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Post by robwahlmann on Oct 2, 2022 15:59:17 GMT
A lot of people on this board don't rate him, but we look so much more solid when he plays in the anchor role in my opinion.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 2, 2022 16:00:40 GMT
A lot of people on this board don't rate him, but we look so much more solid when he plays in the anchor role in my opinion. Completely agree, keeps the ball moving. Now if he could stay injury free for longer than two games that would be lovely
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Post by stokesaint1 on Oct 2, 2022 17:49:32 GMT
Definitly no star but, unfortunately as it stands, best we can muster at this time for that role.
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Post by gingerninja on Oct 2, 2022 17:50:30 GMT
Must start for me when fit.
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Post by pez75 on Oct 3, 2022 13:25:56 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player...
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Post by mrcoke on Oct 3, 2022 14:37:53 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player... A bang-average nothing player who tries hard for the team will contribute a lot more to a team's performance than a talented player who doesn't try or give a toss.
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Post by TinkerT on Oct 3, 2022 14:50:18 GMT
Still think he will be our best option at lwb when tymon isn't fit. He's not better than Baker and laurent (even after yesterday's performance)
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Post by pushon on Oct 3, 2022 14:55:58 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player... A bang-average nothing player who tries hard for the team will contribute a lot more to a team's performance than a talented player who doesn't try or give a toss. - Agreed he's a trier and there's a lots to be admired about that. But sadly he's quite a "nothing player" also, and we really won't improve our current position with players of his ilk.
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Post by cheadlestokie on Oct 3, 2022 15:16:58 GMT
For me he has to play Thompson and Laurent in front of a back four and push Baker forward Baker is in danger of falling into the Allen problem of trying to be all over the pitch and his game generally suffering because of it.
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Post by cvillestokie on Oct 3, 2022 15:18:42 GMT
For me he has to play Thompson and Laurent in front of a back four and push Baker forward Baker is in danger of falling into the Allen problem of trying to be all over the pitch and his game generally suffering because of it. Agreed. If we can’t use Powell, then Baker has to be the most attacking of the three. He’s not that good defensively, but he is bloody good around the opposition’s box.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 3, 2022 15:21:27 GMT
He's a bog standard player that doesn't do anything well.
We certainly look better with him in the side but Jesus we could and should do better.
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Post by cvillestokie on Oct 3, 2022 15:24:16 GMT
He's a bog standard player that doesn't do anything well. We certainly look better with him in the side but Jesus we could and should do better. If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side?
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Oct 3, 2022 16:40:53 GMT
A lot of people on this board don't rate him, but we look so much more solid when he plays in the anchor role in my opinion. No we don’t.
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Post by LphPotter on Oct 3, 2022 16:46:28 GMT
A lot of people on this board don't rate him, but we look so much more solid when he plays in the anchor role in my opinion. No we don’t. We definitely do, he’s not the greatest but by far the best we have at what he does. Especially with Kilkenny going missing so we haven’t seen what he can do. Laurent and Baker were trying to do the same job yesterday with neither of them really doing anything, there was so much space in midfield for them every single time.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 3, 2022 16:50:45 GMT
He's a bog standard player that doesn't do anything well. We certainly look better with him in the side but Jesus we could and should do better. If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side? Because the other options do everything appallingly? Well they certainly did yesterday. I’m hoping Laurent was simply a lack of match sharpness because he was dreadful
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 3, 2022 17:16:59 GMT
He's a bog standard player that doesn't do anything well. We certainly look better with him in the side but Jesus we could and should do better. If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side? He holds position better than the others. But he doesn’t do anything well does? Doesn’t really tackle, intercept, pass well. He’s a poor player.
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Post by cvillestokie on Oct 3, 2022 17:39:51 GMT
If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side? He holds position better than the others. But he doesn’t do anything well does? Doesn’t really tackle, intercept, pass well. He’s a poor player. He holds his position well seemingly. I think he does well in aerial duels personally. I’d say he does pretty well in the 50-50 tackle as well. We seem to get ran through less easily with him in the team. My biggest problem with Thompson is that he’s always injured.
