The Fat el Hombre
Well-Known Member
Ok so the transfer window is shut and personally I'm pretty fucking relieved we didn't spend £25 million on RSC, but we are now left without a quality experienced target man which is surely what we need if we're to continue with our current formation? Bellamy has said himself that he isn't mad keen on playing up front on his own and I don't really think he's got the qualities that are needed to play there particularly well as he doesn't hold the ball up and won't bring Robbie Swp and Superman into play enough. I think Caicedo might be a decent bet but he's too young to be putting so much pressure on and I hardly think Hughes is gonna stick Bellamy on the bench for Robocop
Now that we've got de Jong in the engine room does anyone think we might be better off switching to a 4-4-2 with Nige and Stevie in the middle? Hughes tried playing 4-4-2 at the beginning of the season but we didn't have the central midfielders to pull it off (Hamann no legs, the crab is shit and Johnno's head is stuck up his arse) and I think it that, at least against the shitter teams, that 4-4-2 might be the way to go with what we have.
I also think the lack of a forward target man raises questions about the signing of Bellamy (if there weren't enough already). Does Bellamy really bring that much to the table?
The 'proven prem players' thing Hughes was going on about was a total cop out for me. The idea was that the new players would hit the ground running but Bridge has cost us 2 goals in two games so you could argue that he's put the 'proven prem players' thing to bed. I would have rather we signed a couple more players in the de Jong mould (youngish internationals) but I'm prepared to wait and see how it pans out and hope we raise the bar come the summer. It pissed me off when Hughes complained about not having enough physical presence against Stoke - you're the once who signed Bellamy Mark, you knew exactly what his physical presence was
No excuses for MH now, he's got his own players in and the excuses have got to stop. I'm still behind him but in truth have lost a little faith in him after this transfer window (I was well impressed with the earlier deals of Zab and Vinnie obviously) but I'm prepared to support him and see how well he does til the end of the season.
Now that we've got de Jong in the engine room does anyone think we might be better off switching to a 4-4-2 with Nige and Stevie in the middle? Hughes tried playing 4-4-2 at the beginning of the season but we didn't have the central midfielders to pull it off (Hamann no legs, the crab is shit and Johnno's head is stuck up his arse) and I think it that, at least against the shitter teams, that 4-4-2 might be the way to go with what we have.
I also think the lack of a forward target man raises questions about the signing of Bellamy (if there weren't enough already). Does Bellamy really bring that much to the table?
The 'proven prem players' thing Hughes was going on about was a total cop out for me. The idea was that the new players would hit the ground running but Bridge has cost us 2 goals in two games so you could argue that he's put the 'proven prem players' thing to bed. I would have rather we signed a couple more players in the de Jong mould (youngish internationals) but I'm prepared to wait and see how it pans out and hope we raise the bar come the summer. It pissed me off when Hughes complained about not having enough physical presence against Stoke - you're the once who signed Bellamy Mark, you knew exactly what his physical presence was
No excuses for MH now, he's got his own players in and the excuses have got to stop. I'm still behind him but in truth have lost a little faith in him after this transfer window (I was well impressed with the earlier deals of Zab and Vinnie obviously) but I'm prepared to support him and see how well he does til the end of the season.