Yep.
Said that on a couple of other threads. We need a ball winning holding player to bring back that shape we had last season. Not literal Caicedo but a '6' that can win the ball, protect the CBs and cover a bombing full back if needed. Good point too from @Jimmy Grimble but I don't think that...
Don't get me wrong, I love Velts, one of my favourite footballers in the club. I'd stick him on Gordon on Saturday without a second thought and watch him own the bleach haired scouse div all day. But the selection of Milner for the first three games suggests RDZ is having second thoughts because...
What we want and what we'll get are two very different things IMO. This one (Baleba) is where we had no natural option or replacement and was the 'must have'. Naylor's tweet suggests we may be looking at an attacking player, maybe a loan but we do also have the option of retaining Bounanotte...
Hmm. I'm sure if he really is on our radar that the data shows something positive but it might just be the data. Been absolutely useless every time I've seen him and mostly restricted to a few appearances as sub. I can't think Baleba would be any worse or less experienced really.
That reminds me (seeing as how there's a bit of a stalker theme on NSC today). When we bought our car from a place near Holmbush many years ago we were first shown a silver Corsa injection which was probably a similar age, given how long ago we got the thing.
The salesman tried to push it by...