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Browne hasn’t been good since AN stopped playing him as a No:10 but now he’s captain he’s undroppable seemingly. 🤷‍♂️ no matter how poor his performances can be at times.
Ledson being picked ahead of McCann is insulting and cause for serious concern with regards Mr Lowe. Scouse connection maybe?
Bit unfair to comment on McCann vs Leicester at WB. Give him the same opportunities as the other CM’s have had and we will be in a better position to pass judgement.
Put Browne in at RWB (I can’t watch Potts any longer fannying about in that position it’s painful.) and bring in McCann for a good run of games.
 
SuperTom said:
Alan Browne HAS to play RWB. He’s miles better than Potts there and it would allow us to get McCann / Ledson in the team.
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I agree. I hope his performance there today convinces the manager to try it. He wasn't amazing but he was certainly better than McCann has been at RWB and Potts has been today. Browne has quite a big ego by lots of accounts though and may suggest he is a midfielder.
 
sw1980 said:
Your talking about McCann needing to start etc but the 45 min first half he produced against Leicester (albeit from right wing back) was bloody woeful.

If I’m a gaffer I’m thinking I can’t rely on him… kept giving the ball away, was miles off it … I know all you Ali McCann lovers will have a pop at me, but for me he hasn’t done enough (albeit playing out of position at wing back)

Have a look back at Ali Mccanns first half performance against Leicester and no wonder Ryan Lowe has his doubts
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You're unfairly judging him on his performances at RWB - I think it's fairly obvious that he isn't a RWB and shouldn't be shoved there.

He's a midfielder, nothing else. Judge him on his performances in his correct position. IMO, I've seen enough of him in that position to know he's a far better option than Browne who has been poor for far too long now.
 
Yes the midfield was lightweight and didn't get a grip on the match. But we got a point from a creatively poor performance because we at least battled away defensively. It will be half a dozen matches before any real sort of pattern emerges.
 
Rankine said:
Browne is simply not interested and should not be in the starting 11 let alone captain, and DJ is a luxury player we can't afford......
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Over reaction, on another day we’d be purring over them and want a new deal for Johnson as soon as possible. A good result in a tough away derby. Johnson will have his moments when we need them.
 
Dirty Harry said:
It was only the other day we had a thread about our 'embarassment of riches' in midfield. They were all crap today. Whitman totally overrated by some folk on here. We had no one able to put a foot on the ball and pick a pass. Thought our centre backs stood firm under plenty of pressure. Parrott and Riis should both have buried chances. Poor performance.
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which is supposedly why DJ is in the team.... but yet again he gets clapped off for doing absolutely nothing and the other 2 get slagged of for at least trying to win balls; run and make tackles.

Agree about the CB's = not that anyone will remember how well Lindsay defended (and bravely too) when he makes his first bad pass against Hull (if he has recovered after limping through the last 20 mins for the sake of the Team.....

tbf Storey was back to his best too.... Hughes always is !
 
sports rehab said:
which is supposedly why DJ is in the team.... but yet again he gets clapped off for doing absolutely nothing and the other 2 get slagged of for at least trying to win balls; run and make tackles.

Agree about the CB's = not that anyone will remember how well Lindsay defended (and bravely too) when he makes his first bad pass against Hull (if he has recovered after limping through the last 20 mins for the sake of the Team.....

tbf Storey was back to his best too.... Hughes always is !
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In my opinion the pace of our game is far to slow .
Browne DJ & Whitman seem happiest when playing at a slow pace .match after match the pace of the game is far to slow.
DJ been the biggest culprit.
Potts simply is not a W/B
Defence did well today .
Wigan thought they won the midfield hands down .RL needs to drop who ever isn’t pulling there weight & DJ & Potts were definitely the 2 today .
Lindsay probably our MOTM .
 
sw1980 said:
Your talking about McCann needing to start etc but the 45 min first half he produced against Leicester (albeit from right wing back) was bloody woeful.

If I’m a gaffer I’m thinking I can’t rely on him… kept giving the ball away, was miles off it … I know all you Ali McCann lovers will have a pop at me, but for me he hasn’t done enough (albeit playing out of position at wing back)

Have a look back at Ali Mccanns first half performance against Leicester and no wonder Ryan Lowe has his doubts
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Not an "Ali McCann lover" as hes not had a run of games in his best position imo. Also I don't think picking out 1 performance in a pre season friendly against a solid premiership team whilst playing out of position is fair.. but was just thinking if we are going to play three in the middle of the park it would help if one of them could tackle 👍
 
First game of season away at Wigan, they were always going to be up for it first game back in championship and momentum from last season. We had enough chances to win Parrot Riis and a few Lindsay headers from set pieces, Keeper Brady and 3 centre backs looked solid Riis and Parrot will only get better the more game time together. Whiteman is the only midfielder we have to do the role he does, Woodburn and McCann to start against Hull more energy from these 2 and more creativity from woodburn than Johnson offers. If Alvaro is right footed try him at RWB
 
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