BlinkerTheThinker Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer but one injury to Palmer, Brennan or worst case Dunkley and we’re in trouble in my opinion. Does anyone know when Hutch or Iorfa are back I can’t seem to find a date on those two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbluesky Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 I'd rather you be Debbie Does Dallas 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 19 minutes ago, BlinkerTheThinker said: I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer but one injury to Palmer, Brennan or worst case Dunkley and we’re in trouble in my opinion. Does anyone know when Hutch or Iorfa are back I can’t seem to find a date on those two. Isn’t she the daughter of the late Blue Peter Gardening Expert ‘ Percy’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sunburn Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 She’s Dudley Doright’s half-brother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 11 minutes ago, BlinkerTheThinker said: I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer but one injury to Palmer, Brennan or worst case Dunkley and we’re in trouble in my opinion. Does anyone know when Hutch or Iorfa are back I can’t seem to find a date on those two. We have know since the start of preseason, our defensive options were iorfa coming back after 9 months out with an ACL, Hutch a player who has knee issues that finish his career, and Dunkley a player who got a leg break in Feb 2020 and never got for the whole of last season. Then also we brought in an injury prone lad from Everton with no pre-season and then a few kids who has not got any first team experience. With a squad of players who were going to have to play 50+ games in a season and often 3 games in 7 days, it was not a massive surprise to the fans that we were going to be short a centre back. the surprise is 3 months later we have still not tried to sort the issue and instead are playing players out of position, instead of signing someone or giving youth a chance. There are free agents out there but the longer it is left the bigger the issue with fitness and the likely injury. Look at last season we sign Flint who has barely played because of the Covid break, didn't get him match fit and he got injured and we never saw him again, he went back to Cardiff got match fit and was one of their better players. should Palmer get injured we have Brown, should Hunt get injured we can either play Palmer or bring Dawodu back from his loan. Or maybe there is a youth team option. The big worry is if Dunkley gets injured we lose that valuable experience and with Iorfa and Hutch some way of its a big issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 its a worry he says hes no longer looking to bring someone in before the transfer window. Brennan has done ok but if we are seríous about pushing on we need alternatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 6 minutes ago, modboy said: its a worry he says hes no longer looking to bring someone in before the transfer window. Brennan has done ok but if we are seríous about pushing on we need alternatives If any free agents are going to take several weeks to get match fit, then we may as well wait for the transfer window to open and get our offers in early, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Oh well, we’ll just have to use the Kevin Keegan tactic - if they score 3 we’ll score 4. Maybe this is why DM’s gone all front foot all of a sudden and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlsPilgrim Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 Our lack of depth at in the defence department at present is also a concern to me given our current luck with injuries. I think with Brennan playing alongside Dunkley will hugely aid his development and confidence in his ability. It’s good to see younger players stepping up when first team opportunities arise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 9 minutes ago, doubleo said: Oh well, we’ll just have to use the Kevin Keegan tactic - if they score 3 we’ll score 4. Maybe this is why DM’s gone all front foot all of a sudden and it works. I know you are joking but actually we’ve improved massively since we started playing more attack-capable players either side of Dunkley. First Johnson, then Palmer, and we’ve looked different gravy going forward, and not suffered defensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 I think now we have Mendez-Laing that if Palmer or Brennan get injured they would probably slot Hunt in at RCB. Paterson is another option. Please lets not try Brown at LCB again. I guess Johnson is back in a couple of weeks too? Our only real concern is if Dunkley were to get injured, as I don't know who could play that 'head everything away' role except Iorfa, and he's out for a while. There might be an option to move Luongo (or Hutchinson when he's back) to that central CB position, but they play more as a sweeper than challenging for the ball all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 1 hour ago, Holmowl said: I know you are joking but actually we’ve improved massively since we started playing more attack-capable players either side of Dunkley. First Johnson, then Palmer, and we’ve looked different gravy going forward, and not suffered defensively. I said it tongue in cheek but I’ve advocated it for ages. These are 3rd division defenders/keepers we’re talking about. With a few exceptions, they’re 3rd division players because at their stage of their careers they’re not good enough for any higher. Not talking hoof and hope football but get the ball in and around the box and mistakes will happen. When we’ve run at teams and closed them down they’ve crumbled. They don’t like it up ‘em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 2 hours ago, modboy said: its a worry he says hes no longer looking to bring someone in before the transfer window. Brennan has done ok but if we are seríous about pushing on we need alternatives It's not like there are a lot of options out there. Basically the one free agent that is fit enough to slot straight in was Mariappa, who has elected to go for a nice sunny semi-retirement in Australia instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoesJackHunt Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 3 hours ago, BlinkerTheThinker said: I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer but one injury to Palmer, Brennan or worst case Dunkley and we’re in trouble in my opinion. Does anyone know when Hutch or Iorfa are back I can’t seem to find a date on those two. Your're not doing a very good job at not being a Debbie downer! 2 weeks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted November 25 Share Posted November 25 We only need Dunkley at the back on current form. Man mountain of the month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Henderson Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 We do seem break a lot of players, but luckily we've got plenty of wingers to plug any holes. But if we lost Dunkley we'd need two or three of them to fill that enormous void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pughies Jockstrap Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 On 25/11/2021 at 11:28, mrbluesky said: I'd rather you be Debbie Does Dallas Not swallowing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S72 Owl Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 I think we’ll be fine unless Dunkley gets injured. Think I read Marvin Johnson was back training now too. Believe it or not when playing a back 3 lots of players are capable of filling in at CB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Wonder if we’ll make a loan move for a certain Urhoghide in January… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 On 25/11/2021 at 14:54, room0035 said: the surprise is 3 months later we have still not tried to sort the issue So the Mariappa link was poo then was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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