I think we can all agree Osbourne > anybody is an upgrade.
If Adebayo bothers to move, and can finish like a striker, he should be an upgrade on Cook. Cook was just a pure finisher, put the ball at his feet within 19 yards of goal, and heād fashion a chance. Other than that, his game was seriously limited.
I wouldnāt mind trading off some of Cooks goals for a more rounded striker.
Mansfield scored 4 in a friendly yesterday,Cook wasnāt on the score sheet.
Itās very hard to play nice flowing attacking football with a player like cook upfront but his goals will be a massive loss. But I have faith in flash / Adebayo to get 30 goals between them.
I think the whole squad (including DC) is an upgrade on last season and I personally think if we were still in L1 we would be a competitive side.
Another striker and winger and it will look like a play off squad, atleast.
I always think itās pointless to compare teams by granularising to individual players (especially if youāre only doing it on paper pre-season before youāve seen them in proper action together).
This time last year, the players in that squad looked good to many but came nowhere near expectations as a team. On the other hand, Smithās almost promotion winning squad was vastly greater than the sum of its parts.
Adebayo still very raw - seen glimpses of quality at Leamington
Looking at that - iām even more optimistic.
Great post
Side note:
Is it just me that was confused reading this because ā>ā is greater than/less than?
i.e. Dunn > Rose means Dunn is greater than Rose.
I couldnāt find an arrow so just used >. I think most people got the jist but with grammar police on duty I will sharpen up
Thatās the attitude we like! Uncle Jeff would be proud!
A little concerned by a lack of pace in midfield and the craft to unlock defenses. We will rely heavily on the wing backs for our offensive threat.
I see us being very solid defensively.
I think heāll make it so we can switch to 4-3-3 if we are struggling to unlock teams to be honest. Seems to have a plan of keeping it tight and then we can go for the kill later in the game when need to.
I think we need to hope DC can Foster a good team spirit, Coors we desperately need a good season.
Iāll drink to that. But letās stop Harp ing on about it
ā¦Ansells certain players for the right price?
Bonser will be laughing all the way to the Banksās
Agree with you there, Bud
You all sound bitter to me
We should really update our attitude towards this, its not like its 1664.
Easy, Tiger. Itās a Mythos that one poster cant dictate the attitudes of other posters.