Looking at the players leaving the club in the past year i still dont think we have invested enough! I understand that spending just under 3 million in the championship is great investment but considering the sales of Hulse, Commons, Moxey, Varney and the departure of Sav we havent really invested anything. I know its early days but at this rate i think we are better than what we finished the season with but no better than what we started last season with. Hulse, Common and Moexy would walk straight back into that team in my eyes and so would Bueno.
Im extremely worried that the board and Nigel think they have done enough when we seem to have thousand s of centre halfs and strikers but no cover at either full back and no quality out wide or in terms of creativity!
I may seem like i'm just being picky and unreasonable however im not saying what we have brought in so far isnt any good because i dont but in my eyes we arent finished yet to compete in the top half. Say Tyson does start at centre forward which we all know he will who is going to provide him with chances. We lack flair and skill in the final third. Roberts injury record aint great and Brayford's luck will run out sooner than later, id like an midfeild general someone to boss infront of the back four this is why i hope the Moussi rumour is true.
Good so far, BUT NEED MORE!!!! NEED!!!
We need more!!!
posted on 14/7/11
Pirate - pretty much the team I'd pick as it stands, although I'd prefer a 4-3-2-1 with a defensive midfielder in there.
I am a big fan of Cywka though. I hope Clough doesn't give up on him because whenever he is on the ball he is exciting.
posted on 14/7/11
And to be clear, no I don't think the board have invested ANYTHING but I think football is changing.
You can spend £10m in this league and by no guarantee will you get top 6. Cardiff will be weak for 2-3 years in my opinion, because they spent so much last year.
Doughty continues to pour money into forest but for how long?
Clubs are becoming self sustaining and with our fanbase and stadium that suits us just fine, likewise leeds utd.
posted on 14/7/11
We could always bring back Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Ruben Zadkovich, Benny Feilhaber and Paul Thirlwell to help bolster our midfield.
Thoughts?
posted on 14/7/11
In this league, I'd be happy to take Zadkovich or Feilhaber back. They are both internationals after all.
posted on 14/7/11
me personally, id love to see us sign an out and out wide player, either left or right..... somebody in the mold of Jobi Mcanuff.
Obviously not him, but that type of player. When was the last time we had a winger who whenever he got the ball raised us off our feet and we were all shouting 'guuuu on son do him, take him on'
Marco Reich ????
posted on 14/7/11
"GK Fielding
RB Brayford
CB Barker
CB Shackell
LB Roberts
RM Ward
CM Bryson
CM Bailey
LM Cywka
CF Maguire
CF Tyson
BENCH
GK Ledgzins
CB Anderson
CB Buxton
RM B. Davies
CM Green
CF S. Davies"
Ignoring the fact that 4 of those are injured, some long term, another 2 are made of glass, and 2 have already been discarded by Clough, I'll ask you one question, who out of that side is going to score the goals?
To even finish half way next season we have to have a +ve goal difference, last season we conceded 71 goals, so unless our defence suddenly turns into the Arsenal of the late 80's then we need to score 60 - 70 goals.
The only player I can see reaching double figures is Ward, and even then he probably won't hit 15.
Do the maths yourself, but I think we are in big trouble unless we sign someone with a scoring record.
posted on 14/7/11
Without looking in to it, I would bet there isn't a player in our squad who has scored more than 15 goals IN THE LAST 3 YEARS at any level (maybe Greeney but he's out for half the season).
Doesn't look good to me.
posted on 15/7/11
Which is exactly why I said we should still bring in "a quality striker" in my post, Baaaed
posted on 15/7/11
looking at it like that baaaed, you're probs right!
who would you be thinking of???
posted on 15/7/11
TBH I think we've missed the boat with most of the decent strikers now, we've dillied and dallied (dallied and dillied) over them and then gone for the cheaper option, the gamble, again.
I looked into it a bit more last night and it's worse than I thought, you look at the scoring record of our whole squad over the last 3 seasons and the average is 44 goals a season.
Last season they scored 40 goals between them.
We conceded 71 goals last year, so to finish mid table our defence has to improve significantly, and a couple of our strikers have to hit 15 goals apeice. THAT'S TO FINISH MID-TABLE.
I'm not even going into the injury problems or the lack of cover in midfield and defence, I can't see anything but a season of str4uggle ahead.