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Rafferty

Can't we just settle on all of them being pretty decent? It's clear none are going to play at a much higher level or they'd be there already. As it is they all do a consistently decent job without really pulling up trees.

It's also clear Neil would play fisher and Hughes given the choice. Rafferty has been an unexpectedly successful back up to both sides.
 
One thing I don't get is why does Neil ask our fullbacks to tuck in all the time?

Hughes suffers especially because he doesn't have the burst of pace to get out and stop the crosses.

We're also pretty bad at dealing with balls into the box from deep and having them tucked in invites it.

We do it every game, on both sides, regardless of who is playing and I really don't get it.

I know its probably based on percentages and probability but it doesn't work like that, we've been punished loads.
 
pne1881 said:
"Average Championship anything" is pretty much the market we're dealing in though.
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We do fairly well with them, I can’t say that we have any shirkers, and some are really quite good, it’s just that rating any of our full backs as the best in the league, I just don’t personally agree with that. To each his own I suppose.
 
sf said:
One thing I don't get is why does Neil ask our fullbacks to tuck in all the time?

Hughes suffers especially because he doesn't have the burst of pace to get out and stop the crosses.

We're also pretty bad at dealing with balls into the box from deep and having them tucked in invites it.

We do it every game, on both sides, regardless of who is playing and I really don't get it.

I know its probably based on percentages and probability but it doesn't work like that, we've been punished loads.
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If you force the ball wide then there's less danger than if it's central. Although sometimes our full backs do overdo it and tuck in too much, leaving too much space.

It's definitely something I'm a fan of though, probably because I trust our defenders to clear balls into the box (well, Bauer and Hughes anyway).
 
kingpne said:
If you force the ball wide then there's less danger than if it's central. Although sometimes our full backs do overdo it and tuck in too much, leaving too much space.

It's definitely something I'm a fan of though, probably because I trust our defenders to clear balls into the box (well, Bauer and Hughes anyway).
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I'm not keen, think its exposed us a lot, think we're pretty good at crowding out teams in central positions but don't know how the numbers look in terms of goals conceded in different situations.
 
sf said:
One thing I don't get is why does Neil ask our fullbacks to tuck in all the time?

Hughes suffers especially because he doesn't have the burst of pace to get out and stop the crosses.

We're also pretty bad at dealing with balls into the box from deep and having them tucked in invites it.

We do it every game, on both sides, regardless of who is playing and I really don't get it.

I know its probably based on percentages and probability but it doesn't work like that, we've been punished loads.
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I don't get it either, especially as we normally have 2 sitting midfielders protecting the back 4. How many players do you need in the box when a cross comes over? First an foremost the cross needs to be stopped
 
simo said:
Can't we just settle on all of them being pretty decent? It's clear none are going to play at a much higher level or they'd be there already. As it is they all do a consistently decent job without really pulling up trees.

It's also clear Neil would play fisher and Hughes given the choice. Rafferty has been an unexpectedly successful back up to both sides.
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I'd rather have Rafferty over Hughes at this moment in time. Hughes hasn't looked great since coming back from his latest injury to me
 
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