The Bard Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Unless Maloney is on the move cant see Ayling signing. Fully expecting Nosworthy to be on board soon (just as soon as El-Abd agrees terms with another club) so the CB positions will be well covered. Do you have a reason to expect this or is it just a hunch? No offence, but you sound sure of something vague. Are you ITK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spudski Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Maloney?? Lets just wait and see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 The city FB page saying he turned down Brighton to join us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Lets just wait and see... That would be great business if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 The city FB page saying he turned down Brighton to join us? That is correct. Lets just say he wasn't a fan of the Brighton manager... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 That is correct. Lets just say he wasn't a fan of the Brighton manager... Or a homophobe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 According to the post were close to signing him, how would we fit little in as well though!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 According to the post were close to signing him, how would we fit little in as well though!? Ayling can play as one of the 3 centre backs with Little as the wing back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 What's that noise people make at football games when the ball is hit really high? Dunno- it's a long time since I was at The Minimal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Wagstaff is a midfielder by trade. Only filled in at RWB last year. No reason to think he'll be off. I'm with WestonRed on this, Wagstaff is looking a bit surplus to requirements to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Ayling can play as one of the 3 centre backs with Little as the wing back. Were going down the wing backs route then. Our squad is starting to look good....very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I'm with WestonRed on this, Wagstaff is looking a bit surplus to requirements to me... Think he will be the back up right wing back if as expected Maloney leaves. SC liked to play him there in the home games last season when there was less emphasis on defending. He is also pretty versatile and has a high workrate so think he will still be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Amazing how some seem to already know what system SC will play. Be very surprised if he plays 3-5-2 with JET and Freeman. Especially as he has already said he signed Freeman to play on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Were going down the wing backs route then. Our squad is starting to look good....very good Only going by Mark Little interview when he said he has been brought into play wingback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I'm with WestonRed on this, Wagstaff is looking a bit surplus to requirements to me... Not sure I agree Kid. The temptation when we sign loads of players is to then pick a side with all of them in it. Squads win titles not the best starting eleven and if we let him go, we'd soon need to replace him which would be barmy as he's a very good league 1 player IMHO. When we play a back 3 he will compete for RWB and also CM. 4 4 2 he can play RM, 4 3 3 maybe inside right. That is not the sort of player to discard, especially at his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I'm with WestonRed on this, Wagstaff is looking a bit surplus to requirements to me... Wagstaff one of the first names on the sheet fir me. I'd be furious if we let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Not sure I agree Kid. The temptation when we sign loads of players is to then pick a side with all of them in it. Squads win titles not the best starting eleven and if we let him go, we'd soon need to replace him which would be barmy as he's a very good league 1 player IMHO. When we play a back 3 he will compete for RWB and also CM. 4 4 2 he can play RM, 4 3 3 maybe inside right. That is not the sort of player to discard, especially at his age. Agree. Wasn't particularly impressed with Wagstaff to start with but he is versatile and works his socks off. Not everyone's cup of tea but the type of squad player you need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I'm with WestonRed on this, Wagstaff is looking a bit surplus to requirements to me... Agreed, but because of his versatility it means he can have a very important squad role in the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBS36 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 The city FB page saying he turned down Brighton to join us? Link please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Link please It was Twitter not facearse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider red Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I guess we could have a team of: Fielding Ayling Osborne/Flint Williams Little/Waggy Cunningham/Bryan Smith/Reid Elliot/Pack Jet Freeman Baldock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I think we'll go 3-4-3: Fielding Ayling-Osbourne-Williams Little-Elliot-Smith-Cunningham Freeman-JET-Baldock That is a quality starting 11 at this level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Not sure I agree Kid. The temptation when we sign loads of players is to then pick a side with all of them in it. Squads win titles not the best starting eleven and if we let him go, we'd soon need to replace him which would be barmy as he's a very good league 1 player IMHO. When we play a back 3 he will compete for RWB and also CM. 4 4 2 he can play RM, 4 3 3 maybe inside right. That is not the sort of player to discard, especially at his age. Seems a lot of people rate Waggy more than I do. I just think he's got some tough competition on that right hand side now and the fact is 3 right sided players have been signed. SC has said he feels Freeman is best on the right. So Ayling/Little can play RWB and Freeman/Burns on the right hand side. Personally I don't want to see Waggy in anything like a central position as he ain't got the discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atyeo Benj Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Fielding / new Gk. maybe Moore Ayling - Osborne - Williams Little/Wagstaff - Cunningham/Bryan Pack/Smith - Elliot Jet/Reid Freeman/wilbraham - Baldock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBS36 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 It was Twitter not facearse Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Seems a lot of people rate Waggy more than I do. I just think he's got some tough competition on that right hand side now and the fact is 3 right sided players have been signed. SC has said he feels Freeman is best on the right. So Ayling/Little can play RWB and Freeman/Burns on the right hand side. Personally I don't want to see Waggy in anything like a central position as he ain't got the discipline. I think Wagstaff can play as right side of a midfield 3, gets box to box well and chips in with goals. If we are going to have a good season we will need someone like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Amazing how some seem to already know what system SC will play. Be very surprised if he plays 3-5-2 with JET and Freeman. Especially as he has already said he signed Freeman to play on the wing. To me that says we could play 3 4 3. We did that a few times both under McInnes and SC. Remember Patterson and Baldock playing either side of JET at least once at the Gate and we played it away to Ipswich under McInnes. SC also said he could play left or right or through the middle I think. Have to say that the way he is shaping our squad will give him the ability and confidence to be adventurous in terms of playing with different structures. I guess watching the World Cup would have made him feel more secure playing a back 3 as a lot of sides have been successful doing this - Mexico, Holland, Chile, Costa Rica, Algeria. The balance of the midfield is always key. I like the idea of Smith as the midfield anchor with Pack as back up and maybe to play together in certain games (possibly Sheff U away?). Elliott is the one to prompt attacks, using his nous to get a control on the game and prompt JET, Baldock, Burns, Wilbraham and Freeman to be the creativity and goals. Good solid wing backs provide width and crosses and we can play with a back 3 provided we have enough strength and speed which we certainly do with Osborne, Williams and Ayling. We have a lot of players our opponents would love to have. There is no getting away from the fact that we have an outstanding chance of promotion this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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