Other than the goalkeeper position this is my biggest worry for the season ahead. Clunan was a massive part of our spine and we certainly missed him when he was out of the team.
It’s pretty obvious we haven’t replaced him, Ewing has been much more forward thinking in these pre-season games and none of our other midfielders can play in that position (Rowley, Scales, Brogan, Beestin…they’re all pretty pants defensively).
The squad seems massively unbalanced. We’ve got 6 central strikers currently playing (Whitehall, Howe, Dawson, Simmonds, Carlton, Beck…could also throw Beestin and Chadwick into the mix to make it 8). Going to be hard keeping them happy with (hopefully) 1 spot to fill when we play our preferred 4-3-3. In contrast we don’t have a single defensively minded midfielder and no fit right back (Starbuck ain’t the answer).
