29-07-2016, 17:00
Why I suggest Danny Mills is he is a physically strong centre forward, capable of causing problems that will make chances for Ched Evans or Krystian Dennis ........ and we could afford him. I know the lone forward is popular but I believe he's at best only as strong as the players supporting him ........ and ours don't look that committed to hard work. If we've gone through all the unpopularity of signing Ched Evans because we think we're getting a proper thoroughbred I can't see the point of using him as a workhorse.
I'm not against us using players who aren't yet established or proven at our level. In fact I'm all in favour of it. But I worry when I fear the young lad may carry the can for the failings of the regular player alongside him. If Dimaio and Liddle didn't work out who do you think would get the blame? If the relationship between Fulton and Evatt doesn't work and we start conceding, who'll stand up and say Evatt's past it? I wonder if that's not been what happens with Raglan. When he plays, if we concede, who's at fault? Well not Tommy surely or Evo or Sam! It can be hard to come through and even a good young player can doubt himself, don't you think?
When you play 4-2-3-1 one of the three's jobs is to try and pinch the ball back in the opponent's half. Defender's like order, getting robbed bringing the ball out drags them out of position, and you're halfway to an effort on goal. England under Hodgson had two of the best at it in Welbeck and Lallana, with them playing they caused anyone trouble, put Dele Alli with them and they were handful. My trouble with our likely three is two of them won't catch defenders out. I think defence is about maintaining order and attack is about creating chaos. That's why I used to argue with old Dancing about Tendayi, because for whatever he got wrong he also always created situations in which defenders were being dragged around the pitch fire-fighting. I'm not sure that now Gboly is enough on his own to do that. I always wanted Tendayi to do more of it, not become saner and more predictable. I wanted him to cut in and shoot, use his weaker foot, change the point of play, defenders can't handle that.
As for Ricky German, do I think he has potential? Well I'd give him a squad number now. I'd contractually anchor him at Chesterfield for as long as I could. When Leicester City come I'd hide him in a big box. Whatever we get for Gboly we should be thinking that we have triple, quadruple that amount in our bank with Ricky German. Everything I've seen him do, shouts Premiership quality to me. He just knows what to do.
I'm not against us using players who aren't yet established or proven at our level. In fact I'm all in favour of it. But I worry when I fear the young lad may carry the can for the failings of the regular player alongside him. If Dimaio and Liddle didn't work out who do you think would get the blame? If the relationship between Fulton and Evatt doesn't work and we start conceding, who'll stand up and say Evatt's past it? I wonder if that's not been what happens with Raglan. When he plays, if we concede, who's at fault? Well not Tommy surely or Evo or Sam! It can be hard to come through and even a good young player can doubt himself, don't you think?
When you play 4-2-3-1 one of the three's jobs is to try and pinch the ball back in the opponent's half. Defender's like order, getting robbed bringing the ball out drags them out of position, and you're halfway to an effort on goal. England under Hodgson had two of the best at it in Welbeck and Lallana, with them playing they caused anyone trouble, put Dele Alli with them and they were handful. My trouble with our likely three is two of them won't catch defenders out. I think defence is about maintaining order and attack is about creating chaos. That's why I used to argue with old Dancing about Tendayi, because for whatever he got wrong he also always created situations in which defenders were being dragged around the pitch fire-fighting. I'm not sure that now Gboly is enough on his own to do that. I always wanted Tendayi to do more of it, not become saner and more predictable. I wanted him to cut in and shoot, use his weaker foot, change the point of play, defenders can't handle that.
As for Ricky German, do I think he has potential? Well I'd give him a squad number now. I'd contractually anchor him at Chesterfield for as long as I could. When Leicester City come I'd hide him in a big box. Whatever we get for Gboly we should be thinking that we have triple, quadruple that amount in our bank with Ricky German. Everything I've seen him do, shouts Premiership quality to me. He just knows what to do.