Quote Originally Posted by the_anticlough View Post
Those are fair points.

I like our latest signing being described as an excellent 'one-v-one' defender. It also tells us what they've been looking for. With Jones, Nemane, that's what we need. And what many were saying last summer. It didn't happen.

Ditto, with the formation. If we have a guiding approach/philosophy, I'm sure it doesn't say we must play a back 3. Great attacking football can be play with a back 4, of course. We've seen it all our lives. Two things there though A) you need FBs who can overlap, play good football and get forward, B ) I don't think our fans should expect a back 4, or start demanding it, SM is more likely to prepare and start with a back 3. He's already shown he's more willing to change formation than LW, between and within games.
To be honest we have no idea if our new signings will turn out to be any better than the previous bunch. We will only know when they put on the shirt and play in competitive games. It wasnt that long ago when some were raving about the signings of Randall, Morias and Stone, they all turned out to be crap..... Plus, we have a coach who doesn't always seem switched on..