thorpie the sinner Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Really dont get why jay is being played out on wing! Surely we didn't pay over 6m to play him out of position!! He is a striker end of!! Hope he gets his chance where he can be most effective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 I've not noticed him in a single game so far, pre-season or today and at City. Will give him longer but so far seems a waste of our record transfer fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Round peg, square hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc1976 Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Just your standard over-priced average English footballer really. 10-12 goals at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Just filling in the position while we buy someone for it I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Just your standard over-priced average English footballer really. 10-12 goals at best. I'd accept that. I dont know what would be wrong with that? Holt got 15 for Norwich last season. For a 23/24 year old, 10-12 would be a decent return for someone playing wide left in a newly promoted team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 He scored 23 goals last season by playing as a striker. Therefore play him as a striker. The whole formation is fair enough, but it will not work by putting square pegs in round holes. As someone else has said, I'm sure he's there until we have someone else to play there. Shows the frightening lack of options on the flanks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 He scored 23 goals last season by playing as a striker. Therefore play him as a striker. The whole formation is fair enough, but it will not work by putting square pegs in round holes. As someone else has said, I'm sure he's there until we have someone else to play there. Shows the frightening lack of options on the flanks though. Nail on head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 I don't blame the guy as he just wants to play football, a strange decision by Adkins so far. I personally would swing Lallana back in left midfield and put J Rod in behind a front two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Nail on head! And don't play Lambert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Its an utter waste to play JRod on the left. He clearly looks uncomfortable in that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Bad positioning by NA, however why people moaned when he was subed I don't know, hardly had a touch and when he did lost it, Sharp looked a lot sharper if you pardon the pun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 So, assuming we bring in at least one winger, and move J-Rod infield, what then to do with Sharp, Guly, and Lee ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Just your standard over-priced average English footballer really. 10-12 goals at best. I'd settle for that from him after today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 So, assuming we bring in at least one winger, and move J-Rod infield, what then to do with Sharp, Guly, and Lee ? Who is JRod going to move infield for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpie the sinner Posted 25 August, 2012 Author Share Posted 25 August, 2012 I keep forgetting we have Lee! Sharp may end up being surplus to requirements! J rod has to play up top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Just your standard over-priced average English footballer really. 10-12 goals at best. Optimistic at best. Last season, 13 league goals got you 10th place in the top scorers list. 10 - 12 goals at this level is a fantastic achievement. I'm not even sure J-Rod has had a decent shot on target yet, has he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Who is JRod going to move infield for? Guly ? Midfield 4 of Lallana, Spiderman, Davis, and new signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 Optimistic at best. Last season, 13 league goals got you 10th place in the top scorers list. 10 - 12 goals at this level is a fantastic achievement. I'm not even sure J-Rod has had a decent shot on target yet, has he? Totally not his fault. If he played where he's supposed to play then he'd have made much more of an impact. I'm sure of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenSaint Posted 25 August, 2012 Share Posted 25 August, 2012 if u play Rod you cant play lambo, in this new formation i dont care what ppl say, you play 1 striker end of with 2 wide midfielders either side and 3 cm in the centre, i keep saying it but NA is trying to keep to many players happy by playing Rod, Lambo and Guly at the same time. Guly isnt a right winger and Rod isnt a left winger, we have ppl who can play there so play them, my mate came back from the game today ranting about how **** Guly is, if NA keeps playing these players out of position week in week out he'll be down the job centre by november. We did so well last weekend somehow i knew this was gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringwood Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 Why not simply swap Lambert and Jayrod over? Lambert does very well coming in on the far post, and has much more to his game than simply being in the box. Ok Lamberts not quick, but the current system doesn't work, either go 442 or forget staying in the Prem,most of Saturday we appeared to only have 451, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Alert Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 Hate to say it but does anyone think that J-Rod might be a signing for the future? Maybe him and Sharp up front next season if we are relegated? Would be awesome in the championship if that is where we find ourselves. This season I dont imagine he will get much of a look in once Lee is back, and he wont be our starting CF as clearly NA rates Guly up top. Maybe that's just my take on it but from what we have seen so far he is not a winger, and never is likely to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 In 433 he is a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Randell Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 I think it's not so much the formation, it's the fact he stays right out on the byline, I don't think I have once seen him come off the byline and drift centrally to get it. Whether Adkins has told him to do that or not is another matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 Just your standard over-priced average English footballer really. 10-12 goals at best.Sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSteve Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 I don't blame the guy as he just wants to play football, a strange decision by Adkins so far. I personally would swing Lallana back in left midfield and put J Rod in behind a front two. I would certainly move lallana back to the left side, he gets less room in the centre and looks lost.. but I would play Lambert in the hole behind Rodriques. The is far too much emphasis on formations; footballers need to think on their feet, with movement off the ball so it can appear as 4-5-1 or 4-4-2 but fluidity is the key to breaking down defences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 my mate came back from the game today ranting about how **** Guly is Then he probably wasn't watching the game properly since Guly was one of our more effective players. Mind you that doesn't really say a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 26 August, 2012 Share Posted 26 August, 2012 Then he probably wasn't watching the game properly since Guly was one of our more effective players. Mind you that doesn't really say a lot. He was good in the first half, but sunk to the level of everyone else in the second. Good to see the fans on his back again though. Was noticeable when Ward Prowse gave the ball away under no pressure barely a muttering, two minutes later Guly does and half the ground went nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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