Don’t come on here with logical answers like that …. Fans want work rate and aggression combined with slow turning circles and errant passing …
Don’t come on here with logical answers like that …. Fans want work rate and aggression combined with slow turning circles and errant passing …Our striker scores a goal every other game and we scored more than any non parachute club bar Norwich. The defence was awful. I get people like Kitching but the facts are we need better.
Don’t come on here with logical answers like that …. Fans want work rate and aggression combined with slow turning circles and errant passing …
I think that is a fair description of my view, as a fully signed up member of the Jake Bidwell fan club.Fans think defenders should look like bare knuckle boxers. So Bidwell Thomas and Kitching get praise and MvE still gets called defensively suspect despite being better than all of them.
Not sure about that. Most people rate MvE highly surely? Those that don't can't be taken seriously.Fans think defenders should look like bare knuckle boxers. So Bidwell Thomas and Kitching get praise and MvE still gets called defensively suspect despite being better than all of them.
I'd have to think most people are over Bidwell now. He's declined enormously. The performance at Derby was an all timer.I think that is a fair description of my view, as a fully signed up member of the Jake Bidwell fan club.
My cult hero - see other thread - was Jim Holton "6 ft 2 and eyes of blue, big Jim Holton's after you".
But before you deride it and demand namby pamby defenders who wear gloves and pass the ball, remember Kyle McFadz was also in that school, and he has never been properly replaced
Good points as I’ve actually rated Kitching this season and hadn’t noticed him being especially slow.Not sure about that. Most people rate MvE highly surely? Those that don't can't be taken seriously.
In the defensive unit, GK and LB must be top priority. If the option is there to improve further I'd go for the LCB also. I think the defensive issues are more nuanced than you suggest though. Kitching didn't even get in the team until December-ish did he? How do our defensive stats compare to other teams when Thomas and Kitching started in a back 4 together? I don't know the answer but some people on here are good at pulling stats so that would be interesting to see. They also had to goal with a comically bad keeper behind them towards the end of the season.
Anyway, if the option is there to upgrade with someone like Doyle, then absolutely let's do it but I reckon it's a good 4 or 5 on the priority list.
Not sure about that. Most people rate MvE highly surely? Those that don't can't be taken seriously.
In the defensive unit, GK and LB must be top priority. If the option is there to improve further I'd go for the LCB also. I think the defensive issues are more nuanced than you suggest though. Kitching didn't even get in the team until December-ish did he? How do our defensive stats compare to other teams when Thomas and Kitching started in a back 4 together? I don't know the answer but some people on here are good at pulling stats so that would be interesting to see. They also had to goal with a comically bad keeper behind them towards the end of the season.
Anyway, if the option is there to upgrade with someone like Doyle, then absolutely let's do it but I reckon it's a good 4 or 5 on the priority list.
Too much is made of the keeper for me. Dovin was outstanding and saved his defence a lot, I’m not sure that’s a positive for his defence.
LCB is priority 1 for me. If we don’t improve our defensive record we don’t go up. Thomas needs someone who can coach him in game. GK is important but only for half the season. Push came to shove I’d go again with the rest of the first XI. Or even better a coach on par with Lawrence who can set us up better. It may be that Lampard just plays like this of course, in which case we need to evolve the front line beyond “cross it and hope” if we want to just outscore teams and not keep flailing against a low block at 0-1.
I don't rate Lati but he's the RCB cover, so if he wants to stay as such then so be it. If you are bringing in someone like Doyle and you have him and Kitching as LCBs then Binks goes for me.Good points as I’ve actually rated Kitching this season and hadn’t noticed him being especially slow.
Having said that, getting Doyle in would be an upgrade. Kitching to the bench and Lati sold. It’s progress.
Personally I’d keep Binks just think he could get better…and has a good skill set to build on. I said the same about Tyler Walker…
Completely disagree but I respect your opinion.Too much is made of the keeper for me. Dovin was outstanding and saved his defence a lot, I’m not sure that’s a positive for his defence.
LCB is priority 1 for me. If we don’t improve our defensive record we don’t go up. Thomas needs someone who can coach him in game. GK is important but only for half the season. Push came to shove I’d go again with the rest of the first XI. Or even better a coach on par with Lawrence who can set us up better. It may be that Lampard just plays like this of course, in which case we need to evolve the front line beyond “cross it and hope” if we want to just outscore teams and not keep flailing against a low block at 0-1.
I don't rate Lati but he's the RCB cover, so if he wants to stay as such then so be it. If you are bringing in someone like Doyle and you have him and Kitching as LCBs then Binks goes for me.
