Dr.Spaceman Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 I'm glad we got him on a free. He's decent but no more. Some crucial blocks tonight, solid performance bar a few iffy moments in the first half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 On 30/10/2024 at 23:32, Dr.Spaceman said: I'm glad we got him on a free. He's decent but no more. Some crucial blocks tonight, solid performance bar a few iffy moments in the first half. Expand I thought he was great tonight because he had to do his and Schares job. The Swiss bloke was crap tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 Did lots of good things but also quite a few big mistakes. Still think he might be good if he can be coached to not give the opposition second chances by taking too long to make a decision or thinking he's better than he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 He didn't make quite a few big mistakes at all, he made one or two. He also made two very important last ditch blocks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 10:19, Holloway said: He didn't make quite a few big mistakes at all, he made one or two. He also made two very important last ditch blocks Expand A few, maybe not quite a few. Too many though. I’m not down on him or anything, I just thought his performance had ups and downs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 He's barely played in ages, especially in that position. Needs a run of games in the centre now. Obviously Burn will be coming straight back in though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 10:58, AyeDubbleYoo said: A few, maybe not quite a few. Too many though. I’m not down on him or anything, I just thought his performance had ups and downs. Expand fair enough, bonus points for the little shithouse shove for our second Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWMag Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 I’d put him in over Burn purely based on pace and passing ability. we’ve been hampered a lot recently by how slow we are in central defence, it needs fixing and Kelly can plug that hole. no dig at Burn who has been one of our better players this season, but has limitations on the ball and is never going to get quicker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 I really like what he can bring; like Burn, he has his uses depending on the opposition. A bunch of small, quick, fairly weak forwards is good fodder for him due to his athleticism, but what about powerful strikers? I can't see him doing as good a job as Burn did against Haaland when we go into low block mode, for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 11:02, Shearergol said: He's barely played in ages, especially in that position. Needs a run of games in the centre now. Obviously Burn will be coming straight back in though. Expand He really needs to be played as a CB so he can get himself match hardened for the position. He clearly was growing into his role again once he got a handle on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 11:02, Shearergol said: He's barely played in ages, especially in that position. Needs a run of games in the centre now. Obviously Burn will be coming straight back in though. Expand Yeah, even when he joined us, I think it was off the back of an injury at Bournemouth at the end of last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetsbaiaIsBald Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 (edited) His blocks were excellent. If this was Botman at least one of these would have gone through his legs or deflected to be an own goal! https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/1851994535661912105 Edited October 31, 2024 by KetsbaiaIsBald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 16:15, KetsbaiaIsBald said: His blocks were excellent. If this was Botman at least one of these would have gone through his legs or deflected to be an own goal! https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/1851994535661912105 Expand That first chance; what the fuck is Longstaff doing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetsbaiaIsBald Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 16:25, Shearergol said: That first chance; what the fuck is Longstaff doing? Expand Not a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 Tbf, there’s 2 players on Mudryk and SL is too far away from Felix to get there. I think he was just occupying a passing lane in case there was a pullback (no Chelsea player to pull back to as it turned out). That was a very good a pass from Mudryk to get it to Felix. Probably one of only two good things he did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 Just a bit of a miscommunication by the backline as a whole really. Schar pushes forward and is fearful of the overlap when IMO he should drop, Longstaff should be going toward Mudryk and Krafth should be supporting that / watching Cucarella on the overlap. It all happens very quickly and I don't really see any one player that's at fault there. Or if we're just here to blame Longstaff for everything, have at it. The cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 16:54, Lotus said: Tbf, there’s 2 players on Mudryk and SL is too far away from Felix to get there. I think he was just occupying a passing lane in case there was a pullback (no Chelsea player to pull back to as it turned out). That was a very good a pass from Mudryk to get it to Felix. Probably one of only two good things he did. Expand Longstaff was with Felix a second before that though, he just gave up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 (edited) I like him but, pace aside, I don’t think he offers enough to displace Burn’s aerial ability. Burn is pretty decent on the ball and is also criminally underrated on here; the guy can go on a run of really good games but it only takes one mistake for him to be labeled shite. Edited October 31, 2024 by McCormick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 17:12, Shearergol said: Longstaff was with Felix a second before that though, he just gave up. Expand Because Schar is also right with Felix. But then Schar goes across to Mudryk expecting Krafth to go with Cucarella on the overlap, rather than sticking with Felix and allowing the combination of Longstaff and Krafth to cover Mudryk / the edge of the box. It is a miscommunication across the entire group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 17:26, SEMTEX said: Because Schar is also right with Felix. But then Schar goes across to Mudryk expecting Krafth to go with Cucarella on the overlap, rather than sticking with Felix and allowing the combination of Longstaff and Krafth to cover Mudryk / the edge of the box. It is a miscommunication across the entire group. Expand Longstaff didn’t do any of it though he’s the only one of the three who did nothing. Tonali was back covering the edge of the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 Alright there's nee reasoning I guess. I'll just roll my eyes and move along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted October 31, 2024 Share Posted October 31, 2024 On 31/10/2024 at 17:12, Shearergol said: Longstaff was with Felix a second before that though, he just gave up. Expand you’ve got me there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted November 25, 2024 Share Posted November 25, 2024 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted November 25, 2024 Share Posted November 25, 2024 You'd be upset with that kind of ponderous marking in a Sunday morning game. Absolutely shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 25, 2024 Share Posted November 25, 2024 Everything I heard about him was he was equally good at both left back and CB. I think that's the problem. Sometimes these kind of players are specialists in neither. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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