Ok, so all the talk is obviously of our first two signings. The signing of Rob Jones seems to have made everybody happy, the signing of David Prutton appears to have everyone divided already.
My question, based on opinions of these two signings, is, as the title states, 'Do we go for the kind of team we WANT, or the kind we NEED'?
Do we want a team of battlers (which looks like may be the case) or should we be getting more skilful, flair players and start building for the future?
In my humble opinion, a team of battlers is what we need right now. League One is no place for pretty, pretty football. It's hard graft, grit and determination that will get us out of this division and this may well be what is on Megson's mind. Horses for courses, if you like.
Of course, we would all love to see fantastic football, but the truth is, that just isn't possible over an entire season on pitches that resemble a ploughed field. Like it or not, we're gonna need a few cart-horses. Strong and hard working. For the most part, it won't be pretty. Don't get dis-heartened if we're not signing exciting young talent. We need players that get their hands (feet?) dirty and do a job.
Once we're out of the mire, that is the time we start to cut our cloth accordingly and, again, look for players that will do a different kind of job in a different kind of league.
What are your thoughts?
Want Or Need?
posted on 25/5/11
Easy for me to say 3,000 miles away, but I don't want pretty football.
i think we should aim to have a team that steam rollers teams. That means a big defense and big centre forwards. Two out wide who can cross the ball and two in the middle who can cover a lot of ground. Also, with that team we should be scoring around a goal a game from set pieces.
Simple really. Can I get the job when Meggo's done?
posted on 25/5/11
Not sure about Prutton being described as a grafter. He's obviously talented (ex-England U21) but has been discarded by clubs like Forest, Leeds and Southampton so maybe he doesn't graft enough? When we played them last month I thought he and Jonathan Douglas were terrific in midfield but I thought it was Douglas who did the grafting whereas Prutton seemed to be playing the sort of role we thought Potter was playing - tidying up and stroking the ball around. In other words i see him as a direct replacement for Potter - we still need a grafter to chase around and win things. Douglas would do nicely! If I remember rightly Prutton took some terrific corners - which would be nice. Is he a rare talent waiting to be inspired again by a manager like Megson? Or is he just another flawed 3rd Division midfielder? Time will tell so it's too early to be either disappointed or delighted by the move.