look at everything. I bet most footballers aren't even reaching the point of discussing training complex when discussing moves. Lots of clubs have great training facilities, ours were so far behind, we're simply now at a level that matches those
Bamford didn't want to move from the area for family reasons. Piroe wanted to stay at a PL club and fight for his place, it happens.
You keep talking about a balanced view, but when people have a balanced view about footballers and how they make life choices, you ignore it. You just seem to want to ignore and blame the recruiting team, and some entitled view that when Ipswich calls everyone will jump. |  | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:53 - Feb 3 with 326 views | Guthrum |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:38 - Feb 3 by ashtonscoffeecup |
"There has been very little movement of strikers this window, particulalry ones in or close to the kind of market we are in. Sure, there's been some movement, but not of players we'd be in for. It is a very small pool that we are shopping in when looking for strikers who are an upgrade on what we have."
Point 1 - we can only buy a striker if other clubs are doing so? aren't we a little beyond that these days?
Point 2 - very small pool of strikers that are an upgrade on what we have - what have the 3 done this season to remotely back that point up? I honestly have seen little to nothing, so need to get some context around how/why anyone can say this with a straight face |
Strikers only become available for hire if they are spare, or at a lower level and ambitious.
The former implies someone who isn't doing a job at their present club (could be injury, form, not suiting the tactics, or simply not good enough). So it becomes at best a risk, at worst just getting somebody for the sake of it. If they are spares in the Prem, then the quality may be superior, but there is less incentive to take a step down on lower wages.
With the latter, it is even more of a gamble as to whether they can step up to the higher level.
You might believe that Hirst and Azon are not doing the job asked of them, but McKenna clearly thinks otherwise. Thus will not want to replace them with any old player for the sake of it. |  |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:54 - Feb 3 with 321 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:50 - Feb 3 by BloomBlue |
But that's what we did we moved on and didn't find a striker who wanted to join us. I'm sure we could have found one who wouldn't improve us, but is that you want?
Players aren't attracted to a training complex, Ipswich is in the ar$e end of nowhere. Take your specs off and you'll see Ipswich is a shlthole. People say places like Blackburn etc is a dump, you should walk down Ipswich high street. Somebody said the other day Ipswich doesn't even have a nightclub now.
Footballers aren't any different to any walk of life. If you moved places for a different job, you won't move just because the new office has a really nice coffee machine, you would look at everything. I bet most footballers aren't even reaching the point of discussing training complex when discussing moves. Lots of clubs have great training facilities, ours were so far behind, we're simply now at a level that matches those
Bamford didn't want to move from the area for family reasons. Piroe wanted to stay at a PL club and fight for his place, it happens.
You keep talking about a balanced view, but when people have a balanced view about footballers and how they make life choices, you ignore it. You just seem to want to ignore and blame the recruiting team, and some entitled view that when Ipswich calls everyone will jump. |
There we go, the 'entitled' line. Wanting better for your club is not entitlement.
I keep hearing only 3 strikers mentioned. Piroe, Bamford, Surridge etc. Did we spend 4 weeks talking to 3 players? |  | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:57 - Feb 3 with 314 views | ashtonscoffeecup |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:45 - Feb 3 by Herbivore |
The transfer market is, in many ways, like a lot of markers so it's of course relevant to look around at what sort of business is being done. It's also useful to reflect on whether anyone moved who we think we genuinely missed out on given that some seem to think there's loads of strikers available that would improve us.
Your second point, no doubt our strikers have underperformed this season but that doesn't make them crap which I know is probably hard for some fans to comprehend. You're not going to get someone better than Hirst or Azon very easily. It's not just about goals but about the other qualities they bring in terms of workrate, occupying the centre halves, running the channels. If you honestly think there's loads of strikers out there who are clearly an upgrade and who were available in our budget this window, can you name some of them? Ideally players who were sold this window so we know they were genuinely available. |
respectfully I don't own, or have the use of, a multiple million pound player database to input such information to get an output of players. that job falls in the laps of highly paid professionals that the club have employed or contracted to them.
I just refuse to believe that filters couldn't be changed slightly to throw up names, even if not exactly the same as Hirst, who by the way isn't the be all and end all as a striker. his drop off this season has been the most disappointing thing overall for me.
And we all know that overnight that wont just change, or a fluke goal changes his fortunes. he is unfortunately broken for this season, and if we go up i think that's him done here personally.