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Post by robwahlmann on Oct 3, 2022 17:51:27 GMT
If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side? He holds position better than the others. But he doesn’t do anything well does? Doesn’t really tackle, intercept, pass well. He’s a poor player. It's a bit like it was with Glen Whelan, never looked like an important player for us, but was always missed when not playing. Positioning is really half the job, at least, for a player in the anchor role.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Oct 3, 2022 18:16:35 GMT
Said all.last year we are better with him than without him it’s bern the same since wba at home last season
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Post by citynickscfc on Oct 3, 2022 18:20:35 GMT
Said all.last year we are better with him than without him it’s bern the same since wba at home last season It really doesn't take much does it? Mid table championship, I mean Whitehead would embarass our lot, or Danny Pugh, Cresswell arguably a better left mid/winger than all of our current choices, and we laughed at Micheal Tongue once.... He would be our best player (consistently good in the champ in his day). Our current strikers are no better statistically than Chris Greenacre, let that sink in.
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Post by bridgnorthstokie on Oct 3, 2022 18:20:51 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player... I always smile at comments on here when a player is out injured... suddenly all their limitations are forgotten and they become the great cornerstone of which our team must be built around...
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 3, 2022 18:22:29 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player... I always smile at comments on here when a player is out injured... suddenly all their limitations are forgotten and they become the great cornerstone of which our team must be built around... It is true though that generally our midfield tends to keep its shape better when he plays. Can’t be a coincidence
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Oct 3, 2022 18:24:56 GMT
If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side? He holds position better than the others. But he doesn’t do anything well does? Doesn’t really tackle, intercept, pass well. He’s a poor player. Hamza Choudhury showed yesterday what we have been missing since.......well since forever. Power, pace, aggression, skill, positional awareness, intelligence, athleticism. Everything we've being crying out for in a midfielder.
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Post by iglugluk on Oct 3, 2022 18:25:59 GMT
If he doesn’t do anything well, how do we certainly look better with him in the side? Because the other options do everything appallingly? Well they certainly did yesterday. I’m hoping Laurent was simply a lack of match sharpness because he was dreadful He looked very decent for a few games before the injury, so fingers crossed your hope is going to come to fruition.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Oct 3, 2022 18:28:52 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player... Yeah, it's a very sad situation and just highlights how close to league 1 we are.
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Post by robwahlmann on Oct 3, 2022 18:43:21 GMT
Shows how low we have sunk that people are hankering for such a bang-average nothing player... I always smile at comments on here when a player is out injured... suddenly all their limitations are forgotten and they become the great cornerstone of which our team must be built around... Thompson is not a stand out player, but he handles the anchor role better than the options we seem to have in our squad right now as I see it.
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Post by gingerninja on Oct 3, 2022 18:45:35 GMT
Thompson very rarely wastes a pass and the passes he makes are usually zipped with a bit of pace, when some say he is bang average it makes me laugh, his passing compared to all on show Sunday is positively Brazilian.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Oct 3, 2022 19:01:18 GMT
Said all.last year we are better with him than without him it’s bern the same since wba at home last season It really doesn't take much does it? Mid table championship, I mean Whitehead would embarass our lot, or Danny Pugh, Cresswell arguably a better left mid/winger than all of our current choices, and we laughed at Micheal Tongue once.... He would be our best player (consistently good in the champ in his day). Our current strikers are no better statistically than Chris Greenacre, let that sink in. On goals scored we havent had any worse strikers including Kyle lightborne, Keith Scott , Dave bamber ,
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 3, 2022 19:13:54 GMT
He holds position better than the others. But he doesn’t do anything well does? Doesn’t really tackle, intercept, pass well. He’s a poor player. He holds his position well seemingly. I think he does well in aerial duels personally. I’d say he does pretty well in the 50-50 tackle as well. We seem to get ran through less easily with him in the team. My biggest problem with Thompson is that he’s always injured. Holding position shouldn’t be something that is lauded. 15 year olds should be able to it.
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Oct 3, 2022 20:26:08 GMT
We definitely do, he’s not the greatest but by far the best we have at what he does. Especially with Kilkenny going missing so we haven’t seen what he can do. Laurent and Baker were trying to do the same job yesterday with neither of them really doing anything, there was so much space in midfield for them every single time. We really don’t.
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