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Comment | Town Win Race for Cresswell
at 13:50:52
Tranmere fan here. Thanks for breaking the news you've signed Cresswell, was wondering where he'd end up.
Interesting to read the comments on here about him. Cresswell is a great player going forward and fantastic at putting the ball into the box. Unfortunately at Tranmere there was no-one decent enough to make use of his crosses, so I hope the claims of a lack of height aren't true as you'll want some players getting their heads on his crosses. He's fantastic at corners and wide free kicks.
He's also very strong at beating players and running at defenders. When he plays alongside a left winger who does the same they really can cause chaos.
Cresswell's main weakness, which why with respect a Premiership standard crosser and set-piece taker is signing for a Championship club, is he is rather vulnerable defensively. Many people have questioned if he's up to Tranmere's standard defensively and whether we need to get a stronger left-back in. I don't buy into that too much as he's not awful defensive, just caught out of position a lot. That could be due to the truly awful expectations Barnes had of him in his short time at the club, which destroyed his confidence. Given our rather unusual coaching set-up (Parry doesn't coach as he doesn't know how to, so we have a coach who coaches the players and an assistant manager who sets the tactics) it could well be that he just needs someone to provide him stronger guidance.
If Jewell can get him defending with confidence and teach him his position successfully, he could be a great left back. It shouldn't be too difficult for people who know how to develop youngsters as he does seem to need someone new to show him the robes.
He has much potential as a left-sided midfielder, which is a position I've always fancied him more as and where he was playing at the end of the season (as a left forward in a 4-3-3). I'd question whether you have signed him as a left back or left winger as personally I'll put him further up the pitch.
If he's nurtured correctly he could well turn into a strong Premiership player, but is still very much the unpolished diamond at the moment — we've had a few of them who have failed to really make the grade so I hope Cresswell gets the nurturing he deserves.
As far as the fee goes, we got £400k upfront plus some add-ons when Steve Davis went to Derby. Cresswell isn't quite as strong as he was, but not that much weaker. So I'm expecting a fee in the region of £250k based on what we've had for previous players.
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Comment | Town Win Race for Cresswell
at 13:50:52
Tranmere fan here. Thanks for breaking the news you’ve signed Cresswell, was wondering where he’d end up.
Interesting to read the comments on here about him. Cresswell is a great player going forward and fantastic at putting the ball into the box. Unfortunately at Tranmere there was no-one decent enough to make use of his crosses, so I hope the claims of a lack of height aren’t true as you’ll want some players getting their heads on his crosses. He’s fantastic at corners and wide free kicks.
He’s also very strong at beating players and running at defenders. When he plays alongside a left winger who does the same they really can cause chaos.
Cresswell’s main weakness, which why with respect a Premiership standard crosser and set-piece taker is signing for a Championship club, is he is rather vulnerable defensively. Many people have questioned if he’s up to Tranmere’s standard defensively and whether we need to get a stronger left-back in. I don’t buy into that too much as he’s not awful defensive, just caught out of position a lot. That could be due to the truly awful expectations Barnes had of him in his short time at the club, which destroyed his confidence. Given our rather unusual coaching set-up (Parry doesn’t coach as he doesn’t know how to, so we have a coach who coaches the players and an assistant manager who sets the tactics) it could well be that he just needs someone to provide him stronger guidance.
If Jewell can get him defending with confidence and teach him his position successfully, he could be a great left back. It shouldn't be too difficult for people who know how to develop youngsters as he does seem to need someone new to show him the robes.
He has much potential as a left-sided midfielder, which is a position I’ve always fancied him more as and where he was playing at the end of the season (as a left forward in a 4-3-3). I'd question whether you have signed him as a left back or left winger as personally I'll put him further up the pitch.
If he’s nurtured correctly he could well turn into a strong Premiership player, but is still very much the unpolished diamond at the moment – we’ve had a few of them who have failed to really make the grade so I hope Cresswell gets the nurturing he deserves.
As far as the fee goes, we got £400k upfront plus some add-ons when Steve Davis went to Derby. Cresswell isn’t quite as strong as he was, but not that much weaker. So I’m expecting a fee in the region of £250k based on what we’ve had for previous players.
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