Just noticed that 😂. There only seemed to be one place left 😬

Might have🤷🏻‍♂️, I thought you were saying that 2 in midfield, in a 4-4-2 doesn't work any more due to lack of numbers in the middle. Yet playing 2 in the middle a fraction deeper is fine? I'd still argue its down to the type and quality of player that's in there. Partner any of either Wharton, Buckley, Morton with an Nzonzi or Flitcroft and there is no way the midfield 2 gets overwhelmed every week. We just don't have the right compliment of players in the middle. Recruit players to make a system work. We don't - or certainly haven't previously- done that.

Price sounds £1.8 million more than we can afford. Although I'm sure we were told in summer there was a healthy transfer budget but tight wage budget. Yet now we are focusing on signing out of contract players...who by that very nature will expect higher wages.No wonder it's a struggle to get any deals done.

Everything in footy is cyclical. Just need a team to do well with out and out wingers and the fad will change again. Just need to be brave enough to do it first and not mirror everyone else.

Woah there we've often gone 4-2-3-1. It's the 2 you have in there that are important. play a 2 and 1 needs to be physical and the physical and play a bit! We generally play with 2 who can't tackle and think they are Pirlo.

Does it matter? You won't trust the source if he tells you🤷🏻‍♂️

Granted he looked a useful player that season. I'd say there's a case that back then he was playing a proper cf role and had been at Southampton/u21. He's not developed in any way, shape or form since that season. It's been coached out of him with this wide forward rubbish that started during his loan at Brum and under every manager since. Given his size, at 27 he should be an absolute nightmare to play against but he's often bullied out of it by the opposition centre back. Maybe an additional 3 years playing up against 2 cb would have made him more competitive - who knows.

On paper he looks a good addition. We've needed an out and out quick winger for a while. The issue is with our system. He won't be able to get to the byline and whip one in as there is at best only ever 1 rovers player in the box. He's going to end up playing as wingback I reckon. On the down side, he doesn't sound like he's one for a battle and we really need some grit and fire out there when we go behind.

In all honesty our centre backs are far more likely to score at set pieces than Gally/Breo. For 2 big lads they are weak in the air.

Good post. Exactly how I see it. I really hope it signals a shift in tactics but I highly doubt it will.

Lets hope he's actually played as a pacy winger and not wingback or false 9.

Isn't he another small un? we need some presence up there.

The precontract thing is the worst possible outcome for Rovers. No money and a disinterested player for 6 months. You can say he's professional all you want but there's no way he'll be putting his body on the line. No slight on him, just a natural thing to do in his position.

but our 'wingers' don't score and don't cross. Playing on the 'wrong' wing works well if you have quick overlapping full backs though - but we don't have those either 🤷🏻‍♂️

Amen

Strikers are coming. is the new 'Defenders are coming' Then in rocks a loan signing.

We are still waiting to sign a striker to replace our last goalscorer Armstrong...

£1.8 million plus add ons. Source posh chairman- reported in LET - Unless you know otherwise? Edit: To be fair though, on what he's shown to date, the add ons won't be much.

I'm guessing....cheap.

Agreed. With our budget these days -at £2million he should be regarded as a first team top player, not a decent back up to see out games. If he was £500k fair enough but for what we paid he's a poor signing.

All our targets disappearing? Who'd have thought it. Time to dust off the Z list.

TBF, I don't think you can judge players fairly, a week or 2 before a potential move. Hedges being a decent example.

This. And it seems to be any competition at all. The wage structure is the issue.

Also the likely destination of O'Brien at Forest. Old manager now at WBA.

Give over. If you are arguing he's only had 2 chances and scored them both then that clearly highlights 1) His positional awareness must be non-existent. 2) A complete lack of ability to create a shooting opportunity for himself.