- Year of First Game
- 1998
Not sure why people seem to want to pigeon players so much.I feel that could be his downfall since he's only effective cecentrally.
He tries things others wonโt. Running at defenders was needed yesterday at 0-1 because we looked awful. Still think he needs to be in an all out attacking team to see him at his best. When he is on form anything can happen because he has those skills.Tyler seems to be coming back a little into form.
Great play before the goal (winning the free kick)
Also he seems to have his energy back ( a number of long runs trying to close down the keeper, defenders)
Hopefully he kicks on from here. A goal on Saturday would be timely!
Can't fault his effort yesterday, put a real shift in. Like the rest, his quality on the ball though was again poor, bar the very odd good bit like winning the free kick.
I thought yesterday, his performance improved considerably when playing centrally. Not sure he really works as a winger or a wing back. He always seams more comfortable and impacts the game more playing centrally, although I accept he scored a couple of excellent goals cutting in from right wing. But teams now realise he cannot really go down the line and so prevent the room to cut inside. Centrally he can go either way and he becomes much more difficult to close down.I can't help think that the red card at Exeter really upset Tyler. He has responded to that decision by becoming far more hands on and takes a lot more chances with his tackling. His confidence has clearly been knocked and his frustration is becoming a risk. He needs a game where he plays well and either scores or provides a couple of assists. That may not be this season though, too much rests on these last two games.
This reads like a telling-off from a 1950s schoolmaster.Iโm fed up people suggesting on here that Tylerโs sending off has affected his game ability! Itโs about time he stood up as a man not a Kid , thatโs meant in the nicest possible way ! Pull ya finger out boy and give the display of your life against Sunderland which I know you have it in you to do !!
Exactly what a boy needs who wants to man up !This reads like a telling-off from a 1950s schoolmaster.
I have said on here and elsewhere that Tyler's best position will be behind the striker, it's been obvious for the last couple of seasons.I think at Championship level, to be an effective winger, you generally need to have some kind of pace and power. Look at Malcolm Ebiowei - all the trickery in the world, but never looked anything like Championship level because he couldnโt burst past people, couldnโt power into the box. Obviously there are exceptions - if youโre incredibly talented in other areas you might get by without it - but as a general rule, Placheta is a more effective winger than (current day) Phillips or Ebiowei simply because heโs so much quicker.
For the same reasons, Goodrham seems to really struggle on the wing because once the fullback realises he isnโt going to burst outside him, and that all he can do is cut inside, it becomes very easy to defend against him. Heโs been almost astonishingly ineffective out on that left wing at times recently.
But as soon as he came inside against Cardiff, he was literally immediately a totally different animal. Suddenly, their defence/midfield didnโt know if he was going to go left or right, and he could find little pockets of space centrally and beat a man with a shimmy and then play the pass or dribble. In just a short time he nearly set up a couple of chances, just overhitting his passes, and won the free kick that we scored from (and got the player booked) with a nice bit of skill. He looked like a completely different player there.
Some people hate the idea of suggesting that players might have a best or preferred position, but just like you wouldnโt play Placheta centrally behind the striker, you shouldnโt be playing Goodrham out wide (at this level - he can do it lower down, in the same way that Patrick Viera or Steven Gerrard could have been top centre backs in the Championship but you wouldnโt say itโs their best position). You just donโt need the same pace to play centrally, because your options arenโt just knock it and run or cut inside, you can use your step to beat a man either way and then open up the pitch. Footballing history is littered with great number 10s/AMCs/โhole playersโ (whatever you want to call them) who were never the quickest, would never have worked as wingers, but were excellent in that withdrawn central attacking role.
I predict that if Goodrham gets a run centrally behind the striker in a Championship team which arenโt getting beaten every week he could return to the player we once thought he could be.
I have said on here and elsewhere that Tyler's best position will be behind the striker, it's been obvious for the last couple of seasons.
I think KR and LM both mentioned it in interviews in the past as well.
If he can't cut inside for a shot from the wing he's pretty much ineffective.
I'm not saying he's of the same standard yet, but he's the same sort of size as Barry Bannan who has had a very good championship career, so there is a chance.Personally, and I hope he proves me wrong on this, I think his best role will be in midfield where he finished last season, but I can't see him having the physicality to do it at this level, certainly not above where we currently are. Hope he proves me wrong and he has some talent but I struggle to see him not eventually returning to league one, the pace/power is not there for me and while he has some skill its not enough to bridge the gap. Hope he leaves me looking foolish though.
I'm not saying he's of the same standard yet, but he's the same sort of size as Barry Bannan who has had a very good championship career, so there is a chance.
Although if he could make me look foolish with a Beauchamp like display on Saturday I will be very happy.
It was all ball control and changes of direction with Joey - look back over his goals and notice how many of them involve Joey putting a defender (or two) on their arses with a feint and body swerve.I actually wonder if Joey would have been a winger himself if he'd grown up in the modern era.
He was quick at the start of his career, certainly, but never lightning fast. And he was certainly tough but by no means a bulldozer and he wasn't huge.
I think there's a chance that he would've ended up as a roving #10 type today, popping up all over the place creating goals and chances......
I actually wonder if Joey would have been a winger himself if he'd grown up in the modern era.
He was quick at the start of his career, certainly, but never lightning fast. And he was certainly tough but by no means a bulldozer and he wasn't huge.
I think there's a chance that he would've ended up as a roving #10 type today, popping up all over the place creating goals and chances......
It was all ball control and changes of direction with Joey - look back over his goals and notice how many of them involve Joey putting a defender (or two) on their arses with a feint and body swerve.
I see Tyler being similar in stature to Szmodics and could see him developing into a more central attacking player.I'm not saying he's of the same standard yet, but he's the same sort of size as Barry Bannan who has had a very good championship career, so there is a chance.