Both Kelly and Eccles are perfectly adequate defensive midfielders. The former an intelligent player that senses danger and the other an excellent ball winner. Both are good enough to start with the right players alongside them. Them both being the fall guys for us not signing anybody with Hamer's capability is just ridiculous.
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Right...We are currently missing Palmer and Sheaf, and waiting for O'Hare to return too. The situation is temporary.
Two defenders (ish) came to blows in the changing room apparently, one new signing and another an existing player.
Bidwell and another would be my guess?
It definitely kicked off in the changing room afterwards.... got this from a very reliable source.
Wasnt Fadz
It is really bizarre , both Eccles and Kelly and more than adequate number 6s in the championship . We really shouldn't be playing both together but we have to due to Sheafs injury .I like Eccles. Don’t really get why he gets so much shit. Sometimes feels like homegrown players get a really hard time of it.
It’s fairly obvious that a starting midfield of Kelly and Eccles is not good enough to get in the top 6. They are the biggest issue, not the rest of the team.
He's one of the best homegrown players we've had at the club in a decade.I like Eccles. Don’t really get why he gets so much shit. Sometimes feels like homegrown players get a really hard time of it.
He is but tbf its a low bar recently. We're hardly churning them out. Something we're looking to improve I'm sure.He's one of the best homegrown players we've had at the club in a decade.
He doesn't?I like Eccles. Don’t really get why he gets so much shit. Sometimes feels like homegrown players get a really hard time of it.
Means little when we're at a much higher level than we've been for a decade.He's one of the best homegrown players we've had at the club in a decade.
Not sure if Allen and Ayari would be enough defensively but I agree with the formation for sure. Allen and Kelly to start and then maybe Ayari to come on off the bench could be a move.some may not agree, but I would start with this...PUSB
Homegrown Championship players are much more valuable than homegrown L1/L2 ones!Means little when we're at a much higher level than we've been for a decade.
Because Bayliss and Shipley broke out in L2 where they were genuinely good players for that level?Homegrown Championship players are much more valuable than homegrown L1/L2 ones!
I'm not saying Eccles is a world-beater (he isn't) but he's clearly a more competent player than other homegrowns like Bayliss and Shipley, yet doesn't seem to enjoy the same level of credit.
Well, quite, yes. We should've bought a solid creative central midfielder who could come straight in and start games.They're not the issue as such though I agree they won't get us top 6.
Not recruiting players to do the stuff they can't do is the issue .
Eccles was fine doing what he does in our good run at the end of last season as was Kelly when called on but they were alongside Hamer and to a lesser extent Sheaf.
I’d give that a go , nothing to lose
Yet he is was a regular starter in the only team we've ever had to reach the championship play offsBecause Bayliss and Shipley broke out in L2 where they were genuinely good players for that level?
Eccles is an average championship player at best. It's logical he doesn't get the same praise. If Shipley or Bayliss were still here they'd be getting even more flak.
Yet he is was a regular starter in the only team we've ever had to reach the championship play offs
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Yet he is was a regular starter in the only team we've ever had to reach the championship play offs
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You've worked out how to put your brain in gear before posting ?Good news on the injury front
Why drop Fadz when he's been our best defender for the last few years?
Says the guy who said we should all be brimming with excitementYou've worked out how to put your brain in gear before posting ?
Great news
Who do you reckon would sign him if he were available?
So? Doesn't contradict what I said, he's at best average in the championship. Him being part of a side that got carried to the playoffs on the back of two outstanding players, in one of the easiest years to make it, doesn't change that.
I'm underwhelmed currently but it's a long season so I'm happy for a gentle fizz to start over the coming weeks and monthsSays the guy who said we should all be brimming with excitement
really coming to fruition isn’t it @Martin180
Except the game?!?! I'll cheer on whoever he picks, and won't give a **** who's playing if we pick up a result. On a positive note, it sounds like some of the injuries are clearing up quicker than expected.I’d give that a go , nothing to lose
He's also 26th percentile for pass completion, 8th for take ons, <30 for blocks, interceptions and clearances.Average at what?
According to whoscored and FBRef he's in the top 10 for successful tackles per game (Sheaf is number 1). Given that's what his primary role is i'd say that is better than average.
Great, so he's not very good at something he's not generally employed to do.He's also 26th percentile for pass completion, 8th for take ons,
He's attempted 51 take ons and been successful in 8! That's shocking.
If our central midfielders can't pass or dribble we're in big troubleGreat, so he's not very good at something he's not generally employed to do.
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