So it seems Randy has to bail out another manager in the January window. Its becoming a theme. He must be wondering when the club is going to stand on its own two feet.
The type of players we need are Kevin Nolan, Michael Dawson & Darren Gibson. Solid Pro's. Obviously, we're not going to get those 3, but that's the type we need.
1. Sign a player, or two in January2. Survive this season3. Decide which of our youngsters are good enough4. Shed the dead wood.5. Buy youngsters...Repeat.
Quote from: boozey182 on December 28, 2012, 01:29:34 AMI think a comparison between KEA and Stan is very accurate; when they get a chance to sit as a holding man, breaking up possession and keeping the ball they are excellent. Stan was under-appreciated for years at Villa and I fear that KEA might suffer the same fate. He's a great footballer and he will come good. Our problems lie elsewhere if you ask me.....Just checked and nobody asked me. Apologies for the intrusion.
I think a comparison between KEA and Stan is very accurate; when they get a chance to sit as a holding man, breaking up possession and keeping the ball they are excellent. Stan was under-appreciated for years at Villa and I fear that KEA might suffer the same fate. He's a great footballer and he will come good. Our problems lie elsewhere if you ask me.....
We need more quality.We need more experience.Lambert for me is often tactically naive, which alongside such a young side can result in the kind of tonkings we've experienced this season. A DOF would be good, or a better defensive coach.We looked potentially good, but just as much, we look potentially disastrous. We could rise. The ship could sink. Or worst case it could sink catastrophically like Leeds Utd. My head says that we're hedging our bets on there being 3 worse sides than us. Dangerous game.
Quote from: N'ZMAV on December 28, 2012, 08:42:30 AMThe type of players we need are Kevin Nolan, Michael Dawson & Darren Gibson. Solid Pro's. Obviously, we're not going to get those 3, but that's the type we need.Dawson may be available.
Quote from: ez on December 27, 2012, 04:59:58 PMSo it seems Randy has to bail out another manager in the January window. Its becoming a theme. He must be wondering when the club is going to stand on its own two feet.who sold the best players and didn't reinvest in quality players?
I know we've lowered the wage bill - but in Given, Hutton, Warnock, Dunne, N'Zogbia, Ireland and Bent we have a group of players that are paid top 6 wages and, for a variety of reasons, not contributing at all to the current team.
Quote from: eastie on December 28, 2012, 09:00:10 AMQuote from: N'ZMAV on December 28, 2012, 08:42:30 AMThe type of players we need are Kevin Nolan, Michael Dawson & Darren Gibson. Solid Pro's. Obviously, we're not going to get those 3, but that's the type we need.Dawson may be available.Injury prone and will probably want to stay in the Smoke
I think Parker and lampard who were mentioned are both great pros and far less maintenance than the likes of Ireland and nzogbia who both have reputations for being awkward to say the least.Lampard would not come here in any case but if if Parker did I think he would set a great example to younger players rather than being a prima Donna.