spyinthesky Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Hopefully Luke Shaw will be back asap but according to recent reports his ankle is in a cast and unlikely to return until last game of season, at best. So how will the Manager seek to deal with this?. Possible options: 1. Move Yoshida to RB and Clyne to LB and bring in Fonte (presume favoured option) 2. Play Fraser Richardson at RB and move Clyne across (FR is OK at Championship level but perhaps a bit out of his depth/rusty at Prem level?) 3. Play Jack Cork at RB etc (Cork is a vital ingredient in midfield and has struggled at RB, Chelsea cup Tie etc) 4. Keep Clyne at RB and recall Dickson (don't think for one this will happen, and dependent on loan terms etc but Dickson possibly no worse than Fox, has a left foot and is reasonably pacey) 5. Play Forren at LB (likely not quick enough as would be the case with Hooivelt)
Matthew Le God Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 (edited) http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?44595-FBs-vs-Spuds-IF-Shaw-is-still-injured Recall Dickson (don't think for one this will happen, and dependent on loan terms etc but Dickson possibly no worse than Fox, has a left foot and is reasonably pacey) Dickson isn't on loan anywhere, he injured his ankle in February 2013 and returned to Saints. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10252115.Bradford_City_defender_Dickson_could_be_out__up_to_six_months_/ Hooivelt Who? Edited 1 May, 2013 by Matthew Le God
ozzmeister Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 As we are effectively 'safe' why not blood the youngster - is it taggert, or at least have on the bench!
Wes Tender Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Hasn't this all been covered here:- http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?44595-FBs-vs-Spuds-IF-Shaw-is-still-injured The option covered there but not included here, is to blood Targett. I have no idea how realistic an option that is, but he is supposed to be the replacement if Shaw goes elsewhere and is only a couple of months younger than him.
Professor Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 My hope is that MP decides not to disrupt the side by playing players out of position just to cover one spot. Moving Clyne, moving Cork or moving one of the CBs would mean two weak positions. To solve this by bringing in Matt Targett who is rated as a very promising LB seems very possible. He'll be 18 in Sept so similar age to Shaw.
Fan The Flames Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 I hope they dont rush Shaw back. Leave him out until next season, we shouldn't want to risk bringing him back for what should be dead rubbers.
saints-cris Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Rather we gave Targett or Reeves a go.. We stick Clyne at LB then we have 2 weaker links IMO
jasoneuelllfanclub Posted 1 May, 2013 Posted 1 May, 2013 Hopefully Luke Shaw will be back asap but according to recent reports his ankle is in a cast and unlikely to return until last game of season, at best. So how will the Manager seek to deal with this?. Possible options: 1. Move Yoshida to RB and Clyne to LB and bring in Fonte (presume favoured option) 2. Play Fraser Richardson at RB and move Clyne across (FR is OK at Championship level but perhaps a bit out of his depth/rusty at Prem level?) 3. Play Jack Cork at RB etc (Cork is a vital ingredient in midfield and has struggled at RB, Chelsea cup Tie etc) 4. Keep Clyne at RB and recall Dickson (don't think for one this will happen, and dependent on loan terms etc but Dickson possibly no worse than Fox, has a left foot and is reasonably pacey) 5. Play Forren at LB (likely not quick enough as would be the case with Hooivelt) He looks ok to me (photo #28 taken on monday) http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/gallery-u21s-held-by-spurs-799828.aspx
Morph Posted 2 May, 2013 Posted 2 May, 2013 Shaw just confirmed on Twitter that he is available on Saturday.
Huffton Posted 2 May, 2013 Posted 2 May, 2013 Good news. However Poch was asked about this in his post match interview last week and said Clyne can play left back as well so we do have cover.
VectisSaint Posted 2 May, 2013 Posted 2 May, 2013 Good news. However Poch was asked about this in his post match interview last week and said Clyne can play left back as well so we do have cover. Well its good to know that the manager knows he can play LB. We could have told him that if he had asked given that many of us saw him play there earlier in the season, and frankly looked marginally better there than at RB, wasn't it the day he scored? If I had a memory I would be able to say who we were playing.
SuperSAINT Posted 14 September, 2019 Posted 14 September, 2019 Mega thread bump. So, er, what’s going on?
Colinjb Posted 14 September, 2019 Posted 14 September, 2019 Mega thread bump. Indeed. Read the first post and wondered if i'd somehow suffered from major concussion.
SuperSAINT Posted 14 September, 2019 Posted 14 September, 2019 Indeed. Read the first post and wondered if i'd somehow suffered from major concussion. We’re doing ok though considering that we are bodging players into the position.
benjii Posted 14 September, 2019 Posted 14 September, 2019 Criminal waste to move Richardson to right back as we will be weak in front-sweeper.
Colinjb Posted 14 September, 2019 Posted 14 September, 2019 We’re doing ok though considering that we are bodging players into the position. Can't complain. Fingers crossed for Bertrand's imminent return. Him and Shaw competing at LB (once his ankle is healed) would be acceptable.
SuperSAINT Posted 25 October, 2019 Posted 25 October, 2019 We’re doing ok though considering that we are bodging players into the position. Yeah, about that
SNSUN Posted 25 October, 2019 Posted 25 October, 2019 Bring in Vokins. What can we lose by it? Otherwise it’s another player playing out of position....
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