Wiggytop Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 1 minute ago, Palfy said: Under Ancelotti we worked the ball too get to the byline and put in crosses high and low for him to run onto, which he thrived on that season. I don’t understand why we’re not doing that more now, McNeil, Harrison, Myko, Garner, Patterson, Coleman can put decent balls in, not always of course, and I enjoy seeing that type of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 8 minutes ago, Wiggytop said: I don’t understand why we’re not doing that more now, McNeil, Harrison, Myko, Garner, Patterson, Coleman can put decent balls in, not always of course, and I enjoy seeing that type of play. Because we play far too slowly for any of those players to get in a good position to do it and if they do get in a good position to do it we’ve taken too long to get there so when the ball comes in DCL has 2 or 3 defenders with him. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 16 minutes ago, Wiggytop said: I don’t understand why we’re not doing that more now, McNeil, Harrison, Myko, Garner, Patterson, Coleman can put decent balls in, not always of course, and I enjoy seeing that type of play. We do put crosses in usually 15-20 yards from the byline there harder to score from and easier to defend, we don’t seem to get to byline in games anymore where DCL can run in on to the ball. Why I don’t know Rom’s just answered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggytop Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 12 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: Because we play far too slowly for any of those players to get in a good position to do it and if they do get in a good position to do it we’ve taken too long to get there so when the ball comes in DCL has 2 or 3 defenders with him. We do generally, and then on the rare occasion we snap out of the comatose style and speed up, we did so in the first half on Monday and created a great chance, why we don’t do it more often is my frustration. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 21 minutes ago, Wiggytop said: We do generally, and then on the rare occasion we snap out of the comatose style and speed up, we did so in the first half on Monday and created a great chance, why we don’t do it more often is my frustration. That is what we were all saying on Monday - look what happens when you speed things up. It's not that they can't do it. Then we'd go back to slow, nothingness again. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 16 hours ago, Palfy said: We do put crosses in usually 15-20 yards from the byline there harder to score from and easier to defend, we don’t seem to get to byline in games anymore where DCL can run in on to the ball. Why I don’t know Rom’s just answered it. I have been doing this in the kids training recently. Showing them how to run to the line and pull it back, the stay behind the ball and are now finding out how easy it is to meet a ball rather than have to step backwards to receive it. How pro footballers haven’t worked this out is beyond me. Matt, Palfy and Wiggytop 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuffRob Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 On 20/02/2024 at 09:35, Romey 1878 said: I know he had a couple of opportunities last night but I do feel sorry for him at the minute because he's got a thankless task up front for us right now. We are just twatting the ball up to him and hoping he can win it and then... what? Players aren't getting around him well enough. Last night he won 17 out of 20 duels - that's top work. But how many times did we support him after he's done that? We were slow to every second ball, really lethargic. He needs to score, no doubt about that, but the rest of the players (midfield) need to help him. Whether that's being brave with the ball or being aggressive out of possession. I agree. He is still our best option as a starting striker given his attributes discussed about. I think he will benefit massivley now Doucs is back. Last night you could see Doucs was short of match fitness - so hopefully if DCL and Doucs can stay fit than that will hold us in good stead for the rest of the season. I was gutted when the goal was give to Harrison a couple of weeks ago - I though he had finally ended his drought. I was desperate for a DCL goal and a win against Palace - that would have made a massive difference to the general feel around the place going in the final third of the season. On a positive note, before the Palace game the bookies had us at 3/1 for relegation and today we are 4/1, so in that way it was maybe a slightly better week for us than our nearest rivals. Romey 1878 and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Controversial opinion: he works hard, but he’s not clinical enough. We need a creative or opportunistic striker given our poor squad. dunlopp9987, Palfy and Cornish Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunlopp9987 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 2 hours ago, Sibdane said: Controversial opinion: he works hard, but he’s not clinical enough. We need a creative or opportunistic striker given our poor squad. I actually don't think there's any controversy to that. It's been pretty apparent for a while. duncanmckenzieismagic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted April 3 Author Report Share Posted April 3 2 hours ago, Sibdane said: Controversial opinion: he works hard, but he’s not clinical enough. We need a creative or opportunistic striker given our poor squad. I think it would be a lot more controversial if you said he was clinical. Anyone who has ever seen him play will know that he has all the tools to be a top class centre forward ( work rate, touch, attitude, physicality, speed, positioning) except for finishing Palfy, Sibdane and dunlopp9987 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 2 hours ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said: I think it would be a lot more controversial if you said he was clinical. Anyone who has ever seen him play will know that he has all the tools to be a top class centre forward ( work rate, touch, attitude, physicality, speed, positioning) except for finishing If only he could finish like Simms with everything else in his armour he would be one of the