Adherence to reality. Well played. Alcaraz isn't signed official yet, we've seen him in what, three games? Suddenly he's a fully fledged starter and the side is ready to acquaint 6 more first teamers. It's nuts. It's never been done. Never.
The stand out move for me from Moyes is O'Brien, well, that and playing twenty yards further up the pitch and trying to pin the opposition back a bit whilst getting the ball into Beto's feet, but my point stands. So O'Brien, we can't nudge him out of the side, we aint signing prime Tony Hibbert there, so why ruin a good thing? In games in future, watch how little messing about gets done down our RB zone, sides will probe a bit and try and expose a bit but they don't fancy it. Little guys at 5'7'' don't want to tussle with the big Irish muscle. No one leaves a challenge on him, no one is mouthing off with the wind up, and no one at all fancies picking him up on our corners.
We've keepers out on loan, put emergency recalls in loans next season in worst case scenario. Keepers and RB fixed.
Get a Digne or a Baines for the LB, get a fast as anything RW, and a versatile striker. This bit is the tough bit, get a Niall Quinn (chris wood) type or more of a poacher quick feet type like jeffers. Are we playing a brute or are we going for speed? We can't afford the model that's both. This has to be faced, Alcaraz, Ndiaye, McNeil, some Cottee like striker, that's a bunch of small guys and it'll be a smash up against the monsters playing for notts forest currently. It's why Doucoure is so important, that bit of physicality, that preparedness to mix a bit of brawn.
TLDR?
I'll be amazed at 3 first team instant additions. We need a few big lads, even for the bench to stop our quick and smaller players getting kicked out of games. Good left and right foot dead ball delivery to start picking a few of the big lads out. Enjoyed watching Digne for Villa today. Reminds me of what we gave away.
