Originally Posted by
the_anticlough
Yes, I think there's already a fairly big constituency wanting Francis out and O'Brien in, but that forces Palmer to hold...
Fans need to give Francis a fair chance to show what he can do. Hopefully he's on a steep improvement curve but he'll never make those steps without the game time...this run of fixtures is the perfect opportunity.
Back to J'OB, he's got to be earning his corn as midfield player, right? We know his strengths and weaknesses but he's got to do his part defensively. We know he's not one for a chase, but he can still tackle and cover well and knows the game. It'd be madness to regard him as an attacker and want him replacing other attackers we have. In a good team, he scored in just 1 of 42 NL league games last year. He could get close to 10 this year, but from a midfield position...we have Ruben, Cal, Woots, Kairo, Nemane, Sam, Tyreace, Knight....an embarrassment of riches for the attacking slots.