14-01-2024, 09:38 AM
The game was a disaster, and a few others recently have been poor too but we are not a poor team. we need a few changes and a few additions and I believe we can then still challenge for an automatic spot. The Eisners and the recruitment team have a couple of weeks in which to make this happen. I detail below my opinion and as always I understand yours may be very different but here goes ;-
Norriss - Good distribution but average beyond that. Fails to dominate his area, punches balls he could catch and should be replaced by MACEY
Rafferty - Has done well through the season and although could probably do with a rest, without a fit understudy he has to stay RAFFERTY
Shaugnessy - Looks a little tired but has had a good season so has to stay SHAUGNESSY
Raggett - This is a tough one as he has done pretty well, but he is not the ball carrying/play starter that Mousinho based his team on so
we have to buy. Edmundson at Ipswich is rumoured and could do that job so we need to get on with it and buy him. EDMUNDSON
Sparkes - He looks tired and those deadly crosses have all but stopped. He is not the best defensively either so its time to change OGILVIE
Morrell - Good enough across the season and experienced enough to handle the pressure MORRELL
Pack - Although lacking a little pace, more than good enough for this level and as per Morrell, has that vital experience to turn things PACK
Kamara- Looks tired and after his recent hat trick of one on one misses, his confidence to shoot is gone. He needs a rest but its difficult
We probably need to buy a player who has a few goals in him, maybe Jamal Lowe could be brought back as is on loan and has no future
with Bournemouth but otherwise I would reluctantly go for Whyte or stick with Kamara KAMARA
Lane - Has had a good season, looks tired too but has a goal threat and gives everything, every game LANE
Saydee - Not sure what to say! He tries but is not a number 10. Not sure if he ever will be but clearly the club think differently. Given
the shortage of good "10's I would move Bishop to the role as he does a lot of dropping deep, knocking the ball on for others, etc. BISHOP
Bishop - well he cant play two positions so I would look to sign another forward My target would be Johnson Clark Harris as his
record at this level says he will score goals. J CLARK HARRIS
So, only two new players for the first team but I think we need to look had for an alternative to Kamara and also a young number 10 on loan from the Premier league if possible. But with Johnson Clark Harris up front and Bishop in behind our firepower would greatly improve. So, it's down to the Eisners now. Those two players would probably cost the club £1m - £1.25M .
OK, I will put my tin hat on now as I am sure a few of you guys will have totally different views, so let's have 'em!
Norriss - Good distribution but average beyond that. Fails to dominate his area, punches balls he could catch and should be replaced by MACEY
Rafferty - Has done well through the season and although could probably do with a rest, without a fit understudy he has to stay RAFFERTY
Shaugnessy - Looks a little tired but has had a good season so has to stay SHAUGNESSY
Raggett - This is a tough one as he has done pretty well, but he is not the ball carrying/play starter that Mousinho based his team on so
we have to buy. Edmundson at Ipswich is rumoured and could do that job so we need to get on with it and buy him. EDMUNDSON
Sparkes - He looks tired and those deadly crosses have all but stopped. He is not the best defensively either so its time to change OGILVIE
Morrell - Good enough across the season and experienced enough to handle the pressure MORRELL
Pack - Although lacking a little pace, more than good enough for this level and as per Morrell, has that vital experience to turn things PACK
Kamara- Looks tired and after his recent hat trick of one on one misses, his confidence to shoot is gone. He needs a rest but its difficult
We probably need to buy a player who has a few goals in him, maybe Jamal Lowe could be brought back as is on loan and has no future
with Bournemouth but otherwise I would reluctantly go for Whyte or stick with Kamara KAMARA
Lane - Has had a good season, looks tired too but has a goal threat and gives everything, every game LANE
Saydee - Not sure what to say! He tries but is not a number 10. Not sure if he ever will be but clearly the club think differently. Given
the shortage of good "10's I would move Bishop to the role as he does a lot of dropping deep, knocking the ball on for others, etc. BISHOP
Bishop - well he cant play two positions so I would look to sign another forward My target would be Johnson Clark Harris as his
record at this level says he will score goals. J CLARK HARRIS
So, only two new players for the first team but I think we need to look had for an alternative to Kamara and also a young number 10 on loan from the Premier league if possible. But with Johnson Clark Harris up front and Bishop in behind our firepower would greatly improve. So, it's down to the Eisners now. Those two players would probably cost the club £1m - £1.25M .
OK, I will put my tin hat on now as I am sure a few of you guys will have totally different views, so let's have 'em!