Originally Posted by
jackal2
Very true. Aden Baldwin may be a fine player and comes in at 6ft tall, but I'm still looking for that really big Graeme Lee / Colin Foster / Anders Jacobsen-type centre-half to completely dominate the box.
And yes, the midfield looks seriously under-strength, especially when you consider that the most competitive player in there will be 35 in September, not very big, and used to be a winger.
No problem at all with the signings today, but for me the key additions we need aren't in place yet. At the moment I see a team that will again score plenty of goals, but still has a very soft underbelly. We need some big, nasty dressing-room leaders in midfield and defence who can effectively be the minders for the more talented individuals in the squad.
It doesn't mean abandoning passing, attacking football, because even the Vinnie Jones' and David Batty's of this world could manage a five or ten yard pass to a more gifted player once they had won the ball, but without that edge to the team, our main contenders will be smiling behind their hands again.