gurujuan Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Lets concentrate on the football now lads. Friday's performance was a marked improvement on what we've seen recently, especially in midfield where Barkley, Bothroyd, Semedo and Corry were superb. Defensively we were never really tested so I'll reserve judgement as to whether we've sorted that particular area out. Certainly having the five in midfield makes us look a little more solid. To capitalise on the creative talents of Barkley and Bothroyd though, we really need to bring in a striker. Most sides have a striker capable of scoring twenty goals in this league, do we? I don't think we do. In this system, Barkley and Bothroyd will score us goals from midfield but with just the one up front, we need our striker to get goals. This is not to knock COG, who has proved to be the best we have, but is simply not suited to playing the lone striker role. True, he gets through a tremendous amount of work and always makes himself available but is it enough? We now have the midfield who are capable of unlocking the best defences but they need to have a striker who is making the runs in behind. For me its a complete waste of the talents of Barkley and Bothroyd if the sole ambition is to get the ball into COG and hope that he can hold onto it. If we play with two up front, or we want to change things from the bench, then COGs a useful option, but if we really want to make the most of our system, we need a different kind of player alltogether . Lets use the loan market to get someone in and make this system really work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowyOwl13 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Nile Ranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteG_1984 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 We've already got 5 of them. I know this isn't a popular suggestion but I'd play Madine as the main front man and once he's settled he'll start scoring again IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 With Bothroyd playing as part of a midfield five we probably have four, COG, Madine, Rodri and Maguire. I wouldn't be confident of any of them scoring the goals in this system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MASSIVE1867 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Nile ranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Frazier Campbell, he would be good at making those darting runs. Would also be good alongside COG if we changed the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 We could just buy two more to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Not til January we can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MASSIVE1867 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Frazier Campbell, he would be good at making those darting runs. Would also be good alongside COG if we changed the system Would take some doing to sign him we would rip the league in half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 He's available mate, they're looking to loan him to a championship side, according to Martin O'Neill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 rodri should come in alongside cog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Kenwyne Jones is available for loan and has the power and pace to hold it up or get into the box. He's also good in the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 rodri should come in alongside cog So you would go back to 442 then. Who would you leave out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Kenwyne Jones is available for loan and has the power and pace to hold it up or get into the box. He's also good in the air AGGGGHHHHHGGGHGHGHGHGHGHG Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnbloodaxe Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 (edited) rodri should come in alongside cog This, alomgside madnie too.. I;d still like to see Bywater as goalie, I think he is much more of a leader at the back and I think that showed on Friday night when the idiot invaded, Bywater would have chinned him and pinned him down for the stewards, I think this shows the difference in their "styles" and strengths.... Edited October 22, 2012 by Johnbloodaxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 So you would go back to 442 then. Who would you leave out. kirkland buxton llera gardener jones semedo antonio barkley bothroyd rodri cog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoyBeevers Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 O'Grady not suited to playing the lone striker role? I think it's the PERFECT role for him myself, so long as enough bodies from midfield get forward in support when the ball has been played into him. With the current system we're playing, so long as Antonio, Bothroyd and Barkley get around CoG, we'll score goals. Although O'Grady himself won't get many- we know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I;d still like to see Bywater as goalie, I think he is much more of a leader at the back and I think that showed on Friday night when the idiot invaded, Bywater would have chinned him and pinned him down for the stewards, I think this shows the difference in their "styles" and strengths.... You can't select a keeper in case there's a fight with fans ? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 With Barkley and Bothroyd pulling the strings, ie threading the passes, who is likely to get beyond them? Its the role that seemed to fall to Antonio in recent matches but neither him nor COG are clinical enough in front of goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoyBeevers Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 You can't select a keeper in case there's a fight with fans ? WOOOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHH. (I hope.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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