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Thread | El Miz, Harper... surplus to Requirements?
at 09:08 15 Jul 2022
When reading posts on potential line ups for the season, the above 2 are not heavily mentioned and often are forgotten from the potential bench-warmer spots....
Do they realistically have any relevant part to play this season where arguably, a more streamlined squad is needed for consistency, cohesion and Team Spirit (and of course for financial regs).
For me, El Miz would have made the first team by now if good enough for L1 and I can't see how he gets a look in bearing in mind Morsy, Evans, Ball are all definitely ahead of him and seemingly Humphries is more higly thought of and then there of course is Harper as well. He doesn't seem to have the mental and physical presence for me and often goes missing when I have seen him.
Harper is more of an unknown and as others have mentioned, showed real promise when he started last season. Clearly he has the physical attributes and pedigree but can this translate into consistent performances that get him ahead of the pre-mentioned 4 that could be ahead of him? it didn't seem like he set the World on Fire at Crewe.....
Ultimately, I would try and offload El Miz and if not, loan him out. Harper, could be useful to keep and see how he progresses and impresses KMC but it's a big 'could'...
On another note, with regards to squad size being important, with Leigh potentially a starter at LWB, could Edwards/Vincent- Young be ample back up and Penney let go too? For me, this seems feasible and would be my preference.
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Thread | Thoughts about trying Woolfenden in Centre Midfield in the Next 2 games?
at 19:53 31 Jan 2022
Perhaps pretty unrealistic but I have thought about this over the last few weeks and the more I think about it, the more I quite like the idea....
With Morsy suspended and with Evans injured, the last 2 games have showed we have been seriously lacking in centre midfield. For me, Bakinson showed glimpses against Wimbledon and was poor (and tired) against Wednesday. I have never been a fan of El Miz and feel he didn't do much on Saturday and didn't really get hold of the ball and drive forward with purpose. Carroll has underwhelmed and seems too lightweight and Harper seems down the pecking order....
Woolfy has recently had a resurgence and arguably been one of our best players under KMac and seems very comfortable on the ball, can drive forward with purpose and often picks a nice pass. For me, all good traits of a defensive centre midfielder if he were to be tried in this position. As well as this he can tackle and would have more of a physical presence due to his size, which in this league, counts.
Of course you could argue he is playing well at CB so why changes things? Well, if we were to try it, why not against two of the weakest teams in the league where we should be the clear favorites to win both games, despite this change. Furthermore, I for one, would be interested to see Edmundson move to the centre of the back 3 and see how Burgess gets on with the left Centre back role (being a lefty as opposed to Edmundson). This again would add height and physicality to the Team which I think is seriously lacking, often against the 'scrappy' teams and who knows, we might have more chance actually scoring from a corner!
I'm not saying I think this will happen or if it did, he will be anything like Warky in terms of his play and positional flexibility and I accept the ridicule that comes my way for the suggestion but personally, being so underwhelmed with our available CM options for the Gillingham game, I would quite like Woolfy in the midfield mix!
(Go easy, it's my first ever post!) [Post edited 31 Jan 2022 20:12]
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