PUSB-We_are_going_up
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What area do you think needs most attention, imo probably the defense
What do you make of Wilson’s new contract?GK, then LCB, then CB, then LWB, then ST, then AM
What do you make of Wilson’s new contract?
We have Tom Billson.Little disappointed as I’d rather we had a young keeper as backup but it’s fine. Wonder if him starting so many games triggered a renegotiation clause or something.
We have Tom Billson.
I think Hyam and a fit Rose would be good competition for RCB, we need a starting LCB and a prospect to back them up then someone to replace/challenge Fadz. If we magically signed Osti then I see him as the long term fit in the middle.With losing Ostigard and McCallum after their loans, this is the most obvious area of improvement for me.
Rose did show signs in his last couple of appearances like he can compete in the Championship.
We do need to help in all areas of the pitch though.
As things stand (assuming Sheaf joins) then we can start a midfield of:I see that I'm the only one who's gone for midfield so far, but imho we're not exactly blessed there right now - O'Hare as the only performing CAM, so one injury away from having no-one we can rely on to play that role. And we have Kelly, Hamer, and Eccles as confirmed in central midfield (Sheaf as well, assuming reports of him signing are correct), which doesn't scream strength in depth. The 'filler' players from this season like Shipley and Allen haven't proven that they can perform at this standard, so despite us having enough numbers I just don't think we have enough quality.
Is this a wind up? The keepers last year cost us 10-15 points themselves. Its obvious we need to improve there.We stayed up comfortably with two crap keepers, why would GK be the priority in the summer? Meanwhile, Ostigard and McCallum have gone and we still don't have a CB with a working left foot. A new keeper isn't going to make much difference if he has a back three of Rose-McFadz-Hyam in front of him all year.
Is this a wind up? The keepers last year cost us 10-15 points themselves. Its obvious we need to improve there.
In that case we may as have just kept Burge.I think the importance of the GK position at this level is overplayed (case in point: we started Ben Wilson in goal for most of last season and still stayed up)
Clearly we'd like someone better there, but it can hardly be the priority when it didn't torpedo us last season, and there are other areas of the pitch where things have clearly deteriorated. Even the Great God Stockdale himself (pbuh) won't earn us many points if he has to rely on our current crop of defenders.
Always been a fan of everyone defends and everyone attacks. Any position is entitled to score... spread the goals across the team. Harder to defend and you arent dependant on just one or two players for goals.
I've become more of the thinking goal and clean sheet bonuses should be handed out to the whole team rather than just the player that scores or to the defenders/keeper to reflect it's a team game along with win bonuses etc.. Also clean sheets should be a higher reward because you can only get one per match and are harder to get plus it prevents the team going gung-ho for multiple goal bonuses. Of course if you concede early it encourages them to push forward.
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