If Ramsey signs that gives us Watson, Asiimwe, REG and Ramsey who can play RB/RWB. Not really a position we need to strengthen now, would have thought a number 10 and a hold it up striker more important.
With the formation we play, our lack of effective RWB has been absolutely killing us (same with LWB). Much more needed than anything else for me.
If Ramsey signs that gives us Watson, Asiimwe, REG and Ramsey who can play RB/RWB. Not really a position we need to strengthen now, would have thought a number 10 and a hold it up striker more important.
WBs are our main source of width in 3-5-2, we need better to make the formation work.
Watson is average
Asiimwe is still only a teenager REG is mainly a CB
Don’t disagree about the other positions, but WB on both sides also needed strengthening.
Don’t disagree but I feel the other positions are more important right now. We are a Ladapo injury away from being in trouble.
Plays RB this season in a back 4 so definitely not a wing-back.
This has to be one of your worst takes.
He could well be a future wing-back with successful development and coaching.
Right now he's not a wing-back. And right now, we don't have the luxury of throwing a couple of games playing square pegs in round holes.
It’s really not that different with the right player.
As an example Wiggins could have obviously played wing back despite mainly playing in a back four for us. As good as Solly was he wasn’t as quick or good going forward so was more suited to a back four.
Good recruitment means finding players suited to your system, if you limit to those who have regularly played in the same formation you’re looking in a much smaller pool of players.
I think people might be forgetting how badly we've been shredded down the right recently. It's not just the RWB, Jones makes for a horrendous right sided CB so far but Tennai does seem to lack the fitness to play in a team that needs more clean sheets and stability at the back right now. Ramsay looks like a proper athlete who can play as well so that along with REG being a more suitable RCB might make a big difference to us in the transition, which is where we currently fall apart completely.
Ladapo getting injured would be bad but he isn't injured yet. We don't have a RWB suitable for how we're playing right now though, it's definitely a priority.
Plays RB this season in a back 4 so definitely not a wing-back.
This has to be one of your worst takes.
He could well be a future wing-back with successful development and coaching.
Right now he's not a wing-back. And right now, we don't have the luxury of throwing a couple of games playing square pegs in round holes.
It’s really not that different with the right player.
As an example Wiggins could have obviously played wing back despite mainly playing in a back four for us. As good as Solly was he wasn’t as quick or good going forward so was more suited to a back four.
Good recruitment means finding players suited to your system, if you limit to those who have regularly played in the same formation you’re looking in a much smaller pool of players.
I don't doubt that in the future he'll be a perfectly fine wing-back. He's definitely one for the future.
But I can't see, day one, him walking into the team at wing-back and not being incredibly uncomfortable. Positioning and responsibilities he'd have to relearn because it's a different position altogether from right-back.
It's also why centre-backs that play in a back 4 struggle to slot into a back 3 right away. Different positioning and responsibilities.
Hopefully they also have a strategy of how we’ll loan him out to a league 2 team - probably mk dons - in a year’s time when we’ve broken him and he goes from marauding wing back to tripping up over his own feet.
If Ramsey signs that gives us Watson, Asiimwe, REG and Ramsey who can play RB/RWB. Not really a position we need to strengthen now, would have thought a number 10 and a hold it up striker more important.
With the formation we play, our lack of effective RWB has been absolutely killing us (same with LWB). Much more needed than anything else for me.
I think I agree with this - centre forward , a CAM another wing back and a dominant centre back being the others but in theory if the 2 new centre backs do well, ladapo gets fitter and chucks cones back then I guess forini or May could play nr 10 / CAM - it’s all big ifs mind u but a good wing back would walk straight into the side and improve it no question
Harrogate ? I won’t get excited just yet and will reserve judgement.
Knowing what competition we had to beat off might give more comfort / room for optimism I suppose.
I find comments like this mental.
A relatively young player, playing regularly and getting great reviews in the league below, is much better in my eyes than an older player, hardly playing and having to drop down a league to get game time
Plays RB this season in a back 4 so definitely not a wing-back.
This has to be one of your worst takes.
He could well be a future wing-back with successful development and coaching.
Right now he's not a wing-back. And right now, we don't have the luxury of throwing a couple of games playing square pegs in round holes.
It’s really not that different with the right player.
As an example Wiggins could have obviously played wing back despite mainly playing in a back four for us. As good as Solly was he wasn’t as quick or good going forward so was more suited to a back four.
Good recruitment means finding players suited to your system, if you limit to those who have regularly played in the same formation you’re looking in a much smaller pool of players.
I don't doubt that in the future he'll be a perfectly fine wing-back. He's definitely one for the future.
But I can't see, day one, him walking into the team at wing-back and not being incredibly uncomfortable. Positioning and responsibilities he'd have to relearn because it's a different position altogether from right-back.
It's also why centre-backs that play in a back 4 struggle to slot into a back 3 right away. Different positioning and responsibilities.
You’d hope they’re willing to pay a fee for him because they’re confident he’ll adapt fairly quickly.
CBs I get that, moving to a back three can be uncomfortable because they have to move to wide positions to deal with wingers and can find themselves on the ball more.
For FBs they generally get forward more when playing WB, which will come naturally to a player suited to WB. They’re still defending against wide players regardless, it’s not as much of a change if they’ve got the legs to get up and down the pitch.
Harrogate ? I won’t get excited just yet and will reserve judgement.
Knowing what competition we had to beat off might give more comfort / room for optimism I suppose.
I find comments like this mental.
A relatively young player, playing regularly and getting great reviews in the league below, is much better in my eyes than an older player, hardly playing and having to drop down a league to get game time
To be fair recent history gives reason not to get excited. Lavelle, egbo, Payne, Gilbey, jaiysemi, Kirk
Harrogate ? I won’t get excited just yet and will reserve judgement.
Knowing what competition we had to beat off might give more comfort / room for optimism I suppose.
I find comments like this mental.
A relatively young player, playing regularly and getting great reviews in the league below, is much better in my eyes than an older player, hardly playing and having to drop down a league to get game time
The bit about reserving judgement you mean or the bit about wondering what competition there was?
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As an example Wiggins could have obviously played wing back despite mainly playing in a back four for us. As good as Solly was he wasn’t as quick or good going forward so was more suited to a back four.
You do understand he has also played RWB as well as RM?
Go do some research on his attributes, his strengths, and how he plays his football, before saying it’s a square peg in a round hole
But I can't see, day one, him walking into the team at wing-back and not being incredibly uncomfortable. Positioning and responsibilities he'd have to relearn because it's a different position altogether from right-back.
It's also why centre-backs that play in a back 4 struggle to slot into a back 3 right away. Different positioning and responsibilities.
I think I agree with this - centre forward , a CAM another wing back and a dominant centre back being the others but in theory if the 2 new centre backs do well, ladapo gets fitter and chucks cones back then I guess forini or May could play nr 10 / CAM - it’s all big ifs mind u but a good wing back would walk straight into the side and improve it no question
Find it amusing that calling a player that doesn't play wing-back....not a wing-back has caused such uproar.
A relatively young player, playing regularly and getting great reviews in the league below, is much better in my eyes than an older player, hardly playing and having to drop down a league to get game time
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CBs I get that, moving to a back three can be uncomfortable because they have to move to wide positions to deal with wingers and can find themselves on the ball more.
For FBs they generally get forward more when playing WB, which will come naturally to a player suited to WB. They’re still defending against wide players regardless, it’s not as much of a change if they’ve got the legs to get up and down the pitch.