A realistic look at the squad

[Rich]

I genuinely believe Hogan could do a job up front for us. He has pace and can finish

[danarnie]

Put the old squad list into perspective...

Look at the amount of midfielders in that list

Cesar
Green
Murphy

Fabio
Bosingwa
Traore
Hill
Ferdinand
Onuoha
Nelsen

Dyer
Mackie
SWP
Granero
Park
Mbia
Derry
Diakite
Hoilett
Taarabt
Ephraim
Faurlin

Cisse
Zamora
Johnson

[Lunar Jetman]

Can't help but think boswinga will keep a place seeing as we couldn't move him on

I missed a bit of the press conference but apparently HR said about Boswinga, "He's part of my 25. He's been fined, we move on" or something similar..

[Rich]

I guess it means "we are lumbered with him so we crack on"

[Del]

Erik, you perhaps look our squad through your keepers eyes. Fabio can play midfield as a defensive player, but we shouldn't play him there when we have to create chances/win games.

Of course he can create chances, he's an attack minded wide player by trade and could play both flanks. I guarantee if he'd plyed on the wing as many times as Mackie this season, he'd have created a hell of a lot more.

[madara]

I've been watching fabio for years and he is an offensive player (too much somtimes leaving the defense exposed) and can create and score goals. Before he signed for Man Utd he used to score frequently along with his twin brother.

[Timmy the Doc]

Yes, Fabio is an offensive full back, but I ment we will hardly use him in an offensive role when he plays in midfield.
Agree Del, Mackie should never be used in attacking role as a midfielder.