Is Our Squad Stronger Or Weaker Than Last Season

[woody]

Difficult to know at this stage but Lamouchi said soon after arriving that he wanted more physicality, speed and greater technical ability. If he has brought in players who address those requirements then we will have improved. Midfield was slow last season and for a number of seasons before. We had no one who could burst through from the centre of the park and with only Lolley effective out wide we were very one dimensional. Now there is balance with wide players each side and more speed and muscle in the centre. Central defence and left back looks good and contrary to some people on here, I felt Darikwa was well capable of doing a good job. Now we have to find a right back because I feel if we play Cash there he will get found out just like Osborne did at left back. Up front we are reliant on Grabban but we know he will get 20 goals this season if he’s given the supply. It will be interesting to see what the new striker is like because at 6 ft 3 he should offer something different to what Grabs offers. He might even be better, who knows.

So summarising, it too early to say for sure, but we do seem to have a more balanced squad.