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Aug 29, 2021 10:26:56 GMT
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 29, 2021 10:26:56 GMT
Sawyers can certainly hold onto the ball well and has one or two tricks. Haven't seen anything yet to show he can tackle or lay on defence splitting balls to the front two. (Yes, l know, l want it all !) I think we've seen the ability he has to make incisive forward passes in both games he's featured in so far. It's just the case that those games have been as part of an entirely changed XI versus a Doncaster team who often had 11 behind the ball, and a relative cameo against Fulham, who'd dominated our midfield all afternoon. I've been mostly impressed by his decision making regarding whether to play it safe or look for the killer pass, given that he's not really played with the same players yet. A run in the team to give him and the rest a chance to learn each other's games. In that regard, he's the player Woods was supposed to be. I agree that he doesn't look like the sort to impose himself defensively, and I think he'll run Clucas close for 'midfielder most likely to lose his man' around the box! The o My thing about incisive passes is someone need to finish them and we’ve don’t score forwards Fletcher and Brown currently showing a massive one deflection between them
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Post by borges on Aug 29, 2021 10:45:19 GMT
I think we've seen the ability he has to make incisive forward passes in both games he's featured in so far. It's just the case that those games have been as part of an entirely changed XI versus a Doncaster team who often had 11 behind the ball, and a relative cameo against Fulham, who'd dominated our midfield all afternoon. I've been mostly impressed by his decision making regarding whether to play it safe or look for the killer pass, given that he's not really played with the same players yet. A run in the team to give him and the rest a chance to learn each other's games. In that regard, he's the player Woods was supposed to be. I agree that he doesn't look like the sort to impose himself defensively, and I think he'll run Clucas close for 'midfielder most likely to lose his man' around the box! The o My thing about incisive passes is someone need to finish them and we’ve don’t score forwards Fletcher and Brown currently showing a massive one deflection between them Agreed, but Sawyers knowing the runs the forwards make, and them knowing the passing range he has, will lead to more chances. You might not be able to make a striker more clinical, but they'll score more goals if they get more chances. Surridge and Brown are still young and quick enough that they can base their game on running in behind. Campbell still to come back, too...
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Post by march4 on Aug 29, 2021 10:47:12 GMT
I can’t see Clucas and Vrancic starting many games once Powell and Sawyers are properly fit. Defensively they don’t do enough.
As for Ostigard - he needs to find his form. He was disappointing against Forest and no better yesterday.
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Sawyer's
Aug 29, 2021 11:21:29 GMT
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 29, 2021 11:21:29 GMT
I can’t see Clucas and Vrancic starting many games once Powell and Sawyers are properly fit. Defensively they don’t do enough. As for Ostigard - he needs to find his form. He was disappointing against Forest and no better yesterday. March trouble is Powell and sawyers can only go one way too
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Sawyer's
Aug 29, 2021 11:58:53 GMT
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Post by march4 on Aug 29, 2021 11:58:53 GMT
I can’t see Clucas and Vrancic starting many games once Powell and Sawyers are properly fit. Defensively they don’t do enough. As for Ostigard - he needs to find his form. He was disappointing against Forest and no better yesterday. March trouble is Powell and sawyers can only go one way too I know, but we’ve seen Powell do some of the running to stop teams passing out from the back. I hope Sawyers can do the same. That midfield yesterday epitomised our Stoke Strollers failing.
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Sawyer's
Aug 29, 2021 13:06:52 GMT
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Post by scfcno1fan on Aug 29, 2021 13:06:52 GMT
March trouble is Powell and sawyers can only go one way too I know, but we’ve seen Powell do some of the running to stop teams passing out from the back. I hope Sawyers can do the same. That midfield yesterday epitomised our Stoke Strollers failing. Agree re Powell. He’s one of the best at winning the ball back.
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Post by nottsover60 on Aug 29, 2021 13:56:01 GMT
It's 'Sawyers' no apostrophe. 'Tom Sawyer's best friend Huckleberry Finn in the Mark Twain novel of the same name' would require an apostrophe but then he is just 'Sawyer' to begin with. In fairness 'Sawyers' is a crazy name, sawyer just means woodcutter so why the flipping 's' at the end?! Probably because his ancestors belonged to the Sawyer family in the sense of working for them. It's how a lot of surnames originated and so technically probably should have had an apostrophe.
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 29, 2021 14:25:06 GMT
In all honesty I think only Bursik came out of that game able to hold his head high. The rest were from terrible to mediocre in my opinion. Still we have had a good start to the season, and we have a lot of young players still learning the trade. It will be important not to lose confidence just because of a defeat against the possibly best team in the division. A playoff place is still up for grabs as I see it, but I really look forward to getting Ty back as he has got something in his locker that none of the rest possess, maybe apart from Powell. These kind of players can create or score goals out of nothing and really change the direction of games. A playoff place is still up for grabs! It is August everything from 1st place to 24th is still up for grabs. The great motivator has spoken!
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Aug 30, 2021 16:15:35 GMT
March trouble is Powell and sawyers can only go one way too I know, but we’ve seen Powell do some of the running to stop teams passing out from the back. I hope Sawyers can do the same. That midfield yesterday epitomised our Stoke Strollers failing. Think Powell is very good defensively, works very hard and doesn’t get credit for this aspect of his game
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Sept 11, 2021 16:20:41 GMT
Was disappointed with him today, thought his passing wasn’t great and he killed a lot of forward momentum
Hopefully he’s still getting up to speed
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 11, 2021 16:22:54 GMT
The balance of the midfield didn’t work at all, none of them played well including Allen when he came on tbh.
