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One thing O'Riordan and Phillips will give us some added height which we obviously need, if the latter signs. Im guessing that to Tomasson, it will be a case of Hyam plus one if we stick to a back 4. I guess that with O'Riordan being younger it might initially be between Phillips and Wharton, the latter has been in favour much more lately. He mentioned in his latest press conference that he hasnt been able to have the flexibility to play a back 3 due to a lack of options and obviously went with that against Huddersfield but we looked imbalanced and we lacked a goal threat. If he wants to use that, I think it would take some tweaking if it was to work. Rankin Costello would help at right wing back, and the balance of the midfield would IMO need to change, Garrett looked out of place playing towards the right and it could do with an extra attacker supporting Gallagher and Szmodics who doesnt really suit that way of playing. Admist the options of Hyam, Wharton and Phillips in particular, I havent seen O'Riordan play before, theres a lack of pace and although Hyam is decent, the other 2 arent ball players. When I have seen Phillips, he has looked quite slow, not the most elegant on the ball and is quite rash and aggressive. He is strong in the air and quite old school. Is he a JDT player? Not too sure about that.

Cresswell is even less experienced.

Not too sure about Phillips. We need experienced heads and less than 70 senior appearances and less than 10 in 2 years is quite simply not that. Quality wise, question marks there too. Celtic fans thought he was hopeless: https://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=11414667#p11414667 He certainly isnt the best on the ball nor the quickest so will take a change of style to get the best from him. All that being said, he has had spells at good levels so he has a bit of calibre, and he isnt totally untested.

That might be Ben Davies from Preston you have confused him with.

Hes literally neither of those things. He is a good player and experienced but hes in a position we dont need and hes slight and not the quickest. Maybe youve watched Sunderland and got the wrong player like we apparently did with Ennis.

The statement says little. As ever, the replies are the more interesting part. Lots of especially the younger and more naive fans singing their praises. But there is a bit more in the way of people seeing through this.

Im sure if this club was put up for sale, there would be interest. But how could you possibly have "had confirmation" on that?!

One was free. One cost a 7 figure fee beyond our means. It wasnt, we must sign a Plymouth attacker, which one do you fancy. Your theory is utter lunacy.

We had no money hence why we signed Ennis early doors on a free. This idea that theyve got 2 players confused is a bizarre conspiracy.

Theres absolutely no chance that Whittaker would come here anyway.

We had no money to pay fees.

He is quite sarcastic in general so its hard to read into it. Hes probably putting things on the line, this is what I need so if we dont get it, blame can (rightfully) be moved above him.

We didnt. It was clearly stated even before the further cuts that we had nothing to spend.

That scenario (especially considering that we had no fees to spend) definitely didnt happen.

Morgan Whittaker? You really think if we had all of the Wharton money, we could get him? Heads in the clouds.

Where has it come from that a statement is coming?

Sickening is a bit of an overreaction. Klopp as dislikeable as he is has had a massive impact on the Premier League. I know (and I am not alone) as a neutral, I think this is huge news.

Gilsenan might benefit from a loan spell. Even if he stays and we dont bring in another player in that area, hes going to be on the fringes with Sigurdsson, Dolan, Moran and Hedges ahead of him.

Was Sigurdsson also poor last night? You often find that first teamers dont seem to stand out when they drop down with their sole purpose just to get minutes into their legs. Sigurdsson does offer a goal threat that otherwise we dont really have beside Szmodics.

Have you seen much of him? Often doesnt make the bench even when we are stretched for whatever reason.

Blackburn is "uniquely negative" so factor that in.

Everything is about cutting costs now. We sign/usually borrow what we can get not what we need.

The thing is inevitably you see light at the end of tunnel with the prospect of seemingly a fully fit squad and a few have come back in the last week or 2 but inevitably you will almost always have at least a couple of players unavailable and as some come back, 2 are out long term now. Im also not sure what the situation is with Hedges who seemed to be in line at one point to return before 2 or 3 of the recent returnees that have leapfrogged him.

Interesting to read your comments on Ayari, he from day 1 has seemed like a peculiar signing. Replacing our captain and a player with a decent amount of experience in seasons near the top with a lightweight number 10 who had struggled to get into a Championship side. And in both league games since in which we have needed a spark, he has remained unused. Where abouts did he play, deeper or further forward? Reviews on here are mixed yet more positive on twitter. Obviously it wasnt a senior competitive game but good to see Chrisene seemingly do well, I thought he struggled on his debut. Dolan we need back which perhaps shows how light we are, although not sure where he will fit in. He indicated this week that he prefers a central role but I think we need him out wide.