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Josh Edwards
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A back 5 of Ramsay,Burke,Lloyd,Bell and Josh , when all fit, would be immense.DamoNorthStand said:I would play Edwards and Ramsay as wing backs personally. In this league, I think we need that defensive solidity.12 -
Agreed but you'd need some really dynamic box to box midfielders with a bit of creativity to play in front of themZulu said:
A back 5 of Ramsay,Burke,Lloyd,Bell and Josh , when all fit, would be immense.DamoNorthStand said:I would play Edwards and Ramsay as wing backs personally. In this league, I think we need that defensive solidity.11 -
We’d need an attacking outlet who offers pace and width somewhere, but I wouldn’t want to break up the Kelman and Leaburn partnership which is looking promising and still developing.Zulu said:
A back 5 of Ramsay,Burke,Lloyd,Bell and Josh , when all fit, would be immense.DamoNorthStand said:I would play Edwards and Ramsay as wing backs personally. In this league, I think we need that defensive solidity.
Ramsay has pace, can carry the ball and is a decent passer, but as with Edwards they’re naturally defenders first, even if they can support attacks.0 -
I see Ramsay, Bell and Josh as wide CBs in a three, but all could be FBs in a four.
3-5-2 needs pace and decent crosses for our two upfront to give us an attacking threat we dont currently have.. A fit JE or KR I dont think cut it although they would have been better than an injured Bree and out of position TC.1 -
Crying watching that on the train in rush hour. Hoping he recovers…4
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Sadly I think it will also be a miracle for all 5 to be fit at one time!Zulu said:
A back 5 of Ramsay,Burke,Lloyd,Bell and Josh , when all fit, would be immense.DamoNorthStand said:I would play Edwards and Ramsay as wing backs personally. In this league, I think we need that defensive solidity.2 -
Just imagine who comes in when one picks up a knock...Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Sadly I think it will also be a miracle for all 5 to be fit at one time!Zulu said:
A back 5 of Ramsay,Burke,Lloyd,Bell and Josh , when all fit, would be immense.DamoNorthStand said:I would play Edwards and Ramsay as wing backs personally. In this league, I think we need that defensive solidity.
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Gillesphey wasn't ovely a problem when he played early in the season, and had either Bell / Edwards as cover.Its when he's forced to play there, and we dont have proper Wing-Back cover, is when Macca is exposed22
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Anyone know how close he is to coming back?1
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That time keeps receding into the future. As of this evening 4 of them are not match fit.Zulu said:
A back 5 of Ramsay,Burke,Lloyd,Bell and Josh , when all fit, would be immense.DamoNorthStand said:I would play Edwards and Ramsay as wing backs personally. In this league, I think we need that defensive solidity.2 -
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Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.1
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Well looks like we’ll have Macca with ano with TC and Bell now injured.Diebythesword said:Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.0 -
Macca does have his limitations but does seem very resilient.Weegie Addick said:
Well looks like we’ll have Macca with ano with TC and Bell now injured.Diebythesword said:Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.1 -
Donkeys are usually resilientCaptainRobbo said:
Mecca does have his limitations but does seem very resilient.Weegie Addick said:
Well looks like we’ll have Macca with ano with TC and Bell now injured.Diebythesword said:Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.6 -
Spoke to him outside the West Stand before the game and he said it’s “not long” but has had a few minor setbacks in training. I asked whether he would be back for the Sheffield United game but he stopped short of answering after that!3
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Currently staying in Dunfermline and loads were asking about him this weekend.2
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I can think of more appropriate words ….CaptainRobbo said:
Mecca does have his limitations but does seem very resilient.Weegie Addick said:
Well looks like we’ll have Macca with ano with TC and Bell now injured.Diebythesword said:Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.2 -
I wish he was the Mecca0
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To be fair to Gillesphey, he lacks the pace needed at this level but the best attribute is availability and he missed 2 L1 games last season, neither through injury. Edwards, Ramsay, Jones and Small all missed at least a bit of football across the season with knocks. Gillesphey also appeared in every cup game bar the Chelsea u21s game in the banter cup and while players have been going down injured around him he's stayed fit in the Championship so far. He's regularly our only fit left-footed defender and he's always there putting in the effort, usually with an out of position player at LWB to support. He's not the best but we'd be a hell of a lot worse off if he had the injury record of Ramsay or Burke and I'm at least grateful for that.16
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Last season his biggest attributes were long passing, set pieces and positional sense, he'd make up for a lack of pace by positioning himself well to cut out a lot of attacks.Garrymanilow said:To be fair to Gillesphey, he lacks the pace needed at this level but the best attribute is availability and he missed 2 L1 games last season, neither through injury. Edwards, Ramsay, Jones and Small all missed at least a bit of football across the season with knocks. Gillesphey also appeared in every cup game bar the Chelsea u21s game in the banter cup and while players have been going down injured around him he's stayed fit in the Championship so far. He's regularly our only fit left-footed defender and he's always there putting in the effort, usually with an out of position player at LWB to support. He's not the best but we'd be a hell of a lot worse off if he had the injury record of Ramsay or Burke and I'm at least grateful for that.
