jcat

FFS!

I’d be more than happy with mbuemo for RW, but he doesn’t solve the back-up striker problem for me. He’s a quality RW and an ok CF (similar to Gordon I guess). But If isak gets an injury or needs a rest then we are going in with an ‘ok’ CF and Murphy at RW. Not a big enough step forward in squad depth for me. We’d probably still need a wissa, delap or even a DCL to have proper cover tbh. Interesting to see which way they go.

I’d say that’s pretty much spot on. Only tweak would be to add someone like walker-peters to cover right and left FB as we do look a bit a thin there. After that there so many possibilities that could be done to strengthen the overall squad. Could sell willock as well and gamble with 5 CM till January if it helped us afford better quality players now. (Could always go to 2 man midfield with either 3 at back or a no.10 if we hit an injury crisis). Selling Murphy while his value is high might be the sensible thing to do. Selling barnes and bringing in Wissa as cover LW/CF is an alternative to the standard RW/CF combo people keep talking about. (Better CF than Mbuemo and a lot cheaper). A big window ahead with loads of options. Whatever they end up doing, I’m pretty comfortable that we’ll likely start next season with our strongest team/squad in my lifetime. 🤞

Yeah, he’s been excellent this season at LB but wouldn’t be surprised if LCM ended up as his best position for us.

Not a great performance. But happy with a point.