Available Midfielders that could do the job for us

[BanjoPie]

Jack Rodwell, 27 defensive midfielder. Good pedigree although at much higher standard than L2. Currently without a club - worth an enquiery?

[countygump]

This guy could be worth a look:

[jackal2]

This guy could be worth a look:

Well, quite! Curtis travelled a similar path to Elliott Hewitt, originally a pretty ordinary full-back or wide midfielder (in Curtis' case), but a revelation when moved to the centre of the park. Thompson gave us energy and tenacity, and he wasn't as lacking in ability as some blinkered folk made out. He's exactly the sort of player we needed against Yeovil, but it's too bloody late now. We seem to love throwing out our home-grown talent and collecting other clubs' half-hearted cast offs.

[SmiffyPie]

Well, quite! Curtis travelled a similar path to Elliott Hewitt, originally a pretty ordinary full-back or wide midfielder (in Curtis' case), but a revelation when moved to the centre of the park. Thompson gave us energy and tenacity, and he wasn't as lacking in ability as some blinkered folk made out. He's exactly the sort of player we needed against Yeovil, but it's too bloody late now. We seem to love throwing out our home-grown talent and collecting other clubs' half-hearted cast offs.

I never understood the flak Curtis took. The lad never stopped trying and wasn't a bad player by any standards.

[jackal2]

I never understood the flak Curtis took. The lad never stopped trying and wasn't a bad player by any standards.

Shaun Derry, almost by accident, found Thompson's best position in central midfield, but subsequent managers obviously didn't do their homework and started messing him around again, putting him at full-back or out wide where he didn't shine. He was a key contributor to us staying up in the 'Great Escape' season under Derry, doing enough work for two men in the middle of the park, especially following the injury to Gary Liddle. He's exactly the sort of player Nolan needed if he wanted to continue playing 4-4-2, and letting him go is already looking like a significant blunder. The same could be said of Milsom to some extent.

[Freeman25]

I never understood the flak Curtis took. The lad never stopped trying and wasn't a bad player by any standards.

What was his best attribute? Passing? Shooting? Tackling? No... You need more than effort to be a good player and Curtis didn't bring anything special other than work rate.

Jack Rodwell is the kind of suggestion that other fans would think you're deluded for believing we had any kind of chance of signing him by the way, you might as well have said Ruben Loftus-Cheek on loan from Chelsea.

[durhampie]

What was his best attribute? Passing? Shooting? Tackling? No... You need more than effort to be a good player and Curtis didn't bring anything special other than work rate.

Jack Rodwell is the kind of suggestion that other fans would think you're deluded for believing we had any kind of chance of signing him by the way, you might as well have said Ruben Loftus-Cheek on loan from Chelsea.

He is far better player than the crap that Nolan has replaced him with...

[Pieeyedandlegless]

When was this Gump?

[Steward]

We let Milsom go

[jackal2]

As many were saying in the summer, it's not as if we've got a shortage of midfielders, or that the ones we've got aren't capable players, but we've got too many of the "nice" type and not enough defensively minded and/or box-to-box tackling machines.

I thought Nolan was preparing to have a another, more committed go at the three-man midfield tactics he employed unsuccessfully for a brief spell last Christmas, and that was the reason why he was bringing in more of this type, but to assemble this set of midfielders and then try to stick with 4-4-2 seems naïve at best.