Binks is not a good defender. Therefore I don’t really care if he carries the ball well. You have to do a lot of that to compensate for silly goals you are conceding. Their second goal yesterday was Binks in a nutshell for me.
Calling for change is often just pure frustration isn’t it? It never really works. We are a case in point. All of our best periods have been stable ones.
Nail on head. We’ve lacked a bit of cohesion going forward but have generally looked like scoring. Whereas at the other end we concede far too many goals. Easy goals. That may well be where we need some help in January.
Have people really watched that and think Eccles is an issue? Bizarre. He covers endless ground and is hugely influential. Of course the clamour is on for Torp now based on one strike. He can’t do what Eccles does. Few in our squad can.
He scored a great goal today. But where does he fit in? He isn’t quick enough for midfield. Not nimble enough. He may be consigned to being a sub player who can pick a pass or score when we’re dominating.
They looked a handful today. Although I don’t think Wright played through the middle. Rudoni was sticking some great balls in. I’d still like to see either of them attacking them a bit more aggressively.
Did you see their second goal. Don’t let him carrying the ball forward twice near the end fool you - defensively he’s awful. Which is a bit of a problem for a defender.