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Post by Jimm on Sept 11, 2021 16:24:08 GMT
Clucas was a passenger and I thought Sawyer's played too deep but I guess he had to
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2021 16:24:25 GMT
Was disappointed with him today, thought his passing wasn’t great and he killed a lot of forward momentum Hopefully he’s still getting up to speed I disagree. I think he was in the wrong position. We don’t need him as the deep lying playmaker if we have three ball playing defenders. I’d have put him where Clucas was personally. He was surrounded the second he ever got the ball operating in that pocket.
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Post by TinkerT on Sept 11, 2021 16:25:44 GMT
Was disappointed with him today, thought his passing wasn’t great and he killed a lot of forward momentum Hopefully he’s still getting up to speed He needs to play alongside Allen for me. We looked wide open through the middle even more than usual. To be fair he has said he's a 8 but with Mario and Powell he won't get a game over those two, so he needs to make the spot next to Allen his. Thought he was actually worse than clucas today but they were both shockingly bad.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Sept 11, 2021 16:26:51 GMT
Was disappointed with him today, thought his passing wasn’t great and he killed a lot of forward momentum Hopefully he’s still getting up to speed I disagree. I think he was in the wrong position. We don’t need him as the deep lying playmaker if we have three ball playing defenders. I’d have put him where Clucas was personally. He was surrounded the second he ever got the ball operating in that pocket. For me today he was poor, gave the ball away and almost got caught out a number of times. Lots of negative passing. Doesn’t matter where he’s playing he was sloppy. I was really looking forward to him putting his stamp on the game but today wasn’t his day
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Sept 11, 2021 16:36:31 GMT
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Post by Do it for dobing on Sept 11, 2021 16:36:31 GMT
Had some nice touches but didn't seem to want the ball enough
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Sept 11, 2021 16:38:52 GMT
Needs to be further forward, it’s that simple
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Post by theonlooker on Sept 11, 2021 16:59:44 GMT
The midfield is missing a strong ball winner. Sawyers, Clucas, Allen and Vrancic would all be better players alongside one, and not all in there together.
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Sawyer's
Sept 11, 2021 17:01:23 GMT
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Post by scfcno1fan on Sept 11, 2021 17:01:23 GMT
The midfield is missing a strong ball winner. Sawyers, Clucas, Allen and Vrancic would all be better players alongside one, and not all in there together. This. I think this could be the difference between us getting playoffs/promoted and missing out.
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Sawyer's
Sept 11, 2021 17:06:44 GMT
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Post by gingerninja on Sept 11, 2021 17:06:44 GMT
Which is what we've been saying all summer, midfield ball winner☹️
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Post by wuzza on Sept 11, 2021 17:08:52 GMT
I just keep thinking how good he looked for Brentford whenever he rocked up at our place. Need to find the way to unlock that potential.
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Post by BraveSirRobin on Sept 11, 2021 17:13:51 GMT
Had some nice touches but didn't seem to want the ball enough From my viewpoint he was constantly asking for the ball and being ignored.
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Post by chiswickpotter on Sept 11, 2021 17:19:24 GMT
Had some nice touches but didn't seem to want the ball enough From my viewpoint he was constantly asking for the ball and being ignored. Agreed and the difference after he went off was enormous, suddenly Huddersfield were in the game. Bizarre decision to leave Clucas on
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Sept 11, 2021 17:37:31 GMT
From my viewpoint he was constantly asking for the ball and being ignored. Agreed and the difference after he went off was enormous, suddenly Huddersfield were in the game. Bizarre decision to leave Clucas on Huddersfield were always in the game
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Sept 11, 2021 18:15:25 GMT
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Post by pieofpeter on Sept 11, 2021 18:15:25 GMT
Thought he did ok today.. made a few decent tackles and made a few decent passes. Needs runners around him and just needs to get up to speed he will be fine.
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Post by victoria on Sept 11, 2021 18:29:29 GMT
Jesus christ didnt seem to play too well for us today either from what i heard around me. Grinding out points is what necessary. We did that. Sawyers will be a top midfielder for us.
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Post by bagnallboothen on Sept 11, 2021 18:32:33 GMT
Don't think he was helped by the two in front of him both being left footed which really effected the balance of midfield.
I'd have left him on and fetched Clucas off.
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Post by Squeekster on Sept 11, 2021 18:36:40 GMT
Thompson could of done what he did today and would be stronger in the tackle, it's early days yet but he was poor today.
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Sawyer's
Sept 11, 2021 18:40:05 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 11, 2021 18:40:05 GMT
Thompson could of done what he did today and would be stronger in the tackle, it's early days yet but he was poor today. If Thompson played like that today there’d be hell up.
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Post by Rick Grimes on Sept 11, 2021 18:41:08 GMT
Had some nice touches but didn't seem to want the ball enough From my viewpoint he was constantly asking for the ball and being ignored. He definitely didn’t shirk away from wanting it, he was constantly asking for it. He did ok but was clearly asked to sit the deepest of the 3 and we know that’s not his game, he’s a number 8.
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