This is the area of concern for myself, I see it as our weakest position on match days and would love the club to bring in some quality full backs.
I think it would release our wingers to attack a little more.
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This is the area of concern for myself, I see it as our weakest position on match days and would love the club to bring in some quality full backs.
I think it would release our wingers to attack a little more.
It worries me also but we have two right backs and two left backs. Giving Bruno and Bong new deals i don't expect new signings here. Maybe i'm wrong but i doubt it.
Lower West Stander
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I refer to you to my prior reply.
How many goals have we scored this season? How many have come from midfield? I would like a goalscoring midfielder to play in midfield - how about that?
We play with two midfielders who sit back. In other words you want to change the shape of the team.
Marshy
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I don't expect full backs either.
centre half, centre mid, winger and striker. that's where the money will be spent.
then maybe a loan or 2.
centre half, centre mid, winger and striker. that's where the money will be spent.
then maybe a loan or 2.
GT49er
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No. We can't replace the whole team, so obviously we have to prioritise where we spend our money. Full back just isn't a priority.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
I agree with both of you. I worry about the full-backs, but only against the best teams, BUT, as they club have given Bruno and Bong new deals, plus we'll still have Suttner and Schelotto, the club (who know better) have confidence in them.
And to chip in on the 'goal-scoring' midfielder subject, we've been very lucky to be able to cover 3 positions with 4 players this season (Gross, Propper, Stephens and Kayal) and we never had periods with 2 or more of these out together, but I'd suggest we need 2 more players in that group. These 2 players need to have more pace, and more of a goal-scoring threat from deep (other than Gross). And how do we fit them into our team? Well, they have to be as good or better than what we have, so they either replace (sacrilege I know) the current players as 1st choice OR they alternate, perhaps starting from the bench until bedded in, like Izzy.
Think of it this way - when Chris makes his usual 60-70 min midfield substitution, imagine having someone like Nick Powell* on the bench to come on and offer MORE attacking threat rather than simply defending what we have. (*Or someone else just as exciting).
We probably won't be as fortunate with injuries this season, and that's when we'll need good cover in depth.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
You are quite right of course....but its valid to question who we are going to drop...if you want some one else in the middle of the park, out of the two who would you drop?
mikebha1963
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Quite agree, we need three or four players in who are better than we already have. We have to move forward. We were exellent this year but how many of those players will or can attain that level again. Bruno is my favourite player so intelligent but at 38 it will be hard for him. We need more top quality if we can get our hands on them.
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Come on you've been asked enough times already, who are you dropping?
Or, as would seem the most logical response to your replies so far:-
Who are you replacing Hughton with?
Here's a thing, how about:-
- More than 1 goal scoring centre forward.
- and/or the centre backs not taking 'away' to a new level by implementing it in the opposition box as well as their own.
Kalimantan Gull
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You were doing so well until you mentioned Charlie Adam
Kalimantan Gull
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Players do get replaced, its the way it goes. We were happy with Goldson, but he brought in Duffy. We were happy with Stockdale, but he brought in Ryan, we thought March would be great in this league, but he went and got Izquierdo. Its continual incremental improvement, and one day we'll possibly incrementally improve the manager as well.
Of course its been 4 (?) years since we sold a player we didn't want to (Ulloa), and we've continuously improved the team since then. That will change at some point when one of our stars gets plucked
I think the answer will be Dale Stephens, btw
You were doing so well until you mentioned Dale Stephens.
AmexRuislip
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Charlie Adams, reminds me of an out of work brickie, who huffs and puffs his way through a game, minus a bacon buttie!
Lower West Stander
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Your default response seems to be that we should be replacing Hughton because of our belief that we need to score more goals.
I think Chris knows this as well surprisingly - hence I'm quite comfortable him staying.......
Stephens probably btw if you are so desperate to know - but it could be Propper............
It's the default response, because since he arrived CH has never played a goal scoring 'box to box' midfielder.
The 2 in midfield's primary role has been to break up opposition attacks, retain the ball and/or get the ball out wide, quickly.
If CH were to drop either Stephens or Propper they would be replaced by a player who, like them, would first and foremost NEVER be behind the ball when the opposition are attacking, no matter how quick the break is.
You can't have it both ways.
You can't have a new 'attacking goal scoring midfielder' (as somehow Gross doesn't perform that role) and Chris Hughton.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
This is the key point, which people seem to ignore.
If Propper had been given more of an advanced role then he would've got goals over the course of a season, he's proved this in international matches. The only way our CMs are going to chip in is by regularly scoring 30 yarders.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
not a fan personally.....more just an example of the type of player available , shaquiri as well for talent but apparently he's a lazy knob so we'll ignore him .