Saint Garrett

He's been in various training videos the last few weeks. Would be good for him to get some minutes, not sure in place of who though? Maybe to come on for Romeu towards thje end of the game.

Best players also generally don't make the best team....

--------------Forster------------------ Cedric----VVD----Hoedt----Bertrand ----------Romeu-Lemina------------- Tadic---------Davis---------Redmond ---------------Long-------------------

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Pretty much agree with this, however the problem is we have too many players at the moment who "are not currently good enough". If we had a few decent attackers then playing a third midfielder (link player) wouldn't be a problem. Problem is when we play Davis at DM and JWP out wide, we're too weak in midfield. When Lemina comes in, we can't play both Davis and JWP. We then need either of those to be getting forward and supporting the other 3 attacking players rather than sitting on the half way line. Fact is all of our attacking options don't really score that many, and don't play in a defined way. ----Romeu----Lemina---- ?-------Davis/JWP-------? ------------?-------------

Going to Rotterdam for a weekend next year, and want to try and get a game in while I'm there. Luckily they play at home that weekend, anyone got any advice around where to sit in the ground etc?

Thought he was going to be given a free role in the middle on Saturday, with Lemina and Romeu behind him. He was stuck out wide and did some good things when he got the ball, but it's difficult for them all at the moment.

It's not a problem when you have Lallana, Lambert, JRod / Mane, Pelle, Tadic all in front of him. He was a brilliant link player between attack and midfield. Problem is now, that the front three aren't very good - doesn't matter what combination we use, whoever plays up front we just get the ball out wide and swing crosses in to no-one anyway. There is no focal point to the team at the moment, and we don't seem to have a way of playing which we default to. We aren't a free flowing side, we aren't a long ball team, and we aren't a team who plays on the counter. We need to decide what sort of team we want to be and then play to that system. At the moment we just seem to get the ball and pass it sideways, then get it out wide, then give it away. So frustrating.

It only comes from the Kingsland / Northam corner, normally about 15 minutes in they start running through the anti pompey songs, don't get it personally.

Option 1 .......................McCarthy................... ...... .........Yoshida......VVD.......... Hoedt.......... Cedric ......Romeu.....Lemina.......Bertrand .............Gabbiadini....Boufal.............. ...... ..................... Long........................ Option 2 .......................McCarthy................... ...... .........Yoshida......VVD.......... Hoedt.......... Cedric ...Romeu..Davis...Lemina.......Bertrand .............Gabbiadini....Long.............. ...... Option 3 .......................McCarthy................... ...... Cedric........VVD.......... Hoedt.........Bertrand ................Romeu.....Lemina.................... JWP..................Boufal......................Tadic ........................Long........................

Also what Adam Lietch said in the Echo - will be a few weeks minimum I think.

Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Lemina Romeu JWP Tadic Redmond Gabbiadini

Odd one if we did try to get him on loan, only possibly could make sense if Targett deal went through but that would have still left us with 3 left backs...odd.

Tadic is not a bad player, and has been a great signing for us, especially when he had Pelle up there with him. I do feel sometimes he needs someone a bit more physical in front of him.

We never buy in Jan really....

INS Hoedt - - We need someone with a bit of physical presence - international defender Bednarek - - Seems a pointless signing Lemina - - Looks a good signing in the position we needed OUTS Gazza - - Wouldn't have minded keeping him but got a few quid. Clasie - - If he's not in the plans then we're right to get rid, I quite like him but clearly going to play J-Rod - - Would have rather kept him and got rid of Long, however we did get a good price and he arguably needed a fresh start Reed - - Needs games, not going to play here this season. KEPT VVD - - Great that hes staying, just hope he does a Schneiderlin and knuckles down Gardos - - No point keeping him, not good enough and we have 6 CB's Cedric & Bertrand - - Kept him despite being linked away Would say 6.5 / 10. Think we definitely needed another forward player with some pace. Delighted we have kept hold of VVD, Bertrand and Cedric who were all linked away. Lack of goals still a concern, especially from midfield.

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Someone abroad probably, not good enough for the Premier League.

Surely Gardos is going out too?

No news then....going nowhere.

Probably at the time when he was modelling the new kit for release?

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Forster Cedric Yoshida Hoedt Bertrand Romeu Lemina Gabbiadini Boufal Redmond Austin

Because 442 is a crap formation and leaves huge gaps between defence / midfield / attack, and leaves us weak in the middle of the park against a midfield 3.

Ok...I'll bite.... "Cupboard is "bare" up front"...Gabbiadini, Austin, Long all fighting for one spot... (Agree we should be looking to move on Austin or Long and bring in someone better but thats another discussion... GK's....Ok Forster has had a bad year, but we're not going to replace him given we have just given him a 5 year contract. Forster, McCarthy (who has played quite a lot of football in his career), Taylor, Rose should be enough depth. Again - whether we should have been trying to move Forster out this summer and bring in someone better is up for discussion. CB's....VVD, Hoedt, Yoshida, Stephens, Bednarek, Gardos. Can probably write the last two off as not good enough for atleast this season - personally think Gardos will go before the end of the window. Stephens not good enough yet, but will develop. Ideally against a more dominant partner. We're not going to have a CB better than Yoshida who is happy being 3rd /4th choice. Admitedly this does depend on VVD sorting his head out, however we'd probably have one of the best defences in the league if we can play Cedric VVD Hoedt Bertrand.... The biggest gap for me is in attacking midfield. Davis / JWP don't offer enough, and Boufal, Tadic and Redmond are not dangerous enough and don't score enough goals.