Ian Royal we've got bundles of centrebacks, playing him in midfield in a fitness excercise isn't hugely worrying IMO, in fact I find it rather promising. It suggests his passing, movement and awareness is potentially quite good.
A ball playing centreback is always useful.
Ian Royal The sensible choice seeing as Pearce, Golbourne, Henry and Robson-Kanu aren't central midfielders.
SteveRoyal Not seen much of Golbourne, any comments on him would be greatly appreciated.
Would he be a substantial replacement for Shorey? Or are we expecting us to (gasp) buy a replacement?
Karacan and Pearce have both had good feedbacks from other clubs' fans over on BBC 606.
Henry hasn't had such great reviews but still seems promising.
Out of our youngsters, though, i'd put Karacan into our squad to partner Marek should Harps leave.
Hoop Blah The answer to the dilemma is a bit of both though isn't it?
You buy in a few players who are pretty proven at the level your playing at, and who hopefully have the potential to step up to the next level if you get there, and you pad out the squad with your youngsters so that the proven players don't break the bank.
Where we've gone wrong over the last couple of seasons is in blooding our youngsters sufficiently to really have an idea of how they're likely to step up when given the chance. That maybe because their time hasn't quite come or maybe because they're just not looking good enough.
One thing is for sure though, until they're given a chance here we'll never really know.
andrew1957Hoop Blah The answer to the dilemma is a bit of both though isn't it?
You buy in a few players who are pretty proven at the level your playing at, and who hopefully have the potential to step up to the next level if you get there, and you pad out the squad with your youngsters so that the proven players don't break the bank.
Where we've gone wrong over the last couple of seasons is in blooding our youngsters sufficiently to really have an idea of how they're likely to step up when given the chance. That maybe because their time hasn't quite come or maybe because they're just not looking good enough.
One thing is for sure though, until they're given a chance here we'll never really know.
Yes except that SC has said he wants to reduce the first team squad from 24 to 18 or so and it still stands at 19 - even after the loss of Kitson so unless more go cannot see many coming in either. Clearly if say Harper, Shorey, Hunt and Lita all go we will need some more experienced players.
andrew1957Hoop Blah The answer to the dilemma is a bit of both though isn't it?
You buy in a few players who are pretty proven at the level your playing at, and who hopefully have the potential to step up to the next level if you get there, and you pad out the squad with your youngsters so that the proven players don't break the bank.
Where we've gone wrong over the last couple of seasons is in blooding our youngsters sufficiently to really have an idea of how they're likely to step up when given the chance. That maybe because their time hasn't quite come or maybe because they're just not looking good enough.
One thing is for sure though, until they're given a chance here we'll never really know.
Yes except that SC has said he wants to reduce the first team squad from 24 to 18 or so and it still stands at 19 - even after the loss of Kitson so unless more go cannot see many coming in either. Clearly if say Harper, Shorey, Hunt and Lita all go we will need some more experienced players.
brendywendy apart from some of the kids in his cull list i find myself agreeing nearly 100% with royalee
Royaleebrendywendy apart from some of the kids in his cull list i find myself agreeing nearly 100% with royalee
I'm touched.
I'm as much in favour of blooding youngsters as anyone, I just feel that given where some of them have been out on loan and haven't received the glowing reviews they'd need to be able to make the step up, they're not really worth keeping on the wage bill. Henry faded at Bournemouth and didn't do anything at Norwich for example and Andersen got poor reports at Torquay.
If they're not doing it at this stage then I don't feel confident in them suddenly being good enough to play a part in a team pushing for promotion in the Championship - we'd be better off freeing up some wages for player who'll actually be of use in the first team.
Royaleebrendywendy apart from some of the kids in his cull list i find myself agreeing nearly 100% with royalee
I'm touched.
Royalee Is he up to Simon Shepherd's levels of goalkeeping excellence? I reckon it's the blonde hair.
rhroyal He seems to be having an alright pre-season, and he really impressed at Millwall in League 1 last season. Do you think he'll have a significant role in our first team this season?
SCIAG Some (usually reliable) Dane told me Andersen was alright, and he looked good in the reserves and u-18s. I was quite suprised when I heard he was playing badly at Torquay. Having said that, didn't he only play two games for you?
Karacan seems to be talked about as a DM a lot, he's quite attacking- I wouldn't use him as a DM, that's for sure. His shooting is pretty good, but unless we sell Marek and Harper he's not likely to get a game in his preferred position.
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