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Post by andycooke96 on Aug 5, 2023 16:24:16 GMT
Bossed the game from start to finish, have to admit I was a little underwhelmed when we signed him, but him Laurent and Pearson looks like a very good midfield 3.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 5, 2023 16:26:09 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone!
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Post by milton58 on Aug 5, 2023 16:29:54 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone! so what you are saying is you like a smallbone now and again
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 5, 2023 16:34:42 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone! so what you are saying is you like a smallbone now and again I like smallbones, I like bigbones, I like skinnybones, I like fatbones, I like whitebones, I like blackbones, I like indianbones, I like chinesebones. But most of all, most of all. I like the way you moooooooove!
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Post by pieofpeter on Aug 5, 2023 16:41:53 GMT
Bossed the game. Thought he was great in covering when one of laurent and Pearson went forward. Was nice to have a very good set piece taker.
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Post by sticky on Aug 5, 2023 16:43:16 GMT
Excellent today, nice to see players wanting to pass forward
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Post by robstokie on Aug 5, 2023 17:01:07 GMT
Class act today, he ran the game looking to get on the front foot and at their centre halves coming forward, clever on the ball whilst offering the penetration and execution to open up a side who looked to come here and defend deep, was the key man in transitioning from defence to attack and worked hard behind the ball too, regaining possession and covering spaces behind him that allowed us to buy time to organise ourselves. It was refreshing to see us have a midfielder who actually looked to run it and draw people out for once. Certainly an upgrade on Smallbone for sure.
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Aug 5, 2023 17:05:00 GMT
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Aug 5, 2023 17:05:00 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone! This could be the first thing you're not anti 😉
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 5, 2023 17:10:41 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone! This could be the first thing you're not anti 😉 At least I’ve got an opinion, splinter arse!😉
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Aug 5, 2023 17:24:56 GMT
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Post by theoptimist on Aug 5, 2023 17:24:56 GMT
Stockport missed out on a diamond there by plumping for Powell instead 🤣
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 5, 2023 17:26:52 GMT
He was outstanding and to think a certain poster thought he wouldn’t even start🤣🤣utterly clueless as usual
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 5, 2023 17:29:00 GMT
#littlepreston
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Aug 5, 2023 17:29:56 GMT
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Post by PotteringThrough on Aug 5, 2023 17:29:56 GMT
Thought he was fantastic for 60 mins and then thought he’d ran out of steam as he made a couple of sloppy passes and seemingly switched off a bit.
But it was just a ten minute blip and looked fantastic as he got more space after the red, could’ve had a hatful of assists. Some great balls through the lines and the set pieces were cracking.
Long may it continue
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Post by mattador78 on Aug 5, 2023 17:31:53 GMT
My MOM everything was just easy glided through that game
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Aug 5, 2023 17:32:43 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2023 17:32:43 GMT
Industrious and never hid but thought his passing and final ball was poor.
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Aug 5, 2023 17:34:34 GMT
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Post by mattador78 on Aug 5, 2023 17:34:34 GMT
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Post by Rick Grimes on Aug 5, 2023 17:38:58 GMT
Clear man of the match for me, hopefully he can stay consistent because he’s some player.
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Post by wuzza on Aug 5, 2023 17:41:01 GMT
Never been any doubt that he had quality - some suggestion he was on the decline though. Today showed he’s still got it .
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Aug 5, 2023 18:10:24 GMT
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 5, 2023 18:10:24 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone! Saints have got Smallpiece playing DM 🫣
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2023 18:13:50 GMT
Absolute mustard today, the difference between him and Smallbone in midfield is night and day. And I’m certainly not anti Smallbone! Saints have got Smallpiece playing DM 🫣 Where he should be. Smallbone hid. I didn’t think anything came off for Johnson today and he didn’t hide and he still wanted it. And that’s what I really liked about him.
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Post by cvillestokie on Aug 5, 2023 18:20:20 GMT
He must be the first midfielder we’ve had whose first instinct is to pass forwards since being relegated. I loved that. The three front men all just dropped a shoulder every time he had the ball. It caused them no end of problems when we were hungry for it in the first half. That ball through to Brown at the end of the first and his general link up play with Vidigal throughout was great.