I think we must find a way to best utilise Akpom for the rest of the season, clearly a talented player, and has a great champ record (well, 1 season anyway) so its on KM and the team to bring him into the fold as our main man. that's my take on it anyway | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:59 - Feb 3 with 305 views | Guthrum |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:46 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
Please, can you honestly tell me there aren't 3 players better than Hirst, Akpon and Azon who wouldnt have been available to us? |
This discussion really comes down to some people thinking our current set of centre forwards are utterly rubbish with almost anybody being an improvement and others (including McKenna) thinking otherwise. | |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:01 - Feb 3 with 296 views | Wright1 |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 08:16 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
Showing little faith in our recruitment and those who seal the deals then. I understand it totally. |
It's not just that. I think a lot of people are understating how difficult it would be for any recruitment team to fill this role.
It needed to be someone who:
- was an obvious improvement on what we have (which contrary to the vitriol out there isn't a given)
- was available and willing to play for a Championship club
- fits the style of play
- was match fit and preferably has PL or Championship experience to ensure they hit the ground running
- was either a loan or we were confident would make the step up to the PL otherwise we are potentially hamstringing ourselves for the summer
- and ultimately it still had to be financially the right price and viable
Of all the people who kept saying "sign a striker... sign a striker..." I didn't see many offer any names and of those who did I would argue not many met this criteria. We were looking for a bit of a unicorn really and i'd rather sign no one than sign someone for the sake of it. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:02 - Feb 3 with 294 views | ashtonscoffeecup |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:53 - Feb 3 by Guthrum |
Strikers only become available for hire if they are spare, or at a lower level and ambitious.
The former implies someone who isn't doing a job at their present club (could be injury, form, not suiting the tactics, or simply not good enough). So it becomes at best a risk, at worst just getting somebody for the sake of it. If they are spares in the Prem, then the quality may be superior, but there is less incentive to take a step down on lower wages.
With the latter, it is even more of a gamble as to whether they can step up to the higher level.
You might believe that Hirst and Azon are not doing the job asked of them, but McKenna clearly thinks otherwise. Thus will not want to replace them with any old player for the sake of it. |
If McKenna is asking Hirst to play this way then I have serious questions over him.
(of course he's not asking him to play this way, and likely will be extremely disappointed in what his no9 has done for the team this season - as most of us are) | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:19 - Feb 3 with 269 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 08:08 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
I honestly cannot believe people werent expecting a striker. This has to be you managing your own expectations, so you didnt get dissapointed when we didnt land anyone.
We wanted a striker, we even spoke to strikers yet you didnt think we would get one? - Is that down to you not having faith in our recruitment team or those negotiating the deals? |
You could be right. Maybe I’m managing my own expectations. I tend to ignore transfer speculation and it just seemed that time was running out to get someone else in. Kieran was fairly non-committal on Thursday/Friday whenever it was. Phil’s report from the presser is below. It felt like he was managing expectations himself. I was at best 50/50 of getting a striker in late in the window, even if we’d bid earlier. It sounded like KM was happy to crack on with this lot, but he would say that of course.
From Phil’s thread on the presser:
‘Movement before Monday? Things still possible, not expecting my phone to ring in the next 10 minutes. Situation hasn't changed, focusing on players here, happy with them. If we can't find a player that adds, then we'll crack on with the squad here.’
‘Definitely possible we won't add to squad. Comfortable with that? Went into the window knowing there has been a big turnover and the squad is improving, but looking at squad and whether someone can improve us in particular positions. So far, Anis and Dan have come in. If we don't do that in any other position, we'll push on.’ |  |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:27 - Feb 3 with 258 views | BasingstokeBlue |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:44 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
Barely any available? Seriously? We are clearly not looking in the right places if this is the case.
My head hurts at people justifying not signing a striker because there wasnt one available. |
OK, give us your top 5 strikers that wanted to come here. |  |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:34 - Feb 3 with 255 views | Guthrum |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:02 - Feb 3 by ashtonscoffeecup |
If McKenna is asking Hirst to play this way then I have serious questions over him.
(of course he's not asking him to play this way, and likely will be extremely disappointed in what his no9 has done for the team this season - as most of us are) |
Perhaps it's a matter of emphasis. He would like Hirst and Azon to do better with the chances they have, perhaps (what manager wouldn't want their players to put every shot away?), but it's not so important because we're relying upon the wide left men - Philogene and Clarke - to get the goals, supplemented by the rest of the attacking group.
But their main job is to disrupt defences and hold the ball up to feed the link-men coming forwards (Nunez/Akpom/Szmodics, Davis/Egeli/McAteer, now Mehmeti). It's not like that system has failed to work in the majority of games, particularly since September. We aren't short of goals in the side.
