joey_big_nose

Yeah - I think Dennis, Woodrow etc teaches us we are much better to get someone hungry as opposed to players who have completely checked out. Id go for someone with a good scoring record in a lower division than a poor scoring record in a higher one.

I suppose Pratt and Litherland have hugely exceeded expectations, so the same logic applied to O'Riordan. I know this is a logical fallacy, but then again if you phrased the question as "who would perform better out of O'Riordan or veteran/unknown overseas recruit" its a very hard one to call. I suppose we can recall him Jan 1st and see how he does.

Agreed... We seem to have completely fluked it with Pratt and Litherland, and after those two Id be prepared to give Powell a crack if Hedges is injured. Lets throw all the money at strikers as that is what we desperately need.

The quality in this game has been really remarkably low. Wednesday have offered such little resistance and keep giving us the ball. But we just give it back.

Cantwell has done some nice touches but terrible shooting and final ball.

Hes superb at what he does (relentlessly press). But if you take that away he seems a bit lost. I think we have to give one of the young lads a go.

Ohashi having a mare....

Ohashi is such an off the ball pressing player. In a game like this where the opposition just let us have the ball he is all at sea.

Henricksson has looked okay to me.

We should be ahead but for some poor finishing from Ohashi and Cantwell. Weve been completely on top, just more of the same should see us win.... Really incredible how poor our bench is. Doherty is supposed to be a striker - any info anyone has on him? Any good?

Totally agree with this... TBH Tavares and De Neve aside I think the signings have been okay for the very little money we can afford. Henricksson I am on the fence on as not seen enough. The issue is more that we sell established experienced players for nothing or very little. It would not be beyond our wit to find a way to keep them without spending more money if we had engaged owners who could plan more than a few months ahead. Also we would be able to sell them for more money if needed imo.

Vals pretty old school - likes Litherland and Pratt as they are physically robust, but I imagine Tyjon he thinks is way too lightweight and will get bullied. I imagine he likes Diamini because he is more physical.

Intrigued by how Henricksson does. Works really hard, very physical, just seems slightly behind the play hence all the fouls. But he could suit a front two, who knows, didn't really have enough time to form an opinion last week. Gudjonsen is so invisible off the ball that I expect us to actually improve in terms of pressing and competing with Henricksson. But Gudjonsen can finish and when he does (rarely) win the ball in the air he is generally pretty good at finding a rovers shirt. Will be interesting how Henricksson links up.

Ohashi makes the whole system work, the ground he covers relentlessly and the way he is always fit is really remarkable. That we can play two forwards and two attacking mids is down to his pressing and physicality Take him out and I think we would be quickly back to the drawing board.

Well we have signed a few (Ohashi, Gudjonsen, Tronstad, Toth, Alebiouso, Mori). But rarely (never?) in January to be fair