peacock1961 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Tbh Fox isn't good enough for a promotion team, but he wasn't the problem today. Boyd in front of him was as dire as dire can be. Some of you seem to pick on the lad and yet cant see what a clean sheet means. The defence including Fox did their job today, the 'superstars' in midfield and upfront didn't. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S72 Owl Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Thought he was having a good game until he made his first mistake letting the ball bounce out of play, then after that he made another couple of nearly costly mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainJoicey Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 In no way am I'm I blaming Fox for not winnining today. Simply pointing out he is not good enough !! Watched him at U 23 against Crewe when he came back from injury and even in that game was poor. (Hutch played in that game was immense) Just working through the team today and thinking about next season. Fox simply not good enough ( likewise Boyd) just thought today he was poor in possession and Bruce will not hesitate in making the necessary changes !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Didn't think he was on level he's shown in past few games but overall he's a much better player than some people seem to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzowl Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, S72 Owl said: Thought he was having a good game until he made his first mistake letting the ball bounce out of play, then after that he made another couple of nearly costly mistakes. He was offside and let the ball go out - I saw that sat watching ifollow in New Zealand at 5 am in the morning. You need to concentrate more when you watch the game 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 27 minutes ago, Junk Smuggler said: Odd how we keep a clean sheet but fail to score and it's a defender that gets criticised. Only on Owlstalk! After clean sheets against Wigan & Ipswich too. When our manager says, no need to mess about with that defence. Some people eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owlinmad Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 We have some bumhole fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassy knoll Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, TINKERBELL said: Young Bulgarian striker will hopefully flourish with Bruce Winnall getting no game time at the minute, so what chance has he got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastowl Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 He’s just not good enough it’s as simple as that. You know that too when all his teammates have to spend most of the game either bollocking him or telling him what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) LB is a weak area in the team, but Fox has done ok recently and his form picked up. Ok is not good enough long term, but probably deserves his place at the moment. Contributed to another clean sheet as part of a fairly settled back 4 though. Edited February 9, 2019 by striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCOWl Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Fox reminds me of mattock in that he looks terrified when he gets that ball. He's improved recently but he's not at the level we need him to be and his ability stands out more when he's got boyd in front of him, who looks past it. Boyd has been by far the worst player over the last few games. Looks like he's there for a leisurely job around half the time. Runs round without touching the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom22709 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Defensively he’s solid enough, in a system that requires fullbacks to provide width going forward he’s not good enough. Neither is Palmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 1 hour ago, BrainJoicey said: Despite SB being happy with another clean sheet (as I am too) Fox has demonstrated today his many inadequencies. Distribution poor. Aggression non existent attacking potential nil. Each time I looked at SB when Fox was involved I could see him wince. I have every faith in SB as we move forward. Fox has to disappear quickly! I had been waiting all evening to see who todays scapegoat would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 In my opinion problem with Fox is that he is not playing as lb, but as left sided cb. He rarelly offers option going forward, tries to stop opposite winger/atracking midfielder just as rarelly. Got great luck that Hutchison, and first Matias and now Boyd put a lot of effort to help him defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 His, as is Boyds, first instinct to turn and face our own keeper. I accept that we may have gone down without his interception and later block. However, this is counterbalanced by his defence splitting pass into our area which asked the Reading forward to tuck it away. I do think that Fox is a better player when Reach is his foil down the left. Fox and Boyd appear afraid of what each of them may do next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Daz Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Load of tosh. He carried out some excellent interceptions today, along with at least 2 of the best deliveries into their box. Mistakes were rife today, passing abysmal and sluggish on all fronts. Fox was one of the least culpable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 He ain’t the left back we need to progress, not a bad player but bang average Imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Our full-backs are bang average, we know that. But we shouldn't criticise whilst they're keeping clean sheets. That is their primary objective, and they're doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trask43 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Its bizarre criticising a defender after weve kept two clean sheets on the bounce which means the back four have done what they're paid to do. Meanwhile players like reach has missed two sitters from six yards in the last two games. Ff has missed chances showed awful decision making as has bannan etc these are players who need to improve before fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Beholder said: Fox is good in a game where you have to get a clean sheet. He is a solid defender. But when the onus is on us to attack and create something, he doesn't offer anything worthwhile. Maybe that new lad will Lazaar will start on Tuesday. One of them for me, if your going to build a squad with two for each position which I'm hoping we're planning to do. Then you sign an attacking fullback like hunt was for home games when you have the freedom to play and a defensive one when you go away and need to be solid, this is what the good teams do. Fox for me in time will move to cb as he gets older and more experienced, Id like to see the lad lazzarr given a run in the home games and see what he can produce. I'm sure a few will remember when we signed Carbone Milan had been utilising him more often than not as a wingback or fullback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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