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Romain Mundle

Comeback_Kenwyne said:
It’s not even two 20 year olds who are cheap or in positions of need either.

Aye, maybe we need a LB, but we already have two and there isn’t a squad in the championship without parachute money that can cover any eventuality and expect to have players available if e.g four full backs are out.

And then another f***ing winger.

And we’ve paid decent cash for both.

Any clown can surely see that our two positions of need are number 6 and number 9. In that order for me.

But are we trying? Half-heartedly for a striker maybe. But for a 6?

Doesn’t f***ing look like it.

If nothing happens tomorrow, I can only conclude we are signing players largely based on financial data, not squad need.
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When did number 6 become a midfielder?

Idk if I'm too old or too young. Cdm was always number 4 in everything I interacted with
 

Rumour has it we are after another two Liege youth players as part of this deal.

Speakman very keen to get value for money by nabbing a Mundle Bargain Bundle.
 
parsonjohn1985 said:
When did number 6 become a midfielder?

Idk if I'm too old or too young. Cdm was always number 4 in everything I interacted with
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Always was. Back in the day it was "left half", or defensive left side of midfield in front of the back 3.
Mind you, I used to wear 6 as a sweeper behind the back 3, or a DM in front of a back 4.
Don't think it matters really.
 
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Superbadross said:
Is this the lad who left spurs went to the Belgium league and can’t get in their side either?
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Yeah a bit like Jack Clarke ..was loaned out by spurs never really impressed then came to the lads and never looked back.
We have made some good signings in Hume,Ballard,JC, PE and now Selt and Ba are coming along. I expect others to get better in Pembele Anouchie and Hemir it just takes time.
I would like us to sign an striker for the here and now, but I would rather we built our squad the way we are than just spunk money up the wall on short term signings.
 
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
It’s not even two 20 year olds who are cheap or in positions of need either.

Aye, maybe we need a LB, but we already have two and there isn’t a squad in the championship without parachute money that can cover any eventuality and expect to have players available if e.g four full backs are out.

And then another f***ing winger.

And we’ve paid decent cash for both.

Any clown can surely see that our two positions of need are number 6 and number 9. In that order for me.

But are we trying? Half-heartedly for a striker maybe. But for a 6?

Doesn’t f***ing look like it.

If nothing happens tomorrow, I can only conclude we are signing players largely based on financial data, not squad need.
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This is exactly my view on it. We ignore the squad we have completely and just hunt for players that are available at a good price with a resale value. We then bundle them together and tell the manager to make a tea with a random soup of players. If they fit into an 11 great, if not then who cares.

Terrible approach, but I do agree that it appears that speakman hasn’t even looked at our squad and areas we actually need players and just signs what he can identify
 
Jasper said:
Traditionally 4 for the deeper midfielder in England, 6 on the continent.
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Going back to the 60s when we were still emerging from the 2-3-5 line-ups, 4 was the defender alongside the centre half (5) and 6 was a midfielder. For example Sunderland would have Todd or Harvey at 4 and Baxter at 6.
It's not an exact science and no way was Baxter a defensive midfielder! But then Todd and Harvey were essentially back-four players, not midfielders.
In the modern game, 6 has become the code for a defensive midfielder, 8 is more attack-minded, and the 10 is the floater in midfield breaking into attack....Pritchard, Dack, Aouchiche.
 
Comeback_Kenwyne said:
It’s not even two 20 year olds who are cheap or in positions of need either.

Aye, maybe we need a LB, but we already have two and there isn’t a squad in the championship without parachute money that can cover any eventuality and expect to have players available if e.g four full backs are out.

And then another f***ing winger.

And we’ve paid decent cash for both.

Any clown can surely see that our two positions of need are number 6 and number 9. In that order for me.

But are we trying? Half-heartedly for a striker maybe. But for a 6?

Doesn’t f***ing look like it.

If nothing happens tomorrow, I can only conclude we are signing players largely based on financial data, not squad need.
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I agree about the DM but I think a winger is welcome

Clarke currently plays every minute of every game & we have Roberts and Ba outside of that and that’s about it. I’m rate Ba but I’m not 100% sure he’s a winger personally. Maybe we have Rusyn on the left. We could do with another winger if it relieves pressure imo.
 
WildinHetton said:
Maybe they can afford it.
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So we just accept we can’t compete with Ipswich now? We just accept we are a mid table championship side, who pushes for the play offs?

Basically a Coventry or Boro, but with the added “model” craic. Is that our position now?

One of the biggest mysteries on here for me that. Posters go absolutely nuts, and defensive when someone says a club are bigger than us, especially if Boro or the mags are included in that statement.

However some posters who are the most animate, then make all these excuses of our actions.

Which is it, are we just an historically big club, who now operates at championship level, with a push for promotion. Or are we the humongous club people are so keen to defend?
 
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