Holgate will benefit massively from continuing to play. Bringing in a short term player who will take minutes away is not good for him, full stop. Make Silva a coach if we need a mentor for Mason.
I was thinking more alongside him to be honest. Silva and Holgate would be first choice imo.
I think in theory it could happen, but I'd be surprised if adding a CB to the squad didn't effect Holgate's minutes at all. Plus if we do sign someone like Gabriel too, you now have a logjam that includes someone who you'll feel you have to play and two young players who need minutes. I'd also argue it wouldn't be good to relegate Mina to bench duty for someone who is at best probably giving us two years. That pretty much ends his chances of making it.
This is a hilariously accurate point.
Maybe if we were sat on 75 points right now and still in the cup and just needed that one piece to push us over the top it would have a point. But I'm pretty sure we aren't one piece from success.
I don't see this part of it myself, at all. Personally, I think he's nothing more than adequate on the ball when playing CB. Teams would press the crap out of him in midfield and it would fall apart rapidly. The games he played in the center this year were United and Leicester in the cup I think, and neither were occasions where we even pretended to be interested in passing through the middle. To me the stuff about Holgate with the ball has always been a bit of a myth among our supporters.
It doesn't change my mind because I feel like we'd still lose even if Silva played instead of Keane
I don't agree.
I don't think It could look more jarg to be honest mate.
