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People have short memories. Bruce played Almiron as a CM in a midfield 3 and it was tragic. :lol: It's not his position, he's a #10. Willock needs to buck his ideas up but the options we have for the midfield are woeful. I'd give the 4-2-3-1 we started the game tonight in before Clark ruined it another chance. Didn't get to see it. Willock's game is not as a sitting midfielder. Nor is Shelvey's for that matter but it's the risk/reward debate. We played Willock and Shelvey in the 2 against Brentford and we should've won, Darlow cost us that.

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There's always Hendrick or Longstaff if we need a sitting midfielder and Almiron is not that type. Willock does not win the ball, give away fouls and isn't creating much. At least get someone in who can atleast do one of those things.

 

 

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I'd rather try Hendrick in the middle tbh.  Teams go through our midfield at will, even Norwich did it before we went down to 10 men.

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He carries the ball well and tries to move the team forward, the problem is he's quite a forward player and right now he's having to both defend and attack which means he's finding himself in positions he's not often used to, i'd like to see him in a midfield three that has a proper defensive midfielder in it.

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Personally, I'm really enjoying us not having one of our midfielders be defensive. Unless you've got a Kante type, they can often be a bit of a waste imo.

 

Willock will rebuild his confidence. Seems like this week was hard on his legs so he's got to get into the best shape he can first & foremost.

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21 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said:

Know he's not the most popular at the minute but did like second half that was confident enough to try turning his man and getting goalside of him. 

Got to have a scapegoat though, and the 22 year old who pretty much single handedly kept us up last season seems to be it. 

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It’s not about scapegoats, there’s no denying what sort of player he can be for us. He just looks off the pace at the moment, for whatever reason (Bruce..)

 

Also he’s a young kid, he’s probably wondering about his future now with all the speculation about players coming in.

 

He should be given time, on form he’s better than Hayden.

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3 minutes ago, Collage said:

He had a real opportunity in the 1st half to play it out on the right, a simple pass, and the player would be through on goal, think it was Almiron. He didn’t even look in that direction. Pissed me off a bit.

Sorry, it was in the 2nd half

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4 minutes ago, Collage said:

He had a real opportunity in the 1st half to play it out on the right, a simple pass, and the player would be through on goal, think it was Almiron. He didn’t even look in that direction. Pissed me off a bit.

 

Pretty sure Almiron did the same thing where he could have played Willock in on goal but decided to blast it into Row Z instead

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6 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Pretty sure Almiron did the same thing where he could have played Willock in on goal but decided to blast it into Row Z instead

Yeah you could probably pick out a dozen situations like that, too many wrong decisions. Big difference when you watch better teams.

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Definitely did OK to me today but I think it's one of the most important areas we need improvement in when January comes, obviously defense but apart from Shelvey being poor today he hadn't been that great since Howe came in or even start of season. 

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He's wickedly indecisive when it matters most and shot of the confidence he had on loan last year. I think a goal will do wonders for him and he'll crack on from there. There's obviously a player in there, but his football IQ is suppressed at the moment. 

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He didn't do much initially for us last season either, then he hit a purple spell at the close of the season. He's a good player IMO, got a lot of qualities. He's another one I would trust a good manager to get some mileage from. If nothing else he would be one hell of a player to have on the bench. 

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I think we have to forget what he did last season. He scored a boat load of goals and looked like a Ferrari surrounded by Fiats. Truth is we didn't control games at all at that point and he - like Saint Maximin - was just finding the game and making the most of it. 

 

I'd like to see a bit more conditioning with him. He still looks a yard slower and softer than last season, but I think having him float around midfield could be a nice compliment to Shelvey sitting deeper and picking passes.

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Still think he is good on the ball going forward and his late runs into the box offer us something that nobody else brings from that position. 
 

He seems shit scared to put a foot in or challenge for a header, though. Considering he plays centre mid, that’s unacceptable. 
 

I still really like him. But feels shoehorned into the team at the minute. The 2 of him and Shelvey leaves us massively exposed. Lost count of the time and hooked clearance or random hoof up the pitch would land straight on a Burnley player’s foot. The space between the back 4 and midfield was huge. 

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