madras

his positioning ? 4 yds in front of the centre halvesw at all times ? i wonder if nolan would look a better player if being our only central midfielder in 60 yds of the pitch wasn't his role ?

it was a great goal. unfortunatly it was his only decent touch in the game.

smith made 1 block, guthrie hit 1 free kick. nolan was just one of a bad bunch. Thought Guthrie did ok tbh. Never gong to be brilliant as he is not a RW. Nolan was lucky not to get a red at the end n all for his needless hack. I agree about Smith but at least he looks matchfit unlike Nolan. what is guthrie as i have no reason to believe he is a central midfielder ? smith is match fir yet all he does is stand 4 yards in front of the centre halves. at least nolan attempts at movement, maybe nolans brain is telling him the right moves but the body can't carry it out succesfully whereas smith just patrols his 12yd square patch in front of the back four. That's their assigned jobs clearly, difference is, next to a competent partner Smith would be OK but Nolan would still be absolute w***. why would he be ok ? what does he do ?

i will. we lack technique and nous more than any athleticism. lee clark was hardly an athlete but we are crying out for someone like him. he'd rape this division. I'm pretty sure you were one of the more vocal critics of the idea of a creative midfielder, in favour of box to box players. So in which capacity would you want a Lee Clark as a player? both. he was box to box and creative in other words a central midfielder. don't fall for the defensive/attacking central midfielder in a 4-4-2 as its a lie.

smith made 1 block, guthrie hit 1 free kick. nolan was just one of a bad bunch. Thought Guthrie did ok tbh. Never gong to be brilliant as he is not a RW. Nolan was lucky not to get a red at the end n all for his needless hack. I agree about Smith but at least he looks matchfit unlike Nolan. what is guthrie as i have no reason to believe he is a central midfielder ? smith is match fir yet all he does is stand 4 yards in front of the centre halves. at least nolan attempts at movement, maybe nolans brain is telling him the right moves but the body can't carry it out succesfully whereas smith just patrols his 12yd square patch in front of the back four.

smith made 1 block, guthrie hit 1 free kick. nolan was just one of a bad bunch.

i will. we lack technique and nous more than any athleticism. lee clark was hardly an athlete but we are crying out for someone like him. he'd rape this division.

Aye, but it's the same gameplan every week which is the problem. the gameplan ? stop them scoring and hope the oppo gift us something

no he hasn't. if he'd scored that goal today it would have summed his season up. play 89mins 59secs of anonymous stuff. 1 second of goal. some think if a player scores then he is good and has had a good game. i disagree as i've seen many player score yet play shit.

has he....whats his position ? played wide often enough for bolton and often enough for us. what makes you think centre mid is "his true position" ?

He does make goals from the right but he seems to spend most of his time away from the right, I might time him against Palace to see if I'm wrong. He does drift into the middle too much, but tonight he absolutely had to because Smith & Nolan were so poor and ineffective. which left simpson completly exposed against their most effective player. guthrie got it badly wrong tonight as even when he drifted into the middle he done nothing. No. All of that means Hughton got it badly wrong. guthrie can't think for himself ? did he need to be told to help simpson out ? come off it......we done that when playing schoolboy football.

just back.......it's probably already been mantioned about the ref. the most inept display of refereeing i've seen in a good long while. he allowed far too much scything from west brom in the first half which led them to think they could get away with it all game. did he really tell us to hold on when their player who was off the pitch through his own fault recovered, then nolan should have been sent off for violent conduct........all missed as he lost control. on to the game....an exciting game that showed up our midfield again (i'm starting to get really worried about this), lets face it we aren't dominating games, we aren't playing well, we are relying on our defence not to concede then the oppo to gift us something. how come they doubled up on jonas yet we didn't have the sense (both the staff and guthrie) to help simpson out ? midfield is where all the problems are and and we ahve NOTHING to change it with.

He does make goals from the right but he seems to spend most of his time away from the right, I might time him against Palace to see if I'm wrong. He does drift into the middle too much, but tonight he absolutely had to because Smith & Nolan were so poor and ineffective. which left simpson completly exposed against their most effective player. guthrie got it badly wrong tonight as even when he drifted into the middle he done nothing.

don't make a habit of following my tips or you'll end up losing your gas money.

£10 on shola to score at anytime. 9/4

Butt has played half our games man. Seriously, just stop it. Butt has started 8 of the 24 league games we have played so far. yeah but never let a scapegoat get an even break.

nattrass-hudspeth-brennan-wormy

the only diference i see is one will take some responsibility and the other wont.

idisagree. have you watched alan smith ?

get someone to going on holiday to the US to take them out as they always go prepared with extra capacity and then send them on stateside.

what does that mean, we've had no good seasons since enrique signed therefore he's crap ? smith and butt are interchangable...both crap, i'd margianlly take butt as he tries to take repsonsibility, smith doesn't. of the 4 first team central midfielderds at the club, i'd be quite happy keeping nolan and guthrie if we failed to get promoted.

is he any worse than smith ?

he dropped butt. who else without raiding the academy ?

they could be in srious trouble if they only pick up 3 or 4 points from those 4 games let alone lose them all.

jones is better than some on here seem to give credit but he is desperatly unhappy there and wants away.