With Baker I'd have no objection to him training with us and helping out with coaching in return.
If Robins then thinks there's a role he can fill then some pay as you play type deal would be best.
Well surely Robins will identify that. If that is the case it is a futile exercise.Baker played most of last season for Portsmouth in a central midfield role. From what I've heard from them they thought of him as a bit of a weak link as his legs have gone.
I'm the opposite. A new face to freshen things up wouldn't be a bad thing, but I'd rather keep the momentum we've built and just move on one or two like Beavon that are not featuring and can't be good to have too many of those around. I actually think that our team are benefitting for togetherness and not too many changes to the side. If we can not be any further unlucky with injuries than we already have been, then I fancy our chances of the automatics with what we currently have.
At the beginning of the window I was hoping we would sign another striker, but our chances of doing that now are slim and Mark Robins seems content to stick with what he has, rather than push the boat out for anything more.
With McNulty playing well, Biamou now finding the net and the partnership the two have striked up I feel confident about those players - on top of that we have Beavon and Ponticelli in reserve, who are banging in goals at U23 level, so do we really need that extra striker?
We need to ship out Kwame Thomas and Kyel Reid..
Baker played most of last season for Portsmouth in a central midfield role. From what I've heard from them they thought of him as a bit of a weak link as his legs have gone.
Don't tell me, tell Pompey fans.A weak link? He was their 3rd highest scorer with 9 goals. The only midfielder we had who was scoring goals is injured, and whilst everyone is fixated on needing a ‘Number 9’, we’ve forgotten that only Doyle has scored more than 1 league goal who is fit...
If you lean too heavily on your strikers for goals, you’re screwed if they don’t score. Hence you need defender and midfielders to also chip in with a few goals.
As long as we have a recall clause in place.Has anyone considered that if we don't sign another striker Robins might just recall Thomas? Surely if he saw nothing in him at all he would just have been let go, rather than loaned out as he can't be on a huge amount of money.
Not saying he is the answer to the problem but if it's a case of needing another option and cover then its plausible isn't it. Wiki says he's scored 2 goals in 12 appearances for Solihull but you don't know what kind of service he is getting.
I would have thought so. Mind you this is City we are talking about...........As long as we have a recall clause in place.
As long as we have a recall clause in place.
Google tells me he has his FA Level 2 and did the course at the same time as Doyle!Has he got his coaching badges? I don't know if he has or hasn't? But if he has not got them you can forget the coaching angle.
Has anyone considered that if we don't sign another striker Robins might just recall Thomas? Surely if he saw nothing in him at all he would just have been let go, rather than loaned out as he can't be on a huge amount of money.
Not saying he is the answer to the problem but if it's a case of needing another option and cover then its plausible isn't it. Wiki says he's scored 2 goals in 12 appearances for Solihull but you don't know what kind of service he is getting.
Or we couldn't find any takers for him to get rid of him?
Perhaps but surely if he had no future under Robins we would have just released him on a free.
not doing us much good where he is though is he? I don't think Solihull will be covering all his wages so he is costing us money either wayThen we would've had to pay off 6 months of his contract unnecessarily.
not doing us much good where he is though is he? I don't think Solihull will be covering all his wages so he is costing us money either way
Regardless of what they're paying it's still saving the club money by having him on loan. Don't forget there are more costs attributed to retaining a player than not, it's not just wages that are a factor to why he has been sent on loan. E.g. Time Robins has to spend on him, the various costs Thomas produces at Ryton such as medical bills, food, drink...
So it's doing us good and it's doing him good by being at Solihull Moors.
Regardless of what they're paying it's still saving the club money by having him on loan. Don't forget there are more costs attributed to retaining a player than not, it's not just wages that are a factor to why he has been sent on loan. E.g. Time Robins has to spend on him, the various costs Thomas produces at Ryton such as medical bills, food, drink...
So it's doing us good and it's doing him good by being at Solihull Moors.
The costs you talk about are very much marginal and besides, since he's been gone we've signed two players on loan
Baker played most of last season for Portsmouth in a central midfield role. From what I've heard from them they thought of him as a bit of a weak link as his legs have gone.
The squad looks good but we need another striker in really, otherwise I do worry for our promotion hopes without that little bit of extra support.
Hopefully Robins can get someone good in!
Burge, Obrian
Grimmer, Willis, McDonald, Davies, Stokes, Haynes, Dion KE, Hyam
Shipley, Barratt, Doyle, Kelly, Stevenson, Bayliss , Vincenti, JMD
Biamou, McNulty, Beavon, J Ponticelli
These are the 22 players to go with till rest of the season.
That's two teams we can easily put out and be competitive.
From this you can see we need a Striker as back up and rotation for Max/McNulty especially as the games will 2 a week scenario soon.
Defence and Midfield look very strong now!
Apparantly Barratt can play that role too...he scored a hatrick the other week in under 23s. but did look out of his depth vs MK DonsI don't think we need a striker though, I look at Beavon and Ponticelli look good in the U23's, we need to believe in these two more.
Apparantly Barratt can play that role too...he scored a hatrick the other week in under 23s. but did look out of his depth vs MK Dons
He didn't look out of his depth just not fitApparantly Barratt can play that role too...he scored a hatrick the other week in under 23s. but did look out of his depth vs MK Dons
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