Emmanuel Adebayor

[chrisw1]

...and we may as well push the boat out for a new RB too please!

I'm with KRS. It's a need not a want

Hutton had a great season.  What's all the clamor for a right back?  he's done more than enough to justify his chance.

[mr underhill]

Dr Kananga and Baron Samedi are supervising the medical, just in from SSN

[Witton Warrior]

...and we may as well push the boat out for a new RB too please!

I'm with KRS. It's a need not a want

Hutton had a great season.  What's all the clamor for a right back?  he's done more than enough to justify his chance.

My view was that AH had a decent return from the bomb squad at first in a very poor team but then faded rapidly as soon as the ball started going forwards more, he then reverted to type and started assaulting people ;-)  His main problem is an inability to cross the ball - that is not his game I know but it is what we need!

[Villafirst]

If Tim can get him playing as he was at Spurs when he scored 14 in 28 games he can be just as effective as Benteke. When Adebayor is on his game he's a real handful - a big tall guy at 6'3''. He's dangerous on crosses and can shoot with both feet. I think he'll respond to Tim who seems to have a midas touch with strikers out of form.

[paul_e]

...and we may as well push the boat out for a new RB too please!

I'm with KRS. It's a need not a want

Hutton had a great season.  What's all the clamor for a right back?  he's done more than enough to justify his chance.

My view was that AH had a decent return from the bomb squad at first in a very poor team but then faded rapidly as soon as the ball started going forwards more, he then reverted to type and started assaulting people ;-)  His main problem is an inability to cross the ball - that is not his game I know but it is what we need!

Largely this, I think his main problem is that he's a red card waiting to happen, if he was a match winner he might get away with it but if you're an average defender you need to be doing everything you can to be available for 90minutes 38 times a season, that's where your value exists.

[dave.woodhall]

We need Hutton for four games next season; three if he does his job properly first time.

[KRS]

...and we may as well push the boat out for a new RB too please!

I'm with KRS. It's a need not a want

Hutton had a great season.  What's all the clamor for a right back?  he's done more than enough to justify his chance.

My view was that AH had a decent return from the bomb squad at first in a very poor team but then faded rapidly as soon as the ball started going forwards more, he then reverted to type and started assaulting people ;-)  His main problem is an inability to cross the ball - that is not his game I know but it is what we need!

Largely this, I think his main problem is that he's a red card waiting to happen, if he was a match winner he might get away with it but if you're an average defender you need to be doing everything you can to be available for 90minutes 38 times a season, that's where your value exists.

I'd keep hold of Bacuna and Hutton as squad players for this season, but they are the weak links in our first team now and any team should quite rightly attack down their left wing. More often than not, you will find them out of position, slow to track back, yellow/red cards waiting to happen, can't cross a ball and can't keep a shot on target...they are very average players in what appears to be an improving team so not a lot going for the pair of them to be fair. 

[Richard E]

We need Hutton for four games next season; three if he does his job properly first time.

Delph won't get 2 starts for Man City next season regardless of whether Hutton does his job properly first time or not.

[Ryu]

...and we may as well push the boat out for a new RB too please!

I'm with KRS. It's a need not a want

Hutton had a great season.  What's all the clamor for a right back?  he's done more than enough to justify his chance.

My view was that AH had a decent return from the bomb squad at first in a very poor team but then faded rapidly as soon as the ball started going forwards more, he then reverted to type and started assaulting people ;-)  His main problem is an inability to cross the ball - that is not his game I know but it is what we need!

Largely this, I think his main problem is that he's a red card waiting to happen, if he was a match winner he might get away with it but if you're an average defender you need to be doing everything you can to be available for 90minutes 38 times a season, that's where your value exists.

I'd keep hold of Bacuna and Hutton as squad players for this season, but they are the weak links in our first team now and any team should quite rightly attack down their left wing. More often than not, you will find them out of position, slow to track back, yellow/red cards waiting to happen, can't cross a ball and can't keep a shot on target...they are very average players in what appears to be an improving team so not a lot going for the pair of them to be fair. 

Bacuna can cross tbf, as he demonstrated with several assists once sherwood came in and he had a run of games at rb. Neither him or Hutton are the best right backs in the world but I think we can muddle through with them. 

Having said that I'd be happy to see us get a new right back in, but I'd hope we sort a centre forward and midfielder first.

Also I think if an offer comes in we'd sell Hutton. We have cover for all the defensive positions without him.

[Toronto Villa]

We need Hutton for four games next season; three if he does his job properly first time.

Maybe we should go along with John Gregory's latest utterly mental suggestion and bring in Joey Barton...

[KRS]

Yeah Bacuna got a few assists but for every good cross theres 5 bad ones that either sail past the far post or over the bar. As yourself and someone else mentioned the other day, he does seem better crossing from deep from RB than further up the pitch when playing RM. A perfect example was at Walsall...he was in acres of space, had time to control the ball, look up and pick a man out...but instead of taking the bounce off the ball, he attempted a first time cross that ended up not only over the bar but over the stand...probably somewhere on the M6 at J9!

[Lastfootstamper]

...and we may as well push the boat out for a new RB too please!

I'm with KRS. It's a need not a want

Hutton had a great season.  What's all the clamor for a right back?  he's done more than enough to justify his chance.

My view was that AH had a decent return from the bomb squad at first in a very poor team but then faded rapidly as soon as the ball started going forwards more, he then reverted to type and started assaulting people ;-)  His main problem is an inability to cross the ball - that is not his game I know but it is what we need!

Largely this, I think his main problem is that he's a red card waiting to happen, if he was a match winner he might get away with it but if you're an average defender you need to be doing everything you can to be available for 90minutes 38 times a season, that's where your value exists.

I'd keep hold of Bacuna and Hutton as squad players for this season, but they are the weak links in our first team now and any team should quite rightly attack down their left wing. More often than not, you will find them out of position, slow to track back, yellow/red cards waiting to happen, can't cross a ball and can't keep a shot on target...they are very average players in what appears to be an improving team so not a lot going for the pair of them to be fair.

And yet, a point never raised about our most often booked player of last season (Clark). Maybe with Hutton, memories of his first few appearances are indelibly scorched into our minds.

[Ryu]

Yeah Bacuna got a few assists but for every good cross theres 5 bad ones that either sail past the far post or over the bar. As yourself and someone else mentioned the other day, he does seem better crossing from deep from RB than further up the pitch when playing RM. A perfect example was at Walsall...he was in acres of space, had time to control the ball, look up and pick a man out...but instead of taking the bounce off the ball, he attempted a first time cross that ended up not only over the bar but over the stand...probably somewhere on the M6 at J9!

I don't think one in 5 genuinely good crosses is that bad an average tbf. I think it's an underrated art. And often what makes a cross a good one is someone getting on the end of it. For a long time we've had a team where very few people get into the box, lessening the chances of a cross being successful.

You're right about his crossing from deep.

I bet, without checking, that he's got more goals and assists than any of our midfielders from the last couple of years, so he does actually have impacts on games, which is why I like him, despite sometimes struggling defensively.

[darren woolley]

I like Bacuna I would want us to keep him.

[silhillvilla]

His got very long legs so medical will take longer than normal.