Davis will give Pratley competition and allow us to rest either of them.
Bowyer’s midfield options allow him to play one of them to give us a physical presence in midfield. He can play both if required or none if we need a more technical and creative midfield.
They’re the sort of players Slade or Parkinson would have as a regular, while Robinson doesn’t bother with as he wants his five midfielders to be more technical.
Bowyer has the balance right. He knows we need physical batting midfielders in the squad, but he’ll adapt how he uses them. Just look how Pratley has become more important in this division, where we have less possession and are defending against better players.
another midfielder .. mmm .. suggests to me that the previous signings have proved to be total failures and that there will be a big clear out in the summer .. I'll mention no names
another midfielder .. mmm .. suggests to me that the previous signings have proved to be total failures and that there will be a big clear out in the summer .. I'll mention no names
I agree some will likely go in the summer, they were the best we could get with our budget at the time.
However we’ve brought midfielders in because Gallagher and Kayal needed replacing. We couldn’t risk having to play Morgan and in particular Dempsey and Vennings as much as we have done.
Pratley has been played more than a player of his age should be. Credit to him, he has done well, but it is likely to catch up on him and us if we can't give him some breaks. A booking and he will get a rest anyway. I see him as the player you bring on from the bench to shore things up when you are ahead. We have used him as the backbone of the side in the past few months.
RB and CB were his original positions when he joined, but forced into CM when we were short.
Now with Matthews in as well as Solly RB is covered. Is he good enough for CB? Will he want to be 4th choice?
I don't think he has been worse than Pearce or Sarr this season. If he was left footed he would have got more game time this season. Had had a couple of good games at CB and I certainly wouldn't be overly worried if he started. That being said, he isn't as good as Lockyer.
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Bowyer’s midfield options allow him to play one of them to give us a physical presence in midfield. He can play both if required or none if we need a more technical and creative midfield.
They’re the sort of players Slade or Parkinson would have as a regular, while Robinson doesn’t bother with as he wants his five midfielders to be more technical.
Bowyer has the balance right. He knows we need physical batting midfielders in the squad, but he’ll adapt how he uses them. Just look how Pratley has become more important in this division, where we have less possession and are defending against better players.
However we’ve brought midfielders in because Gallagher and Kayal needed replacing. We couldn’t risk having to play Morgan and in particular Dempsey and Vennings as much as we have done.
It looks like he can just sit in front of the defence which will allow Cullen more freedom to play a bit.
He's got the potential to be a great signing for us.
He has a knack of being able to see and dribble the ball into spaces other players can't.
Win the ball back, pass it to defence or sideways. DO NOT PLAY IT FORWARDS.
Powerful, tenacious tackling type of player.
He's still going to be good (& fit) enough over the next season at least.
RB and CB were his original positions when he joined, but forced into CM when we were short.
Now with Matthews in as well as Solly RB is covered. Is he good enough for CB? Will he want to be 4th choice?