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Mason-Clark Appreciation Thread (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Dec 14, 2024
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covcity4life

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  • Dec 27, 2024
  • #71
Emc is so confident now. Using his strength and dribbling all the time.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 27, 2024
  • #72
Gibbo said:
...trouble is, that's it.
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For now anyway. Some rotation with Simms really wouldn’t hurt him and would probably help both players. Perhaps some time with the analysts and coaches also.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Dec 27, 2024
  • #73
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
I have to say, EMC been good the last 4/5 games and long may it continue. He’s starting to look like a £500K player and he could go on to be a great Championship player.

As soon as Wright drops a few stinkers in a Central position, EMC will be back on the bench.
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Maybe you shouldn't have written him off
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 27, 2024
  • #74
skybluecam said:
Harsh to drop a striker with 2 goals in 13 games give me strength. I like the guy but the love in he’s getting is a tad weird.
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I understand that and I’d play Simms more but I can understand why Lampard is persisting with him.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Dec 27, 2024
  • #75
Sick Boy said:
Yeah I thought that was the case. Even though he’s not scoring, it would be harsh to drop Bassette at the moment.
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Why? What does he actually offer apart from running at defenders and GK?

If Simms put in that performance he’d have been slated. Simms looked a lot better when he came on in a half where, let’s be honest, had petered out.

He’s a good talent but not good enough (at this moment) to start for us.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Dec 27, 2024
  • #76
Sick Boy said:
I understand that and I’d play Simms more but I can understand why Lampard is persisting with him.
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He also persisted with Collins for a bit… how’d that go?
 

Lamps

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  • Dec 29, 2024
  • #77
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
I have to say, EMC been good the last 4/5 games and long may it continue. He’s starting to look like a £500K player and he could go on to be a great Championship player.

As soon as Wright drops a few stinkers in a Central position, EMC will be back on the bench.
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500k player? How did you work that out?

Do you really think Lampard will drop a player who is scoring or assisting, sometimes both, each game? Teams are putting 2 or 3 players on him and still can't stop him. Not bad for his first season at this level.

If he continues like this there's going to be a fair few clubs interested in him. The sky is the limit. A player that frequently scores and sets up goals that isn't a striker will always be in demand.
 
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Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue

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  • Dec 29, 2024
  • #78
Lamps said:
500k player? How did you work that out?

Do you really think Lampard will drop a player who is scoring or assisting, sometimes both, each game? Teams are putting 2 or 3 players on him and still can't stop him. Not bad for his first season at this level.

If he continues like this there's going to be a fair few clubs interested in him. The sky is the limit. A player that frequently scores and sets up goals that isn't a striker will always be in demand.
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I thought he was utter shit but he’s been decent in the last 5 games to be fair to him. People like yourself talking him up like a world beater is the conversation that needs to be tempered. If Wright can’t do it down the middle, EMC will be back on the bench.

That said he’s not built like a Premier League player, he’s built like he should be on the doors of a chippy on Spon street, so can’t see anybody above the Championship ever touching him.
 

Lamps

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  • Dec 29, 2024
  • #79
Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue said:
I thought he was utter shit but he’s been decent in the last 5 games to be fair to him. People like yourself talking him up like a world beater is the conversation that needs to be tempered. If Wright can’t do it down the middle, EMC will be back on the bench.

That said he’s not built like a Premier League player, he’s built like he should be on the doors of a chippy on Spon street, so can’t see anybody above the Championship ever touching him.
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World beater? Calm down. I said if he continues scoring and getting assists every game that a fair few teams will be interested, and not for the 500k you quoted. There's no Barcelona or similar hidden in there.

Explain why Lampard would take him out of the side hoping that the player that would replace him would do just as good. There's enough room for more than 1 player on the left if needed.
 

Balli001

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  • Dec 29, 2024
  • #80
Out for a few weeks then according to Lampard
 
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TomRad85

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  • Dec 29, 2024
  • #81
Balli001 said:
Out for a few weeks then according to Lampard
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We can't catch a break. Hopefully Wright is back soon as we'll struggle to get the goals we need without both of them.
 
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Winny the Bish

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  • Jan 9, 2025
  • #82
Has won Championship Player of the Month.

Not bad for someone who was written off two months ago.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 9, 2025
  • #83
Winny the Bish said:
Has won Championship Player of the Month.

Not bad for someone who was written off two months ago.
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Only a nomination isn’t it?
 

Gynnsthetonic

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  • Jan 9, 2025
  • #84
How long is he out for?
 

