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At this rate Ben Garrity could attract some interest.

In a good way?

Let’s say we had signed him back as we intended in August, we would have been rotating between him, clark, grant, Massey and plant as wingbacks. More options between the 5 of them. More options to go 4 at the back in a game if needed and also less load on players like Clark and Grant. Either way we need to be recruiting for the wingback position come January whoever it is that we bring in.

I can see why we wanted to get someone like Gibbo back in to the fold as we need competition on both sides of the pitch at wing back and players that could play full back if needed too. My understanding is that it was almost done but we couldn’t shift someone out of the club to make it happen. In addition I think it was either Yates or Sproson that said he was close to coming back in when they commentated on whichever away game it was just after the window shut. Now it looks like he’s in and out of the squad at Bristol it wouldn’t surprise me if we possibly went back for him. So for all our criticism of the recruitment process it does seem like we at least tried to address the wing back / full back issue, but couldn’t get it sorted. I’ve said before that if we can get decent fullbacks and wingbacks in that will give us 30+ appearances a season, who will also add some strength and depth to the squad then that’s the way we should be going because this season and last season that position has not been sorted.

What will be interesting if Crosby goes and we get a new man in is what formation will he want to play? Because a new man may prefer 4 at the back. Which means a massive change in playing personnel at the club. Plus if we are thinking of making a change then it needs to be done soon so the new man can assess the squad himself. We don’t want another situation of the manager not going til the end of the jan window.

The odd crossfield pass that works doesn’t make him a good player. His defensive work should be what defines him. We need him to ad balance to the side on the left hand side of defence and he’s a valuable member of the squad when he’s fit.