Chrisuknottm wrote:Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:Following the incomings to the club this week, I feel that we are now more than capable of achieving the playoffs.
With the two additions in defence we now have a bit of pace at the back allowing us to play on the forward foot. Clarke should be back in the short term and playing Johnson as the holding midfielder should allow Maris to get forward more. I think we should see more goals from the midfield as they will hopefully be getting up the pitch more and taking some of the pressure off Oates and Swan. I also predict a couple more goals from Quinn and Macca.
With a bit of luck, I also wouldn’t give up on third place if we can get a couple of early wins.
But we've lost 2 established players and another to a season ending injury so head wise we are no better off although admittedly the additions do balance the squad better as regards age and mobility. I really don't understand why people think our situation has changed so much at the moment. We still need a goalscorer or poacher whether that's a forgiven DJ or someone else we don't yet know about and another commanding centre back.
Yes but one of those was playing in a position where he was not promotion material but just about ok for mid table. He’s been replaced by a player who has performed well in the league above. We’ve also recruited a tried and tested holding midfielder who will enable Maris to get further forward. The third signing is an experienced and efficient right back/wing back which was also a problem area. All three signings bring more pace at the back and we should stop conceding so many goals.
As we are now more secure at the back, we should be able to get more players forward and supporting the attack which in turn will produce more goals. We haven’t been thumped on a regular basis so this should be enough to bring more wins. I agree with Clough that we don’t necessarily need a new striker. The age of the squad has also been reduced.
I would sign one more defender as back up and another attacking player to sit just behind the striker/s and mop up the loose balls.
We weren’t that far behind that we can’t catch third if we can keep injury free.
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