For me whilst I think our transfer business was a success and we have been left with a good squad, the squad is lacking in a few key areas. At right back we only have Mears whilst Dawson can cover there and if Big Dave intends to stick with playing 3 centre backs then he needs another centre back as cover. My worry is what happened to our budget in the final few weeks. We went from spending money to looking at frees in Mears with only Dack a big money option which we left too late.
Big Dave has seemingly been restricted to the British market without a Sporting Director. It begs the question why didn’t we appoint a Sporting Director before the Head Coach? After Hammond went we brought in a consultant rather than spend the time to bring in SD. To me that shows a lack of football understanding by the owner who brought in Terraneo. Had we brought in an SD first, Big Dave could have had his eyes opened to the markets outside of the UK. The German 2nd Division in particular has some good talented players within it that we could have looked at and saved money in the process.
Regarding formation and team selections, I think Big Dave has come across a very good system to play at home. The 3412 allows us to play attacking, flowing football. Livermore and Brunt together is still a concern though. Away from home is where Big Dave needs to still tweek. The 3412 leaves us too open so in my opinion he needs to revert to a back four with the same eleven and Dawson covering at right back.
Big Dave has seemingly been restricted to the British market without a Sporting Director. It begs the question why didn’t we appoint a Sporting Director before the Head Coach? After Hammond went we brought in a consultant rather than spend the time to bring in SD. To me that shows a lack of football understanding by the owner who brought in Terraneo. Had we brought in an SD first, Big Dave could have had his eyes opened to the markets outside of the UK. The German 2nd Division in particular has some good talented players within it that we could have looked at and saved money in the process.
Regarding formation and team selections, I think Big Dave has come across a very good system to play at home. The 3412 allows us to play attacking, flowing football. Livermore and Brunt together is still a concern though. Away from home is where Big Dave needs to still tweek. The 3412 leaves us too open so in my opinion he needs to revert to a back four with the same eleven and Dawson covering at right back.