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Post by mtrstudent on Aug 5, 2023 18:29:27 GMT
Last season's opener: Baker-Laurent-Clucas
This season: Pearson-Laurent-Johnson.
Johnson also looks like an upgrade on Smallbone, keep it up lad.
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Aug 5, 2023 18:54:42 GMT
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 5, 2023 18:54:42 GMT
Saints have got Smallpiece playing DM 🫣 Where he should be. Smallbone hid. I didn’t think anything came off for Johnson today and he didn’t hide and he still wanted it. And that’s what I really liked about him. One of the things about Smallbone was that he didn’t look like he’d settled on which of the midfield roles he wanted to play. I wouldn’t say DM though, he can’t tackle for shit and he’s far too easy to skip past. I think if he makes a go of it it’ll be as an 8, pressing high and making late runs into the box.
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Post by march4 on Aug 5, 2023 18:55:12 GMT
Excellent debut for DJ.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2023 19:28:57 GMT
Where he should be. Smallbone hid. I didn’t think anything came off for Johnson today and he didn’t hide and he still wanted it. And that’s what I really liked about him. One of the things about Smallbone was that he didn’t look like he’d settled on which of the midfield roles he wanted to play. I wouldn’t say DM though, he can’t tackle for shit and he’s far too easy to skip past. I think if he makes a go of it it’ll be as an 8, pressing high and making late runs into the box. I wouldn’t want him anywhere near the box tbh. A deep metronome should be his role.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 5, 2023 19:32:27 GMT
Where he should be. Smallbone hid. I didn’t think anything came off for Johnson today and he didn’t hide and he still wanted it. And that’s what I really liked about him. One of the things about Smallbone was that he didn’t look like he’d settled on which of the midfield roles he wanted to play. I wouldn’t say DM though, he can’t tackle for shit and he’s far too easy to skip past. I think if he makes a go of it it’ll be as an 8, pressing high and making late runs into the box. He’s a talented player who doesn’t have a position unfortunately. I’m trying to think of someone else like that🤔
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Post by PotterLog on Aug 5, 2023 19:38:27 GMT
One of the things about Smallbone was that he didn’t look like he’d settled on which of the midfield roles he wanted to play. I wouldn’t say DM though, he can’t tackle for shit and he’s far too easy to skip past. I think if he makes a go of it it’ll be as an 8, pressing high and making late runs into the box. I wouldn’t want him anywhere near the box tbh. A deep metronome should be his role. Seems that’s what Saints have settled on, having tried all the other positions pre-season. I Can see the logic but I’d hope he has a bit of a destroyer alongside him
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Post by Championship Potter on Aug 5, 2023 20:03:25 GMT
One of the things about Smallbone was that he didn’t look like he’d settled on which of the midfield roles he wanted to play. I wouldn’t say DM though, he can’t tackle for shit and he’s far too easy to skip past. I think if he makes a go of it it’ll be as an 8, pressing high and making late runs into the box. I wouldn’t want him anywhere near the box tbh. A deep metronome should be his role. I wouldn’t trust him to put his foot in though. We had a similar problem with Ryan Woods - looked great when he had time to play simple 5 yard passes all game, but completely found out when teams came at us.
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Aug 5, 2023 20:04:42 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2023 20:04:42 GMT
I wouldn’t want him anywhere near the box tbh. A deep metronome should be his role. I wouldn’t trust him to put his foot in though. We had a similar problem with Ryan Woods - looked great when he had time to play simple 5 yard passes all game, but completely found out when teams came at us. Think it depends what sort of a side you’re in though. In a good side you can get away with it a lot more.
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Post by owdestokie2 on Aug 5, 2023 20:21:36 GMT
Saints have got Smallpiece playing DM 🫣 Where he should be. Smallbone hid. I didn’t think anything came off for Johnson today and he didn’t hide and he still wanted it. And that’s what I really liked about him. I love your comparison off Johnson and Smallbone. Completely differing playing styles. One a youngster who’s overcome an ACL, made about 60 appearances, 40 odd in a poor side playing poorly and has in future in front of him and another who is an experienced International and Championship player with about 300 appearances behind him Anything to suit your negative opinions whilst racking up another post in your quest for a Guinness book of records. Remember Verlinden
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