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Brad Potts

Brad Potts

Walrus

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I don't want to appear negative after a good battling performance from the team against top of the league where a draw would have been a fair result but I cannot see why Potts was playing, before Bodin or Harrop. When did he last have a positive impact on a game?
 
Bodin isn’t really an option in midfield.

I suppose AN could’ve played Harrop there. He would’ve offered much technical quality on the ball, but off the ball probably very little.

Potts couldn’t really get involved but he did a very good job off the ball helping to keep a very talented WBA midfield quiet.
 
Thought Potts did his job in stopping them getting out from the back, he's clearly not technically gifted like Browne in that 10 role but I think he did ok.
 
Potts appeared to be marking Livermore man to man from what I saw. While he didnt get much time on the ball 1st half he rarely lost his man.

Sometimes players are given jobs to do that mean they go unnoticed or noticed for the wrong reasons.

He was a bit more involved 2nd half but we saw more of the ball.
 
Not sure what more he could have done. Got up and down very well, helped nullify WBA’s greatest threats (midfield). Not easy when the ball is going over your head all night long.
 
Walrus said:
I don't want to appear negative after a good battling performance from the team against top of the league where a draw would have been a fair result but I cannot see why Potts was playing, before Bodin or Harrop. When did he last have a positive impact on a game?
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Tonight.

Potts' major contribution tonight was defensive. Admittedly, he wasn't brilliant on the ball, but he helped provide a damn sight more cover for our makeshift right back tonight than Bodin did for Ledson in the previous game.

He put a real shift in as part of a makeshift team that was robbed of a point against the potential champions.
 
Thracia said:
When I saw Harrop coming on wearing mittens and with his socks pulled up tight over his knees, I sensed why Potts started.
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Haha! I didn’t notice the socks but said to my mate that he might get a few more minutes if he didn’t look like a fanny.
 
I think Potts is low on confidence. But he did a job tonight. Lots of simple one touches.

Tonight wasn't a game for Harrop. Our plan was to condense the play. It worked a treat until the cheating started. Potts played his part.
 
Sounds like he was there to play the Browne role from last season- pressure high up, stop them playing out from the back with ease, try to force mistakes. Sadly Browne was needed at right back.
 
Doc Brown said:
Tonight.

Potts' major contribution tonight was defensive. Admittedly, he wasn't brilliant on the ball, but he helped provide a damn sight more cover for our makeshift right back tonight than Bodin did for Ledson in the previous game.

He put a real shift in as part of a makeshift team that was robbed of a point against the potential champions.
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This.
 
pne1881 said:
TBH I thought he was dreadful.

Probably not his best position though.
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Apparently that is his best position.

FWIW, whilst he was shocking going forward, I commented in the first half he appeared to be stood on sawyers to stop him playing out, allowing Pearson to focus on keeping pereira quiet
 
jamesOB said:
Apparently that is his best position.

FWIW, whilst he was shocking going forward, I commented in the first half he appeared to be stood on sawyers to stop him playing out, allowing Pearson to focus on keeping pereira quiet
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God help us if that's his best position.
 
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