Wouldn't be surprised to see Simms upfront.
Hope he knows about the MVE, Saka combo. And that EMC plays on the left and Rudoni isn't a wingback.
I guess he will play JDS if we want to attack a lot (I'd prefer Bidwell given our defensive issues).
Please fullbacks do their defensive jobs...
He hasn't personally done any of those things buddy.
He too often loses concentration and produces a very poor loose pass to the opposition in a dangerous situation. Too often an accident waiting to happen and a bit of a loose canon.
He's not the only one though.
I'd give him another go...
Kitching had a few chances this season and messed up so was dropped. His clangers tend to be bad ones.
But Binks is poor so whatever give him another go. Hardly an embarrassment of riches.
Getting fullbacks to stop balls being pulled back into the box would be helpful to the centre backs...
You can't always just play a ball into a channel. You need a centre forward to be able to hold up and lay off a ball. Especially a big, not so nimble or quick centre forward like Simms.
A big fella being able to do something in the air would also be handy.
What we had was a relegation zone team, demoralised, players out of position, poor basics skills, unclear first 11, unclear formation and a manager who looked lost as to what to do.
Let's hope we can improve on that.
Reminder. Robins left the new manager with a mess of a squad, low on quality, low on confidence and in a really poor league position.
It's time to move on. Give the new manager some time to understand the squad and how to optimise it and add to it.
Setting arbitrary targets is meaningless at this point.
We are so close to the relegation zone that that will inevitably be the focus. Safety first.
Good luck to them because it's a mess.
The bottom line is we we have quantity but very little quality (probably only Wright and he's patchy).
We need to balance out the squad and buy a couple of quality players who can make a real difference.
Easier said than done especially when most the money has been (poorly) spent.
Collins, JDS, Lati, Torp are just not good enough. Poor buys.
Saka and Rudoni can bring some spark and positivity if we play them in their positions.
Much of the rest are average players some of which we overpaid for (Kitching, EMC, BTA).
A real task to clean this squad out and rebuild on a...
If you set this team up to defend and slow the game down they just can't get out of that negative mindset.
They get stuck in 2nd gear.
We have to set up to routinely attack teams it's the only way to wake the fookers up.