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2015/16 Transfer Speculation

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Posted March 23, 2016 22:50 · last edited March 23, 2016 22:54

I feel like FB can be plugged by stop gaps but CB can't. If Fox or Dura goes down, we're screwed. It's likely Dura will be prone to more injuries next season, as he was this year.

We need at least one more experienced CB who is confident marshaling things - that isn't easy to find.

I also think that Ernie wants a striker like a Keogh but getting Gui is a more low-risk option as we don't want another Sarpong situation.

Global Game wrote:

Ernie's priority must be to sort out the spine of the team. Assuming Finkler is coming, Roly is staying and Vinnie is leaving, our priorities must be 1) an experienced commanding CB who has composure and plays with both feet in their mid-late 20s and 2) a starting, naturally central, striker.

I really don't want to be converting natural midfielders into defenders (though I could imagine Rodriguez developing into a Mascherano type role over a few years), and given our abundance of attacking wide midfielders, is Rogerson's spot better utilised by Gulley at right back?

100% agreed, except for A-Rod turning into a snarling defensive midfielder/CB. Guy is far too nice.

I think that finding both these players will be nigh on impossible without an import spot however.

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valeo edited March 23, 2016 22:54

I feel like FB can be plugged by stop gaps but CB can't. If Fox or Dura goes down, we're screwed. It's likely Dura will be prone to more injuries next season, as he was this year.

We need at least one more experienced CB who is confident marshaling things - that isn't easy to find.

I also think that Ernie wants a striker like a Keogh but getting Gui is a more low-risk option as we don't want another Sarpong situation.

Global Game wrote:

100% agreed, except for A-Rod turning into a snarling defensive midfielder/CB. Guy is far too nice.

valeo edited March 23, 2016 22:54

I feel like FB can be plugged by stop gaps but CB can't. If Fox or Dura goes down, we're screwed. It's likely Dura will be prone to more injuries next season, as he was this year.

We need at least one more experienced CB who is confident marshaling things - that isn't easy to find.

I also think that Ernie wants a striker like a Keogh but getting Gui is a more low-risk option as we don't want another Sarpong situation.

Mainland FC wrote:

valeo wrote:

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Personally I would've thought we would aim for a Keogh or Berisha type.

Personally I would have thought we'd aim for a Dani Alves, Branislav Ivanovic or Pablo Zabaleta type.

Okay?

valeo edited March 23, 2016 22:52

I feel like FB can be plugged by stop gaps but CB can't. If Fox or Dura goes down, we're screwed. It's likely Dura will be prone to more injuries next season, as he was this year.

We need at least one more experienced CB who is confident marshaling things - that isn't easy to find.

I also think that Ernie wants a striker like a Keogh but getting Gui is a more low-risk option as we don't want another Sarpong situation.

Mainland FC wrote:

valeo wrote:

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Personally I would've thought we would aim for a Keogh or Berisha type.

Personally I would have thought we'd aim for a Dani Alves, Branislav Ivanovic or Pablo Zabaleta type.

Facepalm.

valeo edited March 23, 2016 22:51

I feel like FB can be plugged by stop gaps but CB can't. If Fox or Dura goes down, we're screwed. It's likely Dura will be prone to more injuries next season, as he was this year.

We need at least one more experienced CB who is confident marshaling things - that isn't easy to find.

I also think that Ernie wants a striker like a Keogh but getting Gui is a more low-risk option as we don't want another Sarpong situation.