I think more teams would want Lati than Binks. Is too much made of what footed a CB is these days, especially for a backup? Maybe so.I think in an ideal world we’d sell Lati but then we’d likely end up with three left footed CBs
I think more teams would want Lati than Binks. Is too much made of what footed a CB is these days, especially for a backup? Maybe so.
Oh same. 100% agree on that.I would be averse to selling both of course.
Ah yeah, hadn’t thought of that. I was just thinking of generic CBs. You’re right.I don't rate Lati but he's the RCB cover, so if he wants to stay as such then so be it. If you are bringing in someone like Doyle and you have him and Kitching as LCBs then Binks goes for me.
I’m a massive fan of Wright but when he’s off it, he’s miles off it. Like I say, it’s like playing with 10 men sometimes and this was more prevalent towards the end of the season. I’m not saying we shouldn’t get rid either, just that we need to upgrade on the others.Our striker scores a goal every other game and we scored more than any non parachute club bar Norwich. The defence was awful. I get people like Kitching but the facts are we need better.
If playing in a back 3 the LCB ideally needs their left foot to be their preferred foot. For formation flexibility it would be good if we kept at least one left footed CB in the squad, but I don't see an absolute need for the left CB in a 442 being left footed and some of the best CB partnerships in history have had two right footed CBs playing alongside each other.I think more teams would want Lati than Binks. Is too much made of what footed a CB is these days, especially for a backup? Maybe so.
If playing in a back 3 the LCB ideally needs their left foot to be their preferred foot. For formation flexibility it would be good if we kept at least one left footed CB in the squad, but I don't see an absolute need for the left CB in a 442 being left footed and some of the best CB partnerships in history have had two right footed CBs playing alongside each other.
I’m a massive fan of Wright but when he’s off it, he’s miles off it. Like I say, it’s like playing with 10 men sometimes and this was more prevalent towards the end of the season. I’m not saying we shouldn’t get rid either, just that we need to upgrade on the others.
Who tho? Saka maybe if a decent player comes along, EMC? Not likely. Rudoni? No.
As I see it looking purely at first team we could do with an upgrade on Sheaf/Torp but not a massive one, and at LB, which we seem to have sorted with Angel Brau. Need a stop gap keeper and a LCB the most. After that it’s backup.
Sell Sheaf and get an all action box to box.The Torp that was playing when he got injured was an upgrade on the Torp that started the season. I think we'll see big improvement again next season.
Sheaf - sell.
The Torp that was playing when he got injured was an upgrade on the Torp that started the season. I think we'll see big improvement again next season.
Sheaf - sell.
Not me. Still got a better positional sense than Da Silva and gets in crosses with his left foot. We need a new LB with Bidders as back up and give Da Silva the old heave ho. All that dandy dan dribbling but no end productI'd have to think most people are over Bidwell now. He's declined enormously. The performance at Derby was an all timer.
I think naturally being comfortable with the ball at your feet is a requirement for a modernI think more teams would want Lati than Binks. Is too much made of what footed a CB is these days, especially for a backup? Maybe so.
Really like the look of Nazinho as an attacking LBThe Shopping List: GK/FB
Some targets Coventry could & should be looking at. You can thank me later Dean Austinccfcanalysis.substack.com
I would say at championship level you expect a team to have a decent chance a game just because of the talent on the pitch. The main difference was every single decent chance seemed to get scored which Dovin put a stop to. We could spend a fortune on the defence and teams will still have chances.Too much is made of the keeper for me. Dovin was outstanding and saved his defence a lot, I’m not sure that’s a positive for his defence.
LCB is priority 1 for me. If we don’t improve our defensive record we don’t go up. Thomas needs someone who can coach him in game. GK is important but only for half the season. Push came to shove I’d go again with the rest of the first XI. Or even better a coach on par with Lawrence who can set us up better. It may be that Lampard just plays like this of course, in which case we need to evolve the front line beyond “cross it and hope” if we want to just outscore teams and not keep flailing against a low block at 0-1.
I would say at championship level you expect a team to have a decent chance a game just because of the talent on the pitch. The main difference was every single decent chance seemed to get scored which Dovin put a stop to. We could spend a fortune on the defence and teams will still have chances.
Not me. Still got a better positional sense than Da Silva and gets in crosses with his left foot. We need a new LB with Bidders as back up and give Da Silva the old heave ho. All that dandy dan dribbling but no end product
I do think we underplay how much of a hand Wilson has in that season, I'm with you that we kept the number of chances low but I still remember a fair few decent saves. For some reason everything just clicked.To play devils avocado tho: our record breaking clean sheet season in ‘23 we did it by never letting the oppo get a shot on goal. Collins and Wilson were poor no doubt and cost us goals above and beyond the average keeper. But equally the record under Dovin was more down to Dovins heroics than the defence in front of him.
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