Ciderhead
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That time of year again! Everyone madly rushing to fill in the holes and paper up the cracks that have become apparent in the season to date, or just looking for that one big signing to give them that boost in the push for promotion, the playoffs or just survival.
Notoriously it's a difficult time to recruit effectively but, in an ideal world, who would you hope your club can nab in the January sales? What positions would be the main priority?
From a City point of view:
1) A big man to go alongside Kodjia, a younger Wilbraham if you will. Maybe a Matt Smith type or possibly someone like Kermogant from Bournemouth
2) A keeper as competition for Fielding. Preferably an up-and-comer from the lower leagues, Bentley and Adam Smith at Northampton and Ingram at Wycombe are names that have been mentioned
3) Get Bennett tied up on a permanent deal, or if not another man in at RWB.
4) A creative midfielder, badly need someone who can pick out Kodjia's runs. Freeman has struggled with the step up and Reid clearly not considered up to it.
5) And a defensive mid. Actually think Smith and Pack are adequate enough in there but we have absolutely no cover just to offer something different, and if ine of them gets injured we're fucked.
Then, if I'm being really greedy, if Moore leaves as expected it would be nice to have another CB in as backup. Also a left sided attacker, just to give us more options and that bit of freedom in terms of formation.
Get most of that sorted and I reckon we'll be fine, only 1 or 2 and we'll have to get ready for some squeaky bum time come May.
Notoriously it's a difficult time to recruit effectively but, in an ideal world, who would you hope your club can nab in the January sales? What positions would be the main priority?
From a City point of view:
1) A big man to go alongside Kodjia, a younger Wilbraham if you will. Maybe a Matt Smith type or possibly someone like Kermogant from Bournemouth
2) A keeper as competition for Fielding. Preferably an up-and-comer from the lower leagues, Bentley and Adam Smith at Northampton and Ingram at Wycombe are names that have been mentioned
3) Get Bennett tied up on a permanent deal, or if not another man in at RWB.
4) A creative midfielder, badly need someone who can pick out Kodjia's runs. Freeman has struggled with the step up and Reid clearly not considered up to it.
5) And a defensive mid. Actually think Smith and Pack are adequate enough in there but we have absolutely no cover just to offer something different, and if ine of them gets injured we're fucked.
Then, if I'm being really greedy, if Moore leaves as expected it would be nice to have another CB in as backup. Also a left sided attacker, just to give us more options and that bit of freedom in terms of formation.
Get most of that sorted and I reckon we'll be fine, only 1 or 2 and we'll have to get ready for some squeaky bum time come May.