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Post by GeneralFaye on Mar 18, 2019 11:35:38 GMT
One of the best debuts I can remember in recent years. Let's not heap tonnes of pressure on the lad though, he's going to have ups and downs. Some weeks he'll be rubbish, but it's all part of his growth. You're not asking for much there pal. The constant slagging off of Edwards has only just started to dissipate.
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Post by toppercorner on Mar 18, 2019 12:05:40 GMT
a very assured and confident display from the lad, I hope he maintains this level of performance.
If he doe, does this mean clucas isn't automatic first choice for the first team ??? 🙏🏻
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Post by humbersidepotter on Mar 18, 2019 14:22:15 GMT
One of the best debuts I can remember in recent years. Let's not heap tonnes of pressure on the lad though, he's going to have ups and downs. Some weeks he'll be rubbish, but it's all part of his growth. You're not asking for much there pal. The constant slagging off of Edwards has only just started to dissipate. That's because Edwards has only recently stopped being shit. Still think he'll only ever be championship level, but he's been our best performer the last couple of weeks and I'll admit that. (villa game apart when El Ghazi and Adomah made him look like he'd never defended before)
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Post by lordb on Mar 18, 2019 14:59:42 GMT
You're not asking for much there pal. The constant slagging off of Edwards has only just started to dissipate. That's because Edwards has only recently stopped being shit. Still think he'll only ever be championship level, but he's been our best performer the last couple of weeks and I'll admit that. (villa game apart when El Ghazi and Adomah made him look like he'd never defended before) He had a bad game v Villa That's it. He wasn't shit before that. Opinions of course but mine is he's played ok to good most games including his Premier League ones.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Mar 18, 2019 15:03:00 GMT
You're not asking for much there pal. The constant slagging off of Edwards has only just started to dissipate. That's because Edwards has only recently stopped being shit. Still think he'll only ever be championship level, but he's been our best performer the last couple of weeks and I'll admit that. (villa game apart when El Ghazi and Adomah made him look like he'd never defended before) Of course
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Post by emmbrook1956 on Mar 18, 2019 19:46:04 GMT
Why oh why slag off players on a continual basis. It does not give them any confidence!
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Post by fazza90 on Mar 18, 2019 22:51:29 GMT
Why oh why slag off players on a continual basis. It does not give them any confidence! It's much easier to criticise than to praise. Makes them feel better about themselves to put others down. People like a good moan. They like the attention. However sometimes it's just because they're a d**k.
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Post by nutterpotter on Mar 29, 2019 11:48:51 GMT
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Post by Clem Fandango on Mar 29, 2019 14:20:50 GMT
Hopefully he figures tomorrow
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Post by nutterpotter on Mar 29, 2019 20:09:02 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 29, 2019 20:21:15 GMT
Good to hear - although playing him again is a bit of a no-brainer in the circumstances, especially as he was talking down the likelihood of McClean starting after his 2 games for Ireland. Hopefully we see another promising display and he sees the season out in the XI. Still interesting to see what the plan is with him if the diamond is on the agenda for next season though....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 22:35:55 GMT
playing him again is a bit of a no-brainer in the circumstances, especially as he was talking down the likelihood of McClean starting after his 2 games for Ireland. Except Verlinden was on international duty too...
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Post by clarkeda on Mar 30, 2019 7:29:15 GMT
Good to hear - although playing him again is a bit of a no-brainer in the circumstances, especially as he was talking down the likelihood of McClean starting after his 2 games for Ireland. Hopefully we see another promising display and he sees the season out in the XI. Still interesting to see what the plan is with him if the diamond is on the agenda for next season though.... Could he play number 10? Maybe over the summer the work on him and get him as a striker along side vokes? Although I doubt it due to his size, but then look at Bojan.
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Post by nutterpotter on Mar 30, 2019 7:58:46 GMT
Except Verlinden was on international duty too... From Jones’ words, sounds like we’ve been working on his movement etc over the last 2 weeks so don’t think he was.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 30, 2019 8:58:47 GMT
Why oh why slag off players on a continual basis. It does not give them any confidence! Some people, especially some Stokies, just have strange hobbies.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 30, 2019 9:07:44 GMT
Good to hear - although playing him again is a bit of a no-brainer in the circumstances, especially as he was talking down the likelihood of McClean starting after his 2 games for Ireland. Hopefully we see another promising display and he sees the season out in the XI. Still interesting to see what the plan is with him if the diamond is on the agenda for next season though.... Could he play number 10? Maybe over the summer the work on him and get him as a striker along side vokes? Although I doubt it due to his size, but then look at Bojan. He seems to be pretty much two footed which must boost his chances of being able to slot into varying systems. Hopefully he can adapt to the number 10 role as it does seem to be the way Jones wants to go next season. Jones was so effusive in his praise of his debut that you would assume he sees that he has a future at Stoke beyond the end of this season.
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 30, 2019 9:07:49 GMT
Except Verlinden was on international duty too... From Jones’ words, sounds like we’ve been working on his movement etc over the last 2 weeks so don’t think he was. Yeah - he doesn't seem to have been in the Belgium u19 or u21 squads, so presumably he's been training here for the last 2 weeks which has got to give him a good shot to start.
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Post by lordb on Mar 30, 2019 9:45:53 GMT
He's not played centrally for the youth sides. Plays either wing, what I like is goes outside and inside which makes him unpredictable for defenders. Can cross well with both feet. Could he play number 10? Maybe, no harm in trying it however would play him wide for now to get him embedded as a first team player.
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Post by FullerMagic on Apr 15, 2019 19:41:30 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Apr 16, 2019 12:41:26 GMT
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Post by kustokie on Apr 16, 2019 14:16:13 GMT
He's not played centrally for the youth sides. Plays either wing, what I like is goes outside and inside which makes him unpredictable for defenders. Can cross well with both feet. Could he play number 10? Maybe, no harm in trying it however would play him wide for now to get him embedded as a first team player. We have enough central midfield players who are more than capable of doing the job. What we need is width to draw out the defenders and open up the middle; otherwise we are easy to defend, especially with one-footed players like Ince who always cuts in from the right to his strong left foot.McLean has no ability to cut either away; so he just puts his head down and bulls his way forward until he runs into a defender. Occasionally, occasionally, he finds himself open and can put in a good cross or shoot. That’s why he’s a journeyman Championship player and will never be anything else.
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