| Last Day Of Transfer Window 20:30 - Aug 30 with 1821 views | SaintNick |
Just over 26 hours to go I think we will loan out a player or two and perhaps bring in a surprise |  |
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 07:27 - Aug 31 with 1600 views | saint22 |
What like a proven experienced Centre Back……?
Let’s hope so |  | | |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 07:42 - Aug 31 with 1585 views | saintwizzler |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 07:27 - Aug 31 by saint22 |
What like a proven experienced Centre Back……?
Let’s hope so |
Watching the game at the St James Park on Saturday Stephens gave the ball away with a forward pass around the centre circle then stood there feeling sorry for himself. Meanwhile MOTM Saint-Maxim was on his bike and Stephens suddenly realised he was in the poop.
Luckily the ball never reached Saint-Maxim.
But it just shows Stephens’ weakness again.
Concentration. Plus he ball watches too much. Mark a man ffs. Everton’s third for example.
A good player to bring off the bench to steady the ship if we are winning.
But he should be no where near the starting XI. |  |
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 08:04 - Aug 31 with 1562 views | Heisenberg |
Long will go out on loan. |  |
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:20 - Aug 31 with 1480 views | Butty101 |
Im no Stephens fan, but both goals came from our left flank. The first goal KWP was ball watching and left his man all on his own, who then scored. The 2nd goal Salisu lost his man again down the left and the whole back line was then out of position, |  |
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:36 - Aug 31 with 1456 views | saint22 |
Joey Veerman? | | | |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:42 - Aug 31 with 1449 views | SonicBoom |
I might be wrong but didn't we play KWP on the left instead of the guy we bought in to actually play at left back ?? That being the case you can understand why he was caught out positionally I guess. Managers never seem to learn that square pegs are better in square holes.
Like most people I'd love to see Livramento playing in front of KWP in his natural position. For me playing him on the left was another odd decision by Ralph. |  | | |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:43 - Aug 31 with 1453 views | weneedbigballz |
Defensive midfielder please. I know everyone is banging on about yet another centre half, but the problems are the organisation and leadership in front for the back 4 imho. Someone to partner Romeu and let Ward Prowse push on.
I know I am a minority in this opinion btw. |  |
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 10:46 - Aug 31 with 1384 views | Heisenberg |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:43 - Aug 31 by weneedbigballz |
Defensive midfielder please. I know everyone is banging on about yet another centre half, but the problems are the organisation and leadership in front for the back 4 imho. Someone to partner Romeu and let Ward Prowse push on.
I know I am a minority in this opinion btw. |
I’m with you on this one. JWP and or Romeo get injured and we are light. Solid midfielder required who can sit and protect the defence. | |
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 11:01 - Aug 31 with 1366 views | Bicester_North |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:42 - Aug 31 by SonicBoom |
I might be wrong but didn't we play KWP on the left instead of the guy we bought in to actually play at left back ?? That being the case you can understand why he was caught out positionally I guess. Managers never seem to learn that square pegs are better in square holes.
Like most people I'd love to see Livramento playing in front of KWP in his natural position. For me playing him on the left was another odd decision by Ralph. |
I agree, just don’t understand why he seems to be such a fan of playing players out of their natural position.
I could understand it last season with injuries but not now we have an almost complete squad. [Post edited 31 Aug 2021 11:02]
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 12:37 - Aug 31 with 1256 views | dirk_doone |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 09:42 - Aug 31 by SonicBoom |
I might be wrong but didn't we play KWP on the left instead of the guy we bought in to actually play at left back ?? That being the case you can understand why he was caught out positionally I guess. Managers never seem to learn that square pegs are better in square holes.
Like most people I'd love to see Livramento playing in front of KWP in his natural position. For me playing him on the left was another odd decision by Ralph. |
I think it will take a long time for Ralph to learn this but it's what he will eventually do. The only question is, like the goalkeeper situation, just how long it will take him to learn something that seems fairly obvious to everybody else. He likes to experiment before arriving at the solution that was clear to see in the first place.
Having said that, he's not the only one. I remember when Koeman played Mane out on the wing when we were all crying out for him to be used as a striker, which he eventually did not long before we sold him. [Post edited 31 Aug 2021 12:40]
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| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 14:07 - Aug 31 with 1152 views | Sadoldgit |
KWP and Livramento both need to start so if this is the way he finds to do it, fair enough. He seems to be experimenting quite a lot right now. Could be a few weeks before he finds his best combination and you would think that Stuey will be a shoo in when fit again. Can’t see the point of Long or Obefami staying so loans probably in the cards there (although in Long’s case a transfer makes more sense).
He seems set to persist with 4222 which is a shame because I don’t think we have a CB with the speed or positional awareness to deal with the counters that we face when we lose the ball in midfield If we still had VVD instead of Stephens it could be a different matter. Stand by for another season of leaking goals as I can’t see us signing another CB or Ralph suddenly adopting Puell’s tactics. |  | | |
| Last Day Of Transfer Window on 16:08 - Aug 31 with 1027 views | solent_toffee |
I used to quite like transfer window day and Sky used to be a big part of it. Tried watching it today and it is horrific. It’s like MUTV with every ‘pundit’ being a southern Man U fan speaking a language that I have no idea what they are talking about. It’s horrific viewing. | | | |
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