broomo wrote:Tippy Tappy Football wrote:Sedgwick wrote:christ we know the narrative, we had targets, missed out on them to league one clubs and went for the next in the chain.
I'm not sure Tom Naylor (holding midfield player), Sam Hughes (injured) and Carl Piergianni (dreadful defending in the last two games for Oldham) were the answer to our centre half problems.
Nigel Clough was very critical of Farrend Rawson and Ryan Sweeney last season so the onus was on him and his backroom staff to bring in better central defenders. They have failed to do that and so we may end up having another season treading water. To make it worse they have loaned out Rollin Menayese who may lack concentration at times but who does know how to head a ball. You have to ask serious questions about whoever is doing our scouting and recruitment.
I would go back to playing Farrend Rawson and Elliott Hewitt at centre half who played reasonably well together as a pair at Swindon. We only conceded the one goal and generally dominated the game. Farrend Rawson definitely has to start. I'd also stick young George Cooper on the bench instead of Richard Nartey.
Naylor played a lot of games as a centre back and was an absolute revelation, both in terms of reading of the game and use of the ball.
He would have been incredible at this level.
Unfortunately though Broomo, he currently is playing at this level and he is currently incredible. Incredibly bad that is.
I have no doubt the lad is very rusty and is not currently playing to his normal level. The question is though, can our club afford to give him the game minutes when we are in the middle of a very poor and disjointed run of results?. Our confidence is draining away in front of our eyes and until we are in a position to play him alongside a steady experienced partner, we are doing the lad no favours by continuing his ordeal.
I would start with Rawson and Hewitt next match unless we are stunned with an unexpected signing of a quality unattached player (highly unlikely ). Nartey needs to get his head down and work hard and hope for a full game in the pizza trophy in a month’s time.