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2 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Always baffles me how players at this level who have trained their entire lives to play football can’t strike a ball with good technique when it’s one of the easiest things you can work on in training 


pressure I imagine. 

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5 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Always baffles me how players at this level who have trained their entire lives to play football can’t strike a ball with good technique when it’s one of the easiest things you can work on in training 

 

Thought his shooting was good when he first broke through but it's been terrible for ages, really low on confidence in the final third for some reason.

 

 

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Don't think he was that bad overall tbh. We know his limitations. But those two finishes were absolutely shocking. He had another opening towards the end where he should definitely have took the shot as well but clearly bottled it because of the earlier misses. All the more annoying because he makes the right kind of runs where he could really do with offering a goal threat - and when he was out on loan as a young player shooting seemed to be one of his strengths.

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7 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

Don't think he was that bad overall tbh. We know his limitations. But those two finishes were absolutely shocking. He had another opening towards the end where he should definitely have took the shot as well but clearly bottled it because of the earlier misses. All the more annoying because he makes the right kind of runs where he could really do with offering a goal threat - and when he was out on loan as a young player shooting seemed to be one of his strengths.


his shooting has digressed massively 

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2 minutes ago, Oregon_Geordie said:

Not premier league level???? lol Not even top 3 premier league level - that's bs! He's clearly PL level, just has limitations. Knee Jerk central.

Not knee jerk at all.  He would never get a regular place in any other top half team and won't in ours as soon as a we have a replacement.

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8 minutes ago, TorchyTBB said:

Works his socks off, but is no where near premier league quality.  Unfortunately.

 

:lol: Fucking hell, he has started 13/17 games (full 90 minutes 10 games in a row during the great run) for a team that's deservedly third at New Year's Eve and you say he's no where near PL quality.

 

 

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Just now, TorchyTBB said:

Not knee jerk at all.  He would never get a regular place in any other top half team and won't in ours as soon as a we have a replacement.

 

Isn't the bottom half part of Premier League too? How quickly some forget :lol:

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Comical man! Guess your the type that boo the players too.

To Pata's point, short memory. Football is often about players who do the  dirty work - I agree he wont be a starter in 2 seasons but your point is actually foolish, as we are 3rd in the league and he's played a huge part in the team getting there.

 

GIve your head a shake :)

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Just now, Oregon_Geordie said:

Comical man! Guess your the type that boo the players too.

To Pata's point, short memory. Football is often about players who do the  dirty work - I agree he wont be a starter in 2 seasons but your point is actually foolish, as we are 3rd in the league and he's played a huge part in the team getting there.

 

GIve your head a shake :)

I really don't boo players.  If you really think Lonstaff is premier leagure quality, maybe it's not me that needs to give my head a shake.  It's my opinion and I most definitely stand by it.  We are all entitled to one and you are entitled to disagree.  That's life...

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1 minute ago, TorchyTBB said:

I really don't boo players.  If you really think Lonstaff is premier leagure quality, maybe it's not me that needs to give my head a shake.  It's my opinion and I most definitely stand by it.  We are all entitled to one and you are entitled to disagree.  That's life...

Lol I trust Howe over you or myself, he seems to rate him as premier league quality. I guess he's playing in the Premier League my chance. Maybe he won a competition.

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Such a hard player to assess. Does a good job in some elements of the game but is ultimately too slow and not good enough to be a top player. 
 

I reckon replace him with a top midfielder and we could easily win 3-0 today. 
 

No hard feelings though, has a place in the squad and does the best job he can. 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, TorchyTBB said:

I really don't boo players.  If you really think Lonstaff is premier leagure quality, maybe it's not me that needs to give my head a shake.  It's my opinion and I most definitely stand by it.  We are all entitled to one and you are entitled to disagree.  That's life...

 

He is premier league quality though. He's playing in the prem for a top side, and has been class for most of this season. He's not perfect, even he would agree with that. And he'll know where he needs to improve if he wants to keep up with the rise of our club. 

 

Him being premier league quality isn't even an opinion. It's fact. Will he spend all of his career in top flight football? fuck if I know. 

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Has anyone noticed how easily players get past him with the ball? A simple drop of the shoulder or a step over and he is done. When we do corners or free kick set pieces and leave him as last man I find it terrifying....

 

He was awful today, not just his poor shooting.  Pretty much everything was desperately bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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