Balham Yellow 0 Posted August 14, 2006 I think it is obvious that we need to have someone playing alongside Earnshaw. With two genuine wing men playing we must have players in the box to get on the end of crosses. Would Eastwood fit the bill? If so, how much do you think it would take to secure his services?I''m working on the premise that we will get c£1.5m for Green. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huddy 0 Posted August 14, 2006 I think Eastwood would be the best signing we could potentially make. My reason for that is this, we have been playing good passing football so far this season and although it would be unintentional, we would be inclined to hoof a little bit more because of a targetmans presence. I believe the problem we have is a shortage of men in the box and so i believe we need another poacher like Earnshaw becase with Croft and huckerby about, we will create plenty of chances. Eastwood is the same heigt as mckenzie 5,11 and slightly smaller than throne, so he is not tiny and ariel crosses would still be in his reach. I believe Eastwood is a natural goalscorer, a great finisher and at 1.5million would be a bargain 2o goal a season striker.Sign him up Nigel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hucka Hucka Huckerby 0 Posted August 14, 2006 [quote user="Matt Hudson"]I think Eastwood would be the best signing we could potentially make. My reason for that is this, we have been playing good passing football so far this season and although it would be unintentional, we would be inclined to hoof a little bit more because of a targetmans presence. I believe the problem we have is a shortage of men in the box and so i believe we need another poacher like Earnshaw becase with Croft and huckerby about, we will create plenty of chances. Eastwood is the same heigt as mckenzie 5,11 and slightly smaller than throne, so he is not tiny and ariel crosses would still be in his reach. I believe Eastwood is a natural goalscorer, a great finisher and at 1.5million would be a bargain 2o goal a season striker.Sign him up Nigel.[/quote]We still need a big target man. Neil Adams hit the nail on the head after the Preston game. He said teams will come here stick 3 in the middle of the park to spoil our passing game & defenders will get closer to Earnie. When this happens you have to have to have a plan B & long balls will be inevitable & the target man will have to hold the ball up. No plan B is a bad thing, we would get bullied off the park by big physical teams. Also the majority of Crofts crosses will go to waste without a big man in the box. Did anyone hear the caller who just couldn''t get his head round this? I was shouting at the radio for him to understand or hang up!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carrow89 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Not sure if Eastwood could step up to the Premiership. Anything less is selling ourselves short. Do we want someone to just get us a bit further up the table ?He has yet to prove himself in the Championship. Maybe a current ''out of favour'' Premiership player should be our aim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern Canary 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Problem is, if we got another striker then we would play 442. But two of the midfielders would be attacking ones, so the team would look a bit like this: GallagherColin Doherty Shackell Drury Safri EtuhuCroft Huckerby Eastwood Earnie And that is almost 424 so i would be concerned that we would not be as effective with defending. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Derby have had two £1M+ bids for Eastwood rejected, £1.5M might not be enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted August 14, 2006 I don''t see that 1.5 million would be enough to buy Eastwood. Southend would struggle without him, and if forced to seel, would probably start a bidding war to get the best price, i mean if Rob Hulse is worth 2.2 million... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky green trainers 0 Posted August 14, 2006 agree that 4-4-2 with the earnie and eastwood show up front would be a combo to strike fear into alot of defences, especially when you have genuine and skilful wing play and pace from both flanks now. mckenzie has still not got back to the best form he showed for us, at the backend of the prem season, but he could come good again - as a back up for earnie and another he''d be perfect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huddy 0 Posted August 14, 2006 "We still need a big target man. Neil Adams hit the nail on the head after the Preston game. He said teams will come here stick 3 in the middle of the park to spoil our passing game & defenders will get closer to Earnie. When this happens you have to have to have a plan B & long balls will be inevitable & the target man will have to hold the ball up. No plan B is a bad thing, we would get bullied off the park by big physical teams. Also the majority of Crofts crosses will go to waste without a big man in the box. Did anyone hear the caller who just couldn''t get his head round this? I was shouting at the radio for him to understand or hang up!!!!!!!!! "I understand what you mean, but i still think that having 2 quick strikers, goal poachers and our 2 wide men will stop this happening. Thats if we do change formation, there isnt really a reason to drop the 4-5-1 formation at the moment. I think it will work wonders away, make us hard to break down and counter attack well in the second half when teams are tired. We also have 2 wins out of 2 at home, and dropping robinson for a striker would leave us weaker defensively with our 2 attack minded wingers. If we do keep the formation how it is, then perhaps the big 6 foot plus striker is the right option. Someone who we can bring on in the second half to win headers, create havoc and get us a goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Frys Evil Twin 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Throw Leon in as a makeweight for Eastwood coming to Carrow Road and we might be onto something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Stegglinho 0 Posted August 14, 2006 As sutton is on a free we could get Freddie aswell ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Shrimper 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Having seen Freddie a number of times in the last couple of seasons Ican confirm he is a quality act & would most certainlyenhance our squad. He has said that he sees no point in leavingSouthend this season unless someone should come in for him from thePremiership; I have no doubt that he''s Premiership quality, he''ll scoreat any level. In style I always liken him to Ryan Jarvis but whereasRyan hasn''t yet made it happen, Freddie most certainly has. If I wereSteve Tilson I''d be thinking in terms of £3m for him, but I suspectthat, economically, Southend would have to seriously consider an offerof £2m. I fear he might still be out of our price range but personallyI''d love to see him move from the 2nd best club in the land to thebest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites