January Transfer Needs

[KentExile]

3 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

The most confusing thing for me is the narrative from VI that this evolution to 352 wasn’t planned. A few of us called it in the summer when we were offloading wingers and signing wingbacks. Signing Andri and keeping Gueye, then stockpiling CM’s.

On a personal note, I saw the formation change coming a mile away and only the sale of Hyam on the final day of the window went against it. If Hyam had stayed, Gueye stayed in favour and Kargbo kicked on, then we’d be 100% built for 352 anyway! It was inevitable. Wonder why VI is spinning that!? 

Sorry, I think you just applied logic where there was none

The summers recruitment was a shambles

Not enough strikers or centre backs for a 3-5-2, no back up for either wing back, started the season with 4 players who they called wingers in Kargbo, De Neve, Morishita & Hedges.  Miller was signed as a right back, the squad had 2 left backs in Pickering & Ribeiro

De Neve - “His primary position is a winger – a number seven or 11.

Morishita - A versatile attacking player, who can operate as a winger

Miller - The 24-year-old right-back

They have since stumbled onto a system that keeps things tight, but they struggle to create anything.  Congrats for assessing the squad during the summer and seeing that a 3-5-2 suited more of our better players more so than a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 (faster than our coaching staff), but do not make the mistake that it was pre-planned

Edited 1 hour ago by KentExile

[Emerald Isle Rover]

8 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

Why a winger? We don’t play with wingers…

2x strikers, a RWB and a CB for me.

I would be happy with O’Riordan back from loan. No point in Gibson for me but looks like we want 2x CB’s because we don’t trust Wharton and Carter to stay fit for a prolonged period of time. If they get two in, they can use Miller as RWB cover. Though Pratt and Litherland have been outstanding, you can’t pin our hopes on them.

We’ve plenty of Midfielders, still creating chances, and once we get a couple back from injury we’ll be fine there. Review again and Address it in the summer. 

Because we need speed and badly we need a different option whether that player can play either wing back I’m not fussed but we are crying out for some pace 

don’t want Gibson but if a cb became available after other positions are filled then by all means

we have plenty of midfielders? When tronstad is out of the team we are hopeless. Forshaw self explanatory too old and injured 

Tavares a big flop

montgomery injured 

baradji only available now and Gardner Hickman is meh…we need better quality in there ideally a starting mf with tronstad 

priority of course is a number 9 

[neophox]

Pears, Ribeiro, Tyjon and Gueye to be sold in January. 

[roverblue]

Desperate for firepower and another who can dribble and make things happen. 

Imagine it will be dependant on sales first and then loans of people we have never heard of who turn out to be shit.

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Because we need speed and badly we need a different option whether that player can play either wing back I’m not fussed but we are crying out for some pace 

Why not a striker with pace?

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

don’t want Gibson but if a cb became available after other positions are filled then by all means

Why cant sign a centre back whilst bringing in other players?.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

8 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Why cant sign a centre back whilst bringing in other players?.

On a limited budget other positions are a priority. Once those positions are filled then a centre half can be addressed

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

On a limited budget other positions are a priority. Once those positions are filled then a centre half can be addressed

Then you missed out of players might want. 

Rovers will sign 3 or 4 players and 3 or 4 will leave in this window. We need sign players we want when we can. 

For all we know, we come back close to signing a striker. Who knows? 

Edited 6 minutes ago by chaddyrovers

[Emerald Isle Rover]

10 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Why not a striker with pace?

Why cant sign a centre back whilst bringing in other players?.

We need more than one body so ideally a striker and another winger/wingforward with pace - don’t care who has the pace 

because our massive need is up top so I’d prefer us when the window opens to prioritise the attack - defence at present isn’t a priority 

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, Emerald Isle Rover said:

We need more than one body so ideally a striker and another winger/wingforward with pace - don’t care who has the pace 

because our massive need is up top so I’d prefer us when the window opens to prioritise the attack - defence at present isn’t a priority 

Winger? For what? 

We played with wing backs and 2 striker. 

Yes we need a striker and centre back was the priority. Maybe creative midfielder we might look for. 

Do we right wing back? Probably not. Litherland has done great there 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

Then you missed out of players might want. 

Rovers will sign 3 or 4 players and 3 or 4 will leave in this window. We need sign players we want when we can. 

For all we know, we come back close to signing a striker. Who knows? 

Well that would be a massive concern because if Val and the recruitment team don’t have an attacking player on their list (as confirmed recently by Val they have drawn up and are ready to approach) then they are failing us 

Ben Gibson from a loose Nixon story shouldn’t be on our radar 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

Winger? For what? 

We played with wing backs and 2 striker. 

Yes we need a striker and centre back was the priority. Maybe creative midfielder we might look for. 

Do we right wing back? Probably not. Litherland has done great there 

Wing forward or winger - be adaptable centre back is no longer the priority 

7th best defence in the league but bottom 5 attack

that’s the issue