bdmfournil Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 hour ago, cookeh said: So do we just play Thorniley there because he had an ok half against Hull (tho was poor there a couple of games last season).. and accept that we have no attacking threat on the left at all? I'm not being facetious, LWB is the big problem in our squad and i'm not sure how best to fill it. To me Boyd seems like the best of a bad bunch. It's easy to say "no, not him" but harder to come up with a better option. I would be perfectly happy with Thornily behind Reach. One defends the other attacks, we don't have a LWB on the books 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookeh Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, bdmfournil said: I would be perfectly happy with Thornily behind Reach. One defends the other attacks, we don't have a LWB on the books as in.. 12 players o the pitch? :D or reach at lwb and thorniley on the left of the back 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdmfournil Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Thornily Left Back Reach Left midfield/wing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 i'm not sure we are a good enough team to not be able to get George boyd into it . …... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shezza Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Could he play as one of three central midfielders in 3-5-2 formation? Bannan, Hutch, Boyd or maybe even as one of an attacking trio Boyd, Nuhiu, Forestieri In shape and injury free he should be more than good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Like many others at the time I thought it was a brilliant signing. The common denominator is Sheffield Wednesday. It’s the Bermuda Triangle of football clubs, and footballers. We’ve managed to turn many very good players, with excellent track records, often at a higher level, into utter buffoons. Within a short space of time as well. There is something fundamentally wrong at this club, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield alien Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Him and jones are on massive wages...their agents have well and truly had our pants down..wh6 did we sign so many old has beens on their way down..it really is tragic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 7 hours ago, WalthamOwl said: Was a good player before he came to us.......seems to happen to a few that sign for us. Curse of the Burnley rejects-JOC was lampard-esque before he came to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Well Jos seems to pick his starting 11’s out of a hat. So maybe we’ll see more of Boyd soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Baffling how we turn players pap. More baffling is our current squad selection and the fact we do need to use the now megre resources we have to best effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 The season before he joined he covered more distance than anyone in the Premier League. I can fully understand the thinking behind his signing and that of Jones. The same thinking as the signing of Norwood that some are raving about although our two came with better stats and pedigree. The one thing Jones can't be faulted for is putting a shift in, he plays an unglamorous role in any team and does the job that some thicker fans never see in him and others like him in our or any team. However I have only seen Boyd in close up once in the role he's being touted for in a game in which he scored and one we won convicingly against Reading and do you know what, he hardly broke sweat, prancing around like a big time Charlie. He definitely gave the impression of having done his stint of grafting his nads off and of being here in "pasture mode" He actually reminded me of a horse put out to stud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 7 hours ago, bazapeps said: but the fact remains, he's surely not 4th best option at LWB? Think Jos announced he's the 4th choice keeper, actually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, sonofbert2 said: The season before he joined he covered more distance than anyone in the Premier League. I can fully understand the thinking behind his signing and that of Jones. The same thinking as the signing of Norwood that some are raving about although our two came with better stats and pedigree. The one thing Jones can't be faulted for is putting a shift in, he plays an unglamorous role in any team and does the job that some thicker fans never see in him and others like him in our or any team. However I have only seen Boyd in close up once in the role he's being touted for in a game in which he scored and one we won convicingly against Reading and do you know what, he hardly broke sweat, prancing around like a big time Charlie. He definitely gave the impression of having done his stint of grafting his nads off and of being here in "pasture mode" He actually reminded me of a horse put out to stud. Couldn't believe how much more weighty he looked when starting at Preston first game and seeing him season before at Burnley .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield alien Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Just now, OWLERTON GHOST said: Couldn't believe how much more weighty he looked when starting at Preston first game and seeing him season before at Burnley .... The worse debut I have ever seen tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, Lichfield alien said: The worse debut I have ever seen tbh The worst game of football I've ever seen ... And I've seen some shockers ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 8 hours ago, WalthamOwl said: Was a good player before he came to us.......seems to happen to a few that sign for us. Thats because we sign players and then dont play them in their natural positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel Fessi Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Good signing at the time, we needed serious competition for Wallace and considering Boyd came on a free, bags of experience and pedigree to have the same impact Wallace did when he first signed for us. Gets seriously injured, team goes on a horrible run, then when we get a new manager/new system has to fight for a place in an unfamiliar role....never been easy for him and it has never helped he's not been able to play a number of games in his preferred RM role. The club has made so many signings like Boyd, Winnall, Fletcher, Rhodes, Abdi, Matias, Fox the list goes on that have simply not delivered. Blame the manager, blame the chairman, it doesn't matter the outcome is still the same...club suffers, performance suffers and the fans pay the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Owl Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Boyd worries me at left wing back, I remember at Sunderland away he was run ragged by Lynden Gooch. You need to have some basic defensive ability to play there without becoming a target for the opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I rate that Gooch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toppOwl Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 We signed Boyd at a time when we were crying out for a pacy wide player, even Boyd himself admits that lack of pace is his weak point, we probably assessed 199 other before deciding on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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