(22-08-2015, 16:56)St Charles Owl Wrote: Again, I think we saw today that we have the quality we need in defence and midfield with the squad we have but we are so lacking up front!! Joao may be the eventual solution to this but we need to find an all round striker to lead the line and currently I don't see him in our squad.
We can all see the potential in Joao but it's going to be slow. We can't use him every game and he isn't going to get 20 goals this season.
I said at the time we should have gone for Wood, he's proving me right so far.
I think we played the second half looking to get beat, rather than win the game. Hutch dropped deeper alongside Semedo and Nuhiu was even more isolated than in the 1st half. Semedo was outstanding, keeping one of the best no 10's in the division quiet for 85 mins. I think the wingers have got to get closer to the CF as Matias did for his goal, to be fair to Nuhiu. His run to create the space was excellent.
I can't see Hooper as the answer in the current system. We need a big powerful CF that's more mobile and a better goal scorer than Nuhiu.
I would ring the changes again v Oxford
Price
Palmer
Lees
Sasso
Helan
Semedo
McGugan
Lopez
Sougou
Bus
Lavery
Charlie, Stateside, Maddix etc stick your ratings up. I'd be interested to see how you would rate them compared to me.