alanos Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) Here is my evaluation of the squad so far this season. Trevor Carson (10) An excellent number 1. Sorely missed at the moment. Russell Griffiths (6) Seemed a good backup until called upon. Hasn’t covered himself in glory the last few weeks. Will be off at end of season as Rohan Ferguson comes in to the squad. Richard Tait ( Has played in a couple of different positions this season. Always gives you everything. Reasonable crosser of the ball but needs to defend better. Steven Hammell (7) Decent backup. Surely his last season. Peter Hartley (10) Great signing. Priority to get him permanently signed up ASAP. Ellis Plummer (5) Haven’t seen him to judge and that probably sums up his time so far. Seems to be injured most of the time. Charles Dunne (7) Is caught out of position fairly regularly. Can’t pass the ball. Has reasonable pace and is strong. Needs replaced and moved down the pecking order to backup. Cédric Kipré (9) Still raw at times and with a few mistakes in him, but generally good. If he improves on his concentration and cuts out the mistakes, we’ll have some player. Liam Grimshaw (7) Decent enough squad player. If he can recapture the form he had first time around, he may be good enough to start more regularly. Gaël Bigirimana (7) Has blown hot and cold so far this season. If he ups his game, I think he has the creativity that we sometimes lack. Chris Cadden ( Was getting back to being the player he was before injury, prior to being injured again. His raw running power is a great asset although teams have started doubling up on him. Carl McHugh (7) He likes a booking. This is down to his lack of pace. Seems to want that extra touch sometimes. Weird thing is that I think we miss him when he’s not in the middle of the pitch. Elliott Frear (7) Been injured. Has shown flashes of being a decent player. Again, needs to up his game. Andy Rose (6) Apart from running about and being tall, I can’t see what he brings to the team. Back up. Craig Tanner (7) Again, has shown his ability in flashes. Works hard when he plays and can deliver a free kick, Craig needs to be more consistent. Louis Moult (10) Good luck with Preston. Will be missed. Ryan Bowman ( Came good this season but doesn’t look the same player since the semi final. Needs to clear his head and get back to working hard and scoring goals. He needs to get more efforts on target. Alex Fisher (7) Another player who works hard. Maybe he’ll come good at some point. However, at the moment he doesn’t look like a goal scorer. Deimantas Petravičius (6) Has done nothing to suggest he should be in the team. Not sure if he’s a winger or a striker and neither does the manager. January signing priorities: Goalscorer to replace Moult Hartley signed on permanent contract (2.5 years) Replacement for Dunne If everyone fit (and leaving out U-20s), my top team would be: Carson, Kipré, Hartley, Plummer/Dunne; Tait, Cadden, McHugh, Campbell, Frear; Tanner; Bowman Subs: Griffiths, Plummer/Dunne, Grimshaw, Bigirimana, Rose, Petravičius, Fisher If we can sign a left sided central defender and a striker, they would be in the team with Plummer/Dunne and Fisher dropping out the squad. I would like to see some of the U-20s pushing for a place. Just my thoughts and a starter for debate. Edited December 19, 2017 by alanos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellFlag Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Cadden is wasted playing in centre, he does well on the right when he can run with the ball. i like Tait, our most succesful period is him playing on left wing he prioritises getting a cross in above all else and i liked that. Dunne is just so bad at passing his saving grace is his pace but not a reliable player. Kipre is prone to the odd howler but will improve. Fisher and bowman just not cutting it. Bowman was great playing with moult but has gone off the boil recently. Frear is a good player but injury prone and needs a sustained run in the team. Standouts for me are hartley campbell cadden moult tait and carson. Rose gets alot of stick but he has had some good games. Bigi, just not sure on him. obviously has technical ability but does he fit in with our hard working midfield? it seams to me robinson is prioritising work rate and pressing rather than anything else. Tanner, has shown good flashes in games and chipped in with some goals. He is likely to be our goalscorer for rest of season unless we get a proper no 9. Plummer needs to go, always injured. Grimshaw, hasnt fulfilled expectation since returning but needs a run in the team to show what he can do. if i remember correctly he played on the right alot in his first spell here. Hammell needs to retire at end of season. Priority on signing a goalscorer in transfer window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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