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Post by kevkj on Mar 22, 2008 19:47:33 GMT
I truly believe a lack of true quality wingers will cost us promotion this year.
We just dont have the players to break down teams and pace and trickery to keep them on the back foot.
TP stated 2 years ago we lacked pace as a side particularly on the flanks but has done nothing to aleviate the problem.
God so close to the promised land i would have pushed the boat out for a Hoolahan.
Maybe just maybe Sidebe might have bagged a few more from crosses also.
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Post by vincentperiwinkle on Mar 22, 2008 19:56:57 GMT
cue demar phillips........just a thought
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Post by meladben on Mar 22, 2008 20:12:14 GMT
why the fuck do we need wingers when we don't play thro' the channels...come to think of it we don't know how to play thro' the midfield altogether
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Post by smokeyjoe on Mar 22, 2008 20:16:05 GMT
I truly believe a lack of true quality wingers will cost us promotion this year. We just dont have the players to break down teams and pace and trickery to keep them on the back foot. TP stated 2 years ago we lacked pace as a side particularly on the flanks but has done nothing to aleviate the problem. God so close to the promised land i would have pushed the boat out for a Hoolahan. Maybe just maybe Sidebe might have bagged a few more from crosses also. my sentiments entirely. Lawrence has got his name on the no. 7 shirt, but its the left wing where we are lacking. Cresswell is a square peg in a round hole, Philips isn't ready yet. Hoolahan? Parry? |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 22, 2008 20:17:11 GMT
We don't need wingers.
We have Cresswell who has 11 or 12 goals from his unfamiliar left wing role!
Pulis knows best...and don't go forgetting it
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Post by smokeyjoe on Mar 22, 2008 20:22:06 GMT
last 6 results: L,L,D,W,D,D
If Pulis knows best, then perhaps he needs better advisors
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 22, 2008 20:24:54 GMT
Smokey...The last 6 games mean nothing mate.
We are top of the league and Pulis is the messiah, the man who can do no wrong.
He thinks that Pugh is an attacking full-back and he thinks that Cresswell is a left winger. He has to be right!
How do you explain the fact that we are top of the league with only 6 games to go if Pulis is wrong?
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Post by Northy on Mar 22, 2008 20:31:46 GMT
It showed when for the first time in the game, we got round the full back and bothroyd put a great ball onto Cresswell's head, who unluckily had it headed out from under the crossbar.
A few more of those a match and the goals for column would be healthier.
But Pulis's play and tactics doesn't allow for it I'm afraid.
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Post by smokeyjoe on Mar 22, 2008 20:34:30 GMT
more luck than merit.
wouldn't you prefer to see the run of form that hull are having than our last 6 results. I know it would mean alot to me and give me more confidence if/when we are promoted. I just hope that the form improves and we qualify automatically, rather than endure the lottery of play-offs. We saw with february's form that we are capable
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 22, 2008 20:38:10 GMT
Smokey...In case you hadn't noticed mate I am being sarcastic...very sarcastic.
6 points from 18 is a poor return for a promotion chasing team, and we need to snap out of it quickly. The rest won't continue to stumble so we need to get back to winning ways at Shef Wed, which won't be easy.
I am seriously worried that we are going to fuck it up, and I can't stand Cresswell either at left wing or centre forward.
You do know that it is illegal to question the team and the manager at this stage of the season though? If you aren't careful, you will soon be told to "fuck off and watch the Vale".
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Post by smokeyjoe on Mar 22, 2008 20:44:14 GMT
the thing that worries me is, how many of our side are good enough for the premiership? If bristol, watford or wba get promoted, their would only be a few changes needed, whereas we would need 5 or 6 players. Our spine of a premiership team should be in position now and fighting for their justified place next season
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Post by smokeyjoe on Mar 22, 2008 20:46:58 GMT
you will soon be told to "fuck off and watch the Vale". dont say that, i couldn't cope with that  |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 22, 2008 20:49:15 GMT
Worry about next season once this one is finished Smokey.
Whoever goes up, all of them will need wholesale changes to the personell. We are no different.
Out of our current squad (not including loans), Simmo, Griffin (at left back), Shawcross, Delap, Whelan, Lawrence and Fuller could do us a job at the top level. The rest would probably need to be replaced, but the two youngsters Wilko and Dicko could probably make a reasonably effort as well, at least defensively.
We would undoubtedly need more quality, but so would any other team promoted from our division.
We can worry about that once we have got promotion though. We still have too many worries about this season before we start worrying about the next one.
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Post by smokeyjoe on Mar 22, 2008 20:54:20 GMT
you're right, of course, we have far exceeded expectations. But once you have been bitten by the bug, it becomes an addiction.
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