He's no Stephen O'Halloran
He suffered from the Ryan Haynes syndrome - a crap defender who moved forward and looked better than say Stokes going forward - but would still be useless in wide midfield
It never ceases to amaze me how our fans seem obsessed with the attacking qualities of our defenders but ignore the defending. He couldn't defend. Haynes probably is the worst defending full back I've seen but hey he gets the odd cross in so let's ignore the fact.
Adams as a defender was piss poor.
Was It him playing for Salford City or FC united last week?
He suffered from the Ryan Haynes syndrome - a crap defender who moved forward and looked better than say Stokes going forward - but would still be useless in wide midfield
It never ceases to amaze me how our fans seem obsessed with the attacking qualities of our defenders but ignore the defending. He couldn't defend. Haynes probably is the worst defending full back I've seen but hey he gets the odd cross in so let's ignore the fact.
Adams as a defender was piss poor.
I completely disagree, but there you go.
Clearly football managers don't disagree hence his decline.
It is like I have said many times before. It doesn't matter how good a player is. If you play him out of position or play in a way that doesn't suit their style of play they will not look as good. You see it all the time.
Some players love it out wide. Put them in the middle and they lose the edge. Some players love it in the middle. But they get put out wide and look useless. Some are good at sitting back and setting others up but are no good at going forward, That is why you have a squad with players coming in and out of the first team. But you need a good manager for it to work. He will play the players to their strengths. For instance Fleck looks a different player under TM. Murphy goes missing most of the time, but when he was put in the Armstrong position he looked a different player and was a constant threat.
How about last game when everyone was having a moan about Fortune starting and said Tudgay should have been in? I saw him being the right player for the opponents and said he would have a good game. And I am not saying I would be a good manager. I would be as poor as SPYou need someone like TM who plays to his teams strengths as well as our opponents weaknesses. Like against Peterboro when he made subs at half time and changed the game. Why didn't he just keep the same players and move them about? Their manager admitted he was outsmarted by a better manager. He would make a better player out of Adams. But that doesn't mean he would play every game. Just when it would suit the opponents and style of play.
Mansfield are doing better than Notts County atm but I see your point. Thought he was a very good LB with us and it's a shame to see his career decline.
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