Not including loans I wouldn't really care or be surprised if we lost all of them. I thought Fry was dreadful today, as he has been in the main since April or so.(Loans not included)
Fry
Jones
Any others?
(Loans not included)
Fry
Jones
Any others?
Most - if not all - of the squad have shown either at Boro, or previous clubs, they are more than capable of being good Championship level players. At present......
The confidence throughout the team is shot to sh*t, and I'm struggling to see any player who look absolutely up for it. Individually and collectively we are not mentally strong enough. Don't know why, all the off the field shenanigans affecting the players?
For me the immediate critical issues are CM (slow, uncreative, plodders) and the 3-5-2 formation just does not suit the players.
New manager/coach needs to tweak things to get things back on track, not necessarily blow things up to start again.
One thing I would love to see is a captain brought in, a vocal b*stard who can organise things on the pitch. Howson doesn't look anywhere near capable of doing this, and it doesn't look like we have anyone else doing any talking /bollocking. Was Lenihan not Blackburn captain......
Agree with that. I'd go for a 4-2-3-1Yep.
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Dijksteel.....Fry........... Lenihen........Bola
Should, based on previous performances at this level, be at the very least, a top 10 back line.
There's enough about the forwards and Jones/Giles to score enough goals to get us top half as long we aren't letting in 2 or 3 at the other end.
Centre midfield is the bigger problem, but it's the lack of mobility that's the main weakness. Howson, Crooks, Mowatt, McNair should be steady enough as long as you're not asking them to cover too much ground.
Pointless trying to play a high press with them, but if you ask them to sit in more (Leadbitter/Clayton style) I'm pretty much certain they'd all suddenly start to look like much better players.
None of the problems are insurmountable unless we persist with trying to play a formation/style we don't have the players for.
Saw someone say we now have 5 from 7 ahead of the world cup away from home? A counter attacking style would seem to be the way to go then.
I'll stick with my two contributions abovewhat are the board talent scouts saying these days
footballers and elbows - it must be a board game you got for christmas.