[Albion] Creative midfielder

[West Upper Seagull]

Just an idea, couldn't Solly March drop into central midfield, may be able to see a pass from that position

Absolutely not ! He’s afraid to make a tackle - we’d be a complete pushover in the middle of the park. I can’t believe he’s still making the starting lineup every week.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Absolutely not ! He’s afraid to make a tackle - we’d be a complete pushover in the middle of the park. I can’t believe he’s still making the starting lineup every week.

Creativity

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Creativity

You are joking, aren't you?

 

[AmexRuislip]

You are joking, aren't you?

 

[B-right-on]

There are 'bargains' to be had. Look at Gross. We won't break the bank or our wage structure but we will get someone in if the price is right. TB, CH, PW etc.. will be looking to fill that hole. They can see we have lost our forward drive with Gross out and will be looking to resolve that. In TB and CH we trust.

 

[Surf's Up]

Yes, he was.

You're 'avin a larf mate!!

 

[Wellesley]

You're 'avin a larf mate!!

No I ain't.

 

[b.w.2.]

Mooy?


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[studio150]

Brian Horton was probably our best. If only we could find such a player again now or even another Jimmy Case.

Neil McNab would fit into CHs style, neat tidy rarely gives the ball away with the added bonus of always back or sideways as a first thought

 

[casbom]

What about Nick Powell at Wigan? We were in for him in the Summer, as he's contract is running down, maybe a cheeky bid in Jan? He would be a good addition for no 10 role?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I mean, the answer to this thread is Pascal Gross, right?

He'll be back before January.

Solved.

 

[Badger Boy]

In the meantime, why is there a closed door policy on the U23s?

What are people's thoughts about Dreyer's performances? Isn't he a number 10 style player?

 

[Rugrat]

We have needed a creative midfielder since ...........I dunno, have we ever had one

Ryan Harley?

 

[pishhead]

As mentioned we have Groß for that. Look at the heatmaps for where our central midfielders occupy and it will tell you their job within our setup is to add solidity not creativity. Our central midfielders operate how the 2 holding midfielders would within a 4231. To my untrained eye it is one of the reasons why we struggle to create chances, without knowing I'd love to know how many goal contributions our central midfielders have had over the last season and a bit.

 

[Rugrat]

What about Nick Powell at Wigan? We were in for him in the Summer, as he's contract is running down, maybe a cheeky bid in Jan? He would be a good addition for no 10 role?

He's someone that whenever I see him play (rarely, admittedly) always seems to pull the strings and make a real impact. I often wonder what he's still doing at Wigan and I suspect a few lower half Prem clubs might be looking at him

 

[Doc Lynam]

Normally Grob in that role. Without him don’t have anyone who is composed on the ball when we go forward. Propper would have been an ideal option. Bissouma isn’t the answer he’s much more affective driving from deep and did that well once on today but isn’t the man to split defences with his passing. A 2nd option at 10 wouldn’t be a bad idea.
There is a difference in quality between us and Everton and you can see they have spend £150 odd million on the front 4/5 players.
We can only build slowly and add quality year on year. Stay up this year and we will spend bigger money on better quality player I’m sure

Exactly Rome wasn’t built in a day, the goal is to stay up and invest each year. This is only our second year in the league let’s not get ahead of ourselves!

 

[Doc Lynam]

I mean, the answer to this thread is Pascal Gross, right?

He'll be back before January.

Solved.

Isn’t he back training?

 

[Bakero]

Isn’t he back training?

Expected to return after the international break (end of Novemeber) https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/17...or-late-november-return-to-albion-contention/

 

[GT49er]

In the meantime, why is there a closed door policy on the U23s?

It does seem like that sometimes, doesn't it.

We are often told on here that they are two or three years away from making the grade; there again, we have been told on here (probably by the same people?) at one time or another that most of our first team are League 1 (or maybe Championship) at best -until they actually played in the PL and did alright.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Propper plays in a more forward role for the Dutch. Kayal also better offensively and better as the forward midfielder in a 5 midfield. Then we have Gross too.

For me we need more of a defensive / old school midfielder like Stephens to win the ball and tighten up the middle of the park. Propper has adapted his game brilliantly for that, but if he and Stephens are out, as we've found Kayal just doesn't have as disciplined a mindset.

Saturday, had we a more combative midfielder to come in, Kayal could have played as the forward midfielder / no10 in a 5 man midfield, and March could have either gone wide or bench.

So ball winning / defensive / disciplined midfielder for me.