broomo wrote:Tippy Tappy Football wrote:We have needed two quality centre halfs since May 2021. We only improved last season after signing John Joe O'Toole. We would also have signed John Brayford in January or this summer if he had been available. He's now stopping at Burton so we need to move on to Plan B/C/D etc
"You need to build from the back" - Peter Taylor/Brian Clough[/quote]
"There's too much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win a game of dominoes".
Brian Clough.
Johnny H wrote:broomo wrote:Tippy Tappy Football wrote:We have needed two quality centre halfs since May 2021. We only improved last season after signing John Joe O'Toole. We would also have signed John Brayford in January or this summer if he had been available. He's now stopping at Burton so we need to move on to Plan B/C/D etc
"You need to build from the back" - Peter Taylor/Brian Clough[/quote]
"There's too much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win a game of dominoes".
Brian Clough.
And their lies another problem......managing in a late 1970's - early 1980 style.
The game has evolved massively......thats why its great to see modern day managers doing well and so obvious who the dinosaurs are
Nigels dad showed how he couldnt cope with the changes in the game 30 years ago.......unfortunately I think his son is showing us he is the same !!!
Johnny H wrote:broomo wrote:Tippy Tappy Football wrote:We have needed two quality centre halfs since May 2021. We only improved last season after signing John Joe O'Toole. We would also have signed John Brayford in January or this summer if he had been available. He's now stopping at Burton so we need to move on to Plan B/C/D etc
"You need to build from the back" - Peter Taylor/Brian Clough[/quote]
"There's too much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win a game of dominoes".
Brian Clough.
And their lies another problem......managing in a late 1970's - early 1980 style.
The game has evolved massively......thats why its great to see modern day managers doing well and so obvious who the dinosaurs are
Nigels dad showed how he couldnt cope with the changes in the game 30 years ago.......unfortunately I think his son is showing us he is the same !!!
bear 73 wrote:Rob wrote:We've needed a striker and centre half for months, it's nothing new, I'm amazed an experienced manager like Clough can't see how unbalanced our squad is. There is clearly more money in the transfer/wages pot, get it done otherwise top 7 might be very tough.
hh//................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................LooLooking back at the History of Mansfield Town this last 20 years you have been in the top 7 twice, 5 years of non-league football;, and played no higher than league 2,
Johnny H wrote:How many saves did Pym make yesterday.......2 or 3 damn good saves I have seen
Johnny H wrote:broomo wrote:Tippy Tappy Football wrote:We have needed two quality centre halfs since May 2021. We only improved last season after signing John Joe O'Toole. We would also have signed John Brayford in January or this summer if he had been available. He's now stopping at Burton so we need to move on to Plan B/C/D etc
"You need to build from the back" - Peter Taylor/Brian Clough[/quote]
"There's too much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win a game of dominoes".
Brian Clough.
And their lies another problem......managing in a late 1970's - early 1980 style.
The game has evolved massively......thats why its great to see modern day managers doing well and so obvious who the dinosaurs are
Nigels dad showed how he couldnt cope with the changes in the game 30 years ago.......unfortunately I think his son is showing us he is the same !!!
Tippy Tappy Football wrote:Don't you think we need another centre half Craig?
Tippy Tappy Football wrote:Why do you think Craig that Nigel Clough has not tried to sign another experienced centre half bearing in mind he tried to sign Tom Naylor last season and obviously was interested in John Brayford? It does seem a little strange that he's not gone after anybody else especially after the stick he gave Ryan Sweeney and Farrend Rawson in 2020-2021. He brought in Nartey and Forrester at the end of the transfer window but they did not work out due to injuries and it was not until John Joe O'Toole arrived that we improved. Oli Hawkins overall had a very good season but he's likely to pick up suspensions for his traditional yellow card each game. James Perch is getting on and suffered a bad injury last season. Elliott Hewitt is better playing at RB/RWB than cenre half. Riley Harbottle is a young lad with no league starts to his name prior to this season. It's a massive ask for him. We are also now playing three at the back and so need more cover.
Regarding RWB/RB, Elliott Hewitt, Kellan Gordon, Lucas Akins, Jordan Bowery and James Perch can all play in this position. Hewitt, Gordon and Bowery can all improve defensively but are they all too weak defensively? Are they much worse than Stephen McLaughlin who also gets caught out at the back? As Part Time Pete pointed out, I thought one of the reasons for going to three at the back was to provide the wing backs with more cover when we lose possession and they are caught out high up the pitch e.g. Play Off Final.
James Perch is strong enough at RB but may struggle against against pace. He is also not really suited to the RWB position.
Interested to hear your thoughts.
Bros wrote:The next question is "when Akins is fit who is he going to drop"
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