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Didn’t miss much then but what noticed on the stats was how the Bristol coach progressively got his good penalty guns on in Martin, Sinclair, & Sotiriou to win the game.
If only we could be as consistent as San Miguel then all would be fine on Grove Street.
The month of December will define our season without doubt in my opinion.
Didn?t see the game - not interested in cup games.Quote:
Originally Posted by NerfHerder
However.
?Attacking line up isn?t well rounded?.
Cosgrove and Watters couldn?t get in the starting lineup last season because Cole and McAtee were there.
So then we let those 2 go - but don?t replace them.
We have signed Dunn and Humphrys which is great - but they arn?t out and out goal scorers - they chip in with goals but they are more in line of players that can provide chances other than score them.
If we don?t score when we are on top - then eventually our defence will collapse.
Some interesting career statistics here for thi Nudger
Devante Cole-196 games in League 1 with 52 goals which is 1 goal in 4 games on average
John McAtee-54 League 1 games with 15 goals. 1 goal in just under 4 games on average
It might also be pointed out Pass that we did not let McAtee go , he wasn"t our player , it would have been nice to have signed him but we didn"t and to be fair he is not exactly ripping it up at Bolton , past players have gone , we need to stop carping on about what has gone and try and address the striker problem in the next window which is only a month away.Quote:
Originally Posted by pass_and_move
McAtee wasn?t an ?out and out striker? when we signed him, we just played him there. He was more of an attacking midfielder, playing just off a striker so I?d argue that DKD is his replacement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Young_Nudger
Cole scored a lot in the first half of the season and that was always going to be difficult to replace. I guess Humphrys is Cole?s replacement and I?d argue that Humphrys is a lot better on the ball and outside the box, but it?s looking like he doesn?t have the finishing ability of Cole.
It is probably going to be very difficulty to find a goal scorer and it will probably have to be a rather large ?punt?. Let?s hope it works.
I didnt see the game yesterdsy so apologies for going off topic but YN has persistently mentioned this striker thing and the jury is still out in my opinion. As Nerf has also correctly pointed out, McAtee wasn't, and isn't an out and out goalscorer and as Shads has also said, McAtee wasn't our player anyway.
I'm quite happy with the signing of Humphrys. He is a decent player. DKD is also a decent player but don't feel he is utilised as good as he could be by Clarke.
All in all I think the board have signed two decent footballers there with different attributes. It's up to Clarke to bring more out of em both and I'm sure when he does we'll be better for it