Stal Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 All this talk of "wingers", is that right wingers or left wingers? Much like fullbacks, its better if they play on the side they prefer. A "winger" cannot necessarily play either flank effectively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I would have passed on Gini if I knew how reluctant he was to play in central midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I would have passed on Gini if I knew how reluctant he was to play in central midfield. Aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 With better balance the whole team should play better. At the moment there are players shoehorned into positions they shouldn't be playing. Give Mitro some service from the wings and he'll look a different player. The wingers will occupy defenders further up the pitch which gives Gini more spaces to run into. The name of the game right now is survival and a balanced team will give us a better chance of that. Adding another CM into the mix when we already have capable (but perhaps not outstanding) options Doesn't really help IMO We don't have any capable wingers and we'd still be easy as piss to get through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I'd spend every last penny of any budget we have on 2 CMs to replace Colback and Anita. It that is the system he is going to stick to then no number of CBs, wingers or forwards will make one jot of difference with those two "controlling" our games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 When it comes to wingers I wonder how Ginola and Robert would have been fared without Gillespie and Solano on the other flank. Neither Gillespie and Solano were as flashy as their left wing counterparts but give a different weapon on both wings and complimented eachother perfectly. If we had relied purely on the left side, which to be fair was not as consistent a wing, I'm sure people would have moaned more about the performance of our frenchmen. So to extend that thinking... If we did get a Townsend on loan, or could get a run of games out of Aarons we may see a different Thauvin as we would once again have different types of weapons on each wing. Maybe, maybe not but I'd be willing to give it a go before writing Thauvin off competely. Now if only we could find a Lee or a Speed as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 CB is the biggest priority followed closely by CM. It's the spine that stinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgsilva Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 We need a LB, CB and two wingers. Today in Portugal, a newspapper talk about Taarabt for Newcastle. What do you think about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Just another poor man's Ben Arfa. We literally got rid of Hatem Ben Arfa. Fuck me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Struggle to think of a worse signing than Taarabt. Absolutely no chance we're considering it, thankfully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Struggle to think of a worse signing than Taarabt. Absolutely no chance we're considering it, thankfully. Was very good in the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Struggle to think of a worse signing than Taarabt. Absolutely no chance we're considering it, thankfully. Was very good in the Championship. So he would be a good signing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgsilva Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 There are a lot of players that can improve our team. However we are in a tuff situation so it wont be easy to take anyone with good skills in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 When it comes to wingers I wonder how Ginola and Robert would have been fared without Gillespie and Solano on the other flank. Neither Gillespie and Solano were as flashy as their left wing counterparts but give a different weapon on both wings and complimented eachother perfectly. If we had relied purely on the left side, which to be fair was not as consistent a wing, I'm sure people would have moaned more about the performance of our frenchmen. So to extend that thinking... If we did get a Townsend on loan, or could get a run of games out of Aarons we may see a different Thauvin as we would once again have different types of weapons on each wing. Maybe, maybe not but I'd be willing to give it a go before writing Thauvin off competely. Now if only we could find a Lee or a Speed as well Not that easy a question. More like how would they have got on without Lee/Speed/Batty inside, Shearer/Ferdinand/Asprilla up front, Bersford/Barton etc behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 When it comes to wingers I wonder how Ginola and Robert would have been fared without Gillespie and Solano on the other flank. Neither Gillespie and Solano were as flashy as their left wing counterparts but give a different weapon on both wings and complimented eachother perfectly. If we had relied purely on the left side, which to be fair was not as consistent a wing, I'm sure people would have moaned more about the performance of our frenchmen. So to extend that thinking... If we did get a Townsend on loan, or could get a run of games out of Aarons we may see a different Thauvin as we would once again have different types of weapons on each wing. Maybe, maybe not but I'd be willing to give it a go before writing Thauvin off competely. Now if only we could find a Lee or a Speed as well Was discussing this with my brother yesterday - the 35 year old Rob Lee we had in midfield was still head and shoulders above any midfielder we currently have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Struggle to think of a worse signing than Taarabt. Absolutely no chance we're considering it, thankfully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 We need a LB, CB and two wingers. Today in Portugal, a newspapper talk about Taarabt for Newcastle. What do you think about it? So you think our CM is fine? We need to look at that first and foremost. 2 wingers before anyone in the middle? Absolutely staggering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 We need a LB, CB and two wingers. Today in Portugal, a newspapper talk about Taarabt for Newcastle. What do you think about it? So you think our CM is fine? We need to look at that first and foremost. 2 wingers before anyone in the middle? Absolutely staggering. Madness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 We need a LB, CB and two wingers. Today in Portugal, a newspapper talk about Taarabt for Newcastle. What do you think about it? So you think our CM is fine? We need to look at that first and foremost. 2 wingers before anyone in the middle? Absolutely staggering. Can't believe it either, if we had a midfield that could compete, at least teams wouldn't walk through us at will. It's absolutely terrifying to think what Klopp's amped up Liverpool will do to us come Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Would probably help if you weren't playing 4 central midfielders like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I really don't get everyone's interest in getting a winger. It almost seems like a luxury position given where we are. Our defense is bad, especially on the left side, and our two central midfielders provide zero cover. As others have mentioned it is probably the worst pairing in the league. If you improve those two areas (properly) we are instantly a different team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 We need to fix the spine + add wingers, man. We have no width or threat or ability to create and take advantage of our CF or the Attacking Midfielders getting balls into the box. GK, CB1, CM1, LB, LW, RW. All need to basically be signed. Tall order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yeah, but that's not going to happen unless Ashley loses his mind. IMO, it's like this... CB1 CM1 CM2 LB LW RW GK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Honestly the team should basically be set up like this (when fit) if we could ever make the right moves, which again, is not likely ever to happen. GK: New GK or Krul RB: Janmaat CB1: New CB CB2: Mbemba LB: New LB CM1: New CM CM2: New CM ACM: Wijnaldum / Perez / De Jong LW: New LW or Perez CF: Mitrovic / New CF RW: New RW or Perez 4-3-3 with Wijnaldum playing in the #10 role and nothing else (shame, as I was hoping he'd be able to be a proper CM) and we need 2 genuine wingers with pace who actually play the wing and can cross the fucking ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 We need to fix the spine + add wingers, man. We have no width or threat or ability to create and take advantage of our CF or the Attacking Midfielders getting balls into the box. GK, CB1, CM1, LB, LW, RW. All need to basically be signed. Tall order. Just don't understand this at all. We need to fix the centre of midfield before any wingers come in. You can't sign new wingers with the midfield we have as they would just be wasted and have to spend their time tracking back and covering. You need a strong central midfield for wingers to work. Just don't understand people banging on about wingers first. They would be wasted without a strong central midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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