How about converting Jack Parkinson to centre forward? He'd make a great target man - he's good in the air, holds the ball up well, has a reasonable turn of pace and skill, and he has a good shot. And he scored a few goals for Margate when he was there on loan. Worth a try, Andy?
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I'm sure I went to an away match when Charlie Side (striker) and John Budden (defender) were both on the bench. A striker came off and Budden went on, and scored if my memory serves me right.
Exec lounge Bertie wrote:How about converting Jack Parkinson to centre forward? He'd make a great target man - he's good in the air, holds the ball up well, has a reasonable turn of pace and skill, and he has a good shot. And he scored a few goals for Margate when he was there on loan. Worth a try, Andy?
Nay, nay and thrice nay. Parky is a centre half or defensive midfielder. Leave him there.
Surely such a move would be robbing Peter to pay Paul and I would venture to suggest of negative value. In my book Jack is a vary good Centre Half and the likely reality is that even if he could make the switch it would take some time to adjust to a new role and in the meantime we would significantly weaken the defence significantly. Even if you don't score goals provided you don't concede you get a point.
If we can't get goals in open play from our forwards/midfield is not the the obvious answer to work on dead ball set pieces using Jack and Grahams abilities. Only a thought but one which I'm sure will not have escaped Fordy.
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