Mounir is out of tonight's game and maybe missing for Coventry, so...

we'll have to put our other left sided midfielder in the team. Oh no, hang on, we haven't got one. We've gone with just the one left sided midfield player for the full season. A spindly little Frenchman with no experience at all of the rough and tumble of the Championship. One week in and he's injured already. Who'd have thought it. So it's another player playing out of position tonight. It'll probably be a right back. We seem to stick them everywhere else. Except at right back of course.

 

I don't think criticising El Haimour (which seems to be somewhere in the tone of this message) is fair on the lad - all footballers get injured. Certainly isn't his fault theres no cover for him.

Agreed with the rest of it though.

 

thought they played with their feet, WIMPS nt

 

I wasn't criticising him

But going into the season without any cover/competition for him is just barmy. Almost as silly as not having a left back.

 

I don't think it's anything against him

Jay is just pointing out that if you sign a player with no experience in this league at all and no experience with this level of physical football then it is suicide to go into a season without one single player as cover for him. And no Simon, cover does not mean shifting somebody out of position.

 

Who played on the left last year? nt

 

An out of position Devaney

Or an even further out of position Leon. I was hoping that playing players out of position would have been rectified over the summer. We were very close to relegation last season and I believe a big part of that was us not having a balanced squad. Unfortunately, we're in a very similar position this season.

 

RE: Who played on the left last year? nt

Grant McCann for a bit, too.

 

If you're not criticising him then I agree wholeheartedly.

Seemed like "Spindly little Frenchman" & "injured already - what a surprise" was a bit of a criticism, but if not, then you're dead right.

 

One day

We'll have a decent left footed left back and left sided midfielder/winger in the same team, giving us natural balance.
But not today.

 

Lets hope he gives the only other left footed players at the club a chance tonight then. Luke Potter & Jacob Butterfield.

Only one way to find out if they're good enough - f.cking play them.

 

RE: One day

To sign 2 players in the close season for one position would be a bit extravangant - can't Hume play on the left as well?

It's luxury to expect Barnsley to have two players for every spot.

Even Everton have a right footed player as first choice on the left, I can probably think of a few other Premier teams who are in a similar position.

 

I think its because we've got a not very good, over rated, arrogant manager.

 

Everton's regular left back last season was Joleon Lescott

Who's left footed. At the start of the campaign, their summer signing from Wigan, Leighton Baines, occupied the position. He's also left footed.
I stand by my view that a decent left footed left back and left sided midfielder/winger would give us natural balance.

 

Most left footed players are rubbish anyway.

 

Only for us mate, only for us

 

id play devaney on the left and hume on the right