nemtizz Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Our midfield not existing doesn’t do this slow bastard any favours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Can only assume he's not at full fitness, because he looked like Stevie Taylor's long lost Dutch cousin tonight and he's been shaky for weeks. That was the pits tonight, really hope it's only upwards from now on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I'm sick of goals we have conceded by the ball going between his legs or worse him deflecting the ball into the net. It's got to be at least six goals that were similar. Oh, and he normally has his arms tucked nicely behind his back. That fecking helped Sven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Tonali Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Had another mare tbf, his fault for all 3. Needs confidence back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 If he isn’t fit. Then why the fuck do we keep playing him? It’s the same for Longstaff. I think both of them look too bad to just be a case of them being below par all season. It has to be injury related. Whether it is or isn’t a fitness issue. Both Botman and Longstaff need to be taken out of the starting lineup IMO. They are putting in horror shows every week now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 4 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: If he isn’t fit. Then why the fuck do we keep playing him? It’s the same for Longstaff. I think both of them look too bad to just be a case of them being below par all season. It has to be injury related. Whether it is or isn’t a fitness issue. Both Botman and Longstaff need to be taken out of the starting lineup IMO. They are putting in horror shows every week now. Just waiting until the season ends and it's announced he's out for 4 month for an operation on his knee and he's been playing with ACL damage....or something. Another medical team failure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 8 minutes ago, Aiston said: Just waiting until the season ends and it's announced he's out for 4 month for an operation on his knee and he's been playing with ACL damage....or something. Another medical team failure It certainly feels like that. In some ways, I hope it is. As he has gone from looking like one of our best CB’s of the modern era. To a slightly better version of Boumsong, this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 bring jamaal in for a couple of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Struggling due to a lack of a keeper who can play sweeper. He’ll improve when Pope is back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 That’s true, his lack of pace means he absolutely has to play with a keeper who’s sweeping all the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 5 minutes ago, black_n_white said: Struggling due to a lack of a keeper who can play sweeper. He’ll improve when Pope is back. That’s fair up to a point. But he got done wrong side on the halfway line for their third, it was a dreadful clearance for the first and for the second. I’m assuming him and about 4-5 of our players decided against going to close down Palmer. Edited March 11 by Lush Vlad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempiternal Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Love the guy but that’s a disaster of a performance. Jackson breaking his ankles was awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Pish tonight and not for the first time. May need a spell on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 His issues seem mental to me. He seems quite flappy when he was ice cold before. Maybe a lack of confidence in his body but getting rolled and subsequently doing nothing to stop Jackson was a sad sight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 minute ago, Big Geordie said: Pish tonight and not for the first time. May need a spell on the bench. Nah he needs to keep playing to find his form. We all know there's a player there - I just hope he's not carrying an injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) Why would Howe be playing him if he hasn’t fully recovered? He’s come back into a team lacking confidence and has been shite. I’d like to see Lascelles back in but no way Howe is dropping anyone that already has so much credit in the bank. Edited March 11 by nemtizz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 He's had a couple of shockers of late, but he'll be fine. The problem has been that him and Burn have been so exposed at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I put a lot of his weaknesses down to Dubravka. Might sound ridiculous but the whole point of having a player like Botman is that you have a sweeper keeper, any slow player that's part of a high line will be exposed without one. Having said that he was especially poor tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 6 minutes ago, duo said: Nah he needs to keep playing to find his form. We all know there's a player there - I just hope he's not carrying an injury. Some of the local hacks reckon he hasn't really recovered from the injury he was out so long with, last year. Has Howe and the medical team brought him back too early? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) It isn’t the first time he’s been done by an athletic forward, if Botman has a weakness it’s physical.. he’s not elite level quick or agile. Its not a massive problem but it will see him occasionally struggle against the more the physically gifted attacking players in this league. Edited March 11 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Aiston said: Just waiting until the season ends and it's announced he's out for 4 month for an operation on his knee and he's been playing with ACL damage....or something. Another medical team failure It’s not a medical team failure. He had a scan 2 weeks ago at the Dutch specialist that confirmed everything looks fine. My personal opinion, and it’s just guesswork, is that he is playing within himself… tentative due to worry of it happening again. He’s had some really poor performances in the last few weeks, but you don’t become a poor player overnight for no reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 43 minutes ago, Big Geordie said: Some of the local hacks reckon he hasn't really recovered from the injury he was out so long with, last year. Has Howe and the medical team brought him back too early? No. My source on that is, well, as close to the horses mouth as you can get really. All his scans are absolutely fine. i think it’s a mentality problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 28 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said: No. My source on that is, well, as close to the horses mouth as you can get really. All his scans are absolutely fine. i think it’s a mentality problem. As well as being out for so long he has been jettisoned into a squad playing badly and lacking confidence. Our back 4 is getting zero protection - our midfield is none existent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Think he's mostly been poor since coming back Don't doubt no Pope is a factor but he just looks clumsy and lacking in confidence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 His lack of pace is a big problem without Pope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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