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Lessons So Far

Lessons So Far

ernest said:
I know I got a lot of flak for my championing of Mears when others were castigating him as a mere 'athlete' but we ended up with a million reasons in out bank account justifying why I was right about him.
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He lost me when he rebranded the back of his shirt "Tye".

Was a decent player though in a very good defence.
 
ernest said:
Browne - a workhorse but lacks the ability to play clever passes or make the most of shooting chances.
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He was poor last night. I think at times he's made to look better than he actually is by having Pearson next to him.

Last night he continually failed to release the ball at the right time and kept running into trouble, something that he's been doing for ages and hasn't improved.

He wasn't that effective in a defensive sense too, and once again he failed to take a chance after having 2 on Saturday too.

He's a work horse but for me we need better quality than him in our starting 11, someone who offers something a bit more tangible than just covering a lot of ground.
 
Browne's biggest issue these past two games has been his finishing. He's failed to find the net with three easy chances. Is this his fault? Yes of course. But it's also the fault of the team and the tactics deployed that these three chances that fell to Browne were our only real chances on goal in the last 180 minutes of football.
 
kbd_pne said:
He was poor last night. I think at times he's made to look better than he actually is by having Pearson next to him.

Last night he continually failed to release the ball at the right time and kept running into trouble, something that he's been doing for ages and hasn't improved.

He wasn't that effective in a defensive sense too, and once again he failed to take a chance after having 2 on Saturday too.

He's a work horse but for me we need better quality than him in our starting 11, someone who offers something a bit more tangible than just covering a lot of ground.
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He was disappointed with his performance, the players need our support not constant criticism.
 
tcinders said:
He was disappointed with his performance, the players need our support not constant criticism.
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Yep, and I was there at the game, supporting the team, but criticism isn't out of bounds on a forum.

I've tried to be balanced with my view on Browne. He's a useful squad player who works hard, but doesn't offer enough to be a regular in our team IMHO.

He wasn't good last night but that's becoming par for the course without Pearson beside him. We need to strengthen CM before the end of the window.
 
ernest said:
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Browne - a workhorse but lacks the ability to play clever passes or make the most of shooting chances.
Johnson - has added an element of steel to his play.
Barkhuizen - wasted in wide positions, must be used more centrally.
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Think Browne can pick a very good pass at times, but is a bit inconsistent. Was very good in preseason when we were playing at a faster pace.
Johnson is benefitting from being further up the pitch and closer to opposition players, so he has more opportunity to tackle
Barkhuizen isn't wasted out wide. The waste is that he isn't getting any of the ball, and on the few occasions that he does get it, it is never there for him to run on to. Whether he plays out wide or through the middle we need to get balls for him to run on to. We get into the opposition half quite quickly but then stop. If we play Hugill with Barkhuizen and/or Robinson, If Hugill hugs the last defender then the other should sit a bit back so that they can run onto any balls coming in. Robinson seems to get this, but Barkhuizen seems to position himself statically right up against a defender.
 
kbd_pne said:
Yep, and I was there at the game, supporting the team, but criticism isn't out of bounds on a forum.

I've tried to be balanced with my view on Browne. He's a useful squad player who works hard, but doesn't offer enough to be a regular in our team IMHO.

He wasn't good last night but that's becoming par for the course without Pearson beside him. We need to strengthen CM before the end of the window.
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Fair comment, but new manager a few games in I would argue Brownes form has improved overall.
He has missed 3 good chances but at least he was in a position to miss them!
The bigger worry for me is Callum's wayward shooting.
 
ernest said:
No - this is annoying because he was a player I liked. Like Fisher he was a black fellow - nothing wrong in pointing that out - but I just can't recall his name.
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Steady on there Ernie some touchy souls on here 🙂

Your right it was Matt Hill who was very similar to Fisher in style, still lives local to Preston I think ?
 
Strongbow said:
Your right it was Matt Hill who was very similar to Fisher in style, still lives local to Preston I think ?
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Hill's agility complemented Lucketti's slight slowness of turn while on the ground. Fisher complements Huntington in a similar way - got to say he is looking better every game. We may soon be turning down million pound offers for him as well.
 
ernest said:
Hill's agility complemented Lucketti's slight slowness of turn while on the ground. Fisher complements Huntington in a similar way - got to say he is looking better every game. We may soon be turning down million pound offers for him as well.
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Another million pound player.... wow.... we must have a squad worth £50 zillion at the moment 🙂
 
We're in a very competitive league and we're doing alright. I think the mistake yesterday was team selection. AN himself said he should have benched some of Saturdays players as they were knackered.
Easy to say in hindsight I know.
 
pnenycx said:
We're in a very competitive league and we're doing alright. I think the mistake yesterday was team selection. AN himself said he should have benched some of Saturdays players as they were knackered.
Easy to say in hindsight I know.
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That would have been a big dig towards making Ben Pearson feel guilty for sending off. Rightly so as well.
 
pnenycx said:
We're in a very competitive league and we're doing alright. I think the mistake yesterday was team selection. AN himself said he should have benched some of Saturdays players as they were knackered.
Easy to say in hindsight I know.
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That would have been a big dig towards making Ben Pearson feel guilty for sending off. Rightly so as well.
 
ernest said:
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Maxwell - excellent shot stopping and catching.
Fisher - energetic and committed, very good at getting between the ball and the goal. He reminds me of that right-back we had a few years back under AI whose name I forget but is better on the ball.
Davies - starting to look a class act.
Pearson - essential to the functioning of the team without him the whole side sags.
Browne - a workhorse but lacks the ability to play clever passes or make the most of shooting chances.
Johnson - has added an element of steel to his play.
Robinson - seeing plenty of the ball but consistently wasting it. AN needs to sort that out fast.
Barkhuizen - wasted in wide positions, must be used more centrally.
Hugill - running himself silly for the side but needs more close support.
Maguire - a livewire, for heaven's sake play him alongside Hugill.
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So put Harrop in for Browne?

Worth a crack for me on Saturday.
 
Its okay having these one hundred percenters in the side, but how many attacking moves die a death because of Hugill's lack of awareness and general clumpiness?
 
paolo poggi said:
Its okay having these one hundred percenters in the side, but how many attacking moves die a death because of Hugill's lack of awareness and general clumpiness?
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I don't know but at Leeds two clear chances were missed - by Browne on both instances - that were created almost entirely by Hugill's persistence and presence.
 
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ernest said:
I don't know but at Leeds two clear chances were missed - by Browne on both instances - that were created almosrt entirely by Hugill's persistence and presence.
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Browne and Robinson seem to have missed the most of our chances. Not sure about dropping Browne, as I think he does offer some grit in midfield. But we need to give Maguire and Harrop a go, then there's Horgan as well.
 
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