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Post by Pugsley on Nov 10, 2018 18:48:48 GMT
Difficult for any striker when playing for a manager who is more scared of losing games than winning them.
Rowett is an absolute bottle merchant. The idea of giving him more money to sign more players is mind-boggling.
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Post by mickmacc on Nov 10, 2018 19:06:08 GMT
Crosses were flashing across the box. Any striker worth his salt has to be on the end of them
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Post by Pugsley on Nov 10, 2018 19:15:10 GMT
Crosses are no good, he needs threaded balls in behind to run onto and finish. The one player we have who could potentially do that will not be picked by Rowett.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 19:18:58 GMT
Crosses were flashing across the box. Any striker worth his salt has to be on the end of them Rowett was on the radio earlier justifying the inclusion of McClean. "We thought we could get joy from having him cut in and hanging crosses to the back post" So why was he flashing them across the box? Looking at Afobe's positioning it looks like he was listening and the others weren't.
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Post by scfcno1fan on Nov 10, 2018 19:19:31 GMT
i think he's a good striker. He simply gets no service, and Rowett clearly doesn't want to play Bojan, the one man who can play the passes to unleash a striker. He’s not good enough. I made a note to watch him closely today and he’s simply not intelligent enough. He makes the complete wrong runs at the wrong times. It’s time for him to be dropped. Who replaces him? That I’m not sure.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 19:20:58 GMT
Crosses are no good, he needs threaded balls in behind to run onto and finish. The one player we have who could potentially do that will not be picked by Rowett. I argued against you about this point earlier in the season. Now it seems that you were right on this one, and it's really pissing me off, because Bojan could rip this league to bits given the chance.
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Post by thevoid on Nov 10, 2018 19:36:35 GMT
Aguero would struggle to score for this shower.
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Post by juiceandbits on Nov 10, 2018 19:39:37 GMT
Get back to me when we're playing balls into his feet with pace. That's not happening with any kind of regularity and the blame is squarely at the manager.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 19:41:16 GMT
Crosses were flashing across the box. Any striker worth his salt has to be on the end of them Rowett was on the radio earlier justifying the inclusion of McClean. "We thought we could get joy from having him cut in and hanging crosses to the back post" So why was he flashing them across the box? Looking at Afobe's positioning it looks like he was listening and the others weren't. Very interesting that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 19:45:27 GMT
Crosses were flashing across the box. Any striker worth his salt has to be on the end of them Rowett was on the radio earlier justifying the inclusion of McClean. "We thought we could get joy from having him cut in and hanging crosses to the back post" So why was he flashing them across the box? Looking at Afobe's positioning it looks like he was listening and the others weren't. I suppose the simple answer to that question is... McClean is wank.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 19:56:31 GMT
Rowett was on the radio earlier justifying the inclusion of McClean. "We thought we could get joy from having him cut in and hanging crosses to the back post" So why was he flashing them across the box? Looking at Afobe's positioning it looks like he was listening and the others weren't. Very interesting that. The only cross I can remember him hanging to the back post was for Crouch when he had a header cleared off the line. Maybe he should have listened to his manager more...
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Post by march4 on Nov 10, 2018 20:11:16 GMT
And of course, Berahino missed yet another opportunity.
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Post by mrred on Nov 10, 2018 20:13:31 GMT
He's crap, like all our other strikers Almost as if there is some sort of pattern, eh?
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Post by lstokie on Nov 10, 2018 20:18:36 GMT
I was told to behave when I questioned Afobe's ability and work rate after the Leeds game. We are now seeing that he is yet another expensive flop. Probably because that was the first game he played... You can't outright judge someone on 90 minutes that's just odd
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 20:31:32 GMT
He's crap, like all our other strikers Almost as if there is some sort of pattern, eh? Ok, fair enough. I do think a 12 million quid striker in this league should also create things for himself. Pace throughout the team has been a problem for so long I accept, we don't win the ball high up the pitch and we don't break quickly enough. Right now it's like the pulis binary season only this time we have premier league and international players doing it...needlessly
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Post by stokeson on Nov 10, 2018 20:37:33 GMT
Not a lone striker but cant see who could play along side him with what we have.Jan window is a big one.
