Naismith

[Sir Geoff]

2 hours ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

Given how disjointed Knight & Bird looked it could be worth giving him go at 4 or 6.  

Williams was pretty instrumental in helping change the game on Sunday imo

Has to be 2 from 3. I like Bird but my preference would be Williams and Knight with Knight given the go ahead to roam forward and Joe to sit when we are attacking.

[Lorenzos Only Goal]

17 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

Williams was pretty instrumental in helping change the game on Sunday imo

Has to be 2 from 3. I like Bird but my preference would be Williams and Knight with Knight given the go ahead to roam forward and Joe to sit when we are attacking.

Indeed here is the problem with our squad after the summer recruitment drive.  We can have Williams, Knight, Naismith, Bird in those spaces then you have McGuane.  Where does the academy get a look in there.  

You then have the forward roles Twine, Yu, Sykes, Earthy, Bell, Anis, Cornick. Again academy not a chance.

And that's counting Armstrong as a out and out striker.

Our recruitment has been OTT and the tight nucleus that we had messed right up, as has the "pathway"

[Mendip City]

6 minutes ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

Indeed here is the problem with our squad after the summer recruitment drive.  We can have Williams, Knight, Naismith, Bird in those spaces then you have McGuane.  Where does the academy get a look in there.  

You then have the forward roles Twine, Yu, Sykes, Earthy, Bell, Anis, Cornick. Again academy not a chance.

And that's counting Armstrong as a out and out striker.

Our recruitment has been OTT and the tight nucleus that we had messed right up, as has the "pathway"

Yep. We needed more quality but got more quantity! 

[David Brent]

1 hour ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

Indeed here is the problem with our squad after the summer recruitment drive.  We can have Williams, Knight, Naismith, Bird in those spaces then you have McGuane.  Where does the academy get a look in there.  

You then have the forward roles Twine, Yu, Sykes, Earthy, Bell, Anis, Cornick. Again academy not a chance.

And that's counting Armstrong as a out and out striker.

Our recruitment has been OTT and the tight nucleus that we had messed right up, as has the "pathway"

I think we all know that the academy players are unlikely to get a look in.

[headhunter]

1 hour ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

Indeed here is the problem with our squad after the summer recruitment drive.  We can have Williams, Knight, Naismith, Bird in those spaces then you have McGuane.  Where does the academy get a look in there.  

You then have the forward roles Twine, Yu, Sykes, Earthy, Bell, Anis, Cornick. Again academy not a chance.

And that's counting Armstrong as a out and out striker.

Our recruitment has been OTT and the tight nucleus that we had messed right up, as has the "pathway"

I made the comment about the "pathway" looking blocked when I was on SOTC last night with Ed Hadwin.

Also used that term "clubs in the bag". When all fit we could field 2 teams of comparable ability IMHO. We've signed 11 players since Jan earning av (crude estimate) £6k per week rather than 6 at £11k per week. Cover injuries with kids is high risk but keeps pathway open.

[Davefevs]

13 minutes ago, headhunter said:

Cover injuries with kids is high risk but keeps pathway open.

And the stated strategy of the club, according to the Technical Director last March(ish).

[Mendip City]

1 hour ago, headhunter said:

I made the comment about the "pathway" looking blocked when I was on SOTC last night with Ed Hadwin.

Also used that term "clubs in the bag". When all fit we could field 2 teams of comparable ability IMHO. We've signed 11 players since Jan earning av (crude estimate) £6k per week rather than 6 at £11k per week. Cover injuries with kids is high risk but keeps pathway open.

We’ve been here before, haven’t we?We’re not improving the squad…. Just adding quantity and blocking the pathway. It’s crazy, back to “clubs in the bag”. 

Using your maths (which must be about right) wouldn’t we be better off now having bought a small number of quality players on larger salaries? 

In terms of transfer fees, Twine + Armstrong + Mayulu = pretty close to 1 Jay Stansfield….  (Add in the cash we got for Conway and his salary saving and you’ve covered Stansfids salary and wages). Would we be better or worse, I wonder?

It’s hard to see that the likes of McGuane and Cornick are anything other than clogging up the bench (and wages), when kids could be getting a look in. With NINE subs, what peculiar event are we planning for that those two might be needed?!?!

Edited Tuesday at 21:49 by Mendip City

[Mendip City]

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

And the stated strategy of the club, according to the Technical Director last March(ish).

Too true! And… in reality, with nine subs, the kids are only covering the bench, not the starting XI.