Our midfield (36 Viewers)

rob9872 · Saturday at 5:59 PM

Now that Sheaf is back to full fitness a midfield 3 of him Grimes and Rudoni is outstanding. I did worry that Sheaf and Grimes might be too similar but they blend so well.

Torp, Eccles, Allen all played key roles and done well too this season, but these three today were where we ran it. Great effort, great quality.

stevefloyd · Saturday at 6:08 PM

And Sheaf didn't do his customary giving the ball away passes, very good today but once again the rspca are after him for trying to hit pigeons flying over the stadium

Brighton Sky Blue · Saturday at 6:08 PM

The midfield is probably the strongest part of the team. The presence of Grimes has liberated Sheaf to an extent, it’s just a pity Torp is out as he also was starting to shine.

rob9872 · Saturday at 6:09 PM

stevefloyd said:
And Sheaf didn't do his customary giving the ball away passes, very good today but once again the rspca are after him for trying to hit pigeons flying over the stadium

Yep that's his shooting I'm afraid. Premiership player with L2 shooting ability.

*edit: hopefully the right mentor in Lampard of all people to hopefully change that.

stevefloyd · Saturday at 6:10 PM

I think its more mortar shooting rather than sniper

Sky Blue Pete · Saturday at 6:42 PM

Got passed through a few times but aziz is a good player

how the hell Carrick didn’t get that team to perform is bizarre

stevefloyd · Saturday at 6:53 PM

Sky Blue Pete said:
Got passed through a few times but aziz is a good player

how the hell Carrick didn’t get that team to perform is bizarre

Probably the same why Frank didn't get our team performing against Derby Plymouth Luton etc

Brighton Sky Blue · Saturday at 6:55 PM

Sky Blue Pete said:
Got passed through a few times but aziz is a good player

how the hell Carrick didn’t get that team to perform is bizarre

I get the feeling Steve Gibson will make a change soon

clint van damme · Saturday at 6:58 PM

stevefloyd said:
And Sheaf didn't do his customary giving the ball away passes, very good today but once again the rspca are after him for trying to hit pigeons flying over the stadium

Thought he was the worse of the 3.
Not that he was bad, good work rate, but not as good as the other 2.

skybluegod · Saturday at 7:05 PM

Brighton Sky Blue said:
I get the feeling Steve Gibson will make a change soon

Thing is he sold his star player in January, so Gibson only has himself to blame in this too.

rob9872 · Saturday at 7:07 PM

clint van damme said:
Thought he was the worse of the 3.
Not that he was bad, good work rate, but not as good as the other 2.

That's fair, but all were good, orobaby 8/8.5/9 in the order Sheaf, Grimes, Rudoni.

I thought Sheaf was the engine tbf. Grimes so much time on the ball, Sheaf covering the ground and driving the tempo, Rudi shear quality. It's the way they complement each other I like the best.

Ccfcisparks · Saturday at 7:07 PM

rob9872 said:
That's fair, but all were good, orobaby 8/8.5/9 in the order Sheaf, Grimes, Rudoni.

I thought Sheaf was the engine tbf. Grimes so much time on the ball, Sheaf covering the ground and driving the tempo, Rudi shear quality. It's the way they complement each other I like the best.

Sheaf looks miles better not sitting and when he can go and nip into tackles.

clint van damme · Saturday at 7:08 PM

rob9872 said:
That's fair, but all were good, orobaby 8/8.5/9 in the order Sheaf, Grimes, Rudoni.

I thought Sheaf was the engine tbf. Grimes so much time on the ball, Sheaf covering the ground and driving the tempo, Rudi shear quality. It's the way they complement each other I like the best.

Orobaby? Think you've just invented a new word mate.
What a day!

rob9872 · Saturday at 7:09 PM

Ccfcisparks said:
Sheaf looks miles better not sitting and when he can go and nip into tackles.

Agree, although I guess it was needed more before we had Grimes. He'd be a natural 8 if he could hit the target.

rob9872 · Saturday at 7:10 PM

clint van damme said:
Orobaby? Think you've just invented a new word mate.
What a day!

Tbf reading back, I'm more disappointed I used used shear over sheer than my fat fingered typo

clint van damme · Saturday at 7:12 PM

rob9872 said:
Tbf reading back, I'm more disappointed I used used shear over sheer than my fat fingered typo

Hadn't noticed that, was too busy being dazzled by orobaby!

