I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
I am sure Garner said recently we were close to two signings. One has obviously signed while the other is likely to be a left sided defender who we maybe able to get in before anyone else leaves. If we manage to shift Gilbey, which is looking likely, and perhaps one other then I would expect a striker in before the window closes.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
Clayden seems to have solved the the LB problem. Clayden and Sessegnon on the left, Clare and Egbo on the right seems good enough for the time being.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
2 injuries away from god knows who paying centre half ; we need one desperately , IMO. If that ends up with Inniss/ Lavelle and O’Connell playing 46 games , who cares .
Payne and Morgan are the chief corner takers I guess.
Is a side with both of them in too attacking?
Wollacott
Clare Inniss O'Connell Sessegnon Morgan Dobson Payne
Rak-Sakyi Stockley CBT
If we are playing the infancied teams like Cambridge, port vale and Cheltenham, I would go for this team.
As was proven by a successful England team recently it's not always the 11 players in the First half that wins you matches but the 11 that are on the field in the last 25 minutes. Fraser does a lot of link up play that appears to be going under the radar. (Not by Garner) It's all about the balance of the team and with it being a 16 man game now over the 98 minutes of most matches, the starting 11 is no more important that the 11 at the business end of a match.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
I wouldn't say that honestly given that Inniss' fitness record is second only to Aneke's, and not in a good way. Let DE stay out on loan, maybe even let Ness go too and bring in a proper left footer who can cover LB as well in a pinch and I'd say that's not bad business.
Admitted that in this hypothetical it's as well as a striker not instead of, but I'm still fairly sure another forward player is being worked on.
Inniss will likely be out for at least a couple of months at some point between now and May. We have to get another CB in because playing with two senior options for a 10-12 game stretch is not a good idea.
Similar story with Aneke and needing reliable cover for Stockley.
If either of those two could stay fit, we probably wouldn't need anyone. As it is, they have to be treated as luxury options and to plan without them.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
Clayden seems to have solved the the LB problem. Clayden and Sessegnon on the left, Clare and Egbo on the right seems good enough for the time being.
Would've totally disagreed before Clare turned into prime Cafu. A left-sided cb who can cover lb and a striker should be priority
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
2 injuries away from god knows who paying centre half ; we need one desperately , IMO. If that ends up with Inniss/ Lavelle and O’Connell playing 46 games , who cares .
I injury away from having just ONE striker, who had played just 4 league games in his life.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
Not sure I agree. Clare can't slot in there at the moment and Innis could get injured on Saturday, that only leaves 2 unless you include Ness, who is raw and right footed anyway. I would have thought a left footed CB who could also cover LB is what we need and is just about ahead of a striker as Jesurun can probably come off the wing if required and is probably better placed to do so rather than Leaburn.
Inniss is a 13 game a season player over the last few years so we need O'Connell and Lavelle to stay fit because in my opinion I don't want to see Clare playing CB unless it's a real emergency as he can be so good as an attacking RB which I said at the end of last season and which is coming to fruition. I personally thought Deji could be one of the 4 options at CB this season but Ben Garner must feel he needs to get more game time in National League to get used to the physicality of men's football. Perhaps the injury last season hampered Deji's progress.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
2 injuries away from god knows who paying centre half ; we need one desperately , IMO. If that ends up with Inniss/ Lavelle and O’Connell playing 46 games , who cares .
I injury away from having just ONE striker, who had played just 4 league games in his life.
Think we are all in the we need a striker camp but I would wager Innis getting injured before Stockley. If we played two upfront then a striker would be a priority but as things currently stand I would say a left footed defender is more essential because if the Fulham lad gets injured we only have Claydon who has a similar amount of league experience as Leaburn.
I agree a CB had to be number one priority. Every game that Innis does not get injured in is a surprise to me. That would leave two in Lavelle and O'Connell.
Upfront we also need a striker before the window closes but not quite as urgently.
Ultimately I would imagine we are targeting both and it will be down to which of our targets comes up first.
I agree a CB had to be number one priority. Every game that Innis does not get injured in is a surprise to me. That would leave two in Lavelle and O'Connell.
Upfront we also need a striker before the window closes but not quite as urgently.
Ultimately I would imagine we are targeting both and it will be down to which of our targets comes up first.
I reckon that also. Gallen tells us about his lists, doesn't he? Someone on here who has a good ITK record, hinted recently that as well as a CB, we are still looking to bring in another striker.
I'd be very surprised if we don't sign one, maybe a loan perhaps, by the time the window closes.
Just as a matter of interest, has Lyle Taylor made any kind of comment regarding the story of us being interested in having him back here? He’s usually quite prepared to ‘stir the pot’ a little on social media in some way or another….be it a bit of sarcasm or dangling a line or two.
Cannot wait for Chuks to bang some goals in when he is back just to shut 1956 up for a while.
And he will score -he got 4 in 9 for us last season.
Didn’t realise he scored so many for us last season.
People mock but he’s got just under 1 in 2 for us across 2020-2022 - and that’s mostly from sybarite appearances. If he gets more than 10 this season it could be invaluable to us
Bet I wasn't the only one to google that
Don't think anyone's mocking what he "could" do, problem is he's rarely fit enough to do anything. I posted on the day we re-signed him why & why give him three & a half year contract ( yes lowish wages but guaranteed over 3& half years). It's not as if it's a surprise to anyone is it ?
