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I actually think that defensively we are not too badly off.
With Nelsen and any one of Hill, Ferdinand or Mbia as centre backs with a fit Traore and Boswinga we look fairly good.
Together with four from the hundred and four midfielders Hughes has assembled we look more than reasonable in that department too. At times the football has been some of the best I have seen in a long while ( although in small doses admittedly ).
The biggest problem I can see facing us this year is where the hell are the goals gonna come from?
There just aren't any goals in this squad.
Yeah we will score a few here and there but can't see anyone being even remotely consistent for the season.
Cisse is very hot and cold, Bobby is knocking in a few at the moment but how long will it last and no one in the entire country expected Johnson to be fit beyond the first two months of the season so what a poor signing he proved to be.
I name only those 3 because imo we have no other strikers of note.
Mackie, Tarrabt and Hoillett are not strikers by definition, more attacking wingers with a good eye for goal at times.
Look at the stats for our games this year and they are very telling. Last night for instance - 13 shots, 9 on target - one goal!
Not anywhere near good enough for this level.
We constantly take the ball to the last third and then have no idea what to do with it, apart from Adel none of them look confident enough to have a shot half the time and when we do it is often a poor effort. So many keepers look good against us mainly due to the lack of a decent striker.
Three games at home in the league so far and just 1 goal to show for it in 270 minutes of football.
I honestly believe the defence and midfield will be much better than they are at the mo but it is the lack of strikers which is really gonna cost us.
It's been a position largely ignored for many years and I reckon we are going to seriously struggle til January when we will hopefully address the situation and please God it won't be too late.
With Nelsen and any one of Hill, Ferdinand or Mbia as centre backs with a fit Traore and Boswinga we look fairly good.
Together with four from the hundred and four midfielders Hughes has assembled we look more than reasonable in that department too. At times the football has been some of the best I have seen in a long while ( although in small doses admittedly ).
The biggest problem I can see facing us this year is where the hell are the goals gonna come from?
There just aren't any goals in this squad.
Yeah we will score a few here and there but can't see anyone being even remotely consistent for the season.
Cisse is very hot and cold, Bobby is knocking in a few at the moment but how long will it last and no one in the entire country expected Johnson to be fit beyond the first two months of the season so what a poor signing he proved to be.
I name only those 3 because imo we have no other strikers of note.
Mackie, Tarrabt and Hoillett are not strikers by definition, more attacking wingers with a good eye for goal at times.
Look at the stats for our games this year and they are very telling. Last night for instance - 13 shots, 9 on target - one goal!
Not anywhere near good enough for this level.
We constantly take the ball to the last third and then have no idea what to do with it, apart from Adel none of them look confident enough to have a shot half the time and when we do it is often a poor effort. So many keepers look good against us mainly due to the lack of a decent striker.
Three games at home in the league so far and just 1 goal to show for it in 270 minutes of football.
I honestly believe the defence and midfield will be much better than they are at the mo but it is the lack of strikers which is really gonna cost us.
It's been a position largely ignored for many years and I reckon we are going to seriously struggle til January when we will hopefully address the situation and please God it won't be too late.
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