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Post by dreamtheater on Aug 4, 2019 14:05:48 GMT
I think we were warned - My QPR regular certainly warned me
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Post by uskstokie on Aug 4, 2019 14:14:41 GMT
I think we were warned - My QPR regular certainly warned me Am I right in saying at QPR he played RB? |
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Post by questionable on Aug 4, 2019 14:31:47 GMT
He was exactly what I expected.
He basically did nothing whatsoever of any note, totally anonymous and poor does do him justice at all.
Sums up this club altogether
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Post by loosestools on Aug 4, 2019 15:24:48 GMT
Pointless signing, just a Jones sycophant.
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Aug 4, 2019 15:45:47 GMT
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Post by chiswickpotter on Aug 4, 2019 15:45:47 GMT
Defensive midfield went awol for their 2nd goal. He didn’t go awol. He was left 2 on 1 as both Allen and Clucas were too far forward and he rightly went to Cameron. Even when Eze got the ball it was 3 on 4 but our back four didn’t react |
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Post by rickyfullerbeer on Aug 4, 2019 16:25:19 GMT
Fine as cover but we either need N'diaye in there (fully committed) or to move N'diane on and get a first choice defensive midfielder.
We also need to replace Joe Allen with Etebo but it'll be Clucas who loses his place.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Aug 4, 2019 16:55:50 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well.
The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2019 17:46:09 GMT
Fine as cover but we either need N'diaye in there (fully committed) or to move N'diane on and get a first choice defensive midfielder. We also need to replace Joe Allen with Etebo but it'll be Clucas who loses his place. Badou in the final stages of signing for Monaco apparently |
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Post by Bang Bang Cauliflower on Aug 4, 2019 19:00:35 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well. The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning. The DM in a diamond needs to be able to pass a ball to a team mate. I thought he looked like a competition winner not a footballer. As garbage as Afobe. |
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Aug 5, 2019 7:12:11 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well. The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning. The DM in a diamond needs to be able to pass a ball to a team mate. I thought he looked like a competition winner not a footballer. As garbage as Afobe. And I thought Afobe had a decent game yesterday - especially first half where he harrassed the defenders and made some good runs. Vokes on the other hand was anonymous. It strikes me that a lot of the criticism of Cousins and Afobe was written in some posters heads before a ball was kicked and much of the stuff has very little to do with what actually happened in the game. |
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Aug 5, 2019 7:17:04 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2019 7:17:04 GMT
The DM in a diamond needs to be able to pass a ball to a team mate. I thought he looked like a competition winner not a footballer. As garbage as Afobe. And I thought Afobe had a decent game yesterday - especially first half where he harrassed the defenders and made some good runs. Vokes on the other hand was anonymous. It strikes me that a lot of the criticism of Cousins and Afobe was written in some posters heads before a ball was kicked and much of the stuff has very little to do with what actually happened in the game. I don’t mind Afobe but he was garbage on Saturday. Cousins was worse than expected, clumsy, second to everything, awful on the ball, just a general braindeaded all round performance. |
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 5, 2019 7:47:45 GMT
And I thought Afobe had a decent game yesterday - especially first half where he harrassed the defenders and made some good runs. Vokes on the other hand was anonymous. It strikes me that a lot of the criticism of Cousins and Afobe was written in some posters heads before a ball was kicked and much of the stuff has very little to do with what actually happened in the game. I don’t mind Afobe but he was garbage on Saturday. Cousins was worse than expected, clumsy, second to everything, awful on the ball, just a general braindeaded all round performance. See that’s just a ridiculous exaggeration. At times he was clumsy on the ball. On occasion he was outmuscled. But at others, particularly as the game wore on he looked to get on the ball. Showed an energy and drive that might, just might, suggest there’s a player in there. Acknowledge the weak aspects of his performance but don’t go overboard and full on knicker wetter. Although it is you. So why break the habit of a lifetime? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 7:49:10 GMT
I don’t mind Afobe but he was garbage on Saturday. Cousins was worse than expected, clumsy, second to everything, awful on the ball, just a general braindeaded all round performance. See that’s just a ridiculous exaggeration. At times he was clumsy on the ball. On occasion he was outmuscled. But at others, particularly as the game wore on he looked to get on the ball. Showed an energy and drive that might, just might, suggest there’s a player in there. Acknowledge the weak aspects of his performance but don’t go overboard and full on knicker wetter. Although it is you. So why break the habit of a lifetime? Too late mate, 90 minutes is more than enough to write someone off.... |
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 5, 2019 7:53:43 GMT
See that’s just a ridiculous exaggeration. At times he was clumsy on the ball. On occasion he was outmuscled. But at others, particularly as the game wore on he looked to get on the ball. Showed an energy and drive that might, just might, suggest there’s a player in there. Acknowledge the weak aspects of his performance but don’t go overboard and full on knicker wetter. Although it is you. So why break the habit of a lifetime? Too late mate, 90 minutes is more than enough to write someone off.... Or in Stoke fashion, to write off our whole squad, season, civilization as we know it, the entire human race..... |
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Post by Roy Cropper on Aug 5, 2019 7:54:47 GMT
He was nowhere near the worst player on the pitch, people saw what they wanted to see by the looks of things. Tragic support.