I agree a CB had to be number one priority. Every game that Innis does not get injured in is a surprise to me. That would leave two in Lavelle and O'Connell.
Upfront we also need a striker before the window closes but not quite as urgently.
Ultimately I would imagine we are targeting both and it will be down to which of our targets comes up first.
You could always play Stockley at CH in an emergency.....you cant really play Lavelle up front in the same situation.
Mark my words. If we only bring in a CH before the window closes then you can bet your bottom dollar Stockley will get injured the following week.
The fact we brought Innis on against Plymouth shows how short we are in that position.
I was confused why we brought him on for O'Connell, as the latter didn't seem injured or tired. Maybe Garner just wanted him to have a few minutes and be part of the win?
The fact we brought Innis on against Plymouth shows how short we are in that position.
I was confused why we brought him on for O'Connell, as the latter didn't seem injured or tired. Maybe Garner just wanted him to have a few minutes and be part of the win?
Probably wanted to rest O Connell. Assuming he plays against Walsall. Could end up playing 8 matches in opening month of the season.
I don’t get this, I think we are pretty well covered there, and have options such a Clare slotting in as well, and calling DE back off loan! Get we might want a left footed CB but that is a luxury
Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
2 injuries away from god knows who paying centre half ; we need one desperately , IMO. If that ends up with Inniss/ Lavelle and O’Connell playing 46 games , who cares .
I injury away from having just ONE striker, who had played just 4 league games in his life.
Yes; we need both . I was merely saying that we definitely need a centre half .
The fact we brought Innis on against Plymouth shows how short we are in that position.
I was confused why we brought him on for O'Connell, as the latter didn't seem injured or tired. Maybe Garner just wanted him to have a few minutes and be part of the win?
Probably wanted to rest O Connell. Assuming he plays against Walsall. Could end up playing 8 matches in opening month of the season.
Yeah he'd just played 90 against QPR, definitely not one we'd want injured (wouldn't want any but you know what I mean).
I agree a CB had to be number one priority. Every game that Innis does not get injured in is a surprise to me. That would leave two in Lavelle and O'Connell.
Upfront we also need a striker before the window closes but not quite as urgently.
Ultimately I would imagine we are targeting both and it will be down to which of our targets comes up first.
You could always play Stockley at CH in an emergency.....you cant really play Lavelle up front in the same situation.
Mark my words. If we only bring in a CH before the window closes then you can bet your bottom dollar Stockley will get injured the following week.
Well yes but bringing in a CH doesn't mean we won't also bring in a striker as well. No real reason to suppose it's one OR the other at this point.
I agree a CB had to be number one priority. Every game that Innis does not get injured in is a surprise to me. That would leave two in Lavelle and O'Connell.
Upfront we also need a striker before the window closes but not quite as urgently.
Ultimately I would imagine we are targeting both and it will be down to which of our targets comes up first.
You could always play Stockley at CH in an emergency.....you cant really play Lavelle up front in the same situation.
Mark my words. If we only bring in a CH before the window closes then you can bet your bottom dollar Stockley will get injured the following week.
I wouldn't bet against it. And nor would I bet against us signing a striker and Stockley then being fit for all 46 games.
The worry is of course that we pretty much have 2 players per position now except for CB given Clayden has pretty much proved he can cover the LB spot and Garner rates Miles enough to consider him striker number 2..
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Forward has to be surely.. or a Full Back
As was proven by a successful England team recently it's not always the 11 players in the First half that wins you matches but the 11 that are on the field in the last 25 minutes. Fraser does a lot of link up play that appears to be going under the radar. (Not by Garner)
It's all about the balance of the team and with it being a 16 man game now over the 98 minutes of most matches, the starting 11 is no more important that the 11 at the business end of a match.
Admitted that in this hypothetical it's as well as a striker not instead of, but I'm still fairly sure another forward player is being worked on.
Similar story with Aneke and needing reliable cover for Stockley.
If either of those two could stay fit, we probably wouldn't need anyone. As it is, they have to be treated as luxury options and to plan without them.
Perhaps the injury last season hampered Deji's progress.
Upfront we also need a striker before the window closes but not quite as urgently.
Ultimately I would imagine we are targeting both and it will be down to which of our targets comes up first.
Someone on here who has a good ITK record, hinted recently that as well as a CB, we are still looking to bring in another striker.
I'd be very surprised if we don't sign one, maybe a loan perhaps, by the time the window closes.
He’s usually quite prepared to ‘stir the pot’ a little on social media in some way or another….be it a bit of sarcasm or dangling a line or two.
Don't think anyone's mocking what he "could" do, problem is he's rarely fit enough to do anything. I posted on the day we re-signed him why & why give him three & a half year contract ( yes lowish wages but guaranteed over 3& half years). It's not as if it's a surprise to anyone is it ?
Mark my words. If we only bring in a CH before the window closes then you can bet your bottom dollar Stockley will get injured the following week.
I wouldn't bet against it. And nor would I bet against us signing a striker and Stockley then being fit for all 46 games.
The worry is of course that we pretty much have 2 players per position now except for CB given Clayden has pretty much proved he can cover the LB spot and Garner rates Miles enough to consider him striker number 2..