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Post by Absolution on Nov 10, 2018 21:08:23 GMT
He's scored 4 league and 1 cup goal. He's also had a perfectly good goal chalked of wrongly for offside, got wrongly called offside when 1 on 1 against the keeper v Boro (or was it Birmingham?) And would have been clean through with an open goal if he'd not been upended today.
With competent refs and team mates who picked up on his runs, which for once Woods did today, the picture could have looked much rosier.
He ain't perfect else he wouldn't be playing for us, but if we can tweak the system, maybe if the transfer window enables us to, he'll be more than OK for us. He's proved he can do it before at this level.
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Post by mickmacc on Nov 10, 2018 21:36:25 GMT
Crosses were flashing across the box. Any striker worth his salt has to be on the end of them Rowett was on the radio earlier justifying the inclusion of McClean. "We thought we could get joy from having him cut in and hanging crosses to the back post" So why was he flashing them across the box? Looking at Afobe's positioning it looks like he was listening and the others weren't. Oh please. He should just be in the effing box
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 21:43:30 GMT
Rowett was on the radio earlier justifying the inclusion of McClean. "We thought we could get joy from having him cut in and hanging crosses to the back post" So why was he flashing them across the box? Looking at Afobe's positioning it looks like he was listening and the others weren't. Oh please. He should just be in the effing box I agree. If it was me i'd be asking him to gamble on cutting across the keeper or cutting back to create an angle. That's not what the manager is saying though. He was quite clear in his interview.
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Post by VolvicStokie on Nov 10, 2018 21:46:03 GMT
Can anyone find out the system Wolves had him in? He was lethal for them, and so was Saido once upon a time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 21:48:13 GMT
Can anyone find out the system Wolves had him in? He was lethal for them, and so was Saido once upon a time.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Nov 10, 2018 21:51:19 GMT
I don't think Bojan is the answer, he hasn't shown enough when he's been on, granted not a massive amount of mins, but for a creative player he's created very little. The problem Bos is that he probably is the best hope we have of creating anything. Ince is supposedly gifted but despite playing nearly every game has created nothing, and after Ince we don’t have any imagination at all. He needs to be played on the left, after McCleans showing on the right I think he should stay there when Ince is back and get Ince playing as a winger, in the few mins he played there he looked so much better, much more involved in the game.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Nov 10, 2018 21:52:44 GMT
I don't think Bojan is the answer, he hasn't shown enough when he's been on, granted not a massive amount of mins, but for a creative player he's created very little. Anyone spring to mind, Bos? Not a clue , my knowledge of players at this level is non existent.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 10, 2018 22:23:01 GMT
Anyone spring to mind, Bos? Not a clue , my knowledge of players at this level is non existent. Same here!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 22:24:06 GMT
What are we saying on this then?
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 10, 2018 23:07:25 GMT
What are we saying on this then? Very hard to judge. It seems to me Afobe jumped out of the way to avoid being injured. The ref has to be certain to send off the GK, and can't watch replays, so I think on balance the ref was right.
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Post by onionman on Nov 10, 2018 23:14:41 GMT
What it does show is that give him a good through ball and we'll see a different Afobe.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Nov 11, 2018 0:00:58 GMT
What are we saying on this then? Very hard to judge. It seems to me Afobe jumped out of the way to avoid being injured. The ref has to be certain to send off the GK, and can't watch replays, so I think on balance the ref was right. If a player has to jump out of the way to avoid getting clattered surely it makes it a dangerous/reckless challenge, I can't see how its anything other than a foul, I don't think its even debatable.
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Post by StokieBoy31 on Nov 11, 2018 1:17:01 GMT
This no service stuff is nonsense, there might be a lack of service but there were 2 balls in the game that went to the back post for an open goal and Afobe and Diouf weren’t there, it’s simple the strikers we have don’t gamble for some reason!
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Post by nightwish on Nov 13, 2018 9:57:13 GMT
Could we send benny back in to Wolves in January or are we obliged to buy him.- thanks
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