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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 9:00:37 GMT
I think it is clear he has a football brain and gets in good positions but his first touch and control were pretty poor last night. Is he as hungry as some others? I'm not sure either. I can see potential but would just like to see him step it up a bit.
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Post by rocknrollaayatollah on Feb 25, 2015 9:06:14 GMT
I think it is clear he has a football brain and gets in good positions but his first touch and control were pretty poor last night. Is he as hungry as some others? I'm not sure either. I can see potential but would just like to see him step it up a bit. I reckon he's not ever going to be a hard-working player which is sad but I believe he has quality and the bad touches last night were down to a lack of sharpness from not playing regularly. |
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Post by Rovers 12th Man on Feb 25, 2015 9:07:49 GMT
Going by performances at previous clubs, he has the potential to be one of the best players in the league and potentially the one above but he hasn't shown that yet. Not sure if he is disinterested or if he is still trying to gain some match fitness after a while out with an injury (hopefully the latter) but either way, I don't think we have seen the real Balanta yet. Could still prove to be a crucial player between now and the end of the season.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 9:08:35 GMT
I think it is clear he has a football brain and gets in good positions but his first touch and control were pretty poor last night. Is he as hungry as some others? I'm not sure either. I can see potential but would just like to see him step it up a bit. I reckon he's not ever going to be a hard-working player which is sad but I believe he has quality and the bad touches last night were down to a lack of sharpness from not playing regularly. I think you're probably right. It is a shame he's not going to be hard working, players like that can create space for themself though so it is kinda catch 22. I guess if he was hard working then he would be playing much higher. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 9:19:23 GMT
His first touch was truly woeful last night! His second and third weren't much better either to be fair.
But in fairness, he did look like his brain knew the right things to do and the right places to go even if his legs didn't want to go along with it.
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Post by gaseous on Feb 25, 2015 17:35:35 GMT
He has 'it' definitely, you can see that but he is by far, match fit and I think he is a slightly unfit, he looked a yard short of pace but hopefully DC can get him fit and playing well.
He will only get better with more games, he put a sublime through ball last night so it is there, we just need to see more of it.
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Post by gashead22 on Feb 25, 2015 18:42:54 GMT
I think if they can get a run of games together, Easter and Balanta could link up really well with their footballing brains. Not sure we'll see much of them together though.
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Post by hollyhillgas on Feb 25, 2015 19:12:03 GMT
It's a very fit team at the moment, Balanta and Gosling don't have that hollow cheeked look of the other players.
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Post by gaseous on Feb 25, 2015 19:19:45 GMT
It's a very fit team at the moment, Balanta and Gosling don't have that hollow cheeked look of the other players. I don't think Balanta will ever have that look, having seen him close up. Him and Easter both fit would tear defences apart.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 25, 2015 20:48:25 GMT
As I have said many times if you want an all action run for anything player then Balanta is not your man. However if you want a skilful player who can pick a pass then he will do the job GIVEN a run of games. It is very easy to say go out there for the odd couple of minutes and maybe 45 and show what you can do but you need to have MATCH FITNESS and that is something you get from playing games. Some players under DC get the luxury of playing lots of games (even when they have some poor ones whilst others don't get a look in.
The results to date will say DC is getting it right,the standard of football at times will say he has not.
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Post by gashead22 on Feb 25, 2015 23:16:51 GMT
I personally think our best set up could be
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Taylor --- Balanta--- Dawson
------Mansell--Sinclair-----
and replace Taylor/Dawson with monkhouse if necessary.
But obviously now isn't the time to be tinkering and that's best left for pre season, not that I think DC will go with this system.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 23:27:07 GMT
I personally think our best set up could be ------------Easter---------- Taylor --- Balanta--- Dawson ------Mansell--Sinclair----- and replace Taylor/Dawson with monkhouse if necessary. But obviously now isn't the time to be tinkering and that's best left for pre season, not that I think DC will go with this system. Not for me. Not enough height up top when we need to go long. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 23:44:53 GMT
i havnt seen balanta play many matches so i cant form my own opinion of him yet,,with easter i only saw him as a sub at woking,i prefer to judge players on what i see over at least 10 games
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Post by simon1883 on Feb 26, 2015 8:21:31 GMT
For me, we need to give him a run somehow. When he receives the ball he almost by default has a yard of space - how he dose this i have no idea! Against Wrexham he showed some class and could easily have won it for us. I just hope we see something from him this year.
However, would league 2 (dreaming!?!) give him that litle more space.....
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Feb 26, 2015 8:56:09 GMT
I agree with others that we haven't seen the best from him yet, and that he still doesn't look fully fit.
But there's just certain players that you can watch for only a few minutes and you can already tell that they have 'it'. IMO he's one of those.
Put him in the hole behind Taylor & Blissett/Easter for a run of games and I think he'd thrive.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2015 13:03:13 GMT
I agree with others that we haven't seen the best from him yet, and that he still doesn't look fully fit. But there's just certain players that you can watch for only a few minutes and you can already tell that they have 'it'. IMO he's one of those. Put him in the hole behind Taylor & Blissett/Easter for a run of games and I think he'd thrive. Didn't he play there against Dartford? |
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Post by socrates on Feb 26, 2015 13:11:03 GMT
I dont rate him and I don't think DC does either.
Hope he proves me wrong and finishes the season strongly but I don't think he will.
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Post by LJG on Feb 26, 2015 13:57:50 GMT
I personally think our best set up could be ------------Easter---------- Taylor --- Balanta--- Dawson ------Mansell--Sinclair----- and replace Taylor/Dawson with monkhouse if necessary. But obviously now isn't the time to be tinkering and that's best left for pre season, not that I think DC will go with this system. No way. This looks awful. Taylor on the wing? Were you not watching while Derek Riordan was here? Being a striker that can't score does not make a player a winger. |
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Post by supergas on Feb 26, 2015 14:06:10 GMT
I personally think our best set up could be ------------Easter---------- Taylor --- Balanta--- Dawson ------Mansell--Sinclair----- and replace Taylor/Dawson with monkhouse if necessary. But obviously now isn't the time to be tinkering and that's best left for pre season, not that I think DC will go with this system. No way. This looks awful. Taylor on the wing? Were you not watching while Derek Riordan was here? Being a striker that can't score does not make a player a winger. 6 in 10 is a shocking return for a striker... |
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 26, 2015 14:48:50 GMT
No way. This looks awful. Taylor on the wing? Were you not watching while Derek Riordan was here? Being a striker that can't score does not make a player a winger. 6 in 10 is a shocking return for a striker... It's only 5 in 10, as the Dartford 'goal' was miscredited - it was Mansell who scored. If I were tbone I'd be saying, well actually it's only 3 in 10 as penalties don't count, and he's gone over 500 minutes without scoring from open play, but that doesn't tell the full story either. He's been pivotal to our success this year and I think he deserves his place up front until the end of the season, barring injury. It's how we fit the rest of the attack around him that is going to be interesting, with Ellis pushing Blissett very hard for his place, Balanta's form much improved and Easter to return soon. |
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