Ex Player Alex Rodriguez Gorrin

I bloody love Gorrin. And we're lucky to have him. CDM must surely be the least sexy position in football, I mean what kid wants to grow up to play CDM? It used to be full back but in the current era and with the way teams like Liverpool play they are given license to get up and essentially become another attacker. Whereas to play CDM you need intelligence to read the game, composure on the ball, technical ability to spread the play and start moves from deep, the legs and engine to fill gaps where others are caught out of position, and the bravery and physicality to put your foot in when it's needed. And Gorrin has the lot; you will not find a better player in his position at our level. And he's not even at his peak yet.
 
Really struggled to get into the pace of the game the first 10 mins he was on the field, but looked a very good footballer the longer he was on the pitch.

Peach of a free kick, bit of a dead ball specialist by the looks of things, our corners suddenly looked a lot more threatening.

The pot belly didn’t appear to hinder him too much!;)
 
It's all gonna be about how long they take to get fit.

They’re both clearly fit enough to play 30-45 mins, so it shouldn’t take too long to get fully fit - assuming they’re given games that is. Training is one thing but it takes a run of games to get properly match fit. There’s no use not playing either of them then complaining that they’re not fit...
 
We have some decent passers of the ball in the side and some who can swing in a decent-enough cross. Long and Henry come to mind for those.

But Kelly’s corners showed us what a weapon they can be. Hit hard, no arc to them, front or back post, with plenty of variety. Darlow was camped on his line and left his defence to deal with them and that’s exactly what you want from a corner. Anything that causes panic can at the best create an opportunity and at worst unsettle a defence.

It’s something we’ve needed for two years. Get the chubby Ray Quinn lookalike fit and he could be a real asset for us. Play him into the ground too. We only have him for 17 more matches.
 
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