- i would expect ambrose to play out on the right, with murphy and holland in the middle and jerome thomas on the left. Rommey can cover on either flank if he can't earn a starting spot in front of those 2 english youngsters.
- smertin will be quality cover for holland who, while incredibly consistent in his time with charlton and ipswich, is getting up in years. smertin can also cover at fullback (as he did for Russia in Euro2004) and is probably a direct upgrade over Kishishev in the squad.
- as for spector, i would expect that he will find himself behind fortune, perry, and sorondo in the middle of the park and the hermannator on the left. So i'm not as convinced about this loan. Don't see how he gets much more playing time from Charlton than he would from ManU. but maybe he gets into reserve and cup matches that he wouldn't up north? and charlton do need a deputy left back with the departure of konchesky to
the MetsWest Ham. - bent, jeffers, bartlett, euell, lisbie, johansson. not an abundance of quality there. charlton's forwards seem to score in bunches. albeit bunches spread out very thinly over the course of a season. maybe bent is the answer. maybe a more dynamic midfield makes a difference for the strikers and/or takes the burden off their shoulders.
regardless, curbishley seems to be building a decent squad and if nothing else, the increased numbers should help them avoid their annual 2nd half slide from european contention to mid-table obscurity.
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