JR stating we are interested in bringing in a striker and a left winger. There's been chat about potential strikers (including LG) but any thoughts on who the left wingers might be?
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Thread: Left winger
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17-04-2021 08:11 AM #1
Left winger
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17-04-2021 09:17 AM #2
Reckon we’ll be watching Daniel Mackay at Caley.
Good young left winger who has speed and is direct.
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17-04-2021 09:25 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Do you think he could go straight into our first 11?
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17-04-2021 09:30 AM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's definitely something we're lacking, the squad is unbalanced as is.
3 right sided mids/attackers Boyle, Cadden and Wright and only Murphy who plays off the left but is right footed but is also very injury prone.
Only got 2 main strikers even though Ross prefers a 2 striker formation, so another needed but if Nisbet leaves we may need 2 strikers.
Another area we need looking at is CH and RB, we only have Daz as real cover at CH and 2 ageing RB's, one looking tired and Gray who is way out the picture.
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17-04-2021 09:46 AM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hard to say about him starting for us as he would be best left of a 433 type formation but it’s something we done play. If we did it would be really good having the option of him and Murphy between dips in form and injuries.
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17-04-2021 05:58 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-04-2021 06:38 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-04-2021 06:43 PM #8
Wingers are an inconsistent lot.
Tend to blow hot one week and cold the next.
Hearts have signed hunners of them in recent years and they have generally been a waste of wages.
Horgan was of the hot and cold variety but his fitness was a lot better than his replacement Murphy.
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19-04-2021 07:23 AM #9
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Where is Lewis Morgan playing these days, great player when at St Mirren
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19-04-2021 07:27 AM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Season started at the weekend, he started for them, alongside Higuain and Matuidi.
I doubt we’ll be getting him.
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19-04-2021 07:33 AM #11
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Is Jordan Jones still with sevco always thought he was decent.
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19-04-2021 07:34 AM #13
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It’s an odd one. We don’t really play with wingers in the traditional 442 sense. Doig provides all the width and penetration on the left side but he’s clearly a LWB. Boyle does a lot more attacking than defending in his role. So it’s a left winger that’s general not going to play most weeks unless we are thinking of changing systems and going to a back 4. That would then make the Cadden signing a bigger deal as he’d probably slot in to the RB role.
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19-04-2021 09:42 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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19-04-2021 09:43 AM #15
Would Greg Kiltie be a shout?
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19-04-2021 12:01 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-04-2021 12:35 PM #17
Daniel Mackay was my first thought tbh
Scottie on a scouting recce
Looks promising young and has pace and penetration
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19-04-2021 05:15 PM #18
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19-04-2021 06:43 PM #19
Brandon Barker has been out on loan at league 1 Oxford and apparently doing really well so i doubt we could get him. Our interest in Thomas Robert seems to have petered out in the media just now but there might have been something in it.
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19-04-2021 06:45 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-04-2021 06:55 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As if some young French laddie, with nae link to Scotland, would ever choose Airdrie if there were better options.
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19-04-2021 07:55 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-04-2021 10:25 PM #23
I don’t see 3-5-2 being a long term sustainable solution for a side wanting to play attractive attacking football. So that would mean going to a back 4. Majority of teams now play 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 with a main striker and two wingers high up the park. 4-4-2 gets you overrun in the middle of the park. Be an interesting summer of transition though, plenty movement both ways I’d imagine, but a left winger is a must, need two for there with Murphy being one of those two. Would imagine Nisbet will go so will need a couple of strikers as well.
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19-04-2021 10:34 PM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Under Stubbs, Lennon and now Ross we always looked good in a 352 imo. Lennons team was probably the most exciting Hibs team I’ve watched in a while at the time we had Allan, Mcgeough and McGinn (albeit it’s not hard when you have those players).
But I think lately under Ross our football has improved and I think that’s because the players are understanding each other and the system a lot better.
Like you say though there will probably be big changes in the summer which will determine what formation we play.
Every time I see us as a 433/4231 I can’t help but feel the striker is too isolated.
If you play a 352 though your full backs need to be machines able to get up and down and contribute in an attacking sense like Cadden, Boyle and Doig - not so much Stevenson etc.
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19-04-2021 10:38 PM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-04-2021 10:42 PM #26
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And ive forgotten about Murphy again!
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19-04-2021 11:06 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think what we’ve saw with Ross this season is he’s more than happy to change formation based on who we’re playing whether it’s 352, 442 or 4231. Having that left winger would add to what we can play without having people out of position and allow us to set up differently.
Agree that Wright will most likely be moved on, Magennis isn’t a left mid and Murphy....well I just can’t see him ever being fit.
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19-04-2021 11:12 PM #28This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I get most bigger and successful teams use that however they have the budget to buy and play the guys that are really good in 1v1s and likely to create something out of nothing.
In a 4231 at the moment our best attacking players in that formation playing in their actual positions would probably be Murphy, Allan and Boyle behind Nisbet. You wouldn’t be able to play Doidge who to me is such a vital player and Nisbet misses him, some would say Nisbet on the left but I’m not sure he’s played there before much and it takes away the best part of his game.
352 allows us to play the likes of Allan, Boyle, Doidge and Nisbet.
Nisbet, Doidge and Boyle all getting in double figures shows it can be effective going forward.
I’m sure the opposition would much rather play against 1 striker than 2, especially in Scotland.
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20-04-2021 01:02 AM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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