Covstu
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Two comments on this thread alone!
Two comments on this thread alone!Not sure anyone does. Where have you seen that?
How can the keeper be blamed?It's getting poor now. Keep making excuses for cup line ups or whatever but we are failing right now. Hiwula, JCH, Bakayoko, Chaplin......failing ! Sloppy goals, shit keeper as a rule, weak midfield. Things can change quickly of course but right now we are slipping badly.
Agree to a certain extent Steve but the idea of the ball winning midfielder is that it protects Bayliss and we aren’t doing that. Disappointed that Agogo hasn’t come into the team and I assumed he would have gradually replaced Doyle. The bigger worry is that if we lose Thomas and Jones isn’t fit still, who plays the right side (effectively!)I’ve said this most of November, the focus is on Doyle yet what about about Bayliss?
In the last few weeks he’s only really put in a performance in for 45 second half mins against Peterborough.
The kids stacks of ability as we all know but he’s simply not performing and living off last years reputation and going under the radar.
If we’re gonna dissect performances then he needs to be under the same scrutiny as Doyle’s but the fact is many wear blinkers so look at the ageing Doyle who yes isn’t perfect and making mistakes.
But as midfield options are so limited Bayliss is getting the free ride.
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Agree to a certain extent Steve but the idea of the ball winning midfielder is that it protects Bayliss and we aren’t doing that. Disappointed that Agogo hasn’t come into the team and I assumed he would have gradually replaced Doyle. The bigger worry is that if we lose Thomas and Jones isn’t fit still, who plays the right side (effectively!)
How can the keeper be blamed?
Agree to a certain extent Steve but the idea of the ball winning midfielder is that it protects Bayliss and we aren’t doing that. Disappointed that Agogo hasn’t come into the team and I assumed he would have gradually replaced Doyle. The bigger worry is that if we lose Thomas and Jones isn’t fit still, who plays the right side (effectively!)
Unlike many of his fellow defensive crew, who have been PANTS.been POTS so far.
And another worry on top of that is of Jones being out long term and Thomas returning to Derby in January.The other worry is who at all is going to play the left side effectively! Hiwula offers nothing, Shipley has struggled, and the option of Jones one side and Thomas the other isn't Looking likely with Jones injury.
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Not half as lost as the strikers who were on for the whole game.I want to see ponti given a chance in the new year I know his all round play isn’t great but fancy him to put more chances away than anyone else we’ve got.
Baka looks completely lost everytime he comes on.
Bring Allassani back ?And another worry on top of that is of Jones being out long term and Thomas returning to Derby in January.
like a penalty?As shearer says getting chances is what matters and if your any good you’ll bury the next one that comes along
Personally on current players available it’s try and make a central enforcing pair of Doyle, Kelly or Ogogo with Bayliss right mid and Thomas left mid.
January is a new topic all together
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Bring Allassani back ?
We haven’t been scoring lately. So why do we keep doing exactly the same.
Try some thing different. Baka and Jordy upfront for example and try someone else on left wing.
We can’t keep using the same front with them not scoring
One reason we’re not scoring is because we are too deep as a team and not enough players are in the box to score when the ball is in there. Too often our strikers are 5-10 yards outside the box when the ball is played in.
I’d have Davies in and either (preferably) Willis or hyam alongside.
We need to perm two from ogogo, kelly and Doyle in the middle, three from Bayliss Shipley and Thomas out wide and then two from JCH, Baka, Hiwula, Chaplin and poss ponti up front.
I am very critical of Doyle and not so much of Bayliss. It's not blinkers though. Is he as effective around the box as last year when he predominantly played at RM against teams who were mostly happy with a point and knowing he had 2 DMs behind him? No.I’ve said this most of November, the focus is on Doyle yet what about about Bayliss?
In the last few weeks he’s only really put in a performance in for 45 second half mins against Peterborough.
The kids stacks of ability as we all know but he’s simply not performing and living off last years reputation and going under the radar.