This discussion about McKenna and strikers has been going on since 2022. | |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:40 - Feb 3 with 243 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:27 - Feb 3 by BasingstokeBlue |
OK, give us your top 5 strikers that wanted to come here. |
I don't work in the indstry so don't have people compiling market research, trawling dashboards and agents on speed dial who could assist with this search.
I could however tell you 3 or 4 people in my industry I would hire in a heartbeat if my current team members were to move on, or no longer performing to the level that was expected of them.
I would expect the same from the Club. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:47 - Feb 3 with 232 views | Wright1 |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:40 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
I don't work in the indstry so don't have people compiling market research, trawling dashboards and agents on speed dial who could assist with this search.
I could however tell you 3 or 4 people in my industry I would hire in a heartbeat if my current team members were to move on, or no longer performing to the level that was expected of them.
I would expect the same from the Club. |
For all the outrage, this the prevalent response when pushed. It astounds me.
I think this is a societal problem as much as it is a football or our fanbase problem but still wow. Essentially, you are saying you have no idea what you're talking about but are confident enough that it is absolutely fair and right to slate the people in charge who presumably by the shear fact that are in that position have more knowledge of the market than you.
This is how we ended up with Brexit. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:48 - Feb 3 with 231 views | Guthrum |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:40 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
I don't work in the indstry so don't have people compiling market research, trawling dashboards and agents on speed dial who could assist with this search.
I could however tell you 3 or 4 people in my industry I would hire in a heartbeat if my current team members were to move on, or no longer performing to the level that was expected of them.
I would expect the same from the Club. |
Now what if those 4 or 5 people were happy in their current job, had salary expectations far too high or simply didn't want to join your company? Do you then move down to try the next lot, who are at best of the same standard as those you want to replace, but don't know your systems, aren't integrated with existing teams and would still require considerable time/money investment in the recruitment process and training?
How far down the list do you go before giving up? | |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:51 - Feb 3 with 227 views | dirtyboy |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:54 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
There we go, the 'entitled' line. Wanting better for your club is not entitlement.
I keep hearing only 3 strikers mentioned. Piroe, Bamford, Surridge etc. Did we spend 4 weeks talking to 3 players? |
There are probably hundreds of strikers on the recruitment database, I refuse to believe the club doesn't look very carefully at the type of player we want and draws up a shortlist of an 'obvious' upgrade on what we have.
You then obviously rank those targets. We know the club is ambitious, so it's not going to be looking at lower leagues and of course, the league is much closer this year, so there may have been a number of clubs we'd have wanted to take their striker from them, but if they rebuff any approach, they have a much stronger chance of being in our position than if they sell to a rival.
There are myriad reasons to why deals don't happen.
In my basic thinking, players we may have looked at.
Surridge, apparently got offered big money to stay
Armstrong, went to PL
Makama/Sargent, won't make mistake of selling to rivals
Gelhardt, we're not an obvious upgrade given Hull are above us
If you want to look at other leagues, then without bedding in periods for foreign players, I consider the 'obvious' upgrade route in my thinking.
I don't want to throw the entitlement phrase around, but I do feel people have this expectation that good players are easy for a club of our stature to pick up and that's not always the case.
I'm more comfortable that we have a scorer in the 10 and cover for Matusiwa than anything. It's not like we're not scoring and Hirst is obviously having a confidence issue as he's not the player we've seen before and it's wrong to simply write off a player we know has otherwise been capbale. |  | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:54 - Feb 3 with 221 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:48 - Feb 3 by Guthrum |
Now what if those 4 or 5 people were happy in their current job, had salary expectations far too high or simply didn't want to join your company? Do you then move down to try the next lot, who are at best of the same standard as those you want to replace, but don't know your systems, aren't integrated with existing teams and would still require considerable time/money investment in the recruitment process and training?
How far down the list do you go before giving up? |
No, I wouldnt consider them options if I didnt think they would move on. I wouldnt wase my time or theirs.
It's been great to debate, we still completely disagree with each others thought processes but that is also fine.
I really hope our strikers get us over the line, starting with tonight away at Pompey.
It's been a pleasure but I really must finish these few bits of work before I set off on the 4hr journey to Pompey. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:56 - Feb 3 with 215 views | Guthrum |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:54 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
No, I wouldnt consider them options if I didnt think they would move on. I wouldnt wase my time or theirs.
It's been great to debate, we still completely disagree with each others thought processes but that is also fine.
