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I would have kept Jenz until the summer then make a decision on whether we should sign him permanently. We need 4 CBs, CCV, Starfelt, Kobayashi and Jenz. That would allow Welsh to go out on loan (or permanently) and still have enough cover. Also allows Lawal to go out on loan to play regular football.Feel sorry for Moritz Jenz. The lad did not let us down at all. Just the realities of modern day football. Wishing him all the best in his future career.
Agree totally. For me, he is a better overall defender than Welch.I would have kept Jenz until the summer then make a decision on whether we should sign him permanently. We need 4 CBs, CCV, Starfelt, Kobayashi and Jenz. That would allow Welsh to go out on loan (or permanently) and still have enough cover. Also allows Lawal to go out on loan to play regular football.
Jenz overall was good for us, a few errors but nothing major. He's only 23 so his best years are ahead of him, he settled at the club, got lots of gametime when Starfelt was injured and didn't look out of place in how we play. Not as good as CCV obviously but not that much of a downgrade on Starfelt, with time on his side.
Hope he does well and gets regular football back at Lorient
I think that was the idea, to keep him until the summer but hes chosen not to wait in reserve until that time.I would have kept Jenz until the summer then make a decision on whether we should sign him permanently. We need 4 CBs, CCV, Starfelt, Kobayashi and Jenz. That would allow Welsh to go out on loan (or permanently) and still have enough cover. Also allows Lawal to go out on loan to play regular football.
Jenz overall was good for us, a few errors but nothing major. He's only 23 so his best years are ahead of him, he settled at the club, got lots of gametime when Starfelt was injured and didn't look out of place in how we play. Not as good as CCV obviously but not that much of a downgrade on Starfelt, with time on his side.
Hope he does well and gets regular football back at Lorient
Everybody Mercedes are useless in the bad weather...Feel sorry for Moritz Jenz. The lad did not let us down at all. Just the realities of modern day football. Wishing him all the best in his future career.
A more natural footballer than Starfelt.I would have kept Jenz until the summer then make a decision on whether we should sign him permanently. We need 4 CBs, CCV, Starfelt, Kobayashi and Jenz. That would allow Welsh to go out on loan (or permanently) and still have enough cover. Also allows Lawal to go out on loan to play regular football.
Jenz overall was good for us, a few errors but nothing major. He's only 23 so his best years are ahead of him, he settled at the club, got lots of gametime when Starfelt was injured and didn't look out of place in how we play. Not as good as CCV obviously but not that much of a downgrade on Starfelt, with time on his side.
Hope he does well and gets regular football back at Lorient
I would disagree - most clubs maintain 3 or 4 strikers in their squads. We play at least 2 in every single game (although we did finish the sevco game playing both Kyogo and GG up front which did lead to a very successful outcome for us).It would be difficult to keep three main strikers happy and at the same time giving Vata more game time
Spot on Bridie: while I get the same buzz as everybody else when we sign a player, I'm long enough in the tooth to know they come with a degree of gamble.I must admit I do have a slight reservation about Oh - he looks like a really hard worker but is he a lethal goalscorer? I certainly hope so, and he does the business for us, but for some reason I have a nagging feeling (what do I know though, Ange and our recruitment team know a lot more than us lot).
I'm assuming now Oh has signed that GG will now leave? In my opinion that would leave us short up front. We would have Kyogo and Oh as a main striker (with Maeda as back-up, I suppose). Bearing in mind we always seem to substitute the starter after 60 minutes then we need a minimum of two strikers for each game.
But if any of them suffer an injury again (as both Kyogo and GG did for large parts of last season), due to hammer throwers targeting them or just accidents or over-straining themselves, then that leaves us exposed IMO. So if GG does indeed leave then I would still like to have another dedicated striker available, preferably one with a physical presence who can mix things up with the CBs in the SPFL just to give us an alternative plan.
I'm also hoping Rocco Vata will see more game time over the next year as Ange breaks him into the first team as well as he (hopefully) develops into a great player for us.