Need 7 in my opinion. We're miles short of a balanced deep squad, and we only have 4 players injured - there won't be many times this season we don't have at least 4 players unavailable through injury or suspension. The fact there were, effectively, no subs today (Claydon so late as to barely count) shows you the faith Adkins has in those youngsters, whatever positive spin he might try to put on it publicly.
A striker 2 Wingers A creative midfielder A left back A right centre back A reserve goalkeeper
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
Unpopular opinion...Morgan isn’t good enough CAM to get us promoted. Need a ball playing cm or CAM
Not going to disagree with this, he had 2 glorious chances today and completely faffed both of them. As a minimum he should be hitting the target, especially the second one
Unpopular opinion...Morgan isn’t good enough CAM to get us promoted. Need a ball playing cm or CAM
I doubt you will find that it's that unpopular, and we 100% need someone else who can play in that position - but ask yourself what was the difference between our play in the first and second half and I feel like it was less long balls into Stockley and more playing through the midfield and Morgan.
I'm not sure if he is good enough for 90 minutes, 46 games of a season, but I don't think we should be making out that he is a poor player either.
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
We will score more goals this season than we did last season.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
We will score more goals this season than we did last season.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
No chance in my opinion. Although it's not the end of the world if we shore up at the back and in midfield.
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
We will score more goals this season than we did last season.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
Wanna put some money on that prediction? We finished 4th in the division in goals (70) scored last season and I see no way we come close to that in 2021-22. How is a £20, payable via Venmo or PayPal? Very happy to lose that money if you are proven correct.
Statistically Gilbey is a goalthreat when he has been played in a more advanced position. Whether he is also good enough for promotion is another question.
Unpopular opinion...Morgan isn’t good enough CAM to get us promoted. Need a ball playing cm or CAM
Not going to disagree with this, he had 2 glorious chances today and completely faffed both of them. As a minimum he should be hitting the target, especially the second one
Agree on the second the first came at him bloody quick and he had to hit it with his left.
Second I expected better as he got a touch.
His creative passing is what has him as our CAM at the moment and he showed he can spray good passes around as he grew into the game.
He made intelligent runs into the box too, just needs that bit of composure on the strike, which he seems to have lost in favour of power.
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
We will score more goals this season than we did last season.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
Wanna put some money on that prediction? We finished 4th in the division in goals (70) scored last season and I see no way we come close to that in 2021-22. How is a £20, payable via Venmo or PayPal? Very happy to lose that money if you are proven correct.
Go on then, a bit of fun. We can make it $20 since we’re both Stateside!
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
We will score more goals this season than we did last season.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
Lol, no we won't, we averaged 1.52 goals last season, and have lost our top scorer and now play 1 up top
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
We will score more goals this season than we did last season.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
Wanna put some money on that prediction? We finished 4th in the division in goals (70) scored last season and I see no way we come close to that in 2021-22. How is a £20, payable via Venmo or PayPal? Very happy to lose that money if you are proven correct.
Go on then, a bit of fun. We can make it $20 since we’re both Stateside!
Going for the lesser value amount. I like what you did there. Tight arse.
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CB
As a minimum, with another attacking player that can play out wide as a bonus
GK can be covered on emergency loan I guess
A striker
2 Wingers
A creative midfielder
A left back
A right centre back
A reserve goalkeeper
Doubt we'll get that many in 3 weeks.
I do not see any good evidence we have replaced Aneke's 15 goals. And without those 15 last year we would be mid to lower half of the table. "Bodies" alone does not get the job done, imo, if the goal is promotion or even playoffs.
I'm not sure if he is good enough for 90 minutes, 46 games of a season, but I don't think we should be making out that he is a poor player either.
Football isn’t as simple as plugging player X in and adding 15 goals.
Wanna put some money on that prediction? We finished 4th in the division in goals (70) scored last season and I see no way we come close to that in 2021-22. How is a £20, payable via Venmo or PayPal? Very happy to lose that money if you are proven correct.
Second I expected better as he got a touch.
His creative passing is what has him as our CAM at the moment and he showed he can spray good passes around as he grew into the game.
He made intelligent runs into the box too, just needs that bit of composure on the strike, which he seems to have lost in favour of power.