Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V3 : Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:38 am
Baconbutty wrote:
I honestly don't get the Austin thing. Where does he fit into the side? Would one of Gale, Sezer or Austin be happy being second choice and in the squad purely as backup? Or is the intention for one of them to play full back or something? And if so, where does that leave Myler and Walker?
Look at it this way. At the start of the season, our specialist fullbacks and halves were Walker/Myler (fullback) and Gale, Lui and McLelland (halves). Now consider how many games those players have actually been fit to take part in. Our first choice option of Myler, Lui and Gale have not yet taken the field after 16 league matches. The club clearly don't want to countenance that happening again, hence the decision to add both depth and quality in the form of Sezer and Austin. Real competition for places will drive the standards up to.