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Good to see a poll. Can we have another one after 31 August?
Dutch you said Lund replaced Baudry, he hasn't. He's replaced Alcock who you've missed off.Anderson and Boyle were both signed last season to cover a CB injury crisis thus don't technically need replacing. Therefore Anderson for Baudry is sufficient in my opinion and you have to remember we now are playing with a 2-man CB pair instead of a three.Amos for Garratt, Andrew back instead of Toffolo I guess you could look at it since Andrew missed the whole season.Lund for Alcock, he'll probably play as infrequently anyway.Houghton out, Kane in. Time will tell whether or not that's an upgrade.Crawford for Kongolo. Even injured Crawford isn't going to contribute less than poor Rodney did.Wilks for Williams? That's already been an upgrade since Williams scored zero goals last season.Taylor for Mandeville? Easily an upgrade.7 senior players have left not including Evina who wasn't available for us last season anyway. We have signed 5 replacements for the senior squad plus Amos steps up and Lund has come back. We therefore aren't lesser in numbers or, in my opinion, quality this season.
Another Centre half, mmmmmm from “ Centre halves R Us” I presume...Too many are saying what we NEED , yet the Manager sees things differently , has do I We have a squad of young (ish) players that never got the chance to play in their preferred positions consistently, and now we have a youngish Manager that has identified this as a problem, and by all accounts is trying to get the best from a good group of lads...I think this team is much stronger than last years, purely based upon the fact that each player will be more effective in their preferred role..Let’s see if we can dismantle Wycombe this weekend before we start naming the areas of weakness...it takes a few games to make a system work effectively
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If the squad is stronger this season and we don't finish higher than last season does that mean McCann is not as good as Ferguson?.
Interesting that only 28% of voters think the squad is weaker than last season.
Quote from: sha66y on August 10, 2018, 03:40:27 pmAnother Centre half, mmmmmm from “ Centre halves R Us” I presume...Too many are saying what we NEED , yet the Manager sees things differently , has do I We have a squad of young (ish) players that never got the chance to play in their preferred positions consistently, and now we have a youngish Manager that has identified this as a problem, and by all accounts is trying to get the best from a good group of lads...I think this team is much stronger than last years, purely based upon the fact that each player will be more effective in their preferred role..Let’s see if we can dismantle Wycombe this weekend before we start naming the areas of weakness...it takes a few games to make a system work effectively Each player is now being played in its preferred position bit of a sweeping statement. Whiteman for one stated last season he preferred playing further up the pitch and supporting the strikers. Coppinger stated last season he loved playing the deeper role as he was constantly involved rather than waiting for the ball to come to him.So that’s two that played out of their preferred position last week DickosI haven’t said they are being played in there preferred position....I alluded to the idea that GM will play them more effectively in positions that they are more suited to....the Whiteman / Coppinger placing of last week was perhaps the Manager having an epiphany, however like I said, it takes a few games to make these tweaks work....We shall have to see what he does week in week out and how the balance of the team looks from the stands during play....we as fans can pinpoint weak areas quicker than Managers....and some Managers do listen