Still need the big target man
With the new signings today it seems an appropriate time to start my annual 1 and only thread. With a new manager in, we don’t really know what formation is likely and whether players are to be deployed in slightly unfamiliar positions so initially I’ll list them as what I understand them to be their natural positions.
GK - Slocombe
GK - (Brooks - contract)
GK -
RB - Adebayo-Rowling
RB - Brindley
LB - Chicksen
LB - Taylor
CB - Cameron
CB - Rawlinson
CB - Baldwin
CB -
CM - Palmer
CM - O’Brien
CM - Vincent
CM - Francis
CM -
AM - Rodrigues
AM - Roberts
AM - Namane
ST - Langstaff
ST - Scott
ST - Mitchell
ST - Munakandafa
ST -
Still need the big target man
Agreed. Another GK unless Brooks signs up and is the real deal. A CB and probably a RB if Brinds is playing in the centre. A bit of steel in the midfield and a different option up front for starters.
Central Midfielder would be my wish / priority next. Take your time Notts, more than happy to wait as long as we get a good'un in the building.
We’ve not solved the height problem at set pieces yet, especially with Wootton being replaced by two players under 6 foot and Baldwin being 6 foot.
I’d say we need a left wing back and let the inconsistent Taylor go; a Ryan Yates-esque midfielder; and a good-touch-for-a-big-man centre forward. Not sure we need a second keeper (assuming Brooks re-signs). The other unknown is if we can hold onto RR and CR.
Good lord, that midfield is scary, and not for the right reasons.
That central midfield signing makes or breaks the season. Palmer is obviously class, and I think the other three have a role to play in different scenarios, but none are that nailed on partner for him that we need.