EnigmaRam Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Am I the only one that can see we are in desperate need of a DM? these players just cannot play without one. They ahould be able to but they can't. tgus should be the top priority. We get one of those and our creative players can get forward more to do what they are paid to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Thorne on crutches would be better than this lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 We need a new Eustace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, philmycock said: We need a new Eustace Villa already signed Jedinak. I could stomach being beaten to the punch, but we weren't even interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_Stand_Ram Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Hughes and Bryson are too lightweight to play together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 We need an old head no nonsense midfield general. Someone to sort the men from the pussies. For the last time Will Hughes is not a holding midfielder he is actually pretty ***** at it. Lets get a nasty bastardoto do the nasty ******** job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, EnigmaRam said: Am I the only one that can see we are in desperate need of a DM? these players just cannot play without one. They ahould be able to but they can't. tgus should be the top priority. We get one of those and our creative players can get forward more to do what they are paid to do Totally agree. Without one we get overrun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBeast Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Where's kalifa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Virtually everyone who's watched us over the last few years knows we need a fella who can put a foot in if GT isn't fit. So why haven't we done it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_Stand_Ram Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 8 minutes ago, BuckoBeast said: Where's kalifa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Surprised the Aron Gunnarson talk died down tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 29 minutes ago, EnigmaRam said: Am I the only one that can see we are in desperate need of a DM? these players just cannot play without one. They ahould be able to but they can't. tgus should be the top priority. We get one of those and our creative players can get forward more to do what they are paid to do The first bold bit is answered by the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano180 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 16 minutes ago, RIMBAUD said: Virtually everyone who's watched us over the last few years knows we need a fella who can put a foot in if GT isn't fit. So why haven't we done it? Don't worry, our multi million pound academy that Clement got the sack for has some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Over in the transfer suggestions thread I proposed William Vainqueur who's at Roma but they've told him he can leave before the window shuts as they can't guarantee him first team football and have FFP issues. 27 year old with a top pedigree around Europe and an American girlfriend so should speak English. (Even) Better than Thorne as a defensive midfielder. But because he'd be coming from Italy and they need to sell the price is probably £3-5m which would buy you a very average Championship midfielder if shopping in England. We have this odd policy of wanting to buy Championship players because apparently they're used to the division - someone should tell the recruitment team there's a reason for that. Someone like Vainqueur would sort us out and take us up a couple of notches. Sadly, I expect we're too late. The need has been clear all pre-season so if we wanted Championship I was surprised we didn't take Bridcutt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 8 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Over in the transfer suggestions thread I proposed William Vainqueur who's at Roma but they've told him he can leave before the window shuts as they can't guarantee him first team football and have FFP issues. 27 year old with a top pedigree around Europe and an American girlfriend so should speak English. (Even) Better than Thorne as a defensive midfielder. But because he'd be coming from Italy and they need to sell the price is probably £3-5m which would buy you a very average Championship midfielder if shopping in England. We have this odd policy of wanting to buy Championship players because apparently they're used to the division - someone should tell the recruitment team there's a reason for that. Someone like Vainqueur would sort us out and take us up a couple of notches. Sadly, I expect we're too late. The need has been clear all pre-season so if we wanted Championship I was surprised we didn't take Bridcutt. Jedinak was 5m according to sky. I'm sold on your proposal Carl. If nothing else he's great chant potential. .. "The referees a vainqueur. .....but we have got one also..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I think the whole thing is going wrong in the midfield and as a result, everyone looks dire. All our attacking mids have been used to playing with a defensive midfielder behind them. Thorne is obviously great in this role, but Eustace showed how important this position is. Eustace could also keep possesion well and move the ball from the defence to the other mids. Hughes could possibly play this role if he had himself playing in front of him. But he hasn't and it's not his position anyway. He's probably more capable at doing it than our other midfielders though, whose main strengths are shooting from distance (Butters), supporting the striker (Bryson), creating chances with dribbles (Hendrick) and scoring (BJ from his Norwich days). We panicked last season in buying Butters and BJ after the early injuries and now we don't need both/either of them in the squad really. What we needed last year (and still desperately do) is another def midfielder who can play when Thorne is injured and alongside him if we play 4-2-3-1. Jedinak would have been perfect...I can't believe Palace let him go. Has Hanson just come back from injury as I think he should play again. Did well last season and got good energy. 442 with our current midfielders is pretty much a non-starter as none of them can play wide (except maybe BJ) but more importantly, we have no allrounder type midfielders who are physical, full of running and know how to tackle. Bryson may be able to play in a 442 if he was next to this sort of player. Don't think this would suit Thorne either as don't think that his natural game. If we want to go 442 we might as well ship out most our midfielders. Don't think we can really criticise any of our forward players too much as they are never getting the ball anywhere near our goal, if at all. Just long punts as we are unable to play through the middle. I don't think we wanna be spending cash on more forwards for now. In summary, we've looked pretty hopeless so far. But I think it can be fixed easily with the addition of a Eustace type player and Hanson back in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 *cough* JAMIE HANSON *cough* Not the best, but would run through a brick wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiddingsRam Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Past careing! COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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