This is ridiculous yet again just like last pre-season we have only one goalkeeper not to mention needing a 20 goal striker! !! Not gonna happen coz RD doesn't give two shits about us!!!
The problem is that playing 4-2-3-1, no striker or ten is going to get 20+ goals. I can begrudge that formation away but not at the Valley.
I agree. Should be 4 4 2 all day long at the valley
He played 23 games for Hudds and got promoted from league 2 with Southend (then went on to be their player of the year the season after in league one).
Not a bad CV for a 22 year old but as many have said, is an attacking centre mid a priority when that's where Fosu had stated he is best and we have Clarke, Watt & Holmes who can cover.
Would much rather see the club address the crisis situation with our strikers.
Charlton do need an attacking central midfielder. Looks like a good loan this one if it happens.
This is ridiculous yet again just like last pre-season we have only one goalkeeper not to mention needing a 20 goal striker! !! Not gonna happen coz RD doesn't give two shits about us!!!
The problem is that playing 4-2-3-1, no striker or ten is going to get 20+ goals. I can begrudge that formation away but not at the Valley.
Didn't they have Deli Alli in the 10 role? Currently one of the best forwards in the world. I think they also had Afobe who if not played as an out and out striker, certainly knew where the goal was, scoring nearly one in two. Didn't see them enough to know if Gobbo's obsession with one striker was in place.
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It's a shame, he's a very gifted little player. Plays as a 10 and can play on the wing, similar to Ben Reeves but younger and perhaps a bit more skillful. He's sort of been the victim of expectations being ramped up at Hudds, but still a good player.
Can we just settle this once and for all, playing 4-4-2 or playing with two up front does not make you more attacking. How you approach the game, play a line, press, and a variety of other things are what makes team attacking or not attacking. Phil Parkinson played a lot of 4-4-2 when we went on that winless run and we were awful. Alternatively, Real Madrid play a 4-2-3-1 and they seem to be alright on goals.
Interestingly Dmitrovic one of our three decent keepers shuffled out last season for no money is now playing in La Liga for Eibar. No news on a fee. Doubt any sell on for us.
Interestingly Dmitrovic one of our three decent keepers shuffled out last season for no money is now playing in La Liga for Eibar. No news on a fee. Probably a sell on for RD
He played 23 games for Hudds and got promoted from league 2 with Southend (then went on to be their player of the year the season after in league one).
Not a bad CV for a 22 year old but as many have said, is an attacking centre mid a priority when that's where Fosu had stated he is best and we have Clarke, Watt & Holmes who can cover.
Would much rather see the club address the crisis situation with our strikers.
Charlton do need an attacking central midfielder. Looks like a good loan this one if it happens.
It makes you wonder whether we already have that goal hanger. Two of them in fact, just that one is on loan to a Belgium side and the other is in Bury!
I am guessing that there will be an expectation of starts alongside any loan keeper - what message does that give to Phillips? What happens if it is clear the loan keeper is weaker than Phillips or is out of form. You need two goalies on your books fighting fairly for a place!
This is ridiculous yet again just like last pre-season we have only one goalkeeper not to mention needing a 20 goal striker! !! Not gonna happen coz RD doesn't give two shits about us!!!
Hmm..... Sure I read 3 months ago that our transfer business was going to be done early close season....... What can I smell!!!!
This is ridiculous yet again just like last pre-season we have only one goalkeeper not to mention needing a 20 goal striker! !! Not gonna happen coz RD doesn't give two shits about us!!!
Hmm..... Sure I read 3 months ago that our transfer business was going to be done early close season....... What can I smell!!!!
Chesh, I use this handy piece of kit and it never fails as far as the Belgian Buns are concerned...
I am guessing that there will be an expectation of starts alongside any loan keeper - what message does that give to Phillips? What happens if it is clear the loan keeper is weaker than Phillips or is out of form. You need two goalies on your books fighting fairly for a place!
I don't think Bolton are that bothered about his involvement / development. They just want him off their wage bill....being trying to offload him all summer.
Can we just settle this once and for all, playing 4-4-2 or playing with two up front does not make you more attacking. How you approach the game, play a line, press, and a variety of other things are what makes team attacking or not attacking. Phil Parkinson played a lot of 4-4-2 when we went on that winless run and we were awful. Alternatively, Real Madrid play a 4-2-3-1 and they seem to be alright on goals.
Playing just a single striker – especially at home – is weak and defensive. The theory is that the wingers and midfielders will surge forward in support. Yet, our vapid midfield got us relegated two seasons ago and flirted with the drop again last term.
We have seen it time and again – against even routine League One opponents our midfielders are pegged back with defensive duties, and the single striker is left isolated and utterly ineffectual.
We should find two tough strikers for our coaching staff to teach a close partnership that becomes instinctive: one to provide, the other to finish – fluid and interchanging, each forceful and accurate. At least one of them has to score around 20 goals for automatic promotion.
Kermorgant and BWP are the benchmark. Even Millwall, a team hardly blessed with flair, won promotion through the aggressive persistence of Morison and Gregory – who was scouted from Halifax for a song, remember.
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Should be 4 4 2 all day long at the valley
This window is turning into the usual shambles.
WIOTOS
Reading this doesn't fill you with confidence about Amos!!
Or This.
If we pay half decent wages, why not buy one of the best goalkeepers in L1 or even L2?
It makes you wonder whether we already have that goal hanger. Two of them in fact, just that one is on loan to a Belgium side and the other is in Bury!
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11682/10965156/wigan-athletic-striker-omar-bogle-put-on-transfer-list
We have seen it time and again – against even routine League One opponents our midfielders are pegged back with defensive duties, and the single striker is left isolated and utterly ineffectual.
We should find two tough strikers for our coaching staff to teach a close partnership that becomes instinctive: one to provide, the other to finish – fluid and interchanging, each forceful and accurate. At least one of them has to score around 20 goals for automatic promotion.
Kermorgant and BWP are the benchmark. Even Millwall, a team hardly blessed with flair, won promotion through the aggressive persistence of Morison and Gregory – who was scouted from Halifax for a song, remember.
We are miles away, in ideas and actions.