Quote Originally Posted by the_anticlough View Post
Now we seem to have solved the RB problem, all the focus is on CM.

What are we trying to replace? The main thing is getting on the ball and working our system. We don't need defence splitting passes, just lots and lots of passes and permanent availability there.

O'Brien did well last night and amazingly is much better now than when he played with Doyle for NA
To play with him? Gosling didn't look quite ready. I believe Baldwin could do it but why disrupt the backline on top of CM?
Austin hasn't taken enough playmaking responsibility in his CM run-outs, so for me (and I don't think LW will do this) the best option would be Crowley. He would get on the ball / He's not a defensive zero for a small, creative player - he has a go / we can replace him at Inside-forward / we'd still get an attacking spark from him, only from deeper
Watching our football not being able get beyond the back 3 yesterday, I thought about what a few of us (Samagundi?) said about Crowley filling in for Palmer for a while. We desperately need someone to show for the ball, receive it under pressure, pass it on and move to receive again.
LW could have sold Dan on being the lower league Luka Modric. He has a good relationship with Bostock, he could have had a 'unit meeting' about that! I still think this is our best bet to get us thru to January. Midfielders simply have to get on the ball, it's a non-negotiable, especially in a system like LWs.

We'd get DC's creative input earlier and more often and we have others for the inside-forward role.