Rumour- Lewis Gibson
Posted: 19 Sep 2020 07:52
19 yo CB/LB from Everton. Apparently we are after him on loan. According to one ov the ITK accounts over on Twitter, he's already visited the club.
Stranded wrote:19 yo CB/LB from Everton. Apparently we are after him on loan. According to one ov the ITK accounts over on Twitter, he's already visited the club, when he was six, on the way to his Grandad's in Thatcham.
As long as. It is a simple cover and not pushing our own players out of the side.WestYorksRoyal wrote:CB & LB is valuable versatility given our reliance on Richards. Think this would be a good signing.
I’d rather get this guy in and send our lot on loan to get game time.Nameless wrote:As long as. It is a simple cover and not pushing our own players out of the side.WestYorksRoyal wrote:CB & LB is valuable versatility given our reliance on Richards. Think this would be a good signing.
With McIntyre’s injury plagued start to his short career so far, it makes perfect sense IMO to bring in another body thereCountryRoyal wrote:I’d rather get this guy in and send our lot on loan to get game time.Nameless wrote:As long as. It is a simple cover and not pushing our own players out of the side.WestYorksRoyal wrote:CB & LB is valuable versatility given our reliance on Richards. Think this would be a good signing.
That’s ok then.JimmytheJim wrote:Pretty sure it's the scarves.
Gibson is younger and less experienced than McIntyre and Holmes so surely no less of a risk. Bit of a weird one really.TiagoIlori wrote:Seems this one is actually happening supposed to sign early next week. A left footed centre back isn’t easy to find and I think it’s a big risk insisting with Holmes and McIntyre as backups and allows us to adopt a 3 centre back system when we need to. I don’t think we should be considering him as a backup left back though- perhaps try sign a young one from a premier league clubs U23s?
Not really, he offers cover across CB and LB and is left footed I believe, which offers a different dynamic to the defenders we currently have. It adds a good option, and if it doesn't work out he heads back to Everton in January.SCIAG wrote:Gibson is younger and less experienced than McIntyre and Holmes so surely no less of a risk. Bit of a weird one really.TiagoIlori wrote:Seems this one is actually happening supposed to sign early next week. A left footed centre back isn’t easy to find and I think it’s a big risk insisting with Holmes and McIntyre as backups and allows us to adopt a 3 centre back system when we need to. I don’t think we should be considering him as a backup left back though- perhaps try sign a young one from a premier league clubs U23s?
They obviously just think he is better. Which is fair enough. Highly rated there I believeSCIAG wrote:Gibson is younger and less experienced than McIntyre and Holmes so surely no less of a risk. Bit of a weird one really.TiagoIlori wrote:Seems this one is actually happening supposed to sign early next week. A left footed centre back isn’t easy to find and I think it’s a big risk insisting with Holmes and McIntyre as backups and allows us to adopt a 3 centre back system when we need to. I don’t think we should be considering him as a backup left back though- perhaps try sign a young one from a premier league clubs U23s?
McIntyre is left footed and can cover fullback at a pinch can't he?Stranded wrote:Not really, he offers cover across CB and LB and is left footed I believe, which offers a different dynamic to the defenders we currently have. It adds a good option, and if it doesn't work out he heads back to Everton in January.SCIAG wrote:Gibson is younger and less experienced than McIntyre and Holmes so surely no less of a risk. Bit of a weird one really.TiagoIlori wrote:Seems this one is actually happening supposed to sign early next week. A left footed centre back isn’t easy to find and I think it’s a big risk insisting with Holmes and McIntyre as backups and allows us to adopt a 3 centre back system when we need to. I don’t think we should be considering him as a backup left back though- perhaps try sign a young one from a premier league clubs U23s?
It's a low cost, sensible answer to a gap in the squad.