Jamie Allen nomination (1 Viewer)

clint van damme said:

Watch Torp, he still gets shrugged off the ball far too easy on occasion.
Like I say, light years ahead of where he was start of the season but still got work to do.

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Torp is comfortably a better midfielder. It’s unlikely that we are going to play Grimes and Allen together in a 5-3-2 because their role is too similar. Perhaps in a 4-2-3-1 or a 3-4-3 where a double pivot can work. Two pivots in a flat 3 with no wingers is hamstringing our chance creation.

Allen deserves the nomination because he’s been a key ingredient in making the 5-3-2 system work. Without his defensive work, Rudoni and Torp could push up so high and wide to create overloads for the WBs.

Grendel said:

But one assumes will be ahead of Eccles in the pecking order so where does that leave him?

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They are ahead of Eccles in the pecking order right now, and on form since the Plymouth game fairly so. I would be surprised if they are both still ahead of Eccles come the end of the season however.

clint van damme said:

Anyone advocating for him to be dropped to accommodate Grimes instead of Torp has lost their mind.

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Yes, I was surprised it was Allen who made way for Grimes and not Torp. I thought he was having much more impact on the game, particularly at the start of the second half. I thought Torp had a poor game against Leeds and I’m still not convinced on his contribution to the team.

Irish Sky Blue said:

Yes, I was surprised it was Allen who made way for Grimes and not Torp. I thought he was having much more impact on the game, particularly at the start of the second half. I thought Torp had a poor game against Leeds and I’m still not convinced on his contribution to the team.

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I thought we were simply too light in there and over ran, whoever was in or out. I'd have kept both on and brought Grimes on for a defender instead,probably Lati.

Legia Sky Blue said:

They are ahead of Eccles in the pecking order right now, and on form since the Plymouth game fairly so. I would be surprised if they are both still ahead of Eccles come the end of the season however.

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Is that the game where he scored two goals?