Myers is a hard one to read. I don't think that I want him to 'replace' Jobe in a structural sense as I think that we have to take the plunge and rely on Langford primarily as the replacement.
When I think about what it is that Jobe does well the replacement is not as simple as putting up the next biggest body to play as an inside midfielder. It's just as much a style of player, which is a first touch clearance player who will absorb that pressure to set up other players primarily by hand-balling. Because most posters are too busy writing Langford off as soft they can't see the similarities in game style.
In this regard Myers is not really a replacement, he's someone who is better suited to a defensive role (whereas Jobe's was fundamentally attacking) around the ball. Myers is not really clean enough by hand. It's the defensive roles that Myers was performing in 2013 and 2014 I think we can expect that Myers can get back to that level for the next few years. Given all of the problems he has had in the last three seasons I doubt that we'll see Myers' best and most effective footy in an attacking midfield role.
The issue is whether Worsfold thinks that there is a need for the defensive role. I think, at least initially, there is absolutely a need while we are waiting for the younger group to find its feet but I can see Myers getting squeezed by the end of the year if we get a good run with injuries and form with a certain group of players.
When I think about what it is that Jobe does well the replacement is not as simple as putting up the next biggest body to play as an inside midfielder. It's just as much a style of player, which is a first touch clearance player who will absorb that pressure to set up other players primarily by hand-balling. Because most posters are too busy writing Langford off as soft they can't see the similarities in game style.
In this regard Myers is not really a replacement, he's someone who is better suited to a defensive role (whereas Jobe's was fundamentally attacking) around the ball. Myers is not really clean enough by hand. It's the defensive roles that Myers was performing in 2013 and 2014 I think we can expect that Myers can get back to that level for the next few years. Given all of the problems he has had in the last three seasons I doubt that we'll see Myers' best and most effective footy in an attacking midfield role.
The issue is whether Worsfold thinks that there is a need for the defensive role. I think, at least initially, there is absolutely a need while we are waiting for the younger group to find its feet but I can see Myers getting squeezed by the end of the year if we get a good run with injuries and form with a certain group of players.
