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Post by mcw on Aug 12, 2023 16:21:45 GMT
He was poor no doubt about that, the midfield three just seemed totally disjointed. Pearson was so far back he may as well have been playing CB, Johnson likes to try and get forwards and Laurent was pretty much non-existent apart from when he was either losing the ball, fouling somebody or lolloping around. The amount of times they dropped the ball into the centre-circle area and were allowed to turn and run directly at the defence was shocking. That being said I am struggling to find many positives in the rest of the team performance.
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Post by DC1863 on Aug 12, 2023 16:22:54 GMT
Thought he was pretty poor today but there were a number of poor performances.
It just highlights the need for more quality rotation options needed in the midfield, we can't rely on 16yr old Sidibe and Jordan Thompson as backup at this level.
Burger and Onomah as could have changed the game today from the bench or the start as I thought our midfield looked leggy from the off.
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Post by xchpotter on Aug 12, 2023 16:23:23 GMT
He was poor no doubt about that, the midfield three just seemed totally disjointed. Pearson was so far back he may as well have been playing CB, Johnson likes to try and get forwards and Laurent was pretty much non-existent apart from when he was either losing the ball, fouling somebody or lolloping around. The amount of times they dropped the ball into the centre-circle area and were allowed to turn and run directly at the defence was shocking. That being said I am struggling to find many positives in the rest of the team performance. Lolloping around ššā¦.I love that word and itās a very exact adjective for him.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Aug 12, 2023 16:41:05 GMT
He had a player alongside him today who was much worse, Pearson was embarrassing. Dj best of the 3 having played ok second half, they were all shite in midfield. No way was Pearson worse (he wasnāt great) than Laurent Laurent was abysmal truly shocking couldnāt give a fuck attitude. Needs to go
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Post by TinkerT on Aug 12, 2023 16:45:54 GMT
He had a player alongside him today who was much worse, Pearson was embarrassing. Dj best of the 3 having played ok second half, they were all shite in midfield. No way was Pearson worse (he wasnāt great) than Laurent Laurent was abysmal truly shocking couldnāt give a fuck attitude. Needs to go Pearson was absolute shite, they came through our midfield first half like he wasn't even there, his ONLY job in our team is to stop this and break the game up, absolute embarrassing. Second half we got a foot hold but when your up against luongo and Sam fucking morsy you don't give up the midfield like THAT.
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Post by fraybentos on Aug 12, 2023 16:50:25 GMT
Loose Laurent preetty much summed up todays performance
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Post by Trouserdog on Aug 12, 2023 16:53:28 GMT
Thought he was good last week. Not watched today but sounds like he was rubbish.
Sums him up- a very inconsistent player.
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Post by willieeetmiout on Aug 12, 2023 16:55:39 GMT
He was shocking today, yes. Should we sell him off the back of one bad game? Obviously not. Christ. 1 bad game. He's had about 20.
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Post by pottersrule on Aug 12, 2023 16:59:17 GMT
Mistake to single out one player all that much - the whole unit nowhere near standard today. They walked through our midfield Today.We just werenāt at it.Hopefully a blip,but that was a very familiar Stoke effort.
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Aug 12, 2023 17:07:03 GMT
A strange choice as captain for me, just never consistent, which you need, all three were awful today Morsy better than the three of them combined. Certainly need more quality in there.
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Post by svengaliinplatforms on Aug 12, 2023 17:14:12 GMT
He does seem to blow hot and cold. Either wank or great there is nowhere inbetween. I dont think I've ever seen him be 'great' - he's 7/10 on a very good day. Today - 4/10. And not Captain material, for as long as he's got a hole in his arse.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 12, 2023 18:05:33 GMT
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Post by danceswithclams on Aug 12, 2023 18:12:35 GMT
I suspect that what the other members of the squad have learned about you is that "I'm an anonymous fanny who doesn't use his natural attributes to stamp any kind of authority on the games I'm involved in", young Joshua. His performance today was laughable shite and he needs to produce waaaaaay better levels of contribution should he wish to remain in the team. Fucking wank today JL - pull your pissing socks up, pal.
