It's one thing for people to give their opinion on who has played well or not over the last game or two, but it's another thing entirely to suddenly start suggesting players aren't good enough and should be dropped and replaced.
We have a lot of players who are either injured, recovering from injury, or dealing with clear fatigue and burnout due to being overused because of our injury problems, and because of that, our form has become a bit inconsistent in recent weeks.
But those players have got us into a great position in the league, with a genuinely good chance to go for promotion, and taken us to the quarter finals of the league cup, thrashing a premier league club along the way, and another big game to a premier league club in the 4th round of the FA cup, and they've done it in style, we've been one of the highest scoring teams in the entire country, and have conceded very few goals, especially at home.
It's inevitable that players will have dips in form, and bad games, especially when they have injuries, rustiness when returning from injuries, and fatigue issues, and yes, we could do with strengthening in certain areas, as could every team on the planet, but I feel a bit of perspective is needed here
If it had been a goalkeeper we could sing. Careless Handsreally got to get my eyes tested - read that as Des 0’Connor
or as some suggested Easty diving the wrong way too soon---Take Your Pick i'll get my coatIf it had been a goalkeeper we could sing. Careless Hands
One for the older ones on this forum
In the same vein, that was Gary Sprake’s favourite song.If it had been a goalkeeper we could sing. Careless Hands
One for the older ones on this forum
i agree our back four all were poor last night and long was probably one of our worst players.
He did not need to worry. He had Hunter and the giraffe to protect him.In the same vein, that was Gary Sprake’s favourite song.
Exactly Dickie for example has gone from a value of several million to a few bob based on some comments
using the defenders as an example how would some on here cope with a ball that's looking like it's yours to head only for the wind to either hold it up or sail over your head for the attacker to run on to !
Other comments have seen us go from a well organized decent football side with quality players/Manager and promotion prospects to A B and C not good enough and the Manager making mistakes either with team selection Tactics or showing too much respect for our opponents.
With Fosu he’s being marked by 2 players as he’s been one of the danger men in our team, with the two lads coming in from West Ham and Middlesbrough it will now change this as with the pace we have in the team other teams can not mark all three players
But the full back issue is not down to injury. Its down to sound recruitment. It always seems to me that KR is obsessed with getting midfielders in. We have needed real LB cover all season, Berkoe was never going to be that player yet!! He does tend to overlook the defence and attack where we always seem to be stretched for alternatives.It's one thing for people to give their opinion on who has played well or not over the last game or two, but it's another thing entirely to suddenly start suggesting players aren't good enough and should be dropped and replaced.
We have a lot of players who are either injured, recovering from injury, or dealing with clear fatigue and burnout due to being overused because of our injury problems, and because of that, our form has become a bit inconsistent in recent weeks.
But those players have got us into a great position in the league, with a genuinely good chance to go for promotion, and taken us to the quarter finals of the league cup, thrashing a premier league club along the way, and another big game to a premier league club in the 4th round of the FA cup, and they've done it in style, we've been one of the highest scoring teams in the entire country, and have conceded very few goals, especially at home.
It's inevitable that players will have dips in form, and bad games, especially when they have injuries, rustiness when returning from injuries, and fatigue issues, and yes, we could do with strengthening in certain areas, as could every team on the planet, but I feel a bit of perspective is needed here
Agreed. Best defender last night and it showed how much we missed him on Saturday. Ive said it before, Moore and Dickie are not a good pairing. There is a lot of inexperience there and it was evident, especially with positioning when Rotherham broke quickly.If you thought Mousinho was poor then your expectation is at a different level to me.
If you thought Mousinho was poor then your expectation is at a different level to me.
Ruffels has performed perfectly well, in a solid defence, all season, but has played an insane amount of minutes, with no rest, and is beginning to show signs of fatigue, and I agree we do need LB cover, so he doesn't burn out, hopefully that cover will come in this month.But the full back issue is not down to injury. Its down to sound recruitment. It always seems to me that KR is obsessed with getting midfielders in. We have needed real LB cover all season, Berkoe was never going to be that player yet!! He does tend to overlook the defence and attack where we always seem to be stretched for alternatives.
I thought Mous was excellent last night. I'm not sure what your definition of a defence not being very good is. My view is that not conceding any goals and limiting a team above us in the table to not really testing our keeper means that our defence had a pretty decent night.I have seen milk turn faster our defence were not very good last night along with others what I was getting at was long was terrible whoever chose motm must of had steamed up goggles on