Beholder Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 The art of keeping the ball and making it stick so we can get higher up the pitch. Nuhiu is a master of it. In that system i think Nuhiu is a better option than Fletch. They could put four defenders on him today and he'd still walk away with the ball. Them that slag him off always seem to forget this about Nuhiu. He is great in these tight physical away games. It was only when he came of that other players were released and got to play their game. Bannan and Reach for example. Before that Bannan looked like an under 11s player. Nuhiu should have come on sooner or started.. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full fathom five Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Just now, Beholder said: The art of keeping the ball and making it stick so we can get higher up the pitch. Nuhiu is a master of it. In that system i think Nuhiu is a better option than Fletch. They could put four defenders on him today and he'd still walk away with the ball. Them that slag him off always seem to forget this about Nuhiu. He is great in these tight physical away games. It was only when he came of that other players were released and got to play their game. Bannan and Reach for example. Before that Bannan looked like an under 11s player. Nuhiu should have come on sooner or started.. Good at holding the ball up, useless at winning headers or even properly challenging for them resulting in the ball coming straight back at us. Also not as good at Fletcher at closing down centre backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, full fathom five said: Good at holding the ball up, useless at winning headers or even properly challenging for them resulting in the ball coming straight back at us. Also not as good at Fletcher at closing down centre backs. He received the ball from a long punt with his back to goal about 5 or 6 times after he came on. Then he held onto it, then he released it to one of our players after attracting about 4 defenders to him. That is what you need in these physical away games. That fact hasn't changed since the days of Stuart Gray. Edited August 24, 2019 by Beholder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 There's a reason why numerous owls managers have retained him at the club. The OP makes valid points. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full fathom five Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Beholder said: He received the ball from a long punt with his back to goal about 5 or 6 times after he came on. Then he held onto it, then he released it to one of our players after attracting about 4 defenders to him. That is what you need in these physical away games. That fact hasn't changed since the days of Stuart Gray. So as i said then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 He was the best player on the pitch today. For whatever reason, Preston sh*t themselves when he is on the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 We never looked like scoring till Dave came on , but why is that ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Just now, dewsburyowl58 said: We never looked like scoring till Dave came on , but why is that ? He was on it today. Held the ball up, was bulldozing his way through players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, dewsburyowl58 said: We never looked like scoring till Dave came on , but why is that ? Cos he attracts defenders to him and free's up the other players. That was vintage Nuhiu today. Shame it was only for the last 20 minutes Edited August 24, 2019 by Beholder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 He's s great footballer ...... He's a great asset ...... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Beholder said: He received the ball from a long punt with his back to goal about 5 or 6 times after he came on. Then he held onto it, then he released it to one of our players after attracting about 4 defenders to him. That is what you need in these physical away games. That fact hasn't changed since the days of Stuart Gray. If it comes onto his chest rather than his head then he can hold it up and bring players in. I agree he is a useful squad member to have for this approach and could have been used earlier today. Not sure he would have been better to start though. Fletcher is unrivaled in our squad in terms of winning headers up front and much of our attacking play this season has come from him accurately heading into the path of our wingers to start our attacks. Unfortunately in our last couple of away games our midfield seem to sit way too deep from the start and Fletcher is isolated when teams cotton on to the fact that the wide players are the only ones who look like supporting him in the opposition half. By the time Nuhiu came on we were chasing the game and actually got players around our forwards in support of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrelSlingshot Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, dewsburyowl58 said: We never looked like scoring till Dave came on , but why is that ? Because he starts dragging players out of position due to his sheer awkwardness, thus creating more space for our attacking players to work in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Soul Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 26 minutes ago, full fathom five said: Good at holding the ball up, useless at winning headers or even properly challenging for them resulting in the ball coming straight back at us. Also not as good at Fletcher at closing down centre backs. Not entirely true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys Salopettes Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 How anybody can criticize on today performance is beyond me. Offered far more hold up, link and attacking play than on show before his introduction. It may be unpopular but we play better as a team when he’s on the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Murphy/Reach. Lee Luongo. Harris Fletch. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I don’t have a problem with Nuhiu. I think he’s a good squad player...but he’s not as good at leading the line / holding the ball / bringing others into play as Fletcher. The Problem today was that Fletcher - and I don’t want to be too critical as he’s been excellent for the last 6-9 months - played like he’d aged 10 years overnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LittleG Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 52 minutes ago, Beholder said: The art of keeping the ball and making it stick so we can get higher up the pitch. Nuhiu is a master of it. In that system i think Nuhiu is a better option than Fletch. They could put four defenders on him today and he'd still walk away with the ball. Them that slag him off always seem to forget this about Nuhiu. He is great in these tight physical away games. It was only when he came of that other players were released and got to play their game. Bannan and Reach for example. Before that Bannan looked like an under 11s player. Nuhiu should have come on sooner or started.. It's possible that he could have come on a little earlier but to suggest to start him in front of Fletcher; no way, Fletch has been excellent this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls2k Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Nuhiu was excellent when he came on today, unfortunately that's not always the case. Was very unlucky with the chance that a fashioned all on his own. Edited August 24, 2019 by Owls2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbupperthongowl Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Unplayable today, scared their defence to death, now needs to repeat that at Rotherham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, LittleG said: It's possible that he could have come on a little earlier but to suggest to start him in front of Fletcher; no way, Fletch has been excellent this season I think most would have been shocked if Fletcher had been benched for Nuhiu for the game today. Fletcher should get a rest at Rotherham though and Nuhiu is likely to replace him if we play a similar shape. Those who come in need to step up and show their worth. Expecting the likes of Iorfa and Luongo, maybe Bates to get a start in midweek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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