Grendel
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well no as he’s a great player at this level and biamou was utter shite at every level - heading is one area of weakness
Are you preparing another of your Biamou-style caveats?
Pretty sure he hasn't for us. I think he is a really good player, but he cannot head the ball, which is a surprise given his physique. For some reason on Tuesday we kept playing it in the air to him and that was why he was ineffective. He reminds me of Cyrille Regis in style in some ways, and no of course he is nowhere near as good. But he looks like someone you should lump it forward to but actually he needs it in the ground and his skill is in turning defences.Has he scored a headed goal at all?
Has he scored a headed goal at all?
well no as he’s a great player at this level and biamou was utter shite at every level - heading is one area of weakness
I don't actually think vik did anything wrong with the header .. he headed it down which is always the advice and the keeper knew nothing about it and comes away looking like Gordon Banks
To be fair, to classify that heading is a weakness, a more pertinent question would be, how many headed goal opportunities has he missed ?
no it’s not really as generally he’s poor in the air for a striker and can’t impose himself against defenders in the air. It’s a weakness. The funny thing is people who blew smoke up biamous arse look totally ridiculous as the difference a real forward at this level makes is massive
The advice is to always head across the goalkeeper when you're in that position. He just flung himself at it and hoped for the best.
That's not the advice at all
Take him out of the team and we play like shite because everything goes through him. His finishing is shite but he would have had a load more assists if our strikers' finishing wasn't also shite.
When he gets taken off we look fucking terrible. Take him out of the team and replace with someone that chips in a few more goals but offers less all-round then we're going to be an even worse team than we are now.
Without him we'd be proper relegation fodder next year.
It's not thoughWell it is and the commentator on Sky said it on the night.
The advise is always to head the ball down...It's not though
The advise is always to head the ball down...
It's not though
I knowYou do all realise you can head the ball down *and* across...?
You do all realise you can head the ball down *and* across...?
You do all realise you can head the ball down *and* across...?
I mean if we are to be pedantic , Sheaf being turned like a 5 year old for Cardiffs first goal would be classed as detrimental to the team as they scored from it .. yet everybody is giving him MOTM , whereas KANE was slated and rightly so for a similar thing against Bournemouth.
Tell me , is sheaf ACTUALLY god ?
Has he scored a headed goal at all?
Is that better than a 1/2 chance?Weird that you've forgotten the other 3/4 chances.
Particularly the Hamer one.
Absolutely spot on. How some of our fans don't realise this is incredible.Take him out of the team and we play like shite because everything goes through him. His finishing is shite but he would have had a load more assists if our strikers' finishing wasn't also shite.
When he gets taken off we look fucking terrible. Take him out of the team and replace with someone that chips in a few more goals but offers less all-round then we're going to be an even worse team than we are now.
Without him we'd be proper relegation fodder next year.
Correct, some of these eejits think the ball gets in to the opposition 3rd by magicTake him out of the team and we play like shite because everything goes through him. His finishing is shite but he would have had a load more assists if our strikers' finishing wasn't also shite.
When he gets taken off we look fucking terrible. Take him out of the team and replace with someone that chips in a few more goals but offers less all-round then we're going to be an even worse team than we are now.
Without him we'd be proper relegation fodder next year.
Where the fuck did I say take him out of the team? Seriously, where did you get that from?Ok take him out of the team and then who else looks like a threat? If he was lucky enough to play for Man City, and no I am not advocating he is good enough, lots of people would be drooling over him with his work rate alone !
What was his xA for the header on Tuesday?The pedant in me can’t let the “he’d have assisted loads if other peoples finishing was better”. That’s simply not true. His xA is one goal higher than his assists.
We generally don’t create great chances. We create lots of average to poor chances and that’s a team problem. TBH I think it’s a Robins playing style problem as we’ve never been high scorers since he’s been here. We have a habit of playing two or three forward thinking players at most while a lot of teams have four or five. Our wingbacks are very defensive minded and even O’Hare as an AM does a lot of defensive work.
I'm sure this will initially attract a barrage of insults, but as much as I really want the lad to succeed, he's not offering anywhere near enough for a championship attacking midfielder that plays every game.
I've heard comments that he is the best player we've had since relegation from the Premier League. Personally I don't see it at all.
I think we could sell him and whilst I'm not exactly confident the owners would reinvest it, should he go for the touted 5 million, even 20% of that would find someone who could score or assist more than what he is offering at the moment. Playing for territory is something wasps should be proud of, not us, and it feels like that and work rate are about his only major attributes. It's becoming a cult in itself though, and match after match there are people that leap to his defence in what in my view seems irrationally obsessive.
His stats in the league (last 3 seasons):
105 appearances
7 goals
16 assists
I've been at times really excited by him, and when we signed him from Villa permanently I was estatic, but that euphoria has seriously plateaued over time.
I'm not looking for emotive rage, just someone please, kindly and respectfully change my mind.
Well it simply is true based on some very real examples from recent games, forget xGA when I've seen him create 3-4 brilliant chances in the last half dozen or so games.The pedant in me can’t let the “he’d have assisted loads if other peoples finishing was better”. That’s simply not true. His xA is one goal higher than his assists.
We generally don’t create great chances. We create lots of average to poor chances and that’s a team problem. TBH I think it’s a Robins playing style problem as we’ve never been high scorers since he’s been here. We have a habit of playing two or three forward thinking players at most while a lot of teams have four or five. Our wingbacks are very defensive minded and even O’Hare as an AM does a lot of defensive work.
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