Message #339906

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Hasselbaink gives a good summary of our predicament here[https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/football/cobblers-boss-hasselbaink-keen-to-add-versatility-to-unbalanced-squad-1-8290390].

He's come to the (admittedly obvious) conclusions that most of us have come to on here:

1. The squad was [poorly] designed for 5-3-2 but we don't have the wing-backs for it
2. We desperately need wingers or some sort of wide-players to play any other kind of formation
3. Therefore the pre-January squad is always going to be a bit 'make-do-and-mend'

He's also added his concerns that the likes of Moloney are playing too many games due to the injury crisis.

My issue with him, however, is that I still think he could have done a better 'make-do-and-mend' job than he has done.

Why has he not repeated the successful experiment of playing George Smith as an emergency high-pressing wide man?
Why doesn't he try Crooks as an emergency target-man/false 9?
Why hasn't he recalled Lobjoit or Joey I to at least provide some kind of box-of-tricks pace off the bench? Someone mentioned Gorre, who was extremely raw and had terrible decision making but still scared defences with his pace and created chances for others.