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Post by nonameface on Aug 5, 2019 7:56:21 GMT
The DM in a diamond needs to be able to pass a ball to a team mate. I thought he looked like a competition winner not a footballer. As garbage as Afobe. And I thought Afobe had a decent game yesterday - especially first half where he harrassed the defenders and made some good runs. Vokes on the other hand was anonymous. It strikes me that a lot of the criticism of Cousins and Afobe was written in some posters heads before a ball was kicked and much of the stuff has very little to do with what actually happened in the game. Exactly this. Cousins was par for anyone else who's tried to play DM for us for sometime, with no support from Allen and Clucas. Afobe ran the channel well in a way he definitely wasn't last year, a big improvement from last year and would mean for me he keeps his place on Saturday. Vokes did nothing and I'd have to drop him for the next game due to it. |
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Post by Frogger Theft Auto on Aug 5, 2019 8:02:18 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well. The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning. A bit harsh on Powell, he was kicked out of the game. You can see why he has so many injuries, he was a good half a second ahead of anybody whipping in a tackle. |
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Post by nonameface on Aug 5, 2019 8:05:09 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well. The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning. A bit harsh on Powell, he was kicked out of the game. You can see why he has so many injuries, he was a good half a second ahead of anybody whipping in a tackle. Three yellow cards for tackles on him in the first half; he played well off very little service. |
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Post by rickyfullerbeer on Aug 5, 2019 8:12:54 GMT
And I thought Afobe had a decent game yesterday - especially first half where he harrassed the defenders and made some good runs. Vokes on the other hand was anonymous. It strikes me that a lot of the criticism of Cousins and Afobe was written in some posters heads before a ball was kicked and much of the stuff has very little to do with what actually happened in the game. I don’t mind Afobe but he was garbage on Saturday. Cousins was worse than expected, clumsy, second to everything, awful on the ball, just a general braindeaded all round performance. We've got very few players who are good on the ball. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2019 8:14:46 GMT
I don’t mind Afobe but he was garbage on Saturday. Cousins was worse than expected, clumsy, second to everything, awful on the ball, just a general braindeaded all round performance. See that’s just a ridiculous exaggeration. At times he was clumsy on the ball. On occasion he was outmuscled. But at others, particularly as the game wore on he looked to get on the ball. Showed an energy and drive that might, just might, suggest there’s a player in there. Acknowledge the weak aspects of his performance but don’t go overboard and full on knicker wetter. Although it is you. So why break the habit of a lifetime? He was AWOL, we didn't have a midfield. And he didn't look anything of the sort on the ball, he was appalling. |
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 5, 2019 8:16:40 GMT
See that’s just a ridiculous exaggeration. At times he was clumsy on the ball. On occasion he was outmuscled. But at others, particularly as the game wore on he looked to get on the ball. Showed an energy and drive that might, just might, suggest there’s a player in there. Acknowledge the weak aspects of his performance but don’t go overboard and full on knicker wetter. Although it is you. So why break the habit of a lifetime? He was AWOL, we didn't have a midfield. And he didn't look anything of the sort on the ball, he was appalling. One of our more involved players, admittedly not that difficult. Not the most inspiring performance but not appalling. |
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Post by fred11 on Aug 5, 2019 8:17:00 GMT
Best player on the pitch for me at times. Looked comfortable and confident. Wasn't able to disperse the ball due to the narrowness of the formation and the inability of McClean or Smith to give him options.
