If Lerma comes back late from copa if Columbia keep progressing then it will be Surman and Gosling starting v Sheff U (in our fifth season in the PL). Still, before anyone points it out, they were good enough to see off Cardiff last season!!!! Maybe Arter.... who is better than both of them?
*Sits back and waits....
It would be a rather damning statement of our summer recruitment if we end up with Gosling and Surman first choice on the opening day, or perhaps even Ake in midfield as per during the end of season injury crisis. Here's hoping for a signing, or even rapid progression of someone younger like a Hyndman or Taylor. We need more options there for the longer term.
Yes - I’m taking Neil’s bait ... no midfield recruitment means mega-problems ahead. So - Phillips, Wilson, Drinkwater, AN Other???
That’s not entirely true as the window shut on the Thursday before the season started. But yeah Lerma and Rico weren’t available for selection until after the start of the season.I think i pointed out on another thread that this time last season we had only signed Brooks,with Rico and Lerma coming after the season had started,they both made their debuts away to Chelsea.
If Lerma comes back late from copa if Columbia keep progressing then it will be Surman and Gosling starting v Sheff U (in our fifth season in the PL). Still, before anyone points it out, they were good enough to see off Cardiff last season!!!! Maybe Arter.... who is better than both of them?
*Sits back and waits....
Ake seems to like playing midfield.
Dawson's Patent Midfield Bingo...
Denigrate Gosling -
Fantasise about Arter -
Lament failed transfer policy...
Eddie at the time thought he did well.Surely the last few games of last season put any talk of Ake in midfield permanently to bed.
Eddie at the time thought he did well.
Besides, you play your best centre half at centre half.
No, if your best centre half is also your best midfielder, you play him wherever he's most effective.You’d think it would go without saying, wouldn’t you?
If Lloyd Kelly quickly demonstrated he was going to be a quality CB in the PL then yes Aké in midfield is an option. I’m dubious as he is far from our best midfielder and also height isn’t nearly as important for a CB as it once was.No, if your best centre half is also your best midfielder, you play him wherever he's most effective.
Not sure Ake IS our best midfielder, though. But given his short stature, midfield would probably be a better fit, just based on his body type (the one thing he can't change).