Essix Blue Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Stevie May is a poacher. His best work will be done in the box, where he has enough speed of thought to get in the right positions to finish. By all accounts he's a good finisher, and in time, he will probably adapt to championship football. The fact that he works hard is a bonus which will help us defend from the front. From what I can make out so far, you can't fault his work rate, but perhaps he's been doing that work in the wrong areas. Gray even said after the Derby game, that he wished some of those chances had fallen to May. The fact that he's not channeling his energies in the right area, is probably more to do with Nuhiu's shortcoming, than anything else. I said before, I didn't think that the Nuhiu/May partnership was one that would bear fruit. If Nuhiu is going to be a regular starter, we don't yet have the partner for him, and that is why this next striker signing is so important. Agreed - May seems to be coming looking for the ball when really he shouldn't - but service to him is woeful. I'm no Madine fan, but I reckon him and May could be a better partnership, more to feet NOT looking for the bloody flick on all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I would like to see the stats for how far May ran last night. His work rate is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Agreed - May seems to be coming looking for the ball when really he shouldn't - but service to him is woeful. I'm no Madine fan, but I reckon him and May could be a better partnership, more to feet NOT looking for the bloody flick on all the time Me too, but if Nuhiu is to play, FFS find someone who can play with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Guns Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Agreed - May seems to be coming looking for the ball when really he shouldn't - but service to him is woeful. I'm no Madine fan, but I reckon him and May could be a better partnership, more to feet NOT looking for the bloody flick on all the time yep we need to let madine and may build a partnership newho is a liability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 May will come good, given time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Ah keep clapping. By the way, how's your takeover coming along? My takeover, would you like to quantify that, a very strange comment indeed In the mean time, don't forget to sharpen your razor blades, i'm sure you're looking forward to using them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Missed Kieran Lee tonight. Semedo and Coke in the middle on Saturday... Coke possibly, but thought Semedo had a shocker last night.He seemed to be wandering around not knowing what to do. Neither good defensively nor going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Coke possibly, but thought Semedo had a shocker last night.He seemed to be wandering around not knowing what to do. Neither good defensively nor going forward. Semedo looked lost and quite frankly I was perplexed at what that central midfield was supposed to do It was a bizarre selection, and one that probably had quite a bearing on our performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Coke possibly, but thought Semedo had a shocker last night.He seemed to be wandering around not knowing what to do. Neither good defensively nor going forward. The midfield has been decimated and our backup isnt good enough, never mind, some will still ignore this and criticise the forwards instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagmeister Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) yep we need to let madine and may build a partnership newho is a liability Not every week, but I'd try Madine and Nuhiu together at some point (in the league). Nuhiu constantly had the attention of both centre backs last night. Good or bad he was targetted. They wouldn't have done that as well last night with Madine alongside. We were bossed in midfield and Millwall made sure that there was no easy out ball to the big man. May will I am sure come good but there will be times when the two big men working together would be effective. Edited August 20, 2014 by Dagmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 If / when May comes short looking for the ball, he has no outlet with NuYu - I think he'd have a better chance with Madine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I look at all our forwards and there are no obvious partnerships there The best, I suspect would be Madine and May, but I do see what Nuhiu brings to the side, but to make that work, we have to find the right partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagmeister Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Semedo looked lost and quite frankly I was perplexed at what that central midfield was supposed to do It was a bizarre selection, and one that probably had quite a bearing on our performance Agree about Semedo though in fairness Millwall were surprisingly good last night in midfield which highlighted our deficiencies in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagmeister Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I look at all our forwards and there are no obvious partnerships there The best, I suspect would be Madine and May, but I do see what Nuhiu brings to the side, but to make that work, we have to find the right partner. We definitely have to find the right pairing (when we play 2 up front) but any pairing would have struggled last night with the service that our front two got from midfield. Millwall got it right; swamp us in midfield and nullify the big man. This did afford May a bit more freedom but he's not quite up to speed yet (another 90 minutes under his belt on the plus side though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Agree about Semedo though in fairness Millwall were surprisingly good last night in midfield which highlighted our deficiencies in that area. It makes you think, are we suffering for trying to throw May in too soon. We did play well against Derby, but I still would have played five across the middle in that game, and used Madine and May from the bench. It's by far the best system we have with the players we currently have. Last night, because of Lee's injury, that perhaps was not an option, but that axis of Semedo and Hutchinson was never going to give us the creativity we needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.. Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's already game over for Stevie. Send him out on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagmeister Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It makes you think, are we suffering for trying to throw May in too soon. We did play well against Derby, but I still would have played five across the middle in that game, and used Madine and May from the bench. It's by far the best system we have with the players we currently have. Last night, because of Lee's injury, that perhaps was not an option, but that axis of Semedo and Hutchinson was never going to give us the creativity we needed. Its a two sided coin. I advocated easing him in from the bench but its a valid counter argument that he'll take longer to adapt if he's not pitched in. Despite his flaws Millwall still felt it necessary to double up on Nuhiu where possible and stymie our out ball as they choked our midfield. Madine alongside him would have put a bit of a spanner in their tactics possibly. May did benefit from a bit more space but he's not quite there yet. Yes a 5 man midfield would have been an option but it is this area that we are most lacking in depth unless Corry and McCabe can surprise us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Don't think it helped Semedo in that himself and Hutchinson and then Coke were outnumberd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagmeister Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Don't think it helped Semedo in that himself and Hutchinson and then Coke were outnumberd Good point; even Hutch was finding it hard but it was magnified in Jose's case unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshfish Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 ...it may surprise some of a younger age..but a certain David Hirst got all the same sort of stick from a small but vocal number of supporters, when he first moved from Barnsley...he didn't do too badly for us did he... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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