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Post by cheadlestokie on Aug 12, 2023 18:15:03 GMT
To be perfect honest I thought our midfield three were poor. Far too many gaps for Ipswich to play through and zero creativity from them. I found it strange that to begin with Johnson played so far forward leaving far too much space for the other two to deal with. 433 does concern me in that there always seems to be too much space in front of the centre halves for opponents. I thought that away from home the midfield as a three should have sat in more to first win the midfield battle but we played as though we would automatically have more of the ball straight away. Felt this was very naive as although in a lower division Ipswich have proved they are more than capable of scoring.
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Post by questionable on Aug 12, 2023 18:21:04 GMT
Really, really donāt get this Laurent thing, letās face facts heās really not that good, if someone came in with an offer of 2 million Iād snap their hands off, 9/10 games you wouldnāt know heās on the pitch.
Thompson is on par honestly
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 12, 2023 18:26:15 GMT
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Post by gingerninja on Aug 12, 2023 18:27:10 GMT
I would have Onomah over Laurent in a heartbeat, but that seems to have gone by the wayside.
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Post by pushon on Aug 12, 2023 18:37:03 GMT
He's not very good. There's no more to it. There's still time in the window yet. If we can't find a better midfielder than him before it closes, we aren't looking hard enough. Whatever happened today he's not going to be looking to replace a bloke he's just made captain That's my worry as wellš„ŗ
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Post by bagnallboothen on Aug 12, 2023 18:44:06 GMT
Three games in and he's tweeting apologies for being that bad. If he's the best we can muster as club captain we're in for a long winter.
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Post by everyoneneedsawhelan on Aug 12, 2023 18:57:35 GMT
He was shocking today, yes. Should we sell him off the back of one bad game? Obviously not. Christ. 1 bad game. He's had about 20. so have most of our existing players. Heās absolutely fine for what we need
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Aug 12, 2023 19:02:17 GMT
He seemed to totally lose his bottle today over just a bit of pressing.
Looked out of his depth
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Post by scfcno1fan on Aug 12, 2023 19:05:18 GMT
He seemed to totally lose his bottle today over just a bit of pressing. Looked out of his depth This. Itās the way to play against us. Weāre not good enough to play through the press. We donāt have good enough ball playing CBs or midfielders.
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Post by george2again on Aug 12, 2023 19:09:39 GMT
He does seem to blow hot and cold. Either wank or great there is nowhere inbetween. Captains show by example and should be consistent. He is no where near captain material. This appointment is on the manager Iām afraid. Perhaps heās been given the armband to try and reward him if thereās been a bid in ? Dubious choice for me.
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Post by iglugluk on Aug 12, 2023 19:16:08 GMT
I would have Onomah over Laurent in a heartbeat, but that seems to have gone by the wayside. I thought we'd offered him a contract but one can only assume he's waiting until the end of the window to assess his options
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Aug 12, 2023 19:26:02 GMT
We have a Captain at the club .Lewis Baker when he is fit and over his injury.
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 12, 2023 19:27:25 GMT
Neil said he was tired from the west brom game so don't know whether he was just knackerrd or what. Still an enigma player for me. He shouldn't have played then.
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Post by logdog on Aug 12, 2023 20:32:41 GMT
He really does struggle to string two decent games together, doesnāt he? I wonder if he was given the armband in the hope it would improve his consistency? Today suggests itās not going to workā¦
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Aug 12, 2023 20:46:27 GMT
Iād say give Wesley the armband but youād need one the size of a rubber ring to get round his arm.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Aug 12, 2023 21:03:33 GMT
He's a good player but was extremely poor today.
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Post by willieeetmiout on Aug 12, 2023 21:17:39 GMT
Christ. 1 bad game. He's had about 20. so have most of our existing players. Heās absolutely fine for what we need If we need a flirt with relegation and an eventual mid table finish then yeah he is fine. I aspire to slightly better than that.
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