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Ben Davies

Ben Davies

BallyPNE

BallyPNE

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My god he was top class last night. I know it's nothing new but he bullied Bamford all game until he went off.

How long has he actually got left on his contract?

Sadly can't see him being with us much longer ?
 
Lets not wet our pants here, yes he was good but Bamford got away from Ben and had three good chances to net, fluffed them all, go ask the Leeds fans what they think of Bamford at the moment and I think you'll find most want him benched.
 
Paul Szacsky said:
Lets not wet our pants here, yes he was good but Bamford got away from Ben and had three good chances to net, fluffed them all, go ask the Leeds fans what they think of Bamford at the moment and I think you'll find most want him benched.
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He lost Nketiah for the goal. Other than that he had an outstanding game but if he wants to play at a higher level then he can’t keep losing his man at crosses.
 
Paul Szacsky said:
Lets not wet our pants here, yes he was good but Bamford got away from Ben and had three good chances to net, fluffed them all, go ask the Leeds fans what they think of Bamford at the moment and I think you'll find most want him benched.
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Do you mean from the corners? Then Davies wasn't marking Bamford as he's part of the zonal group along the 6 yard box. I think it was Potts who was blocking / marking Bamford.
 
Tino said:
Do you mean from the corners? Then Davies wasn't marking Bamford as he's part of the zonal group along the 6 yard box. I think it was Potts who was blocking / marking Bamford.
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Is it just me or is anyone else uncomfortable with our use of zonal marking? It seems to me to give our opponents too many opportunities for free runs to attack the ball and too many unchallenged headers at goal as a result
 
Tino said:
Do you mean from the corners? Then Davies wasn't marking Bamford as he's part of the zonal group along the 6 yard box. I think it was Potts who was blocking / marking Bamford.
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Yes it was Potts, and he loses his man.
 
Henry Weston said:
Is it just me or is anyone else uncomfortable with our use of zonal marking? It seems to me to give our opponents too many opportunities for free runs to attack the ball and too many unchallenged headers at goal as a result
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Looks like we go for a mixture of zonal and man marking. Wonder if the zonal has been put in place as extra protection for Rudd?
 
Libertine said:
Ben, just like any of our other good players should not be allowed to leave in January whatever the offer.
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Riddler and Hemmings should say this to him.......

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone, and you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind and don't like what you find
There's something you should know, you've got a place to go
I used to say I and me, now it's us, now it's we
I used to say I and me, now it's us, now it's we
 
Dirty Harry said:
Yes it was Potts, and he loses his man.
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Thanks, thought it was.

Henry Weston said:
Is it just me or is anyone else uncomfortable with our use of zonal marking? It seems to me to give our opponents too many opportunities for free runs to attack the ball and too many unchallenged headers at goal as a result
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Yes very. I've mentioned it for a while now and it seems to be costing us. Bristol City exposed it expertly as did Barnsley. Leeds created chances from corners but didn't take them.

It's agood job Cudworth isn't still the goalie coach though as he'd be getting the blame by now. Btw was he on the bench last night or has he moved off now Gould is here? I don't remember seeing him.
 
BallyPNE said:
Looks like we go for a mixture of zonal and man marking. Wonder if the zonal has been put in place as extra protection for Rudd?
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No. If I remember correctly we first introduced zonal marking very early on in AN's reign after Cunningham was harshly adjudged to have fouled a Derby player when defending a corner using man to man marking. Derby scored from the resulting penalty.
 
It was actually DJ marking Bamford for the first few corners cos I commented to my mate that him and Potts should swap which they then did. Tactical genius me.
 
kbd_pne said:
He lost Nketiah for the goal. Other than that he had an outstanding game but if he wants to play at a higher level then he can’t keep losing his man at crosses.
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crosses are his only real weakness. As you say he needs to cut these out to make it at the next level. Last season he was often undone when the man ran across him in the box.

other than this he is an exceptional CB who reads the game extremely well, and has a very calm head.

will inevitably make the step up in the near future
 
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