Injury list - Come january
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:25 amI for one hope that the injury list has seen enough casulties this year and come January we will have a good strong squad with players to fill in positions if any players are lacking in their department. For one i think we have not had enough options on the flanks and looking forward to the new year we will have options of Nunez / rissle / finnan / Kewell / Smicer / Warnock / Garcia.
Now if i am being honest i would prefer to see Risle or maybe Warnock on the left side as they both have the skill and pace to take players on and get in a good cross into the box and Risle with his powerful left peg isnt afraid to have a pop shot from anywhere - as we have seen this season.
On the right - well thats anyones guess. Finnans hasnt played to bad infact he has performed quite well on the right but at the present time i think he needs to replace Josemi who has lost his way a little. Garcia i think is best playing more central just behind the forwards but after the Arsnenal game so is Stevie G. So i think it is out of Nunez and Smicer.
Now no one really knows alot about Nunez and it would be good to see what he is like in a full game - fingers crossed he is what we have been looking for, and then there is Smicer. Now i quite liked Smicer last season - i know i may get some fingers pointed in my direction and a few laughs but i really did rate him through last season when he played. It will be good to see what RB can do for him because he was a 10 times better player than Biscan was and now look at him he has become a somewhat hero and starting to show potential.
As for Kewell well i am not convinced i think if he does not go in January he needs time away from the premiership matches, to work on his fitness, lose those extra pounds he looks like he is carrying and if he still has injuries he needs to get them sorted and pretty quickly. If it is confidence then there is only one man who can retore that and that is himself by playing the the kind of football we bought him for thus getting the fans singing his name and back on his side.
Realistically in January where should we stenghthen - in my opinion if we have the money i think we could do with a centre back and a forward - what is your opinion???
Otherwise i believe we have a team that can potentialy finish in the top 3
Now if i am being honest i would prefer to see Risle or maybe Warnock on the left side as they both have the skill and pace to take players on and get in a good cross into the box and Risle with his powerful left peg isnt afraid to have a pop shot from anywhere - as we have seen this season.
On the right - well thats anyones guess. Finnans hasnt played to bad infact he has performed quite well on the right but at the present time i think he needs to replace Josemi who has lost his way a little. Garcia i think is best playing more central just behind the forwards but after the Arsnenal game so is Stevie G. So i think it is out of Nunez and Smicer.
Now no one really knows alot about Nunez and it would be good to see what he is like in a full game - fingers crossed he is what we have been looking for, and then there is Smicer. Now i quite liked Smicer last season - i know i may get some fingers pointed in my direction and a few laughs but i really did rate him through last season when he played. It will be good to see what RB can do for him because he was a 10 times better player than Biscan was and now look at him he has become a somewhat hero and starting to show potential.
As for Kewell well i am not convinced i think if he does not go in January he needs time away from the premiership matches, to work on his fitness, lose those extra pounds he looks like he is carrying and if he still has injuries he needs to get them sorted and pretty quickly. If it is confidence then there is only one man who can retore that and that is himself by playing the the kind of football we bought him for thus getting the fans singing his name and back on his side.
Realistically in January where should we stenghthen - in my opinion if we have the money i think we could do with a centre back and a forward - what is your opinion???
Otherwise i believe we have a team that can potentialy finish in the top 3