In the Championship players are faster and have better footballing IQ so he can't rely on positional sense, he needs more pace too but that's not something he has.
Unfortunately recently he's also lost confidence and has resorted to "hoof it anywhere" defending and it's been costing us. I feel for him because he's gone from Wembley Hero to the first man to lose his place in the side, and his replacement is in and out of the squad like he's doing the hokey-cokey0 -
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Does he owe them money?Chippycafc said:Currently staying in Dunfermline and loads were asking about him this weekend.5 -
Me and Hovi missed you last night. Nice and warm in the East Stand though with all those flame-throwers going off in front of us! Bastards put another pop-up up bar in our meeting spot though! Hopefully that was just a big-match arrangement....you couldn't move out there last night and as AFKA said, one khazi was awash with jimmy-riddle and the other one awash with claret.Chippycafc said:Currently staying in Dunfermline and loads were asking about him this weekend.0 -
Thing is with Macca he was objectively shite against blackburn and in a few other recent games. But it's our first season at this level and we haven't exactly thrown the cash around (for this level) we have to be realistic about who our back ups are. Unless we were gonna go and spend mad money and replace basically all of the squad we were gonna have some league 1 level players with the limitations thay come with that as back ups.He is limited but in the right system we can manage that and he is fine. When he had Edwards/Bell as the LWB ahead of him he was solid and safe. But with TC as the LWB it just exposes his weaknesses and lack of pace. And he loses his composure so just lumps it straight to them.But realistically this season we couldn't expect to get a better back up LCB. The issue is Bell's fitness and the lack of a back up LWB. If he was playing in an otherwise first choice backline he wouldn't be an issue.
The real crime was going into the season with 5 players for the back 3 roles at the start of the season was madness. Especially when you think about Burke and Bell's fitness plus that Bell and Ramsay are considered cover at wing back. And Jones, Ramsay and Edwards have all had injuries over the last couple years.
Effectively Burke Ramsay and Jones is 3 players for 2 positions, and Edwards Bell Gilly is another 3 players for 2 positions. Even at RWB we only have Bree as a usable option when Edwards is out (Jones says Apter only use able when we have a defensive LWB) so Ramsay the only cover there too. That's a massive risk before you even look at injury records.We set ourselves up to fail.5 -
We've been very lucky that Gough's come through and done much better than anyone could have expected. It's masked some of the pretty poor recruitment decisions highlighted above.1
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Gisappointed said:
Donkeys are usually resilientCaptainRobbo said:
Mecca does have his limitations but does seem very resilient.Weegie Addick said:
Well looks like we’ll have Macca with ano with TC and Bell now injured.Diebythesword said:Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.
You thought that at Wembley did you or in the 2nd half of last Season ?5 -
Or even vs Blackburn at the valley earlier this season where he had a 9 or 10/10 performance.soapboxsam said:Gisappointed said:
Donkeys are usually resilientCaptainRobbo said:
Mecca does have his limitations but does seem very resilient.Weegie Addick said:
Well looks like we’ll have Macca with ano with TC and Bell now injured.Diebythesword said:Macca’s great when he has a proper LWB next to him (remember how good he looked earlier in the season) but all too often we’ve had TC there which massively exposes him.Need Edwards to get back to full fitness soon.
You thought that at Wembley did you or in the 2nd half of last Season ?2 -
I just hope Josh isn't rushed back and is suddenly on the bench Saturday or something daft. Get someone in this week who can do the job for the next few weeks and hopefully Josh is properly fit and firing maybe for QPR at the start of Feb.
(Ideal world he makes Millwall away but that feels a touch optimistic)2 -
Breaking news .....
Josh Edwards is a week nearer to returning. 🤷🏻♂️5
