| Who to obsess over next week? 21:06 - Aug 10 with 3112 views | FlittonBlue |
Now Cajuste and Akpom through the door, this place desperately need another potential signing to start a new thread every 10 minutes...so, who will it be? |  | | |  |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:09 - Aug 10 with 2761 views | pointofblue |
We still have weaknesses - a left back to cover Townsend's injury plus at least one if not two central midfielders.
Plus any incomings to cover outgoings. | |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:15 - Aug 10 with 2638 views | Chris_ITFC |
Omari will keep the glass half empty unhappy for a couple weeks yet!  |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:22 - Aug 10 with 2532 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Good bit of business to do. |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:23 - Aug 10 with 2517 views | noggin |
Jeremy Corbyn. |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:24 - Aug 10 with 2507 views | Kieran_Knows |
It’ll turn back to Hackney again. |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:29 - Aug 10 with 2429 views | billlm |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:24 - Aug 10 by Kieran_Knows |
It’ll turn back to Hackney again. |
I think it could well come back to us again, |  | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:41 - Aug 10 with 2331 views | wellsy700 |
A new CM I guess. Absolutely no idea who that might be though |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:42 - Aug 10 with 2331 views | MVBlue |
Hayden Hackney |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:43 - Aug 10 with 2310 views | Kievthegreat |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:09 - Aug 10 by pointofblue |
We still have weaknesses - a left back to cover Townsend's injury plus at least one if not two central midfielders.
Plus any incomings to cover outgoings. |
Young and Greaves can cover. Albeit Greaves would change our structure in a far more dramatic way. |  | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 22:06 - Aug 10 with 2121 views | textbackup |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:42 - Aug 10 by MVBlue |
Hayden Hackney |
The bloke who came to Ipswich, then went home again saying he didn’t want to come…? |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 22:42 - Aug 10 with 1854 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:43 - Aug 10 by Kievthegreat |
Young and Greaves can cover. Albeit Greaves would change our structure in a far more dramatic way. |
I think it's a pretty specialist position that LB/LWB role. Would have to be a complete tactical rethink if you played those two in the role. Neither are much of a threat to get in behind.
IMO Time to start planning properly for either life without Leif or a viable alternative to compete with him if we manage to get back up.
With Townsend out of contract next season, we would have had to do it then. This just moves that forward a year. | | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 23:08 - Aug 10 with 1751 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 22:42 - Aug 10 by Bellevue_Blue |
I think it's a pretty specialist position that LB/LWB role. Would have to be a complete tactical rethink if you played those two in the role. Neither are much of a threat to get in behind.
IMO Time to start planning properly for either life without Leif or a viable alternative to compete with him if we manage to get back up.
With Townsend out of contract next season, we would have had to do it then. This just moves that forward a year. |
Yep we won't leave it to chance. |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 00:15 - Aug 11 with 1502 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 22:42 - Aug 10 by Bellevue_Blue |
I think it's a pretty specialist position that LB/LWB role. Would have to be a complete tactical rethink if you played those two in the role. Neither are much of a threat to get in behind.
IMO Time to start planning properly for either life without Leif or a viable alternative to compete with him if we manage to get back up.
With Townsend out of contract next season, we would have had to do it then. This just moves that forward a year. |
The idea that Ashley Young isn't a good enough Back-up Wing Back for a team in the Championship is mind-blowing to me!
He knows the position inside-out, and has played it for many different managers with different tactics and systems. | | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 00:59 - Aug 11 with 1427 views | Kievthegreat |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 22:42 - Aug 10 by Bellevue_Blue |
I think it's a pretty specialist position that LB/LWB role. Would have to be a complete tactical rethink if you played those two in the role. Neither are much of a threat to get in behind.
IMO Time to start planning properly for either life without Leif or a viable alternative to compete with him if we manage to get back up.
With Townsend out of contract next season, we would have had to do it then. This just moves that forward a year. |
If Greaves drops in, I don't think we'd ask him to play as a wing back like Davis so he'd be more defensively minded traditional left back. It's something he's done before at Hull for half a season. Not a like for like replacement, but serviceable with some change in the team.
The idea that Ashley Young couldn't play as a left wing back and wouldn't have much threat seems bizarre. He's played there for Man Utd, Inter Milan and England for crying out loud! He is absolutely specialist enough for the job! | | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 01:23 - Aug 11 with 1379 views | baxterbasics |
Brandon Williams.
