Kid Icarus Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 If you really think about it, being tall doesn't mean you're good in the air, it just means you have an advantage. Peter Crouch was pretty similar imo, much better when you played it into his feet. Likewise the whole 'good touch for a big man' thing shouldn't still be going on imo, I've known so many fatties who are silky as fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outremont Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Appears to have gone back to defending rather than trying to be a hero and so far you’d have to say it’s an improvement on Everton when he chucked it in his own net. More of this please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 He looked a bit lost in the team photo without his little mate being there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 His timing for heading the ball looks wrong; you’d think it could be coached into him. He hasn’t a lot of spring and he doesn’t hang in the air making timing everything for him. There was a far post header in the 2nd half where he jumped far too early and headed the ball on his way down. it’s a reason why he (and Wood is also guilty) doesn’t generate much power when they have to jump to head the ball. He’s got huge thighs on him and he struggles to get off the ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I've emailed the club offering to take Big Dan Burn down to the Bigg Market so he can just spark some fools at kicking out time, hopefully this will rebalance his chi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Tsunami said: His timing for heading the ball looks wrong; you’d think it could be coached into him. He hasn’t a lot of spring and he doesn’t hang in the air making timing everything for him. There was a far post header in the 2nd half where he jumped far too early and headed the ball on his way down. it’s a reason why he (and Wood is also guilty) doesn’t generate much power when they have to jump to head the ball. He’s got huge thighs on him and he struggles to get off the ground. I don’t think you can coach timing to be honest, you can instruct/coach when to stand off, go for the ball etc., but timing is a natural instinct. The key is to trust instructions and do what is being coached into you, i.e when to stand off and when to go, get tight, jockey, back off. He does that well enough for me. He was in Blakelaw last night I think for some reason and by all accounts he was brilliant with people, him and his family. Edited April 18, 2022 by HTT II Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Wasnt Peter Crouch crap at heading or am i thinking of someone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 It’s the timing of his jumps that’s amiss. He can volley a ball, head and direct it from a standing position but once once he has to jump there’s little control. They must do training drills and take videos, they could also get a specialised coach in. There’s no doubt natural ability helps but he has timing in other areas. I do think it’s an area we could look in his game and break it down in a “scientific” way to help him understand what’s going on. What’s Fab doing these days? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Crouch was ok, he had a lot less bulk but he was all elbows and refs loved giving free kicks against him. Unfairly quite often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 He's very good at hustling a striker off the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Tsunami said: Crouch was ok, he had a lot less bulk but he was all elbows and refs loved giving free kicks against him. Unfairly quite often. Jumped like a spring. Was on his way down at the same time as up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Back to his best yesterday I thought. Cracking block in the second half virtually on the goal line. Daka was absolutely dominated by him and Schar. Didn’t have a sniff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Started to lose his head in the second half, Dubravka had to snap him out of it. Decent game, though. Edited April 21, 2022 by 80 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Mad that none of us have really brought up Burn or Schar because we're already so used to them being dependable. Thought all 4 of them defended really well as a unit, but Burn and Schar deserve more credit than they've been getting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Schar’s passing was awful but his defending was decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Really? Don't remember it being awful like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 He had a two or three attempts at long passes that went straight into the crowd under little/no pressure which looked awfully bad. Besides those, his passer were ok as far as I can remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 10 hours ago, Kid Icarus said: Mad that none of us have really brought up Burn or Schar because we're already so used to them being dependable. Thought all 4 of them defended really well as a unit, but Burn and Schar deserve more credit than they've been getting. I thought Schar or Targett were MOTM right at the final whistle. Looking back, it could have been Krafth or Burn, as well. Not seen a functioning back 4 like this since. Well I don’t actually know?! We were solid at time under Pardew. But there seemed to be more limitations with Simpson and Williamson playing a lot. Rafa usually had a back 3 or 5 when we were the most defensively sound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 He's improved the defence no end, but he has a really nasty habit of getting a rush of blood to the head and he comes charging out of defence. He's done today, v Palace and he was punished for it v Everton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Yeah, that's bang on. You'd think Howe and the coaches are aware and will do all they can go coach it out of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 He needs to cut out the try too hard, lose your head moments, I get it because he’s a Geordie and wants to go for everything, but sometimes it’s ok to back of and jockey. Other than that he was dominant yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Just seen his Sky Sports thing he did with Ryan Fraser. Seems an absolutely top top bloke. Would be a fantastic mentor to younger players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Hilarious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 15 hours ago, toon25 said: Just seen his Sky Sports thing he did with Ryan Fraser. Seems an absolutely top top bloke. Would be a fantastic mentor to younger players. The two of them come across really well and seem like top lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Link?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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