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Joe Gubbins

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BoyWonder2

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Former loanee, Joe Gubbins misses out on the match day squad for QPR’s 3-2 victory over Boro.
 
fbm said:
To be fair, Coulson fitted that bill perfectly and he didn't work out.
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We need to be a bit more careful about who we pick then, and try to identify someone a tad younger and less injury-prone. That doesn't change what we need! We have enough "cultured" defenders who can bring the ball out and are good with their feet. We need someone to dominate in the air and do the dirty work. At the moment we are just getting bullied.
 
Medway Blue said:
We need to be a bit more careful about who we pick then, and try to identify someone a tad younger and less injury-prone. That doesn't change what we need! We have enough "cultured" defenders who can bring the ball out and are good with their feet. We need someone to dominate in the air and do the dirty work. At the moment we are just getting bullied.
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I agree. We appear to be “too nice” to play against our back 3/5.

Not seen Lomas or Gus yet, so can’t judge them, however the others are all neat and tidy, comfortable in possession, but none of them organise the others, drag them into position, give them a bollocking if their man scores etc.

We need someone to go and stick his head on everything. We are vulnerable at set pieces, and not a threat on our own set pieces. How we could do with a Adam Barrett, a Mark Phillips, a Efe Sodje, a Spinner, a Eagle, a certain Pole…

Gubbins would be a nice to have, and would fit in with our other defenders, but doesn’t solve the problem. In an ideal world, we get Gubbins to fill the LCB role, with Ralph moving to LWB. A dominant centre half in the middle, then Lomas/Kensdale/Hobson fighting over the RCB position.
 
BoyWonder2 said:
Not seen Lomas or Gus yet, so can’t judge them, however the others are all neat and tidy, comfortable in possession, but none of them organise the others, drag them into position, give them a bollocking if their man scores etc.
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From the 45 minutes I saw of Lomas against Concord he struck me as a very similar player to Kensdale. Definitely more him than Lopata like anyway.
 
Andy_S said:
From the 45 minutes I saw of Lomas against Concord he struck me as a very similar player to Kensdale. Definitely more him than Lopata like anyway.
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That was the impression I got from reading about him, but didn’t want to pigeon hole him as that without seeing him play.

Kev & co know we need to strengthen in both boxes, and are working round the clock to make that happen. Hopefully some of our issues are dealt with before the weekend.
 
Medway Blue said:
We need to be a bit more careful about who we pick then, and try to identify someone a tad younger and less injury-prone. That doesn't change what we need! We have enough "cultured" defenders who can bring the ball out and are good with their feet. We need someone to dominate in the air and do the dirty work. At the moment we are just getting bullied.
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Well of course. But we are in division 5. I was just making the point that a dominating, ugly slab head of a CB is only half the ticket. Getting one that is also quick and can turn more quickly than the QE2 who also is within our budget AND who happens to be available and wants to play in division 5 may be a lot trickier.

But as with others, I agree with the sentiment. We are too nice at the back and need a bit of strength and dominance.
 
BoyWonder2 said:
Former loanee, Joe Gubbins misses out on the match day squad for QPR’s 3-2 victory over Boro.
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How comes Gubbins is on ex shrimpers and we are still interested in him but Lapota is not on ex Shrimpers and we are still interested in him?
 
Loan Shark Linda said:
How comes Gubbins is on ex shrimpers and we are still interested in him but Lapota is not on ex Shrimpers and we are still interested in him?
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Because I started a thread on Gubbins here, because I hadn’t seen it mentioned anywhere else.

It can be moved to the transfer thread if the mods wish.
 
He's also someone who can take a long throw , none of the others playing on Saturday could.
 
Medway Blue said:
Then we definitely need to be going all out for someone more in the mould of Łopata.
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Yes, without doubt but I guess more easily said than done - the difference KL immediately bought to the team and the organisation and confidence was immense.
 
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