Wright (25 Viewers)

Mucca Mad Boys said:

Society in general seems to be a lot angrier. The amount of ‘stickers’ I see up and down country with the Reform logo and/or ‘Stop The Boats’ is astounding. There were a few in the away end on Tuesday but even on holiday I seen some and in most train stations of clubs and all over England.

Perhaps it’s an age thing, but I don't remember this being the case in the 90s or 00s… if someone my senior could provide some insight, please do. Please note: I have no intention of making this remotely political, it’s just an observation.

Social media is just generally quite toxic. We seen how badly abused athletes and TV personalities can get it. For all the positives of social media, it can be a cesspit.

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I just don't ever remember it being angry at the games growing up.
Light hearted and all in jest when it came to our own players. Of course you'd get the odd moan and groan, but nothing like what we see today.
Unhinged, borderline obsessiveness over certain players, once they've become the designated boo boys. It's why i try to stay off for long periods of time, social media is indeed a cesspit.

Even if the players that tend to get the most abuse leave this summer, you just think, who will be next to take the brunt of it. So tedious.
I think we are building quite a good team, it just needs a few tweaks, i fully believe we will get there eventually. They are definitely not 'useless'.

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:

That's our problem, we don't have many alternatives.

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Exactly, Lampard had to choose between 2 poor strikers and a shit one.

I hope he gets the backing to off load the underperforming players and bring in his own choices.

prufrock said:

the problem isn't just unlocking the best performances more it's also elevating the minimum level of the out of form performances.

imo when Grimes had a couple of flat games he was still 5.5 or 6/10, that is his minimum. when Wright is off it's 2 or 3, he looks non-league at times.

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Yeah I can get that tbf.
I think Simms can have good games without scoring when he's up for it, but Wright seems to be all or nothing.

Anyone would, but we miss a striker like Gyokeres who would just bully and rough up centre backs all game and has a big impact even if he didn't get a goal.

shmmeee said:

I don’t think he has though. You can’t argue with his goals but outside of that all the day one complaints about attitude ... still stand.

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I don't think it's bad attitude per se, I think he loses belief in himself, which ultimately ends up as a lack of determination and fight. He doesn't seem to have the heart when things are against him.

It's like O'Nein beat him in every duel, despite being smaller, less strong, and not as good at football as Wright, but he was absolutely up for it and backed himself in the fight. Wright wanted to win too, but he didn't back himself.

Obviously, I don't know the man, and I'm not a psychologist, but having watched him play for the last two years, that's what it looks like to me. It was the same in his first couple of months at the club. I don't believe he doesn't care or has a bad attitude.

The question is, do you live with that. Wright's an asset, no question. He's extremely talented and a guaranteed source of goals over a season, but you have to accept that you will have to carry him when he's not playing with confidence. Is it worth risking that when you have a game as huge as Tuesday's, or do you cash in for a lesser, but more consistent, player?

He’s simply not aggressive enough to play as a solo striker. Pulls out of tackles and headers all the time.
It looks like he’s scared to get hurt. His dive on Tuesday was shocking particularly as he’d got the ball past them and had an opportunity to shoot.

Jimmy87 said:

I just don't ever remember it being angry at the games growing up.
Light hearted and all in jest when it came to our own players. Of course you'd get the odd moan and groan, but nothing like what we see today.
Unhinged, borderline obsessiveness over certain players, once they've become the designated boo boys. It's why i try to stay off for long periods of time, social media is indeed a cesspit.

Even if the players that tend to get the most abuse leave this summer, you just think, who will be next to take the brunt of it. So tedious.
I think we are building quite a good team, it just needs a few tweaks, i fully believe we will get there eventually. They are definitely not 'useless'.

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I've come off social media, I had a break from it before mate then went back on, found myself using fb less and less, same with twitter (never did shittok or Snapchat) but when your on there all you get is negativity, people posting videos thinking they are hilarious but they're not or another video of a knife attack posted.

Its a cesspit where people think they are hard abusing others y et would shit their pants if you confronted them, the world would be a happier place with out social

Wright has to go. Fact the players afterwards tore into him says it all. His goose is cooked here. Simms obviously is done. BTA not good enough.
Godden got 21 goals this season in L1. Granted a league lower but the amount of chances we creates and missed in the playboffs I can't help thinking had we had Godden some of those would have been buried.
Small looks pretty decent for Charlton in the RW. Would be good back up for Saka perhaps?

robinsforever said:

Wright has to go. Fact the players afterwards tore into him says it all. His goose is cooked here.

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????
True? Where have you heard this?