JRS is a player who instinctively cuts in on his left. Of his many talents I don't think versatility was one of them when he played for us; he was all at sea playing up front for us on the few occasions he did it and he's definitely not a wingback. If you replaced Campbell with him you'd be robbing him of his best move which is cutting in on his strong foot to attack the goal. Both Campbell and Tanto do that from the left on their right foot at the moment. So if you wanted JRS to play in the wide striker role he'd either have to be cutting inside on his weak foot in a way he's not as comfortable with or you'd have to flip the line-up and have a more defensive right footed RWB - which we don't currently have - and take Apter out as well as putting a right footed more attacking player in place of Edwards on the left. The balance we have with inverted players at RWB and on the left up front is currently very important. Maybe in the time since he last played for us JRS is much more comfortable playing across the pitch but it would be interesting to see if we were able to get the best of him in our current setup. He's definitely a 2 footed player, I think 4 of his 15 goals for us were with his right foot but he's clearly more comfortable operating from the right hand side and can look very ordinary when he's not in his preferred position.
Can't see JRS.. Apter started so well, and wouldn't put something in front of Campbell...
I would say wingback, and another big forward is what he is looking at.
Wing back is obvious, on strikers NJ has said we have enough, so I could only see another one joining if we have a long term injury or someone leaves (excluding Kanu on loan).
I wonder if someone like JRS would be an exception though, being seen as too good to turn down. If he comes in on loan I could only se him playing TCs role.
If (and it’s a huge and very unlikely if) we got JRS I think we’d probably change to 3-4-2-1 and have him on the right of the 2 and then Carey/Knibbs/TC on the left behind one of our strikers
I’m not sure we’d be willing to pay the finances required for JRS, not that we can’t afford it but are we really willing to pay what could be a 7 figure loan fee and a decent chunk of wages on a loan player? I think we are willing to pay fees for players we think we can develop and increase their value, not for a player that we will only get on loan.
JRS is one of those players you sign if you have the chance and figure out some of the issues after I think. He's too good a talent for us to turn down. He could work well as one of the two 10's behind a lone striker in the system we saw in some of the pre season friendlies, he would have freedom to drift
On a sort of related note I watched Aldershot vs. Eastleigh on Wednesday evening and was surprised to see Jordan Cousins playing for Eastleigh, wasn't he in L1 last season? a really quick fall and tbh he didn't really stand out either, not sure we'll see much of him again.
Even stranger was that five or so seats down was Louie Watson, watching his brother play (Luke, ex Palarse) sadly for both of them he didn't get on.
JRS where would he fit in IF we signed him. tough one to call. TC role maybe. Be great if we get him …sort of transfer that would happen on last day transfer window
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I’m not sure we’d be willing to pay the finances required for JRS, not that we can’t afford it but are we really willing to pay what could be a 7 figure loan fee and a decent chunk of wages on a loan player? I think we are willing to pay fees for players we think we can develop and increase their value, not for a player that we will only get on loan.
So I fully expect him to sign for Palace.
Cover for Ramsay is the position I think NJ wants. Anything else is a Brucie Bonus.
Even stranger was that five or so seats down was Louie Watson, watching his brother play (Luke, ex Palarse) sadly for both of them he didn't get on.
tough one to call. TC role maybe. Be great if we get him …sort of transfer that would happen on last day transfer window