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Tobermory

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  1. Tranfermarkt says left foot. Wears #11 shirt. Seems likely he plays on left.
  2. Coulson can't make it onto the pitch ahead of one league 1 player, it would be a travesty for him to be pushed further down the pecking order because of another one.
  3. What I like about that article is that he makes it clear the importance of practice. He had talent, but it is still about practicing over and over again. Someone of his ability who could drill that into young players' minds at Boro would be brilliant. I can't see it happening though.
  4. Why are you playing Howson at RB when Dijksteel was bought to play RB? You've left Fry out to accommodate that arrangement too.
  5. I'm sorry, I think that is correlation, not causation. Having a 20-goal a season striker is indicative of the team working. Yes the player needs to put the chances away, but every part needs to work, a well-drilled defence, a midfield that can destroy and create and strikers that put away chances. I don't disagree with you, I just think you're simplifying things. In my view, what we need right now, is a plan, not a 20-goal a season striker.
  6. Wiki says 12. Of those 12, 3 played for Brentford, who didn't get promoted. I agree it helps, but having 1 decent striker does not a promotion team make.
  7. 12 players scored 15 or more last season. 2 got promoted. That's 17%. It isn't just about having a striker that puts away chances. It's about the team. The AK Championship years showed us that.
  8. But what percentage of players scoring 15 or more, or 20 or more get promoted each year?
  9. 86/87-91/92 - Bernie Slaven scored 15 or more for six seasons running, including 15 in the top flight.
  10. Premier League clubs might be more likely to loan out youngsters and pay all their wages [just so they get game time], so we may see a few more come in.
  11. That would have worked better if he wasn't called Dale Stephens.
  12. Bielsa has played 2 defensively minded midfielders alongside a dominant central defender in a back three. Some believe that the back three needs to contain two highly mobile defenders either side of a dominant in the air, yet capable of bringing the ball out type of defender... which highlights to me that it doesn't matter about formations most of the time, we just need good players. Which kind of goes back to what Robson used to say about Liverpool, but that was decades ago, so does it still apply, do good players win matches/leagues, or good managers/systems?
  13. Quite a few pages of arguments about formations, and the relative merits of fullbacks, wingbacks and wingers though.
  14. I'd prefer Coulson to Johnson, but as Johnson was given the #3 shirt and Coulson hasn't had a sniff, I can't see him getting a game on the left anytime soon. I'm happy to persevere with Spence, hopefully he can push on. I'm more concerned about having the right defenders in the back three when it comes to defensive duties. The wing-backs should be mainly concerned with providing an attacking outlet.
  15. I cannot understand why Johnson is preferred to Coulson with play like that going on.
  16. It isn't even as though we need to buy people like Murphy for millions of pounds. Mowbray found Carayol for a fraction of the cost to bring Murphy in and although it didn't work out in the end, he had one great season with us. There must be hidden gems in the lower divisions.
  17. No. --------------------------Bettinelli --------------------Wood - Fry - Hall Dijksteel - Howson - Morsy - Tavernier - Coulson -----------------Fletcher - Assombalonga LCB and CF, and ideally 2 pacy wingers but I can't see him getting any. I think we will be safer from relegation than last season, but I don't think it will be a classic. No. I have no idea what that song is.
  18. I don't understand why people think we were trying to sign him when everyone else we have been linked with has been a 6'3" lump.
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