If we’re gonna dissect performances then he needs to be under the same scrutiny as Doyle’s but the fact is many wear blinkers so look at the ageing Doyle who yes isn’t perfect and making mistakes.
But as midfield options are so limited Bayliss is getting the free ride.
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That’s partly been down to Hyam not being confident enough to either pass forward or take the ball forwards meaning Doyle has to show for the ball in a very deep position and then it just drags everything back from there. Bayliss looks hamstrung having to play the deeper role with less cover behind him. Shipley for all of his faults on the left wing did offer cover in the middle and defensively as would kelly or ogogo in the middle.We need Doyle out of the side and to adapt a way of playing without him, he's an anchor man who is literally weighing the team down. Strikers are coming into midfield as Doyle and Bayliss are too far away, Doyle's insistence on picking up the ball in the left back position makes Bayliss drop deeper than he should be to ensure we're not exposed when the ball is lost. There is nobody following up second balls just outside the opposition area.
Is he doing well on loan?Bring Allassani back ?
it took me a while to work this one out!been POTS so far.
So we struggle on the left, why not play Bayliss there? He can run well but too lightweight at the moment to play centre. Introduce Kelly or Ogogo in the centre to play out to Bayliss and Thomas.I am very critical of Doyle and not so much of Bayliss. It's not blinkers though. Is he as effective around the box as last year when he predominantly played at RM against teams who were mostly happy with a point and knowing he had 2 DMs behind him? No.
This year though Bayliss is being asked to play as a box to box midfielder, effectively alone in central midfield, in his first full season and at a level higher than last year. It's a mammoth ask of a 19 year old and to say he's simply not performing is incredible. That he has the talent to at least partially make that work in games is amazing. He will look a much, much better player with a partner alongside him that has more than 1 gear, actually wins some ball (Doyle just picks up loose ball) and will regularly move and want the ball beyond the half way line.
While Bayliss is having to pick the ball up 30 yards from his own goal with nothing simple in front of him, his performances will remain inconsistent with a capped effectiveness.
So we struggle on the left, why not play Bayliss there? He can run well but too lightweight at the moment to play centre. Introduce Kelly or Ogogo in the centre to play out to Bayliss and Thomas.
don't think Chaplin has had much service (or JCH for that matter), we seem to play it behind them or want to walk it in the net. Get some wide players who have pace and get balls in the box and we will score. How many times do we see teams getting loose balls in our area and making us pay but this never happens to us!I think that's what I'd do next game, with Bakayoko in for JCH.
There's a lot of similarities between this season and last and McNulty wasn't doing the business at this stage and I'm hoping that Chaplins season will take a similar trajectory so I'd leave him in.
don't think Chaplin has had much service (or JCH for that matter), we seem to play it behind them or want to walk it in the net. Get some wide players who have pace and get balls in the box and we will score. How many times do we see teams getting loose balls in our area and making us pay but this never happens to us!
piece of piss this Manager lark isn't it!!been saying this for a few weeks, we don't create chances in the right areas, used the example of Charlton, get striker in 6 yard box, get ball in 6 yard box - goals!
Same Friday, Chaplin in 6 yard box, ball in 6 yard box, equaliser, but we're just not creating enough of those situations.
been saying this for a few weeks, we don't create chances in the right areas, used the example of Charlton, get striker in 6 yard box, get ball in 6 yard box - goals!
Same Friday, Chaplin in 6 yard box, ball in 6 yard box, equaliser, but we're just not creating enough of those situations.
To be fair, he had an easier one last night and a penalty and wasn't able to actually strike the ball properly else they would have both gone in.
Only one letter off Donald Trumpit took me a while to work this one out!
Not solely to blame of course but we've kept 4 clean sheets in 25 matches........a good keeper is not just a shot stopper, he marshalls his defence and commands his area too !been POTS so far.
No, that's KNOBOnly one letter off Donald Trump
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