Not convinced that Billing was our DFM plan

(maybe use him as a stickier number 10)

Also not convinced that a direct Skipp replacement is the plan with the new formation/midfield either.

Rashica/PLM/Tzolis all have McLean-esque retention stats, though much of that still depends on the passing to release the press after the initial retention. It'll take a while for the midfield to be in tune.

Strongly suspect that the idea is that the whole midfield is meant to be more robust - as piling pressure on (even) Skipp or the like at Prem level seems risky. If Normann has dislocated his shoulder, then that line would seem to be dead, but also flags that anyone we bring in could get wiped out early.

Don't get me wrong, I agree it is a key role to strengthen, I just think there's more subtlety to how we've planned to address the issues there than just dropping a bruiser into that space.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on August 28th 2021 at 10:02:36

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Busy four days ahead for Webber. The two most important positions to fill. No pressure (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 28, 07:41:20
- don't expect anybody of any note to come in (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 28, 08:21:16
  - It will be negligent if they don’t sign a holding midfielder (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 28, 08:31:52
    - Negligent? (NCFC) - Old Man, Aug 28, 11:03:47
      - Heh, yeah (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 11:43:41
    - All depends though :- (NCFC) - colincanary, Aug 28, 09:35:20
    - Having Skipp last season showed us how important that role is. It was the priority signing (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 28, 09:16:49
    - what would be more negligent (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 28, 08:41:34
      - Yes there are no defensive midfielders we can sign anywhere in the world (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 28, 10:31:39
      - Would be pretty poor not to find anyone able to improve us when we wasted weeks … (NCFC) - loz, Aug 28, 09:07:10
        
        Not convinced that Billing was our DFM plan (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 10:02:36
        
        so we should ignore our budget & player-valuation (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 28, 09:23:01
        
        We spent 5M on a reserve keeper. A bit hard to take if we’ve no funds left for a position (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 28, 09:30:50
        
        £5m is cheap in today’s market. (NCFC) - lurd, Aug 28, 11:29:51
        
        Ramalamadingdong (NCFC) - APB, Aug 28, 11:59:06
        
        He is not just a reserve though. He is likely Krul’s replacement. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 28, 11:01:07
        
        Indeed (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 11:04:31
        
        Yep we’ve needed a decent Cb and DCM all summer… (NCFC) - loz, Aug 28, 11:08:50
        
        Yes, and no (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 11:41:50
        
        Not sure that the algebra of that is right (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 28, 10:24:26
        
        hard to disagree with that (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Aug 28, 09:58:01
        
        We shouldn’t spend weeks trying to sign a player… (NCFC) - loz, Aug 28, 09:29:02
        
        Just being in Harrods (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 28, 10:58:41
        
        ❌❌❌📣🔞🚨🚨🚨Muff warning!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Aug 28, 09:17:54
      - ^^^ VMT^^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 28, 08:54:59
  - You joking? Pretty clear Farke is desperate for a midfielder especially. He was mentioning (NCFC) - thirsty work, Aug 28, 08:27:48
    - see the reply from Hencirikus (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 28, 08:57:32

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