Puddle

[daleblue]

For people who went to the match, apart from his failure to pick up the goalscorer, (which could happen to anyone), how did he perform today.

[HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU]

More alarming was Bamba stood on his own in the area to the left of our wall unmarked

[Justbeanz]

Still looks a bit wet behind the ears to me.

[S36 OWL]

[joelswfc]

Doesn't offer as much as Reach going forward. Solid enough today, but Reach at left back with Bannan linking up is undoubtedly the better partnership.

[steelowl]

59 minutes ago, S36 OWL said:

not gonna lie  add a few stripes to that puddle and that'd be a work of art 

[britpunk77]

Played very well in the 1st half without creating a great deal had a lot of possession.

Cardiff made a game of it in the 2nd half and we had a great chance to go 2 up  when fletcher latched onto a great ball from van aken but he blasted it wide. Soaked up a lot of pressure and struggled withe route 1 approach from Cardiff which eventually payed dividends for them. A bitter pill to swallow conceding with virtually the last kick of the game. 

 

 

[StudentOwl]

Thought he looked a bit out of his depth today (weheey!), but considering it was his first game at LB this season it's somewhat understandable

Don't really understand what Fox did wrong in the first half-dozen games to get dropped... he didn't look spectacular but he hardly looked out of place at fullback, and if Reach isn't playing there, someone with a bit of pace might be preferential in that fullback slot. Think he could feel slightly hard-done by on balance

[TheBoyBeevers]

1 hour ago, StudentOwl said:

Thought he looked a bit out of his depth today (weheey!), but considering it was his first game at LB this season it's somewhat understandable

Don't really understand what Fox did wrong in the first half-dozen games to get dropped... he didn't look spectacular but he hardly looked out of place at fullback, and if Reach isn't playing there, someone with a bit of pace might be preferential in that fullback slot. Think he could feel slightly hard-done by on balance

 

Fox has been an odd one since he has been here. 

 

Seemed to retain his place after some howler performances, and then (similar to Winnall) when he played well, he got dropped...not just from the 11 but from the 18. 

 

I don't mind Fox, not pulled up any trees but has mostly been pretty reliable. Prefer Reach at LB at home, but I'd lean more towards Fox than Pudil in the tougher away games where we move Reach to LM and play a more defensive full back. Fox quicker and more mobile, maybe Pudil slightly more physical (which may have been why he got the nod today tbf with all of those set pieces and long throws going into the box). 

Edited September 16, 2017 by TheBoyBeevers

[shezzas left peg]

Nothing against pudil, but I would like to see morgan fox get fit and given a chance like reach and push on, he's only 23 and was beginning to settle and show some signs of promise last season before getting injured and never got back as if he could get going and prove he's a good signing we could develop a very good partnership with him at fullback and reach left mid.