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Post by singupgas on Jan 31, 2021 13:00:21 GMT
A good player, in a better footballing side he would do well in my opinion.
In stead he has defenders behind him that don't win the ball, get passed by to easily and unable distribute the ball. Most defensive midfielders have rarely had a good game, best we seen was against Peterborough and then we have nothing about us up front.
Targeting one player really not fair when the team as whole is so poor.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Jan 31, 2021 13:21:02 GMT
I actually don’t blame Zain. When he played for cov he was a attack minded cm. Garner brought him in and had him sitting in like a Quaterback only trying to pick diagonal balls despite having 5 at the back anyway. Then Tis initially came in, played 4 at the back and had zain pushing all. At that point I saw his purpose as he was putting through balls into Sammy, Hanlon and Daly for fun. But for some bizarre reason, tis has reverted back to Garner’s 5 at the back and got him playing deep again. IMO this squad is not bad, but it is being set up to its potential and playing on the back foot, zain included. This is a good point actually. Best we’ve seen from Westbrooke so far was in the midfield diamond when him & McCormick were the #8s, Upson sat in front of the defence & Oz played behind the strikers. If we’re going to get those performance levels from him again then it won’t be in a midfield two, as he was in yesterday.
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Post by rosssgb on Jan 31, 2021 13:52:42 GMT
Scapegoating our most talented (and arguably only talented alongside Oz) player is the most Gaschat thing I have ever seen! 🤣
Our main issue is and continues to be the formation and mentality. Persist with a defensive 5 at the back and we’ll be back in non-league before we’re back in the Mem.
The hierarchy also need to be held to account for how dire our forward situation is - realistically we only have one striker who’s capable of league football let alone league 1 standard. Don’t get me started on wingers.
It’s imperative we bring a senior proven striker in before the deadline, preferably two.
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Post by alanrg on Jan 31, 2021 13:55:14 GMT
If we get relegated it is time 4 heads 2 roll pathetic recruitment by Widdrington
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Jan 31, 2021 13:57:10 GMT
Scapegoating our most talented (and arguably only talented alongside Oz) player is the most Gaschat thing I have ever seen! 🤣 Our main issue is and continues to be the formation and mentality. Persist with a defensive 5 at the back and we’ll be back in non-league before we’re back in the Mem. The hierarchy also need to be held to account for how dire our forward situation is - realistically we only have one striker who’s capable of league football let alone league 1 standard. Don’t get me started on wingers. It’s imperative we bring a senior proven striker in before the deadline, preferably two. Not sure there’s any scapegoating going on - think it’s turned into quite an interesting debate on how to get more out of him tbh! And agreed about the back 5 - didn’t work under Garner and isn’t working under Tis.
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Post by bigal40 on Jan 31, 2021 17:33:05 GMT
A good player, in a better footballing side he would do well in my opinion. In stead he has defenders behind him that don't win the ball, get passed by to easily and unable distribute the ball. Most defensive midfielders have rarely had a good game, best we seen was against Peterborough and then we have nothing about us up front. Targeting one player really not fair when the team as whole is so poor. Also needs more legs around him also. Playing him alongside Grant, Ogogo, Upson and Barrett doesn't work and any manager with half an idea would realise that. Put McCormack, Hargreaves or Liddle (is he injured/ still at the club?) alongside him and I believe you will see a better player. However Tisdale keeps playing the same midfielders in there despite losing 6 out of 7 games or whatever his record is now.
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Post by woolavingtonpirate on Jan 31, 2021 18:39:54 GMT
I personally would not want a passenger in my team. League 1 is about fight and hard work in the middle of the park. Can we afford to have a player in such a key position that doesn't want to tackle, head or no urgency to close down? Playing Westbrooke is like playing 10 men, he also drifts out of position often. I can appreciate he has quality from a dead ball but is it enough to include him? He reminds me of Bennett, bags of talent but unless he adds goals, assists or gets more involved when attacking he's not worth his place. Hopefully he will improve.
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