if we had an unbalanced squad before 22:25 - Jan 8 with 2879 views | positivity | with too many loans. what do we call it now we have 3 extra loans, and still no right-back, no in-form keepers or central defenders?! and another winger to follow? hoping the picture will make more sense when it's complete... | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:34 - Jan 8 with 2846 views | Guthrum | It wasn't the loans which made the squad unbalanced before, but the lack of players of the right type in certain positions. A stronger attack will take some of the pressure off, score goals to cancel out any we may concede and improve our chances of winning games no end. I'm pretty sure the 'form' of our CBs and 'keepers will markedly improve if we can get things working better up front. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:36 - Jan 8 with 2832 views | Cotty |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:34 - Jan 8 by Guthrum | It wasn't the loans which made the squad unbalanced before, but the lack of players of the right type in certain positions. A stronger attack will take some of the pressure off, score goals to cancel out any we may concede and improve our chances of winning games no end. I'm pretty sure the 'form' of our CBs and 'keepers will markedly improve if we can get things working better up front. |
Agreed. It'll make such a difference if we can get the ball to stick further up the pitch. | | | |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:39 - Jan 8 with 2813 views | positivity |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:34 - Jan 8 by Guthrum | It wasn't the loans which made the squad unbalanced before, but the lack of players of the right type in certain positions. A stronger attack will take some of the pressure off, score goals to cancel out any we may concede and improve our chances of winning games no end. I'm pretty sure the 'form' of our CBs and 'keepers will markedly improve if we can get things working better up front. |
i hope you're right, but scoring goals doesn't appear to be the specialiity of keane or quaner recently! | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:39 - Jan 8 with 2809 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:36 - Jan 8 by Cotty | Agreed. It'll make such a difference if we can get the ball to stick further up the pitch. |
That and scoring goals. It is an awful lot of pressure on a defence if it knows they need a clean sheet to get a point away from home and cannot concede more than one to stand any chance of points at home. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:40 - Jan 8 with 2804 views | Guthrum |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:36 - Jan 8 by Cotty | Agreed. It'll make such a difference if we can get the ball to stick further up the pitch. |
And not keep coming back on the break with most of the team (including FBs and, for corners, the CBs too) stranded upfield. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:42 - Jan 8 with 2800 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:40 - Jan 8 by Guthrum | And not keep coming back on the break with most of the team (including FBs and, for corners, the CBs too) stranded upfield. |
We have conceded from quite a few of our own corners this season haven't we? | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:47 - Jan 8 with 2781 views | Guthrum |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:39 - Jan 8 by positivity | i hope you're right, but scoring goals doesn't appear to be the specialiity of keane or quaner recently! |
Quaner was being played out wide in the Prem at Huddersfield recently. Might not be his best position. Has some good tallies as a striker in the German second tier, tho. A large chunk of Keane's time at Hull has been hit by injury. And he's still pretty young. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:47 - Jan 8 with 2778 views | Guthrum |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:42 - Jan 8 by Nthsuffolkblue | We have conceded from quite a few of our own corners this season haven't we? |
Yes. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:50 - Jan 8 with 2770 views | Trequartista | 8 strikers if we sign Pilkington, none of them can score! | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:58 - Jan 8 with 2751 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:50 - Jan 8 by Trequartista | 8 strikers if we sign Pilkington, none of them can score! |
Harsh on Sears and Lankester. How much have the others been playing as strikers? Stats do not always tell the whole story. Let's hope we get a Murphy or McGoldrick return from at least a couple of them. They had been especially low-scoring before joining us (except for his spell at Coventry for McGoldrick). | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:00 - Jan 8 with 2744 views | reusersfreekicks |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:34 - Jan 8 by Guthrum | It wasn't the loans which made the squad unbalanced before, but the lack of players of the right type in certain positions. A stronger attack will take some of the pressure off, score goals to cancel out any we may concede and improve our chances of winning games no end. I'm pretty sure the 'form' of our CBs and 'keepers will markedly improve if we can get things working better up front. |
I agree that less pressure on our defence will help but we need a stronger centre half pairing than Pennington and Chambers. Think Pennington needs time out and someone more dominant needs to be brought in. | | | |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:03 - Jan 8 with 2734 views | positivity |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:58 - Jan 8 by Nthsuffolkblue | Harsh on Sears and Lankester. How much have the others been playing as strikers? Stats do not always tell the whole story. Let's hope we get a Murphy or McGoldrick return from at least a couple of them. They had been especially low-scoring before joining us (except for his spell at Coventry for McGoldrick). |
harsh on jackson too, who's outscoring sears and lankester on goals per minute, but overall, none of them are the most scoringest! | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:16 - Jan 8 with 2700 views | Trequartista |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 22:58 - Jan 8 by Nthsuffolkblue | Harsh on Sears and Lankester. How much have the others been playing as strikers? Stats do not always tell the whole story. Let's hope we get a Murphy or McGoldrick return from at least a couple of them. They had been especially low-scoring before joining us (except for his spell at Coventry for McGoldrick). |
Lankester is a winger. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:19 - Jan 8 with 2690 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:16 - Jan 8 by Trequartista | Lankester is a winger. |
As is Pilkington who the post included as a striker. Care to elaborate who the 8 strikers are if they weren't including Lankester? I would imagine they were including Folami and Morris too. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:29 - Jan 8 with 2670 views | Trequartista |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:19 - Jan 8 by Nthsuffolkblue | As is Pilkington who the post included as a striker. Care to elaborate who the 8 strikers are if they weren't including Lankester? I would imagine they were including Folami and Morris too. |
Jackson Harrison Roberts Sears Morris Keane Pilkington Quaner Forgot about Folami but I don't consider him first team, but included Morris as we have recalled him, not sure where he's going to play. I thought Pilkington was a striker as he had once had a decent strike rate, but if he is a winger then fair enough | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:39 - Jan 8 with 2643 views | Tonytown |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:29 - Jan 8 by Trequartista | Jackson Harrison Roberts Sears Morris Keane Pilkington Quaner Forgot about Folami but I don't consider him first team, but included Morris as we have recalled him, not sure where he's going to play. I thought Pilkington was a striker as he had once had a decent strike rate, but if he is a winger then fair enough |
He also meant unbalanced as in a lack of physicality and height which is perhaps why we concede so many goals from corners and free kicks. | | | |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:44 - Jan 8 with 2634 views | Plums |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:39 - Jan 8 by Tonytown | He also meant unbalanced as in a lack of physicality and height which is perhaps why we concede so many goals from corners and free kicks. |
And he also referred to age and experience as part of the balancing act. | |
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if we had an unbalanced squad before on 00:16 - Jan 9 with 2599 views | Tonytown |
if we had an unbalanced squad before on 23:44 - Jan 8 by Plums | And he also referred to age and experience as part of the balancing act. |
With an experienced manager like MM or PL it is fair enough for Evans to trust their judgment on the make up of the squad, but as has been shown with Hurst, that an inexperienced manager at this level can very quickly mess things up. An old head above him and below Evans would probably have prevented what happened in the summer. If we are very very lucky, we can catch Bolton, Rotherham and Reading, but other than those 3 and possibly Wigan, the rest are gone. We need to stop conceding easy goals though and that means another defender or 2 joining ASAP, one of which has to be a right back and the other a CCV type centre half | | | |
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