Yorkie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 top post "Allow me to demonstrate this point by showing you how class everything is at my club." (I'm just jealous) Sorry , Not my intention at all. When things are not going well, the last thing anyone needs is someone from outside preaching . I rarely post in this forum as I know how it can come across at times. Unless there are Rafa related issues where I feel I can add something. Was only joshing, you're a good contributor to this place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I don’t disagree with rgk’s post really, but Jones is on another level to Longstaff. He’s athletic, he has good awareness and control and attacking confidence. Of course Sean looked much better under a decent manager in a decent system, that’s not to be forgotten. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Maximin Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I remember playing cricket against him the summer before he made his debut and he was class. Wish he’d stuck with that now. There’s still a potential player in there - I think the Carrick comparisons weren’t silly in that spell under Rafa. In better teams he’ll also get chances to shoot more as he seems to have an impressive strike from what we’ve seen. Confidence looks shot to bits though sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Look we know all about Bruce and what his shitty coaching can do to a player but the way Longstaff is carrying on out there it’s like he’s given up, not just on his club or teammates, but his own career too. There’s no excuse for looking so knackered, he’s not been overplayed. I don’t think the criticism is unfair, he’s a professional player earning a shit ton of money to do so. The very least he should be doing is ensuring he’s at peak fitness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Look we know all about Bruce and what his shitty coaching can do to a player but the way Longstaff is carrying on out there it’s like he’s given up, not just on his club or teammates, but his own career too. There’s no excuse for looking so knackered, he’s not been overplayed. I don’t think the criticism is unfair, he’s a professional player earning a shit ton of money to do so. The very least he should be doing is ensuring he’s at peak fitness. One caveat, not that we press but having the ball constantly moved around you, and never having much possession yourself, can lead to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Writing was on the wall for me when he kept getting described to Michael Carrick. He plays the same way - ponderous, slow - but at an infinitely lower level. I'd probably rather he played further forward. He's proven himself a bit of a goal threat. Hope he can turn it around but seems unlikely under a melon like Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Writing was on the wall for me when he kept getting described to Michael Carrick. He plays the same way - ponderous, slow - but at an infinitely lower level. I'd probably rather he played further forward. He's proven himself a bit of a goal threat. Hope he can turn it around but seems unlikely under a melon like Bruce. This is it for me - I think he's an attacking midfielder, but we rarely have the ball long enough for him to even play that position. We'll never know how good any of our players can be whilst we have a fraud for a manager. Perhaps we can send him out on loan in January to a team where he can show what he can do so we can sell him in summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I used to work with his cousin and she said Matty was always considered the better player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpinho Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Alarmingly bad again. Zero awareness of time or space on the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Gives me anxiety when on the ball, needs like 3 touches before he decides to do something with the ball. Woefully shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I’m worried like, looked like he’s been lobotomised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny36 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Yet still gets 95 mins..fucking joke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Absolute fucking disgrace. Today wasn’t about having a poor manager, having a poor coaching staff, or just having a bad game. Today was about being purposefully poor and just not giving a fuck. The amount of passes that see open to him when he had a man, 2, or even 3 on him and he never passed was just fucking selfish. He was more concerned about winning a freekick. A number of times when play changed the position of players so he became open for a pass, he would go and hide behind a man again. Let on in the game we had a throw in that Yedlin took in line with the penalty box, despite being the only players of ours unmarked and having no player around him for 15 yards he turned his back to Yedlin and walked away from him and towards a Fulham player. Today was not about bad tactics or anything, today was him deliberately saying he doesn’t give a fuck, be that he’s given up or be that he’s pissed of with the management, but there is no way even a semi-professional footballer could have done what he did today without knowing what they were doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 A good what, 6 months? Under Rafa, doesnt make up for 12 months of utter shite. He really doesn't look good enough for this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Longstaff and Shelvey are both so one paced and they're always miles apart from each other. Lemina and Anguissa easily won the midfield battle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Longstaff and Shelvey are both so one paced and they're always miles apart from each other. Lemina and Anguissa easily won the midfield battle Our possession stats say every midfield wins the battle against us, we're turboshite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 We've had to improve our midfield since Cabaye left. Since him our transition is non fucking existent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Longstaff is well off the required standard. Can't run. Can't dribble. Poor awareness. Can't pass. Physically week. His brother should be well ahead of him in the pecking order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlymouthGeordie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 We've had to improve our midfield since Cabaye left. Since him our transition is non f***ing existent. It's because Shelvey/Longstaff go to our CB's and collect the ball off them. No other team in the league does it, it is outdated and reduces the number of passing options in which to build attacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 We've had to improve our midfield since Cabaye left. Since him our transition is non f***ing existent. It's because Shelvey/Longstaff go to our CB's and collect the ball off them. No other team in the league does it, it is outdated and reduces the number of passing options in which to build attacks. And despite doing that, neither of CM's offer our CB's any cover if we lose possession. We're utterly pathetic in our tactics, still it'll change Brucey baby said so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 He was blowing hard after 15mins tonight. If he’s not right after covid, why the hell is cabbageheed playing him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Terrible again today. Absolutely ruined. No idea why he wasn't taken off after losing the ball, pushing mitro then giving up and not bothering to track back letting him into a dangerous position. Needs dropping and replacing. More so needs an actually coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I think a few are starting to catch up to what I’ve been saying for weeks/months about this cunt. He doesn’t give a flying fuck. Attitude is all wrong. I could go into specific details but what’s the point. We all saw it over the last two games. We should have snapped the hand off whatever Man Utd offered and laughed at them for many years, I somehow think we’d be lucky if Blackpool offered to just pay his wages for a season or two loan at this point. Delusional too if he thinks his new agent is going to get him a move anywhere decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 A good what, 6 months? Under Rafa, doesnt make up for 12 months of utter shite. He really doesn't look good enough for this level. 6 matches would be nearer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I thought he was our best player today. Everyone was awful he didn't look at bad as some of the others Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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