I often think when I read this forum that half the posters didn't go to the match and are making comments based on radio commentary, half baked articles and from conversations heard in the pub. He was without doubt one of the better players in the team and for me a good candidate for man of the match.
I know this is off post. However, Afobe also put a shift in at times and looked much fitter and agile than he did this time last year. Allen also put himself about, broke up play and ended up having to cover for McClean on numerous occasions. Without his efforts we would have conceded more.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 8:36:52 GMT
Best player on the pitch for me at times. Looked comfortable and confident. Wasn't able to disperse the ball due to the narrowness of the formation and the inability of McClean or Smith to give him options. I often think when I read this forum that half the posters didn't go to the match and are making comments based on radio commentary, half baked articles and from conversations heard in the pub. He was without doubt one of the better players in the team and for me a good candidate for man of the match. I know this is off post. However, Afobe also put a shift in at times and looked much fitter and agile than he did this time last year. Allen also put himself about, broke up play and ended up having to cover for McClean on numerous occasions. Without his efforts we would have conceded more. I don't think Smith gave him options to be fair but what I saw was that he was all too willing to go backwards and as a result he was anonymous and Batth and Collins were the ones trying to move forward and play the ball out...and I did go to the match. Not sure if he managed a successful tackle either. The second goal the guy was just allowed to waltz through the middle of the pitch which is fundamentally his job as DM to stop. |
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Post by potterpaul on Aug 5, 2019 9:00:06 GMT
Too late mate, 90 minutes is more than enough to write someone off.... Or in Stoke fashion, to write off our whole squad, season, civilization as we know it, the entire human race..... Now who's going overboard? |
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Post by roylandstoke on Aug 5, 2019 9:02:52 GMT
Cousins looked poor in comparison to Geoff Cameron, who was more effective out of possession and comprehensively out passed him.
I hope there is going to be a big improvement.
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Post by hanibal7 on Aug 5, 2019 9:06:13 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well. The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning. U come on here and talk sense, how dare you. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 9:06:19 GMT
Fine as cover but we either need N'diaye in there (fully committed) or to move N'diane on and get a first choice defensive midfielder. We also need to replace Joe Allen with Etebo but it'll be Clucas who loses his place. You can't drop our topscorer... |
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Post by franklin66 on Aug 5, 2019 9:11:37 GMT
It's horses for courses I saw in one game preseason how good Collins could be yes he commited himself for the second goal dived in a bit Saturday. But you can see the lad can play. That's OK to say because it's positive however I also saw in one game( same game, Duisburg) the issues Cousins has, blind telegraphed passes in front of the back line and ordinary in possession. Woods was miles better like it or not, however saying that it not acceptable because he's new and negative.
All the same it's true imho Woods & Badou are way better.
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Post by Biblical on Aug 5, 2019 9:30:38 GMT
See that’s just a ridiculous exaggeration. At times he was clumsy on the ball. On occasion he was outmuscled. But at others, particularly as the game wore on he looked to get on the ball. Showed an energy and drive that might, just might, suggest there’s a player in there. Acknowledge the weak aspects of his performance but don’t go overboard and full on knicker wetter. Although it is you. So why break the habit of a lifetime? He was AWOL, we didn't have a midfield. And he didn't look anything of the sort on the ball, he was appalling. I thought he was regularly just that bit late to the ball and gave away several needless free kicks so I wasn’t particularly impressed but didn’t think he was AWOL. Our midfield in general was AWOL but I thought it was largely down to the ineffectiveness of Allen and Clucas. |
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Post by cheadlestokie on Aug 5, 2019 9:51:51 GMT
Cousins looked poor in comparison to Geoff Cameron, who was more effective out of possession and comprehensively out passed him. I hope there is going to be a big improvement. According to a website I have just read Cousins pass completion rate was 83.7% whereas Cameron's was 77.1% Make of that what you will.Proves little I know save that Cameron did not "comprehensively" outpass Cousins. |
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