NewCorkSethManeki NekoNewCorkSeth I think you are masking pessimism as realism there buddy.
In reality a first team of
---------------------GK
Yiadom--Moore--Blackett--Obita
------Rinomhota---CM
Meite-----------Swift----------Barrow
---------------------ST
Walker/Boyce-Clarke
Watson/Howe
Osho/McIntyre
Richards
East/Holsgrove
Olise/Barrett
Loader/Novakovich
is not nearly as dire as it first appears to be. 4 strong additions in GK, CB, CM and ST and we have a full team. A full team with several quality players already in it. Yiadom, Moore, Rinomhota, Meite, Barrow and Swift are all good standard for this league. Obita too if he makes a good recovery.
Olise looked bright and capable and Loader is one of the most sought after young talents in the league.
Now we might not get someone good enough for each position we are currently lacking numbers in but we could be a lot worse off.
think its easy to underestimate how much difference a fit obita and a confident nova could make to this squad
Novakovich is in the unfortunate position being the only* striker we have right now. That's why I include that position as a troubling area.
*obviously we have Meite, Loader and Baldock able to play there currently but one is our Right winger, one played all his games for us (I think) as an attacking midfielder/side forward and one is unwanted.
Agree on Obita. He was a fairly decent LB before his injury. Could add a lot to the team.
Obita is a good squad player but I don’t think he adds too much to the team. He’s just fairly average. Will be a good option to rotate with him and Blackett though, as was used in the playoff season, they both got around 1 every 2 games at LB