I really hope our strikers get us over the line, starting with tonight away at Pompey.
It's been a pleasure but I really must finish these few bits of work before I set off on the 4hr journey to Pompey. |
Have a good journey there and back, hopefully with 3 points. | |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:00 - Feb 3 with 207 views | LeoMuff |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:40 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
I don't work in the indstry so don't have people compiling market research, trawling dashboards and agents on speed dial who could assist with this search.
I could however tell you 3 or 4 people in my industry I would hire in a heartbeat if my current team members were to move on, or no longer performing to the level that was expected of them.
I would expect the same from the Club. |
Burger flipping isn’t quite the same as finding a striker who will finish chances we create…
We are in a position where the good championship strikers won’t be sold to rivals eg Ivanovic, Simms or will go to the prem Armstrong.
The Prem is minted they won’t release anyone who may be even of slight benefit or the player wants to stay at the top level Piroe, Wilson.
Then you are down to punts from lower leagues or Europe which come with no guarantees to be any better than what we have, we are second top scorers in the league after all. |  |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:01 - Feb 3 with 205 views | BloomBlue |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 09:54 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
There we go, the 'entitled' line. Wanting better for your club is not entitlement.
I keep hearing only 3 strikers mentioned. Piroe, Bamford, Surridge etc. Did we spend 4 weeks talking to 3 players? |
Its total entitlement to think Ipswich just have to click their fingers and players will jump.
You're proved it with your 2nd sentence. How do you know we didn't approach lots of clubs and talk to them about their strikers and were told not for sale.
We all want players who can improve the team but if they're not for sale or don't want to move to Ipswich, nothing we can do. If you think we can, 100% that is entitlement. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:09 - Feb 3 with 192 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:51 - Feb 3 by dirtyboy |
There are probably hundreds of strikers on the recruitment database, I refuse to believe the club doesn't look very carefully at the type of player we want and draws up a shortlist of an 'obvious' upgrade on what we have.
You then obviously rank those targets. We know the club is ambitious, so it's not going to be looking at lower leagues and of course, the league is much closer this year, so there may have been a number of clubs we'd have wanted to take their striker from them, but if they rebuff any approach, they have a much stronger chance of being in our position than if they sell to a rival.
There are myriad reasons to why deals don't happen.
In my basic thinking, players we may have looked at.
Surridge, apparently got offered big money to stay
Armstrong, went to PL
Makama/Sargent, won't make mistake of selling to rivals
Gelhardt, we're not an obvious upgrade given Hull are above us
If you want to look at other leagues, then without bedding in periods for foreign players, I consider the 'obvious' upgrade route in my thinking.
I don't want to throw the entitlement phrase around, but I do feel people have this expectation that good players are easy for a club of our stature to pick up and that's not always the case.
I'm more comfortable that we have a scorer in the 10 and cover for Matusiwa than anything. It's not like we're not scoring and Hirst is obviously having a confidence issue as he's not the player we've seen before and it's wrong to simply write off a player we know has otherwise been capbale. |
All valid points. Some I agree with, some I don’t.
For me, we’re at a point now where an “upgrade” didnt necessarily mean a better all-round player. It just means someone who has the confidence to put away some of the countless chances we’re currently missing. The Big Chances Missed data absolutely supports that.
We are quick to say our strikers don’t need to score 20+ goals, and I do understand that, but for 4–6 weeks we were basically Philogene FC, and now we’re Jack Clarke FC with Individual brilliance hving won us a lot of games this season, and to be honest it should, considering the fees we’ve paid. If those players hadnt had those purple patches, things could look very different.
My biggest concern is that the strikers, who supposedly don’t need to score 20+, are no longer doing the bits we do need them to do. The ball comes back far too quickly, they aren’t running the channels, and they’re not getting us up the pitch anywhere near well enough with first touches like trampolines springing to mind.
I do need to be careful here though, because I genuinely think Azon has improved a lot. If he’d started the season like he has looked over the last few weeks, he may well have had three, four, even five more goals by now, and many would have far greater confidence in him to score some important goals in the run in. The fact is, he hasn’t.
Lastly, and it’s a point I really want to make, aiming in the lower leagues isn’t showing a lack of ambition at all. If anything it shows proper player ID. Can you imagine Makama in our side now? He’s from the lower leagues and absolutely flying.
Mehmet solves the 10 problem, and hopefully Neil plays alongside Matusiwa rather than just sitting on the bench as cover. We don’t dictate play in the middle of the park anywhere near enough, and Neil looks like that player. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:11 - Feb 3 with 191 views | Herbivore |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 10:40 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
I don't work in the indstry so don't have people compiling market research, trawling dashboards and agents on speed dial who could assist with this search.
