The right blend of players in the front 6

Our skilful players aren't skilful enough to cover for the lack of athleticism of the defensively minded payers, under the Farke model.

Or under a more pragmatic Smith approach, our players are not athletic enough to make up for the lack of skill in our creative players.

Realistically, on our budget, our skilful players will never be enough to make up for a lack of athleticism and physicality, so that has to be the starting point in recruiting in the summer.

I'm not saying a bunch of big blokes that can't play football, but players built more like Onel than PP, for example. Rashica is a good signing to be fair.

An issue Webber identified before, but then didn't deal with. Possibly because players with the physical attributes needed that could also fit in a Farke model are £50m plus.

It's the centre of midfield that we need to sort (and have done for 3 years), and the blend of strikers. Is Pukki really going to work as a solo striker in the PL? Unfortunately, I don't think so.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on March 17th 2022 at 07:56:18

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So what is lacking? (NCFC) - usacanary, Mar 17, 04:05:08
- Money (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Mar 17, 11:09:00
- Well… (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Mar 17, 08:53:32
  - But apart from that, what have the Romans ever done for us? (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Mar 17, 10:54:41
  - Nail on the head right there. That needs pinning to Webbers office wall 👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Splat, Mar 17, 10:52:22
  - Not much to fix then... (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 17, 09:17:46
- Creative flair. We had it in the past with Emily, Maddison, Wes et al. I guess we were (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Mar 17, 08:32:19
  - Dowell is missing Emi and Todd (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Mar 17, 10:03:42
    - Why Nigerian? Muscles aren’t race specific (n/m) (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Mar 17, 12:34:33
    - This, totally (NCFC) - Steven_P_Morrissey, Mar 17, 11:05:09
  - Emi FFS (n/m) (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Mar 17, 08:33:04
- a billionaire owner and a bigger stadium obv... (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 17, 08:30:14
  - So why arnt Man Utd winning anything lately? (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Mar 17, 13:23:23
- Hanley and Krul (difficult to impose yourself completely from GK) bring personality and (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Mar 17, 08:26:00
- The right blend of players in the front 6 (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 17, 07:56:18
  - Just to add... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 17, 07:59:24

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