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Brucemeister

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Tbh im probably in the minority on here tonight but i see todays game of making a hell of a statement with regards to attacking Wolves from the off.Im not one for tactics ill be honest nor do stats interest me but i cannot get my head round that we have actively gone out and signed a player who albeit has scored goals in the Scottish League,he scores goals.Why the hell is this guy sat on the bench until the 80 odd minute and not showing what he can do ? Its a crazy situation. Personally if i was Moult id be banging his door down Monday asking him whats problem he has with me.Its almost like previous managers having Bruce Saville Thomas sat on the bench and not bringing them on.Where again most are happy with a 1-1 draw against Wolves,im not.Yes the sending off changed the game but for god sake play your strongest team week in week out .....
 
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Posted this on the other Moult thread, but their back 3 was always gonna be tough for a striker to deal with physically, so the way we switched to have Barkhuizen up top to try and get at them with raw pace actually made sense to me. Hopefully he gets a start vs Villa though.
 
Brucemeister said:
Tbh im probaly in the minority on here tonight but i see todays game of making a hell of a statement with regards to attacking Wolves from the off.Im not one for tactics ill be honest nor do stats interest me but i cannot get my head round that we have actively gone out and signed a player who albeit has scored goals in the Scottish League,he scores goals.Why the hell is this guy sat on the bench until the 80 odd minute and not showing what he can do ? Its a crazy situation. Personally if i was Moult id be banging his door down Monday asking him whats problem he has with me.Its almost like previous managers having Bruce Saville Thomas sat on the bench and not bringing them on.Were again most are happy with a 1-1 draw against Wolves im not.Yes the sending off changed the game but for god sake play your strongest team week in week out .....
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Wasn't he injured when he came to Deepdale? Probably just getting back to full fitness. He'll get his chance.
 
paolo poggi said:
Wasn't he injured when he came to Deepdale? Probably just getting back to full fitness. He'll get his chance.
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Yes I think this is the situation.

AN gradually getting him fully match fit and ready. Also maybe not such a great idea to risk destroying his confidence by starting him against the top team in the league.

And CR, TB and BB have played pretty well in the last few games too.

Perhaps taking the lead showed that AN's team selection and tactics were the right ones, dashed only by the sending off of Welsh which, apart from the obvious disadvantage that gave us, prevented AN from using hus subs as he would have wanted to to get the win.
 
I hope so,ive listened to a couple of Off the Ball shows up here on BBC Radio Scotland and even the pundits are baffled by him not starting.A lot of Motherwell fans also are miffed off too as they see someone going to a new club but if he had stayed there he would still be doing the business.Footballs about goals ...this lad knows where the net is ...
 
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I hope so,ive listened to a couple of Off the Ball shows up here on BBC Radio Scotland and even the pundits are baffled by him not starting.A lot of Motherwell fans also are miffed off too as they see someone going to a new club but if he had stayed there he would still be doing the business.Footballs about goals ...this lad knows where the net is ...
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Although in reality PNE in the Championship is quite a step up from Motherwell (no disrespect to them of course) so he's likely to face stiffer competition for a place in the team, not helped of course by the injury he sustained just before he arrived here.

I guess most of us are keen to see him play and hoping he'll prove very successful. Hopefully hus chance will come soon and he'll prove his worth.

My guess is a reasonable spell from the bench on Tuesday all things being well.
 
Does seem a bit bemusing. AN has put other previously injured players straight back in the team. We have another game on Tuesday and Neil waited until Barkhuizen was visibly wilting before he brought some fresh legs on. No one else is banging the goals in either.
 
I'd expect to see him start on Tuesday and if not next Saturday. I think we have probably been over cautious with his hammy after the Maguire situation. We spent a lot of money (for us) on him so would be shit to lose him for the rest of the season by bringing him back too soon.

Add to that Robinson's performance against Forrest earned him the right to start the last few games and as has already been pointed out pace is more efficient against 3 centre halves.
 
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