world’s best, and if that was the case he wouldn’t still be here the fact that he is surely has to be because no one is interested in a striker who doesn’t finish, without that everything else for a striker is meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 He is capable though. I think as a team we use him for all his other strengths and neglect him in terms of allowing him to be in the best places to finish. Let's not forget, before this season he had 2 injury riddled seasons where his appearances were very stop-start. Before that, he had 2 seasons of getting 15 and 21 goals for us...when told to focus on just being a striker. He also netted 4 times for England. It's mad frustrating for us all that we know, whatever opinions on other matters are, that a scoring DCL...even just another 5-10 goals this season so far...would have us in a very different position. Hopefully he can now get some confidence back and have some sort of impact for us. London Blue, Wiggytop and Romey 1878 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Should have done better with his other two opportunities but a great all round centre forward performance from him this afternoon. Wiggytop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggytop Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Looks like he’s got some of his mojo and swagger back, it’s going to be needed. Romey 1878 and London Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 If any of you lot are religious please pray for him to be fit on Sunday. Newty82, Sibdane and Palfy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Really need him back! Although it would sum our season up if he finally scored in a couple of games then gets injured for the rest! Sev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 17 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: If any of you lot are religious please pray for him to be fit on Sunday. I’ve given up on religion as a reliable way of getting what you want, I’ve been praying for weeks now that Dyche gets sacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Get yourself a voodoo doll Palfy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Gwlad said: Get yourself a voodoo doll Palfy. He'd be interested if you can find an inflatable one no doubt... MikeO, Sibdane and Gwlad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 19 minutes ago, Matt said: He'd be interested if you can find an inflatable one no doubt... That’s more Shukes’ domain if the Gomes thread is anything to go by. Matt and Shukes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 12 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: That’s more Shukes’ domain if the Gomes thread is anything to go by. The inflatable Gomes could partner the real Gomes in midfield and offer more than Onana. shukes - are you happy to give him a clean and send him to Dyche? Matt, Shukes and Gwlad 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 On 17/04/2024 at 12:37, Hafnia said: The inflatable Gomes could partner the real Gomes in midfield and offer more than Onana. shukes - are you happy to give him a clean and send him to Dyche? I love Everton…. Buts it’s hard to give up my Gomes! What about a wooden Onana? Oh wait… I sold him to Everton already. Matt and Sev 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 6 minutes ago, Shukes said: I love Everton…. Buts it’s hard to give up my Gomes! What about a wooden Onana? Oh wait… I sold him to Everton already. £30m in the bank you jammy sod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Palfy Posted April 23 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 23 Personally I wouldn’t risk him for the Liverpool game or Brentford if still not fully fit, I’d concentrate on getting him right for the Luton and Sheffield games beat these two teams and we will be safe, time to play and plan for survival and not risk players who could breakdown against teams that we aren’t realistically going to win against Liverpool being one. RuffRob, Hafnia, Romey 1878 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 41 minutes ago, Palfy said: Personally I wouldn’t risk him for the Liverpool game or Brentford if still not fully fit, I’d concentrate on getting him right for the Luton and Sheffield games beat these two teams and we will be safe, time to play and plan for survival and not risk players who could breakdown against teams that we aren’t realistically going to win against Liverpool being one. If I was a betting man I’d say Dyche will be thinking along the same lines and we’ll only see him on the bench. Palfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Palfy said: Personally I wouldn’t risk him for the Liverpool game or Brentford if still not fully fit, I’d concentrate on getting him right for the Luton and Sheffield games beat these two teams and we will be safe, time to play and plan for survival and not risk players who could breakdown against teams that we aren’t realistically going to win against Liverpool being one. I like the look of chermiti. Be interesting to see what he offers in a derby. He does like a booking Palfy and Gwlad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 2 minutes ago, Hafnia said: I like the look of chermiti. Be interesting to see what he offers in a derby. He does like a booking What would be interesting if he started it might force us to find a different way to play, there’s been talk of looking for changes even if it involves Dyche’s clothes , with Chermitti playing it should make us play into feet and get more men around him, giving him long balls to fight for isn’t going to work for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 1 minute ago, Palfy said: What would be interesting if he started it might force us to find a different way to play, there’s been talk of looking for changes even if it involves Dyche’s clothes , with Chermitti playing it should make us play into feet and get more men around him, giving him long balls to fight for isn’t going to work for him. Dunno you know, looks very strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 3 minutes ago, Hafnia said: Dunno you know, looks very strong. In the same way as DCL and Beto or in a different way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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