Highlights Last Night Mmmmm..
#1
Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:04 PM
For a start, Donny imo were worthy 3-0 winners imo. They were quicker, sharper, knew where players were, were better on the ball. They had far more possession, shots on target etc...Apart from a 5 minutes spell at the beginning of each half - we looked like a team going only one way.
1) Dan Gardner is liked by Saunders. He is a weak link, at the moment in the team imo. Is not 90 minutes, more 15 on last nights display.
2) Ariyibi is no better. He can't play with anyone up the pitch, is not physical enough and has poor defensive awareness.
3) Richard Wood disappoints me. He's been in the championship for a while now. If Rotherham don't care for him - they know something Saunders doesn't.
4) Chris Herd baffles me - for a player who's been in prem/championship. Completely off the pace.
5) Sam Hird is a liability at RB
#2
Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:11 PM
Gardner... meh. I like him to an extent because I like flair players who can get the crowd on their feet but in a 4-4-2 he is no wideman, he doesn't have the natural defensive know-how or footballing brain required and it seems that either our coaching staff are unable to teach him or he is unable to learn properly. Similar with Ariyibi really, no defensive brain about him at all bless him.
Wood, I've only seen him against FCUM but by all accounts he's been poor and Herd is a clogger - I am very confused as to how he was kept on the books of Aston Villa for so long, he has such a lack of technical ability. Players at League 1 level coming down from the Prem should not be struggling to trap a ball.
#3
Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:18 PM
Edit..btw I tend to agree with all points.
This post has been edited by Mr Mercury: 25 November 2015 - 08:19 PM
#4
Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:50 PM
#5
Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:55 PM
Stoneyspireite, on 25 November 2015 - 08:50 PM, said:
It's just a matter of time before Morsy gets caught in possession on the edge of our box. It's too predictable
#6
Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:58 PM
Elton John 1866, on 25 November 2015 - 08:04 PM, said:
For a start, Donny imo were worthy 3-0 winners imo. They were quicker, sharper, knew where players were, were better on the ball. They had far more possession, shots on target etc...Apart from a 5 minutes spell at the beginning of each half - we looked like a team going only one way.
1) Dan Gardner is liked by Saunders. He is a weak link, at the moment in the team imo. Is not 90 minutes, more 15 on last nights display.
2) Ariyibi is no better. He can't play with anyone up the pitch, is not physical enough and has poor defensive awareness.
3) Richard Wood disappoints me. He's been in the championship for a while now. If Rotherham don't care for him - they know something Saunders doesn't.
4) Chris Herd baffles me - for a player who's been in prem/championship. Completely off the pace.
5) Sam Hird is a liability at RB
Just watched, sorry just endured the highlights, the 2nd and 3rd goals omg Sunday league defending or what! Where is this communication that Wood is meant to bring to the team.
The third just emphasises a previous post where I've stated were just not good enough to pass it out from the back so why B****Y do it, it was only a matter of time before we got caught out.
#7
Posted 25 November 2015 - 10:44 PM
What a disaster this managerial appointment is turning out to be.
#8
Posted 25 November 2015 - 10:56 PM
meowdmucker, on 25 November 2015 - 10:44 PM, said:
What a disaster this managerial appointment is turning out to be.
We might look back on this 'heady' league position and yearn for these days in May.
#9
Posted 26 November 2015 - 12:29 PM
Elton John 1866, on 25 November 2015 - 08:04 PM, said:
For a start, Donny imo were worthy 3-0 winners imo. They were quicker, sharper, knew where players were, were better on the ball. They had far more possession, shots on target etc...Apart from a 5 minutes spell at the beginning of each half - we looked like a team going only one way.
1) Dan Gardner is liked by Saunders. He is a weak link, at the moment in the team imo. Is not 90 minutes, more 15 on last nights display.
2) Ariyibi is no better. He can't play with anyone up the pitch, is not physical enough and has poor defensive awareness.
3) Richard Wood disappoints me. He's been in the championship for a while now. If Rotherham don't care for him - they know something Saunders doesn't.
4) Chris Herd baffles me - for a player who's been in prem/championship. Completely off the pace.
5) Sam Hird is a liability at RB
Good post. The only highlight for me apart from his mistake, was Evo.
#10
Posted 27 November 2015 - 10:11 AM
Elton John 1866, on 25 November 2015 - 08:04 PM, said:
For a start, Donny imo were worthy 3-0 winners imo. They were quicker, sharper, knew where players were, were better on the ball. They had far more possession, shots on target etc...Apart from a 5 minutes spell at the beginning of each half - we looked like a team going only one way.
1) Dan Gardner is liked by Saunders. He is a weak link, at the moment in the team imo. Is not 90 minutes, more 15 on last nights display.
2) Ariyibi is no better. He can't play with anyone up the pitch, is not physical enough and has poor defensive awareness.
3) Richard Wood disappoints me. He's been in the championship for a while now. If Rotherham don't care for him - they know something Saunders doesn't.
4) Chris Herd baffles me - for a player who's been in prem/championship. Completely off the pace.
5) Sam Hird is a liability at RB
and now, the alternative highlights.....
Banks once again hits the post.
Gboly makes no attempt to defend the second goal.
Jayo holds the ball too long too often.
#11
Posted 27 November 2015 - 03:17 PM
dim view, on 27 November 2015 - 10:11 AM, said:
Banks once again hits the post.
Gboly makes no attempt to defend the second goal.
Jayo holds the ball too long too often.
I noticed a few times on Tuesday that Jay was holding onto the ball and trying to be a man too many..WHY?..quite simply nobody was making themselves available, nobody was getting forward he was looking into areas where people just weren't making the effort to get to.
I know it's being mentioned ad nausium but the regression on the pitch injust a couple of months is absolutely mind bogglingly worrying!
#12
Posted 27 November 2015 - 05:48 PM
Mr Mercury, on 27 November 2015 - 03:17 PM, said:
I know it's being mentioned ad nausium but the regression on the pitch injust a couple of months is absolutely mind bogglingly worrying!
If nobody is making the runs for him - and it happens, to be fair - then he has to pass to them anyway and get a first time pass back, hopefully through the defence. What he shouldn't be doing with his experience is just dribbling and dribbling until he's crowded out and we lose the ball - and one of the dreaded counter attacks starts.
It looks too often as though he's got his head down and loving his dribbling, and can't see the pass even when it's there.
Don't get me wrong - I like to watch O'Shea on form, but he could be so much better for us if he just made the right decisions. Including shooting when he gets a sight of goal instead of trying to make it an even better opening.