dj2 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Right my first post so go easy! Chris O'Grady has only scored 2 goals for us that is admittedly not good enough. It would be easy to say he is not a goal scorer but he got 19 in all competitions last season. But he has to play. You have to look at the record of the other striker when he is playing, it is all well and good saying he is not scoring but I would say and I have read replies that say the same, that he is one of our best and most consistent players...... He cannot play on the wing, he possess no qualities to play there at all so let's just forget that. He is a player who will bring the best out in others our problem is that our centre backs too often have no option but to lump it forward to COG or Madine which is not going to work, as shown in the last two games. We need to play to our strengths, through the middle then out wide like we did in patches second half on saturday. This long ball game is boring, doesn't work and we will stay in this league if we do not start playing football like we can do. Look at the teams who have gone up, and more importantly kept improving over the last few years. Southampton, Brighton, Norwich, all played decent football in this division and Southampton will join Norwich in the prem next season! We need this as a plan B, or ideally as a plan A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bukta Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Welcome to OT dj2. For what it's worth I think COG is a cracking player but can't get my head around where he fits in best. His touch and his hold up play is second to none and he really is as strong as an ox but playing centre forward you need him to bag at least 15 goals a season which I don't think he will do for us. Although not all our football is Barca style I do think we have the ability to mix it up and play strong, aggressive and direct at times and then in the next move we can zip it around nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Right my first post so go easy! Chris O'Grady has only scored 2 goals for us that is admittedly not good enough. It would be easy to say he is not a goal scorer but he got 19 in all competitions last season. But he has to play. You have to look at the record of the other striker when he is playing, it is all well and good saying he is not scoring but I would say and I have read replies that say the same, that he is one of our best and most consistent players...... He cannot play on the wing, he possess no qualities to play there at all so let's just forget that. He is a player who will bring the best out in others our problem is that our centre backs too often have no option but to lump it forward to COG or Madine which is not going to work, as shown in the last two games. We need to play to our strengths, through the middle then out wide like we did in patches second half on saturday. This long ball game is boring, doesn't work and we will stay in this league if we do not start playing football like we can do. Look at the teams who have gone up, and more importantly kept improving over the last few years. Southampton, Brighton, Norwich, all played decent football in this division and Southampton will join Norwich in the prem next season! We need this as a plan B, or ideally as a plan A Welcome to Owlstalk. Are you drunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOwl Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Welcome to OT dj2. For what it's worth I think COG is a cracking player but can't get my head around where he fits in best. His touch and his hold up play is second to none and he really is as strong as an ox but playing centre forward you need him to bag at least 15 goals a season which I don't think he will do for us. Which player is this whose touch is second to none? Who was the big guy whose every ball bounced off his foot/shin a yard away? Chris O'Grady has one of the worst forst touches seen at S6 since Leon Clarke (who scored more goals btw). Im a fan of 100 percenters like O'Grady but he must be made of Teflon because nothing sticks. This might be unpopular but its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccy Owl Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 He's scored 4 goals for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tabz Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 His work rate is good and if it wernt for him challanging we wouldn't have got thaat mechine goal on saturday I rate him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 CHRISSY, CHRISSY O'GRADY...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheffieldGraduate Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Interesting thing about Chris is that he is clearly capable of being a very good player. However his movement on Saturday was poor but that is not the case in every game. Chris must improve his movement being static makes it easier to mark you and much more difficult to create space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Chris O'Grady will not score enough goals to get us out of this division. Yes he works hard and holds it up well but can we really afford that line of player? Cog and Madine don't seem to work so we have to give Madine and Lowe a try. I still think we need another striker that can finish some of the chances we get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Guns Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 wots it matter if he couldnt hit a barn door ,as long as he tries hard thats all wot counts ,we should blindly support every player good or crap as soon as they put on that blue and white shirt they are behond critisism dont forget last year yes thats right milan saved us so we should be grateful and be happy to spend years and years in league1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest intercity0wl Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 COG, Semedo & Llera first names on teamsheet for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 wots it matter if he couldnt hit a barn door ,as long as he tries hard thats all wot counts ,we should blindly support every player good or crap as soon as they put on that blue and white shirt they are behond critisism dont forget last year yes thats right milan saved us so we should be grateful and be happy to spend years and years in league1. I'm senseing a bit of sarcasm in this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhollywood Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 CHRISSY, CHRISSY O'GRADY...! CHRISSY, CHRISSY O'GRADY...! IS flipping BETTER THAN ADAM LE FONDRE..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 CHRISSY, CHRISSY O'GRADY...! IS flipping BETTER THAN ADAM LE FONDRE..! I'm hoping there's sarcasm in this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhollywood Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'm hoping there's sarcasm in this post Nope! It's the most underrated new owls song!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshallovercome Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 wots it matter if he couldnt hit a barn door ,as long as he tries hard thats all wot counts ,we should blindly support every player good or crap as soon as they put on that blue and white shirt they are behond critisism dont forget last year yes thats right milan saved us so we should be grateful and be happy to spend years and years in league1. That's the spirit, bg......you're getting there pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oz_owl Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Which player is this whose touch is second to none? Who was the big guy whose every ball bounced off his foot/shin a yard away? Chris O'Grady has one of the worst forst touches seen at S6 since Leon Clarke (who scored more goals btw). Im a fan of 100 percenters like O'Grady but he must be made of Teflon because nothing sticks. This might be unpopular but its true. I think the reality is somewhere in between. He's not as good as a lot of people are making out, and not as bad as you're suggesting. I have to say I'm not convinced by him yet, and I often find myself wondering if there could be an Emperor's new clothes thing going on when I read about how good he makes the players around him. The best game I've seen him have is against West Ham. He looked a beast in that game and scored a great goal. Most of his performances haven't been close to that, and I certainly wouldn't be disappointed to see Megson try a Madine/Lowe partnership - with the added benefit of having COG as an option from the bench to batter a tiring defence late in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Which player is this whose touch is second to none? Who was the big guy whose every ball bounced off his foot/shin a yard away? Chris O'Grady has one of the worst forst touches seen at S6 since Leon Clarke (who scored more goals btw). Im a fan of 100 percenters like O'Grady but he must be made of Teflon because nothing sticks. This might be unpopular but its true. thank god... i thought only i could see it... He's scored 4 goals for us who cog? 2 in 16... :st2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 His work rate is good and if it wernt for him challanging we wouldn't have got thaat mechine goal on saturday I rate him good work rate, and his most significant contribution saturday was a challenge? so he's a midfielder then??? good, i'm glad we've worked out where he can play... 'cos in the area of the second forward he looks clumsy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 hes scored more than jeffers did in less games leave the lad alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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