pele Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Was Frazer injured today....has been having a great season but thought Butterfield had a great game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Butterfield everytime for me. Never understood why his run as first choice came to an end sometime back. When he plays he proves he should be in the starting line up. His crosses today were just awesome... Unlike frazer that's not the only skill he has... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Butterfield has a fantastic cross on him and that showed throughout last season. Richardson is clearly physically stronger, but I guess it is down to horses for courses, similar to Morgan and Hammond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Frazier everytime for me, though Butterfield is not too shabby a player either. Frazier gives you genuine energy and width and will get to the byline, ensuring his crosses are more reliable. Butterfield's crosses today were absolute peaches but he delivers them from deep. Its much harder to be dangerous from those kind of areas as Palace showed (though granted he didn't have much to aim for). I also feel more comfortable with Frazier when we're up against genuine wide men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the colonel Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 usually frazier for me but after today butterfield was great..glad i dont have to choose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridge Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Butterfield is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 I thought Richardson has been excellent so far this season and Butterfield a bit poor on Tuesday night, so was a bit disappointed when I heard our line up, but Butterfield was excellent, defended well and put some great crosses in. Not the hardest day at the office and I'd still put FR back in the team when fit. Assume he just had a knock during the week or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up and away Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Butterfield everytime for me. Never understood why his run as first choice came to an end sometime back. When he plays he proves he should be in the starting line up. His crosses today were just awesome... Unlike frazer that's not the only skill he has... Butterfield was always my preferred RB last season, because he passed the ball better than Richardson. But Richardson has always been the better defender to me and this year his attacking strengths have come on in leaps and bounds, that I just don't think it's a contest any more. Great to have such two good players that are looking better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 What a great choice Adkins has with these two fighting for a start. Special mention to the amount of times Richardson has cleared the ball off the line this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelat17 Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 What a great choice Adkins has with these two fighting for a start. Special mention to the amount of times Richardson has cleared the ball off the line this season. 5 assists too from Frazer. great to have two equally good rightbacks - both have their strengths and their own different weeknesses, for me last season Butterfield was my preferred RB, this season Frazer has come in and been good - i think that comes from Frazer being fully fit and this superb competition for places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Butterfield was always my preferred RB last season, because he passed the ball better than Richardson. But Richardson has always been the better defender to me and this year his attacking strengths have come on in leaps and bounds, that I just don't think it's a contest any more. Great to have such two good players that are looking better and better. I don't think Butterfields been given enough opportunities to show how good he is this season. I know he was great last season though. Think given the chance Butterfield could do what he did today consistently. I've groaned too many times at frazers wayward passes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 I don't think Butterfields been given enough opportunities to show how good he is this season. I know he was great last season though. Think given the chance Butterfield could do what he did today consistently... IMO, last season at Leyton Orient and Butterfield's performance against Cox tipped the balance permanently towards Richardson. It was a canter for Butterfield today, so I don't know we really learned. Can deffo do a job but he's not first choice and I expect NA's looking to strengthen the position like with LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Actually going on Adkins post match interview it seems he chose to play DB ahead of FR. Fair play, wouldn't have been my call, but it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Actually going on Adkins post match interview it seems he chose to play DB ahead of FR. Fair play, wouldn't have been my call, but it worked. Taken from the Guardian article linked to in the post match thread (http://goo.gl/SqO9f): "Those warnings went unheeded and Southampton soon took advantage. In the 14th minute Danny Butterfield, introduced to the starting 11 specifically to raid down the right, cantered forward, spotted Guly do Prado unattended at the far post and curled in a delicious cross. The Brazilian showed his gratitude by planting a perfect header into the top corner from eight yards. "Fraser Richardson has been our right-back for most of the season and has been outstanding but we brought in Danny for this one to get in positions to help break down a resolute Middlesbrough side who have been very tough to beat away this season," Southampton manager Nigel Adkins said." Great call by NA - this isn't just mindless squad rotation to keep all players happy, this is utilising your squad to put out a team that will get a specific job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Taken from the Guardian article linked to in the post match thread (http://goo.gl/SqO9f): "Those warnings went unheeded and Southampton soon took advantage. In the 14th minute Danny Butterfield, introduced to the starting 11 specifically to raid down the right, cantered forward, spotted Guly do Prado unattended at the far post and curled in a delicious cross. The Brazilian showed his gratitude by planting a perfect header into the top corner from eight yards. "Fraser Richardson has been our right-back for most of the season and has been outstanding but we brought in Danny for this one to get in positions to help break down a resolute Middlesbrough side who have been very tough to beat away this season," Southampton manager Nigel Adkins said." Great call by NA - this isn't just mindless squad rotation to keep all players happy, this is utilising your squad to put out a team that will get a specific job done. Takes football team management to another level doesn't it. So much more depth to our squad than appears present in a lot of prem sides and Nigel is clearly the man to make the most of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Depends on the opposition for me now. Overall I rate Richardson better, but Butterfields got an incredible cross on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Takes football team management to another level doesn't it. So much more depth to our squad than appears present in a lot of prem sides and Nigel is clearly the man to make the most of that Either that... or this is exactly what every manager out there does, but because they (unsurprisingly ) don't explain every single tactical decision they make, the 99.9% of football fans who understand next to nothing about the tactical side of the game automatically assume their manager's decisions are made entirely at random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshsaint92 Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 IMO they are both decent enough defensively and going forward have different qualities. Butterfield prefers to cross the ball from a deep position where as Frazer prefers to get to the byline before putting the ball in the box, as a result Frazer gets caught out of position alot more than Butterfield. I dont think there is much between the two but if I had to choose it would probly be Frazer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojones10 Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 butterfield was good today, but id go for richardson every time i think hes been nothing short of superb this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 29 October, 2011 Share Posted 29 October, 2011 Have always liked Butters great passer of the ball. Frazer looks more solid defensively though and has improved a lot over last season IMO. Frankly it's just nice to have a team with so many decent players for so many postions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 30 October, 2011 Share Posted 30 October, 2011 Last season, I was massively in favour of Butters, who was miles better than what I saw of Richardson. This season, Frazer has been the balls. Frazer should be our number one IMO, but I still love Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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