I know Hull apparently offered him a contract, but have seen no news of him signing it. Wasn't even on their bench today if he has. |  |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 02:32 - Aug 11 with 1300 views | ScottCandage |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:43 - Aug 10 by Kievthegreat |
Young and Greaves can cover. Albeit Greaves would change our structure in a far more dramatic way. |
If Greaves can cover LB, Woolfie comes in. Objections? [Post edited 11 Aug 2:33]
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 08:27 - Aug 11 with 911 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 00:59 - Aug 11 by Kievthegreat |
If Greaves drops in, I don't think we'd ask him to play as a wing back like Davis so he'd be more defensively minded traditional left back. It's something he's done before at Hull for half a season. Not a like for like replacement, but serviceable with some change in the team.
The idea that Ashley Young couldn't play as a left wing back and wouldn't have much threat seems bizarre. He's played there for Man Utd, Inter Milan and England for crying out loud! He is absolutely specialist enough for the job! |
Of course he could play it but he's 40, is right footed and has played predominately as a right back over the course of the last few seasons! In my opinion It would be a tough ask to ask him to play in the same way as Leif if he was out for any sustained period of time. You're replacing historically our top assister.
Would you be happy with him starting as LB for the entire season? Same with Greaves? If the answer to that is no then we need better cover. [Post edited 11 Aug 8:35]
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:01 - Aug 11 with 753 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 22:06 - Aug 10 by textbackup |
The bloke who came to Ipswich, then went home again saying he didn’t want to come…? |
I don't think he particularly rejected the club, he rejected the fact that we was in the Championship.
But given how Rob Edwards said 2 weeks ago on their local radio that the ball was in Hackney's court, and that by the time the Swansea game had come around for them this weekend just gone, they'd have 2-3 more players in the door - they ended up only signing 1, which was going through the process anyway.
They missed out on a £8m midfielder after Hackney rejected us, as Lyon swooped in last minute (Pavel Sulc, not Tyler Morton).
Still think he comes here personally, their summer signings depend on him going. | |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:02 - Aug 11 with 752 views | SomethingBlue |
Any striker, central midfielder, right-sided forward or left-back who can meet our standards. Preferably all at once. | |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:08 - Aug 11 with 682 views | Kievthegreat |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 08:27 - Aug 11 by Bellevue_Blue |
Of course he could play it but he's 40, is right footed and has played predominately as a right back over the course of the last few seasons! In my opinion It would be a tough ask to ask him to play in the same way as Leif if he was out for any sustained period of time. You're replacing historically our top assister.
Would you be happy with him starting as LB for the entire season? Same with Greaves? If the answer to that is no then we need better cover. [Post edited 11 Aug 8:35]
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He is fully able to play either side and is just as natural on either. There is absolutely zero doubt he could play an attacking left wing back role. Would he have the same engine as Davis? No, but Townsend didn't either.
Whatever option we end with is sub optimal compared to Leif, but we have options such that I'd rather we focus on central midfield than here. | | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:09 - Aug 11 with 665 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 21:24 - Aug 10 by Kieran_Knows |
It’ll turn back to Hackney again. |
I'd be surprised if we haven't at least enquired about him. |  | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:10 - Aug 11 with 647 views | Exiled2Surrey |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:02 - Aug 11 by SomethingBlue |
Any striker, central midfielder, right-sided forward or left-back who can meet our standards. Preferably all at once. |
that would be quite some player | | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:15 - Aug 11 with 586 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:09 - Aug 11 by _clive_baker_ |
I'd be surprised if we haven't at least enquired about him. |
I said it a couple times last week, I genuinely don't see what Prem side he goes to, personally. | |
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| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:19 - Aug 11 with 550 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:10 - Aug 11 by Exiled2Surrey |
that would be quite some player |
John Wark could have played any of those positions to a higher standard than any of our current players play their primary positions.
Like you say, quite some player!
Matt Holland filled in at Right Back during a game in the Championship, once, due to an injury. He absolutely Rolls-Royced it! | | | |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:21 - Aug 11 with 527 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Who to obsess over next week? on 09:08 - Aug 11 by Kievthegreat |
He is fully able to play either side and is just as natural on either. There is absolutely zero doubt he could play an attacking left wing back role. Would he have the same engine as Davis? No, but Townsend didn't either.
Whatever option we end with is sub optimal compared to Leif, but we have options such that I'd rather we focus on central midfield than here. |
But it does not have to be sub optimal! That's my point. What's happened to Townsend is a real real shame because he's out of contract next summer and likely won't play this season.
Therefore we are in a situation where we are just a year ahead of schedule in terms of recruiting a replacement. Why not go and get a specialist LB who can provide cover for Leif but also real competition if everything goes to plan and we go up next year.
We have enough resources that we don't need to neglect one position in favour of others. | | | |
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