FatherKnowsBest
Vital Football Hero
One in the net, unless thats Wes, (can't see it but...), someone who can play No10, someone who is a bit better at kicking the ball between the posts, and a back up player for defence for me.
Tosin Adarabioyo - Manchester City CB who has just had a successful loan spell at Blackburn. He'll be 23 by the time next season starts, so City might be prepared to move him on, possibly for a moderate fee with a buy-back clause. He's big, strong and can play a bit, but not especially mobile. He could be moulded into a long-term successor to Egan though.
I would ideally like to keep Baldock, Bash, Egan, JOC, Berge, Fleck, McBurnie, Osborn and hopefully Hendo. The rest could be replaced by better in my opinion. Welcome to VB by the wayBefore we think of possible targets to sign who do we want to keep and those might not be able to keep. FKB has it exactly right we need to look to players who could come into the side immediately.
The mostly likely to leave Henderson, O'Connell played exceptionally well and promoted by the Media, and Lundstram looking for big pay rise.
Although In general terms I am in favour of signing elderly players from premier league clubs mainly because most of them would break our wage structure. however if Hendo is recalled I would take a punt on Ben Foster.Although Watford have struggled every time I have seen him on MOD he as made some outstanding saves, remember his 3 costing us 2 points at the Lane. Probably would not be far out of our wage structure
We need challengers for all the back 5 especially if O' Connell does go, especially
for Stevens who is very good at going forward but poor at defending, As said on another thread McGoldrick is not a natural goal scoring forward but could do the Duffy role buzzing around to pick the passes from midfield defence.
As for players to bring in I think i will leave that to management and their scouts.
7 weeks is not along time to bond any new signings into an established groups,
Can't disagree with that,but look out from the flack from Aya.I would ideally like to keep Baldock, Bash, Egan, JOC, Berge, Fleck, McBurnie, Osborn and hopefully Hendo. The rest could be replaced by better in my opinion. Welcome to VB by the way
I think as teams have worked us out, pressed us or matched our system Stevens has really struggled compared with Baldock. I just want us to keep improving and there is no room for sentiment. We already know I am not very empatheticCan't disagree with that,but look out from the flack from Aya.
To my eyes, 'long term successors' are not where its at this summer.
We have two weak spots. If we don't keep Henderson, then we have a problem keeping them out. We have a problem at the other end knocking them in regardless, and need to find 15 more goals. The rest has got us into the top 8, although we have seemingly stopped playing our nice triangles in favour of booting it long. CWAK to rethink the midfield perhaps.?
I cannot imagine that Wilder would change how we played against Wolves, Tottenham and Chelsea. Leicester and Everton have very experienced managers who made tweaks to stop us from gaining momentum. That is the problem when you don’t have technical players or have strikers good enough to make the ball stick. When they get pressed and squeezed they start to panic and make poor decisions.Have they 'worked us out' or have we changed to way we play?
I did put a question mark but it wasn't a question......we have stopped doingI cannot imagine that Wilder would change how we played against Wolves, Tottenham and Chelsea. Leicester and Everton have very experienced managers who made tweaks to stop us from gaining momentum. That is the problem when you don’t have technical players or have strikers good enough to make the ball stick. When they get pressed and squeezed they start to panic and make poor decisions.
Herbert where are you seeing as Ricky has been banned of S2.
Tonight's game only further confirms what I already thought - Conor Gallagher would be a perfect signing for us.
Would even be worth doing just on a loan deal.
But Chelsea would probably prefer to send him to a team who sometimes try to have the ball.