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  1. I got that but agreed somewhat with Beatlesaint's comments that drew the "utter rubbish" response. Another player that was unable to bridge the Championship to Premier gap. I felt he wasn't a good defender but attackwise had a good left foot who was exposed after promotion.
  2. It's obvious I was taking it to after promotion2012/13 as both Saints and WBA were in the Premier League. It wasn't until Shaw was introduced at left back that we started to get a grip at the back. Fox then went on loan to Notts Forest.
  3. Our revival didn't start until Nigel Adkins brought in Shaw against WBA and he nailed down that position.
  4. Andrew Watson in Launceston
  5. The first half was reminiscent of RM, The second goal was typical of Pre - Juric period. As was the third goal on Thursday. We are suffering from the early season and the manager unable to differentiate between the useless and the useful. We were better with four at the back and a target man up field. Bednarek needs to stop tippy tappy crap in our own half. Sugawara and Bree doesn't work on the right also KWP on the left. Downes was the worst I've seen him. Archer and Armstrong were hopeless. We've got to use the assets we've got. KWP on the right, Bednarek, THB, Ugochukwu, Aribo, Fernandes, Onuachu and Sulemana. We blew the first half and the match with the starting lineup. Stick Onuachu up front with Sulemana and maybe Archer and feed them with crosses and early through balls. Cut out the playing it out from the back. Play long to Onuachu it rattles the opposition.
  6. He needs his own players to step up to the plate and inundate him with through balls behind the defenders or give him the ball quickly in his own half. How he was expected to play under the previous regimes when his pace was really negated by the ball going sideways or backwards was more an example of their stupidity than Sulemana's useless contribution. The only way to use his pace is get him one on one or the ball in behind the defenders not expecting him to be part of a build up. If that's what you desire don't pick him. Juric gets it. Hopefully he also now gets Smallbone.
  7. When Dibling went off the last thing we needed was Smallbone, a strolling ball recycler. What we needed then was an aggressive attacker to shake up and disrupt the opposition. Smallbone allowed the MU midfield the time and space to pick us apart and get the ball out wide. KWP failed abysmally marking Amad. He needed to get up him rather than stand off and back off. Amad needed to be thinking he's going to get a clattering not all the time to be comfortable. That last goal was a mental aberration. Ramsdale, with two minutes left in the game and needing an equaliser had to launch it long left. Passing short was sheer stupidity. There is still a residue from the previous style. Downes had the opening to put Sulemana away but ignored it and opted for possession. Sulemana was our ace in the hole but we ignored him once Smallbone came on. Once Utd were pressing forward we needed more balls in behind them not pretty patterns.
  8. I think this lot need an old fashioned boot camp. Run them ragged and frighten them head on. Get the fitness up, make it painfully literally, obvious that the worse they play the harder they work. The Message will soon get home. Clear out the trouble makers.
  9. He's been used appallingly, never as a central striker by an idiot manager that should have been called out months ago, obsessed by a meaningless tactic of thousands of passes in our penalty area. I still would like to see how he plays maybe alongside Onuachu. His record with Blackburn and Sheffield Utd will attract teams looking for a striker. Not having to play backwards and sideways will help him.
  10. Absolutely true. When I was coaching, one of the players was a recently retired Olympic sprinter. As a youngster he had played representative football. In a couple of set up sessions I proved to him that dribbling the ball he was really hardly quicker than any other player. I then got him playing out of his own half, either receiving the ball then knocking it twenty yards past the defender. He was lightning quick so immediately left him for dead, three touches later the two central defenders were dragged out and he was in at the byeline playing the ball back across the edge of the penalty area to the incoming forwards. The other way was the midfielders and defenders playing the ball diagonally towards the corner where his pace again took the same three defenders out of the game. That is the only way Sulemana would be effective. He's not as quick but still very quick. Alternatively playing high centrally as he did two years ago in the last match of the season when scoring twice against Liverpool. Personally i'd like to see how he does given a go alongside Onuachu.
  11. Like Onuachu we have just wasted his lightning pace. When was the last time we played a decent through ball in front of him, never. He has to be played in on the break, If he's expected to face his own goal then turn and attack a consolidated defence he's wasting his time. I think the only way we can use him is to bring him in alongside Onuachu and out of the way of the wing backs. Quicker than Armstrong and Archer and stronger than Archer. They might make a pair. Power plus pace.
  12. Personally I Thought Ugochukwu looks the part. Sugawara really messed up shanking the ball for the corner that led to the goal then played Bowen onside., thats not the first time he's messed up in that position recently. Downs seems off his game. Fernandes was good. I thought Aribo was hopeless because he is so left footed he is continually passing backwards we just don't need that. He just kills the momentum. Onuachu all round had a good game as did KWP. The centre backs were ok but reverted to square passing too often. Wood has spent too much time under Martin and needs to get with the new direct system. Overall this was much more like it. If we had played like this from the start of the season we wouldn't be in this position. We wasted half the season playing the crappy possession nonsense. Sulemana looks lively and might be better alongside Onuachu rather than Armstrong or Archer.
  13. So could I.
  14. Apparently he's a big Ed Sheeran fan and big Ipswich fan Sheeran came in and talked to him about Ipswich so he signed there.
  15. Nobody is saying ABK should automatically get into the team however if fit I defy anybody to say he's not worth a place on the bench. Potentially our best centre back but has to deserve a place and show by his attitude that he wants to play.
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