Nixonator
Well-known member
Everyone seems to be going after their particular scapegoat since we kicked off, but what has been of most concern to me is the centre of our midfield, compounded by our 2nd string last night.
I've had the chance to check some previous full matches of Propper at PSV as well as Delaney at Werder/Copenhagen. Renato Neto was more difficult to source but it would appear to me at least that both him and Delaney are very similar midfielders, in the Stephens/Sidwell mould; physical, combative, target for set pieces. Whereas Propper looks a completely different kind of midfielder; creative, forward runs, link-up play etc.
I was under the impression we had a multi-target approach of 5 players in the same mould, so why does the midfielder we purchased appear to be so different than the (confirmed) previously linked?
Not a bitch about Propper. On the basis of what I have now seen, he looks like the most talented and exciting of the three, but it is definitely at odds with our previous targets.
The fact that Sidwell is prone to the odd knock and pulling Gross back into CM is less of an option now that Izzy is out, could we potentially go for a midfielder on loan if Kayal will miss most of the matches until January anyway?
I've had the chance to check some previous full matches of Propper at PSV as well as Delaney at Werder/Copenhagen. Renato Neto was more difficult to source but it would appear to me at least that both him and Delaney are very similar midfielders, in the Stephens/Sidwell mould; physical, combative, target for set pieces. Whereas Propper looks a completely different kind of midfielder; creative, forward runs, link-up play etc.
I was under the impression we had a multi-target approach of 5 players in the same mould, so why does the midfielder we purchased appear to be so different than the (confirmed) previously linked?
Not a bitch about Propper. On the basis of what I have now seen, he looks like the most talented and exciting of the three, but it is definitely at odds with our previous targets.
The fact that Sidwell is prone to the odd knock and pulling Gross back into CM is less of an option now that Izzy is out, could we potentially go for a midfielder on loan if Kayal will miss most of the matches until January anyway?