I could however tell you 3 or 4 people in my industry I would hire in a heartbeat if my current team members were to move on, or no longer performing to the level that was expected of them.
I would expect the same from the Club. |
And when those three or four decide not to join you, do you just grab someone off the street? |  |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:12 - Feb 3 with 187 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:11 - Feb 3 by Herbivore |
And when those three or four decide not to join you, do you just grab someone off the street? |
As above, I would identify them as candidates if I didnt they would join. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:15 - Feb 3 with 181 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:00 - Feb 3 by LeoMuff |
Burger flipping isn’t quite the same as finding a striker who will finish chances we create…
We are in a position where the good championship strikers won’t be sold to rivals eg Ivanovic, Simms or will go to the prem Armstrong.
The Prem is minted they won’t release anyone who may be even of slight benefit or the player wants to stay at the top level Piroe, Wilson.
Then you are down to punts from lower leagues or Europe which come with no guarantees to be any better than what we have, we are second top scorers in the league after all. |
OK, now I'm burger flipping for a living.
Tough crowd you lot when you go against the grain. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:20 - Feb 3 with 178 views | BloomBlue |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:15 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
OK, now I'm burger flipping for a living.
Tough crowd you lot when you go against the grain. |
Ahhh 'bingo', the old 'when you against the grain' excuse. The entitled always drag that one out. | | | |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:21 - Feb 3 with 179 views | Guthrum |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:09 - Feb 3 by TownieRob |
All valid points. Some I agree with, some I don’t.
For me, we’re at a point now where an “upgrade” didnt necessarily mean a better all-round player. It just means someone who has the confidence to put away some of the countless chances we’re currently missing. The Big Chances Missed data absolutely supports that.
We are quick to say our strikers don’t need to score 20+ goals, and I do understand that, but for 4–6 weeks we were basically Philogene FC, and now we’re Jack Clarke FC with Individual brilliance hving won us a lot of games this season, and to be honest it should, considering the fees we’ve paid. If those players hadnt had those purple patches, things could look very different.
My biggest concern is that the strikers, who supposedly don’t need to score 20+, are no longer doing the bits we do need them to do. The ball comes back far too quickly, they aren’t running the channels, and they’re not getting us up the pitch anywhere near well enough with first touches like trampolines springing to mind.
I do need to be careful here though, because I genuinely think Azon has improved a lot. If he’d started the season like he has looked over the last few weeks, he may well have had three, four, even five more goals by now, and many would have far greater confidence in him to score some important goals in the run in. The fact is, he hasn’t.
Lastly, and it’s a point I really want to make, aiming in the lower leagues isn’t showing a lack of ambition at all. If anything it shows proper player ID. Can you imagine Makama in our side now? He’s from the lower leagues and absolutely flying.
Mehmet solves the 10 problem, and hopefully Neil plays alongside Matusiwa rather than just sitting on the bench as cover. We don’t dictate play in the middle of the park anywhere near enough, and Neil looks like that player. |
I do really think that having more and better link-up men in midfield and just ahead of that will increase the number of good chances we are creating.
Nunez has done a decent job and, for me, it's no coincidence our recent issues have been when he's out injured. Mehmeti will provide cover and rotation in that key slot. The role which Chaplin used to do. Neil (about whom I know little) potentially improves distribution from deeper in midfield.
p.s. I wouldn't set off for Portsmouth just yet, Phil has just posted the match is off (again). | |
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| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:28 - Feb 3 with 168 views | TownieRob |
| I could only see a loan deal arriving on 11:21 - Feb 3 by Guthrum |
I do really think that having more and better link-up men in midfield and just ahead of that will increase the number of good chances we are creating.
Nunez has done a decent job and, for me, it's no coincidence our recent issues have been when he's out injured. Mehmeti will provide cover and rotation in that key slot. The role which Chaplin used to do. Neil (about whom I know little) potentially improves distribution from deeper in midfield.
p.s. I wouldn't set off for Portsmouth just yet, Phil has just posted the match is off (again). |
Wow, just seen that now. Good job i replied to one more.
I agree with your points. we stumbled on Nunez in the 10 and it quickly made our play far more cohesive. Hes out, and we are back to where we were circa 3 months ago.
I'm going to drop out of this thread now as its turning a bit nasty. Appreciate your debate though. [Post edited 3 Feb 16:12]
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