Creative midfielder?

[Big Rons Brain 0]

Having watched the game on Saturday, came to the conclusion, that aside from the obvious drawbacks

of hoofing the ball at little old Earnie, the real missing link is surely a midfield player with some passing

vision.  McVeigh was given a free role in the second half after having no joy on the wing and sure

enough supplied the pass for the goal, he is not the man for the job though, as struggles to win the

ball and is too physically slight.  Through balls and the occasional high ball behind the defence is what

Earnie thrives on, lets let Ethuhu and Safri do the fighting, and get in someone who can pass, add our

wingers to the mix and up the league we go?  Also, Dublin stays at center back from now on in my book.

[Evil Monkey 52]

I entirely agree on the midfielder point, we''ve been lacking one of them since Francis left.  McVeigh is always a good option for linking the midfield and the attack because he''s got a very good footballing brain under all that hair and kebabs!  Out of the current squad, however, we''ve got no one else, so it would definitely have to be a new signing.The only question is "who?"

[lucky green trainers 0]

sure ron, earnie is starved on the right sort of delivery - he needs through balls he can run onto - mcveigh tried 3 times to get him in this way and succeeded once - once was enough.  neither dicko, robbo or safs look interested/capable of delivering the right type of ball.  if you watch earnie, he takes up loads of great positions, in between defenders, but he rarely receives a quality through ball  that splits the defence and takes advantage of this. bellamy thrived on through balls and scored loads via one on ones - we need that kind of service back for earnie.

[Gingerpele 0]

RYAN JARVIS could play the free role but etuhu cant tackle i cant remember 1 tackle on saterday from etuhu that is dublin was dping everything in defence and shacks backed him up well that defence should last till cristmas at least now.

[essexcanary 0]

koumas was and in my opinion still is the best option!

not sure what his fitness is like now, but he is midfielder in the league when he can be bothered, worthy never wanted him cos of his attidude problems apparently!

bring him in grant

[Canary02 0]

Koumas is the most over-rated player in the league. He only plays well when he''s part of a three-man midfield with the other two doing his work. We couldn''t have a team with him and Hucks in. Two gifted luxury players is one too many.

Whilst I agree that we need more in midfield, we also need someone who at least holds his own in a midfield battle, not another Robinson who shirks tackles, or a Mulryne, who can play, but who can''t be arsed with tracking back.

[alex_ncfc 686]

[quote user="essexcanary"]

koumas was and in my opinion still is the best option!

not sure what his fitness is like now, but he is midfielder in the league when he can be bothered, worthy never wanted him cos of his attidude problems apparently!

bring him in grant

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No chance, WBA have a new manager and Koumas is a regular now. A shame.

[Big Rons Brain 0]

[quote user="Canary02"]

Whilst I agree that we need more in midfield, we also need someone who at least holds his own in a midfield battle, not another Robinson who shirks tackles, or a Mulryne, who can play, but who can''t be arsed with tracking back.

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This is exactly why McVeigh can never do the job.  Need a player who combines reasonable all round midfield game

with extra vision in passing.  Can''t carry a midfielder who just wants to sit and spray the ball in this division with this

squad.  Also, should coach existing players to occasionally try the ball over the top,  a few times on Saturday

when the midfield could have tried a ball forward for Earnie to chase if they had got their heads up.  Earnie

is like a coiled spring always on the last man and ready to surge forward onto these balls. Seem to remember we had the

other extreme when he first joined, recall the Ipswich home game when we tried this constantly.