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It looks like Neil has totally lost faith in Darnell Fisher and preferring to play Clarke despite is 100% effort is never a right back in a million years.

We have become very predictable down that side and whilst Tom hasn’t been torn apart by anyone yet I do worry that when we play some of the better sides he will be targeted.

Darnell was excellent last season but has looked more like the player Rotherham said we where signing this season.

Will Darnell get his form back or has he been sussed out? Suppose we can only hope he can, I’m not sure Neil believes he can after publicly criticising him.

The failure to bring in someone to push Fisher in the summer was again a huge failure on the part of the club/owner as Woods simplybis never fit.

Has this become the number one priority in January?
 
If we can bring someone in better than Darnell then I'd be delighted. If we can get someone on a par with him who is likely to push him then I'd be be happy with that.

I see no reason he can't get back to last season's form it's purely a confidence issue
 
Also worth remembering that for much of the season he was playing behind an out of form Barky and in front of an out of form Rudd which won't have helped the situation
 
A right backs got to be our top target in January. Even if Fisher was in form we'd need back up, Woods is done for and Clarke can't be relied on to play there consistently. I also wander if Neil had a rb he was more confident in would he feel less need to play Barky at RW for his defensive abilities. Feel we'd be more dangerous with a Robinson, Nmecha, Maguire front 3 but it might lead to full backs being overrun.
 
JK;n3400130 said:
It looks like Neil has totally lost faith in Darnell Fisher and preferring to play Clarke despite is 100% effort is never a right back in a million years.

We have become very predictable down that side and whilst Tom hasn't been torn apart by anyone yet I do worry that when we play some of the better sides he will be targeted.
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With Neil's current penchant for chopping and changing I wouldn't be surprised to see Fisher at left back in the not too distant future.
 
Sid Snot;n3400139 said:
With Neil's current penchant for chopping and changing I wouldn't be surprised to see Fisher at left back in the not too distant future.
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I wouldn't be surprised Sid to see Neil playing both Clarke AND Fisher at right back, at the same time, doing the Paso Doble.
 
Dirty Harry;n3400140 said:
I wouldn't be surprised Sid to see Neil playing both Clarke AND Fisher at right back, at the same time, doing the Paso Doble.
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And with the opposition’s winger waltzing right past them.....
 
Dirty Harry;n3400140 said:
I wouldn't be surprised Sid to see Neil playing both Clarke AND Fisher at right back, at the same time, doing the Paso Doble.
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Me neither, H 😀:thumbsup:
 
I have a right back problem sometimes when I wake up from my 45 minute slumber in my works vehicle...
 
Jack Daniels;n3400144 said:
I have a right back problem sometimes when I wake up from my 45 minute slumber in my works vehicle...
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So THAT'S why my mail is always blummin' late, is it?
 
Jack Daniels;n3400144 said:
I have a right back problem sometimes when I wake up from my 45 minute slumber in my works vehicle...
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😉 - time to requisition a new ergonomically correct vehicle from the Royal Mail.
 
Players out of form eventually need to be dropped. That's not tinkering or chopping and changing in my view. Its for the good of the player and the team.

The loss of form can be temporary, particularly with younger players. I've not written Darnell off , and I'm sure Neil hasnt.

We put all our hopes in signing the Everton lad on a permanent in the summer, but he was only available for loan and we could not guarantee first team football so he went to Wigan.

I'm sure right back is one of the priorities for January as Clarke, a previously capable replacement for right back, no longer seems to have the attributes required, and that is more likely to be permanent than temporary at his age.

I think a big part of our defensive problems this season has been that our 2 experienced and previously rock solid centre halves, TC and Hunts, both seem to have gone on the wane simultaneously. You can see it in Hunts in particular who is more frustrated than anyone with his own form.
 
chorleythehord;n3400184 said:
I think a big part of our defensive problems this season has been that our 2 experienced and previously rock solid centre halves, TC and Hunts, both seem to have gone on the wane simultaneously. You can see it in Hunts in particular who is more frustrated than anyone with his own form.
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Age catches up with everybody. I mentioned a while ago that it would be a shame if these 2 stalwarts end up being remembered here for their poor end to their time here, rather than their sterling contribution over the last few years. However for them still to be mainstays of our defence 4 years on from the Play Off victory shows a distinct lack of ambition & planning on our part
 
Aitch;n3400208 said:
Age catches up with everybody. I mentioned a while ago that it would be a shame if these 2 stalwarts end up being remembered here for their poor end to their time here, rather than their sterling contribution over the last few years. However for them still to be mainstays of our defence 4 years on from the Play Off victory shows a distinct lack of ambition & planning on our part
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Agree.

Clarke as a motivator in the centre of defence and as a threat at corners in the opposition box is worth his place in the squad.
His deficiencies as a right back are well documented but the affect on the rest of the team need to be pointed out.

Our midfield, particularly Pearson is dragged over to protect leaving gaps in midfield, also centre defence also come over to cover leaving gaps for opposition midfielders and forwards to run into. We cover that by bringing the left back across, so our left side is now vulnerable to a quick switch and fast wing play by the opposition. See the problem?
Clarke is no right back and any team with half decent attack, midfield and wingers can turn us inside out making our defenders and goalie look amateur.
Trouble is there are 23 other teams in our league who, on their day, are capable of taking advantage.
Fisher will not regain confidence sat on the bench.

my gripe at the moment is we don't play on the pitch, the ball is always at least 10ft off the flield. Pity this isn't Memphis, that would be interesting.
 
Huntingdon is still capable of playing championship quality football for at least the next 2 seasons.

Its his first real dip in form in about 5 years and we’re talking about him like a old cart horse who will be sold for glue.

Thought he and Clarke played well on Saturday, and certainly had much better games than Davies and Earl. It’s been a below average season for Hunts, but can’t think he’s been at fault for many goals this year
 
In modern day football your two full backs are critical in
both a defensive and Attacking sense especially if you are trying to play the ball out from the back. Anyone else notice that AN insisted that the ball be play out from the back when he first came, now with weak full backs the ball is going long first time more and more.

Two quality full backs are a priority
 
Padster;n3400238 said:
In modern day football your two full backs are critical in
both a defensive and Attacking sense especially if you are trying to play the ball out from the back. Anyone else notice that AN insisted that the ball be play out from the back when he first came, now with weak full backs the ball is going long first time more and more.

Two quality full backs are a priority
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I honestly can't recall an occasion when the ball has ever been played out from the back through Fisher. I can't recall a ball being played out to Hughes without it going long after he received it. Sad to say but they're both pretty much train wrecks at the moment.
 
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