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 rossboss29  Portsmouth 20 Jan 14 4.06pm |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle Quote Master Coin at 20 Jan 2014 3.43pm
Quote rossboss29 at 19 Jan 2014 10.02pm
He isn't going to score goals, but he played his role on perfection yesterday. Defending a 1-0 lead, he is the perfect player. A defensive striker if you will. Opinions. I'd bring him in. Was his job yesterday to squander 2 gilt-edged chances then rather than just burying the game? We had several extra minutes of squeaky bum time because he is so low on confidence in front of goal that he tried to side foot it in from 25 yards rather than race forwards onto a practically open goal and then take it with composure. Not for me thanks. He tries hard but isn't good enough and I don't think you can afford to carry him on the bench every week. On top of that I feel like he is one of those players who will just stifle the development of some of our academy lads.
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| rossboss29 Portsmouth 20 Jan 14 4.08pm |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle Don't get me wrong, gayle is a brilliant player to come on when we are chasing a game, but when in a winning postion wilbs would be the ideal stiker to come on when defending a lead. Edited by rossboss29 (20 Jan 2014 4.08pm)
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gary3a  bromley 20 Jan 14 4.22pm |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle He scored today and set one up for the development squad.
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| jamescroydon09 croydon 20 Jan 14 4.44pm |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle Quote Master Coin at 20 Jan 2014 3.43pm
Quote rossboss29 at 19 Jan 2014 10.02pm
He isn't going to score goals, but he played his role on perfection yesterday. Defending a 1-0 lead, he is the perfect player. A defensive striker if you will. Opinions. I'd bring him in. Was his job yesterday to squander 2 gilt-edged chances then rather than just burying the game? We had several extra minutes of squeaky bum time because he is so low on confidence in front of goal that he tried to side foot it in from 25 yards rather than race forwards onto a practically open goal and then take it with composure. agree 100%
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| Master Coin 20 Jan 14 4.45pm |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle Quote rossboss29 at 20 Jan 2014 4.06pm
Quote Master Coin at 20 Jan 2014 3.43pm
Quote rossboss29 at 19 Jan 2014 10.02pm
He isn't going to score goals, but he played his role on perfection yesterday. Defending a 1-0 lead, he is the perfect player. A defensive striker if you will. Opinions. I'd bring him in. Was his job yesterday to squander 2 gilt-edged chances then rather than just burying the game? We had several extra minutes of squeaky bum time because he is so low on confidence in front of goal that he tried to side foot it in from 25 yards rather than race forwards onto a practically open goal and then take it with composure. Not for me thanks. He tries hard but isn't good enough and I don't think you can afford to carry him on the bench every week. On top of that I feel like he is one of those players who will just stifle the development of some of our academy lads.
Clearly though you wouldn't just "lump the ball up to Gayle" - you'd play incisive through balls for him to run onto by outpacing the defense. You're comparing apples with oranges. If we really need a player to play the role of "wasting a trivial amount of seconds before losing the ball" then so be it. However I'd rather this was a secondary skillset tacked onto the skillset of somebody who was competent at a few other things - possibly even including scoring goals. Personally, if we need to waste time towards the end of the game, I'd rather do that by passing the ball around and denying the opposition the ability to get the ball than dicking around near the corner flag for 10 seconds. Holding the ball in the corner is the mark of an underdog team in a cup game trying to close out an upset. They aren't good enough to pass the ball around to kill off the game so they play for the corner. This is okay in that scenario and is acceptable since you're such an underdog that you cannot be reasonably expected to outplay teams. I'd even say I'd be happy to do it if we were somehow trying to nick points off the likes of Man City / Arsenal in a league game. In a game against Stoke however (one in which we'd been the better team throughout anyway) I'd rather we'd just played to close the game out through continuing to outclass them.
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| danincyp Old Bexley 20 Jan 14 7.09pm |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle defensive striker. he certainly defended the stoke goal with that sidefoot.
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| herefordeagle Hereford 20 Jan 14 9.19pm |
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He did well - get off his back. That's all folks. I bid you goodnight
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| Mapletree Croydon 20 Jan 14 9.25pm |
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Quote Master Coin at 20 Jan 2014 4.45pm
This post has been merged from a topic called 'Wilbs in the 25 man squad' by Penge Eagle Quote rossboss29 at 20 Jan 2014 4.06pm
Quote Master Coin at 20 Jan 2014 3.43pm
Quote rossboss29 at 19 Jan 2014 10.02pm
He isn't going to score goals, but he played his role on perfection yesterday. Defending a 1-0 lead, he is the perfect player. A defensive striker if you will. Opinions. I'd bring him in. Was his job yesterday to squander 2 gilt-edged chances then rather than just burying the game? We had several extra minutes of squeaky bum time because he is so low on confidence in front of goal that he tried to side foot it in from 25 yards rather than race forwards onto a practically open goal and then take it with composure. Not for me thanks. He tries hard but isn't good enough and I don't think you can afford to carry him on the bench every week. On top of that I feel like he is one of those players who will just stifle the development of some of our academy lads.
Clearly though you wouldn't just "lump the ball up to Gayle" - you'd play incisive through balls for him to run onto by outpacing the defense. You're comparing apples with oranges. If we really need a player to play the role of "wasting a trivial amount of seconds before losing the ball" then so be it. However I'd rather this was a secondary skillset tacked onto the skillset of somebody who was competent at a few other things - possibly even including scoring goals. Personally, if we need to waste time towards the end of the game, I'd rather do that by passing the ball around and denying the opposition the ability to get the ball than dicking around near the corner flag for 10 seconds. Holding the ball in the corner is the mark of an underdog team in a cup game trying to close out an upset. They aren't good enough to pass the ball around to kill off the game so they play for the corner. This is okay in that scenario and is acceptable since you're such an underdog that you cannot be reasonably expected to outplay teams. I'd even say I'd be happy to do it if we were somehow trying to nick points off the likes of Man City / Arsenal in a league game. In a game against Stoke however (one in which we'd been the better team throughout anyway) I'd rather we'd just played to close the game out through continuing to outclass them.
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