Winny the Bish

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  • Jan 9, 2025
  • #85
skybluecam said:
Only a nomination isn’t it?
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Just been told he's won it.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 9, 2025
  • #86
Winny the Bish said:
Just been told he's won it.
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Fairs. Makes his injury that bit more annoying

We haven’t had much luck this season
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #87
Winny the Bish said:
Just been told he's won it.
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https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/january/10/ephron-mason-clark-wins-sky-bet-championship-player-of-the-month-award/

Confirmed. Well deserved, hope he is back for the Bristol City game.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #88
If EMC wasn’t injured we would have more points on the board
 
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edgy

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #89
Do we read anything into EMC being in full training gear to receive his award?
 

Otis

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #90
edgy said:
Do we read anything into EMC being in full training gear to receive his award?
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Yeah. He did that just in case people didn't realise he was a footballer.
 
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Domo

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #91
honestly tho, lets say wright comes back in a couple of games time, and EMC is back too, how do you play them both?
i thought when we signed wright he was a striker, and he almost fell into a winger position as simms was in form, could we play EMC on the wing and wright up top?
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #92
Domo said:
honestly tho, lets say wright comes back in a couple of games time, and EMC is back too, how do you play them both?
i thought when we signed wright he was a striker, and he almost fell into a winger position as simms was in form, could we play EMC on the wing and wright up top?
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has to be surely
 
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edgy

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #93
Depends on a couple of things now both are injured. Whoever returns first will have the LF role. If they strike up good form again there and kick start either Simms or Bassette into scoring form, then the other may have to wait.
 

Matt smith

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #94
Domo said:
honestly tho, lets say wright comes back in a couple of games time, and EMC is back too, how do you play them both?
i thought when we signed wright he was a striker, and he almost fell into a winger position as simms was in form, could we play EMC on the wing and wright up top?
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Sakamoto Wright EMC
 
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Matt smith

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #95
edgy said:
Depends on a couple of things now both are injured. Whoever returns first will have the LF role. If they strike up good form again there and kick start either Simms or Bassette into scoring form, then the other may have to wait.
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There’s absolutely no chance that they’ll have to wait

they are our two best forwards, they both start regardless of Simms and Bassette
 
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Calista

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #96
Hilarious the way this forum has flipped regarding EMC.
 
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edgy

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #97
What if say Wright returns first and him and Simms start clicking again? EMC would have to wait wouldn't he?
 

Matt smith

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #98
Calista said:
Hilarious the way this forum has flipped regarding EMC.
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@SIR ERNIE favorite player now
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #99
edgy said:
What if say Wright returns first and him and Simms start clicking again? EMC would have to wait wouldn't he?
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No, you’d either play 4-4-2 or play one of them on the right, most likely EMC.

Sakamoto, all due respect, isn’t better than either EMC or Wright. We need directness on the wings to take players on because without EMC or Wright, we don’t do it enough.
 

Calista

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #100
edgy said:
What if say Wright returns first and him and Simms start clicking again? EMC would have to wait wouldn't he?
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I reckon he could be effective on the right too. His uncertain early performances were as much to do with adjusting to the league and the team as playing out of position IMO. People were so unfair to him, concentrating on a few little mistakes and seemingly blind to what he can do. It's traditional on here.
 
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Trueskyblue20

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #101
Calista said:
I reckon he could be effective on the right too. His uncertain early performances were as much to do with adjusting to the league and the team as playing out of position IMO. People were so unfair to him, concentrating on a few little mistakes and seemingly blind to what he can do. It's traditional on here.
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I actually liked him on the right and didn’t think he was anywhere near as bad as people made out. Had some good performances from there and was always trying to drive into the box. Granted he looks better on the left but I always thought the criticism on the RW was a massive overreaction.
 
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edgy

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #102
Well that's it though. We don't know he be a success on the right. If he is then brilliant. But if he isn't, then we shouldn't be shoe horning players into positions.

It's going to be interesting to watch. I suspect Wright will go central with license to rotate with EMC.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #103
Calista said:
I reckon he could be effective on the right too. His uncertain early performances were as much to do with adjusting to the league and the team as playing out of position IMO. People were so unfair to him, concentrating on a few little mistakes and seemingly blind to what he can do. It's traditional on here.
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Players also just need a run in the team, how many games did he actually play RW for us?

As soon as Lampard put a bit of faith in him to start games, it paid dividends. The main things we see from him; coming to the back post, high volume crosses and lots of dribbling attempts, I can’t see why he wouldn’t be able to play RW.

This applies to both Haji and EMC, the way they dribble, their body mostly opens up as if they want to cut in so it could be argued that won’t translate as well for either of them at RW.
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #104

How did this work out @GIMOC
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 10, 2025
  • #105
Calista said:
Hilarious the way this forum has flipped regarding EMC.
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shocking that when you go from 1 goal contribution in 16 games to 7 in 6 opinions change

oh wait, no it isn't.
 
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