No idea what the obsession with Chaplin is-we’ve got Strikers who are as good, if not better than the Pompey front man.
Loans? We need a GK (if LOB going) and maybe a speedy winger.
At CB we already have back up galore (in terms of youngsters) and we ain’t going to get an experienced CB on loan.
Mantra for loans should be don’t loan anyone who isn’t better than what we already have. Were any of the loans from last year really any better than our own players? (Definitely not if you looked at how little they played!)
We should send a message to our young bucks that they can make the first team.
Not loans for loans sake.
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Agree with what you’re saying in terms of Chaplin, I think it’s more the ‘like for like’ nature of what Chaplin would bring. Who’s to say that Hiwula won’t be that man, certainly too soon to gauge. Interesting that #10 remains vacant which for me points toward us still looking to do something.
LoB didn’t do too badly last week, not a lot between him and Burge and I still remain of the opinion that we need someone better now we’ve stepped up a league, we should do the same in personnel.
CB wise is a puzzling one for me. Rod didn’t turn into a poor player overnight and he earnt rave reviews for his part in our early season form defensively last season. I think we should’ve held onto him for a little while longer as 3 wasn’t enough last year and surely won’t be this season either. Hyam, Willis, Davies and Rod seemed to end up having a fairly even split of games.
Is young Thompson good enough to step up to the plate? It’s a lot of expectation to do so for someone who didn’t feature in League 2, is extremely raw and was unfortunately part of the reason we conceded our second last Saturday.
I think we are ok winger wise, with Jones and Allassani plus sterling and Hilwala etc should be able to occupy the forward positions as and when required.
Certainly agree with the mantra of not bringing people in for the sake of it nor anyone who isn’t better than what we already have.
I don’t think we are far away of having a very strong squad at this level. Fingers crossed we don’t have the same rotten luck with injuries as we did last season!