Cally Fedora · Saturday at 8:48 PM

Grimes, Sheaf, Rudoni, Eccles, Torp, Allen. At one point this year we were threadbare there. Now it’s our strength. Going into games with Rudoni, Sheaf and Grimes gives us a chance v anyone

ptr · Saturday at 9:18 PM

Sheaf is getting sharper each game. Just at the right time.

stay_up_skyblues · Saturday at 9:56 PM

Sheaf looked like a man possessed at times today, he is getting up to the match fitness levels of the other two and with them all firing there can’t be many better midfields outside the top flight.

Mucca Mad Boys · Saturday at 10:31 PM

Sky Blue Pete said:
Got passed through a few times but aziz is a good player

how the hell Carrick didn’t get that team to perform is bizarre

It’s a team of good individuals that don’t necessarily complement one another. They’ve got some cracking players on their day.

stevefloyd · Saturday at 10:34 PM

He looked disappointed to be coming off today

Bernie Rhodes Nose · 2025-05-04T05:59:52+0100

rob9872 said:
Agree, although I guess it was needed more before we had Grimes. He'd be a natural 8 if he could hit the target.

Maybe if he shoots from the halfway line?

Captain Dart · 2025-05-04T09:28:46+0100

stay_up_skyblues said:
Sheaf looked like a man possessed at times today, he is getting up to the match fitness levels of the other two and with them all firing there can’t be many better midfields outside the top flight.

Lampard complimented his workrate in the post match chat I think.

Briles · 2025-05-04T09:38:40+0100

Sky Blue Pete said:
Got passed through a few times but aziz is a good player

how the hell Carrick didn’t get that team to perform is bizarre

I find it amusing that whittaker still hasn't scored for them

Brighton Sky Blue · 2025-05-04T09:41:16+0100

Tom Cannon at Sheff Utd hasn’t done much better, another shocking miss from him yesterday.

Sky Blue Harry H · 2025-05-04T09:46:46+0100

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Tom Cannon at Sheff Utd hasn’t done much better, another shocking miss from him yesterday.

If/when we get past Sunderland, please can Bristol have knocked the Blades out. Asking for a friend.

covcity4life · 2025-05-04T09:48:29+0100

@Earlsdon_Skyblue1 thoughts on sheaf recently?

Hincha · 2025-05-04T09:54:08+0100

Will be a shame if Sheaf goes this summer as I’d love to see a whole season of this midfield (well 2/3 of a season with Sheafs injury record)

DT-R · 2025-05-04T09:55:34+0100

Mucca Mad Boys said:
It’s a team of good individuals that don’t necessarily complement one another. They’ve got some cracking players on their day.

Compliments during the game are really important.
Yesterday I head Sheaf tell Rudi how white his teeth were. I heard Grimes ask Thomas if his shorts made his arse look big (Thomas replied, no you look perfect). And Saka told MVE how good his throw ins are!
Great compliments! Gotta love it!

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Nuskyblue · 2025-05-04T09:58:55+0100

Our midfield, good in attack but boy were we open.

I'd hesitate to include Rudi as a midfield option he generally plays way more advanced, we basically play 4-4-2.

I think playing Rudi as a lone 9 and bringing in Allen would work, especially away from home.

Bad Boy · 2025-05-04T10:36:05+0100

covcity4life said:
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1 thoughts on sheaf recently?

I think he's playing safe, he doesn't look fully match fit physically and possibly mentally imo.

No offence intended and I hope none is taken.

Ccfcisparks · 2025-05-04T10:38:32+0100

Bad Boy said:
I think he's playing safe, he doesn't look fully match fit physically and possibly mentally imo.

No offence intended and I hope none is taken.

He looked really physical yesterday I thought

Evo1883 · 2025-05-04T10:41:41+0100

Made a couple of absolute disaster passes but I thought he was decent , certainly not amazing

torchomatic · 2025-05-04T10:47:09+0100

rob9872 said:
That's fair, but all were good, orobaby 8/8.5/9 in the order Sheaf, Grimes, Rudoni.

I thought Sheaf was the engine tbf. Grimes so much time on the ball, Sheaf covering the ground and driving the tempo, Rudi shear quality. It's the way they complement each other I like the best.

I think now that the weight of "best midfielder at the club" has been lifted from him, Sheaf has been playing with a lot more freedom. Less prone to errors and wayward passes since he's been back.

Grimes and Rudoni are the best midfielders now, and Sheaf has revelled with that knowledge, I think. They all have their own roles and they all played them to perfection yesterday.

Hope Sheaf can stay fit now.

SkyBlueSam01 · 2025-05-04T10:48:46+0100

covcity4life said:
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1 thoughts on sheaf recently?

Suspect he's too busy stabbing his Ben Sheaf voodoo doll to reply

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