BlueysoaI'm hearing this ones got legs.
Good chance of passing a medical then.
Hazza5Ye! Especially when they are saying it would put him out for up to four months!
well it aint that bad then , i've been quoted 6-8 months for when they get around to doing my shoulder
Don't think Davies and Kyogo's times at Celtic crossed over, though I'm sure Rodgers has put in a good word
My bad - didn't reseach - just presumed
TBF I initially thought the same but when looking this morning I was surprised to see it’s been a few years since CD was at Celtic.
Go concentrate on selling a few in the next couple of weeks.
Don't think Davies and Kyogo's times at Celtic crossed over, though I'm sure Rodgers has put in a good word
My bad - didn't reseach - just presumed
You're right
Chris Davies -
Joining Celtic
Announced on May 25, 2016, with him officially starting on June 1, 2016
Leaving Celtic
left the club in March 2019
Kyogo
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16 July 2021
I forgot Rodgers had 2 separate spells at Celtic - one with Davies, one without
If this comes to fruition, I’m interested to see how CD fits Stanno and Kyogo in the same team.
It’s more or less then same dilemma we had with Stanno and May, with the added wrinkle that this time Kyogo is the better player.
Personally I’m more sold on the idea of Jay’s future being as a number 9 than a lot of people are, but he DOES have the attributes to play off the left. It’s more about how you do it in an effective way.
As much as I love Cochrane I think you need a more Laird profile wing back down that side to compliment Jay playing a bit narrower? You don’t want him holding all the width.
Apparently he was signed by Rennes under a manager who had a very particular playstyle, who was then promptly sacked. Hopefully he'll be better with us, especially if CD has experience with him before at Celtic.
If this comes to fruition, I’m interested to see how CD fits Stanno and Kyogo in the same team.
It’s more or less then same dilemma we had with Stanno and May, with the added wrinkle that this time Kyogo is the better player.
Personally I’m more sold on the idea of Jay’s future being as a number 9 than a lot of people are, but he DOES have the attributes to play off the left. It’s more about how you do it in an effective way.
As much as I love Cochrane I think you need a more Laird profile wing back down that side to compliment Jay playing a bit narrower? You don’t want him holding all the width.
I've been convinced since April that in the Championship we will play with 3 centre halves
5-2-3 defensively
2-1-4-3 offensively
I agree on Stansfield. Hes a risk taker and so his ball retention isnt great, but hes got natural instinct and a great first touch so hes a 9 for me.
Im not convinced CD will shift away from last seasons approach defensively, so I cant see him risking 2 wing back Laird types.
ThrillhouseI think you need a more Laird profile wing back down that side to compliment Jay playing a bit narrower? You don’t want him holding all the width.
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I agree on Stansfield. Hes a risk taker and so his ball retention isnt great, but hes got natural instinct and a great first touch so hes a 9 for me.
Im not convinced CD will shift away from last seasons approach defensively, so I cant see him risking 2 wing back Laird types.
I'm not running through why it makes us stronger defensively again - i did the full break down before
I agree on Stansfield. Hes a risk taker and so his ball retention isnt great, but hes got natural instinct and a great first touch so hes a 9 for me.
Im not convinced CD will shift away from last seasons approach defensively, so I cant see him risking 2 wing back Laird types.
I'm not running through why it makes us stronger defensively again - i did the full break down before
Aha .. it was actually February when i first bought up that we'd change in the Championship and this is typical of why ... (this one posted at start of May)
"As i've been saying, quite forcibly, for 3 months now, i'm SURE we'll start next season with 3 centre-halves (which doesn't mean we are turning Laird and Cochrane into wing backs) operating as follows ...
We currently have a massive weakness tactically which hasn't been exposed in League 1 due to opposition strikers generally being a bit crap, poor finishers, and less pacey than the ones we'll be up against in The Championship, as well as opposing midfielders not preesing well enough for turnovers to happen in the middle of the opposition half
That weakness is when we are quite advanced and atttacking the opposition and we lose the ball centrally. Then there is a large space for opposition strikers to run into, and run at pace against our defence almost unhindered.
As everyone who watches us knows, we currently, usually, when attacking, push one full back forward and the fullback on the other side tucks in to give us three at the back - and that won't change.
What will happen with 3 centre-halves is that the opposite full-back will still tuck in, but the middle of the three centre-halves will push forward behind, say, Paik and Iwata. So the three at the back when we are attacking will be one full back, 2 centre-halves and then one centre-half sweeping in front of them but behind the midfield.
When defending we can defend as a five
The alternative would be to play an extra more deep-lying midfielder behind the other two midfielders - but we don't have anyone of that ilk who can offer defensive capability at corners etc or slot back into a five defensively. It's possible that we could use Bielik as the middle centre-half pushing forward behind the midfielders when we are attacking. Who knows ? - but my money, for many many months, despite gettings dog's abuse about it, and people telling me that Daviies will not change the system, is that, at least at the start of the season, we will have 3 centre-halves in the starting eleven
NOTE : i'm not better, or more tactically aware, than Chris Davies (well i bloody well hope i'm not) so i'm sure he must have sussed this too.