TodwickOwl Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Big shoutouts to these two Lee came in and was quality today and Hutchinson absolutely bossed it today We desperately need Luongo Bannan Lee and Hutch in our team in the mix, all qualify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 What about Joey, how’d he do today? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 minute ago, robowl4life said: What about Joey, how’d he do today? Our next player of the month 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snufkin123 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, robowl4life said: What about Joey, how’d he do today? Excellent corners from him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Kidneys Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, TodwickOwl said: Big shoutouts to these two Lee came in and was quality today and Hutchinson absolutely bossed it today We desperately need Luongo Bannan Lee and Hutch in our team in the mix, all qualify Agree - Reach not cutting it. Go with the players that can make a difference and Monk needs to take the brakes off and let them go at teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frastheowl Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Can't agree with the OP. Hutchinson was back to playing as a third centre half, which in turn forced Lee to drop deeper into midfield to try and link play. In the 1st half, Lee had little impact on the game, although he did improve in the 2nd half when he actually began to play to his strengths and exploit the half space (especially on the left hand side). Average player positions from today's game. Hutchinson way too deep, considering our full backs remained very conservative in their advancement forward, and look how deep our No. 10 (No. 5 in reality) had to play because of Hutchinson's half back role. Something's not right, if Pelupessy is your most advanced midfielder! Pelupessy struggled, but our inability to control the game for any period of time today, wasn't helped by Hutchinson and Lee's fairly average displays. Boss it, they certainly did not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodwickOwl Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 hour ago, robowl4life said: What about Joey, how’d he do today? nobody asked that you oddball 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodwickOwl Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 33 minutes ago, frastheowl said: Can't agree with the OP. Hutchinson was back to playing as a third centre half, which in turn forced Lee to drop deeper into midfield to try and link play. In the 1st half, Lee had little impact on the game, although he did improve in the 2nd half when he actually began to play to his strengths and exploit the half space (especially on the left hand side). Average player positions from today's game. Hutchinson way too deep, considering our full backs remained very conservative in their advancement forward, and look how deep our No. 10 (No. 5 in reality) had to play because of Hutchinson's half back role. Something's not right, if Pelupessy is your most advanced midfielder! Pelupessy struggled, but our inability to control the game for any period of time today, wasn't helped by Hutchinson and Lee's fairly average displays. Boss it, they certainly did not. Hutch has been quality this year Lee has been a bit part player, his ball retention in tight spaces today was immense - he’s so good still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, TodwickOwl said: Hutch has been quality this year Lee has been a bit part player, his ball retention in tight spaces today was immense - he’s so good still Hutch tried to be Bannan he failed. Great enthusiasm. Great effort. Not a midfield playmaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Thought all 3 of our midfielders were poor today, it was all very safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentwalker Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Didn't like the formation today, Carlos did similar in his final season. When is possession hutch drops into the middle creating a back 3 with Palmer and fox pushing very high. The same thing happened that happened with Carlos in that we didn't have any sort of easy out ball. No one was in space down ether side and the middle was just too congested to do anything. For some reason we've drifted away from what was working, Harris and Reach/Murphy staying wide and getting crosses into the box. Instead we've got into a habit of just hitting Fletcher or just letting the opposition have the ball and hoping we steal possession and counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Hutch has been quality. He is better when further forward but if he plays deep as he does today we need forward thinking full backs. Ours are not. This won’t work. Lee was MOM today. But he wasn’t helped by fullbacks Pelupessy reach again anonymous and Fletcher. Plus hutch being too deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Down South Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Hutchinson will always drop too deep because he’s really still a centre half. I know he’s a bit of a cult figure, everyone loves his enthusiasm, but I’m not convinced he’s not good enough as a defensive midfielder for a team with ambitions of promotion. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a part to play, but in my opinion he shouldn’t be an automatic pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, Steve Down South said: Hutchinson will always drop too deep because he’s really still a centre half. I know he’s a bit of a cult figure, everyone loves his enthusiasm, but I’m not convinced he’s not good enough as a defensive midfielder for a team with ambitions of promotion. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a part to play, but in my opinion he shouldn’t be an automatic pick. Better in defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Down South Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 minute ago, SallyCinnamon said: Better in defence. Absolutely - happy to see a midfield player convert to centre back but can’t think of too many cases where it’s worked the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Personally didn’t think any of our midfield players stood out. So important we get Bannan and Luongo back fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobbinTheDonkey Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 This thread reads to me as though it's the player making the decision yet it happens time and time again. So they either don't listen or..,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 33 minutes ago, Steve Down South said: Hutchinson will always drop too deep because he’s really still a centre half. I know he’s a bit of a cult figure, everyone loves his enthusiasm, but I’m not convinced he’s not good enough as a defensive midfielder for a team with ambitions of promotion. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a part to play, but in my opinion he shouldn’t be an automatic pick. As a defensive midfielder, he does his defensive bit great, but often feels as a defender playing bit higher up the pitch. We need someone who is creative, quick and precise in ball distribution in this posotion, and neither Hutch or Joey does it well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkenyonqfc2 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, frastheowl said: the 1st half, Lee had little impact on the game, although he did improve in the 2nd half when he actually began to play to his strengths and exploit the half space (especially on the left hand side). agree with this but to be fair he was told to stay back , 2nd half was like his own game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 We were needlessly conservative in our approach today. We weren't playing a side that warranted as much respect as we gave them. In fact, we gave far less respect to Leeds last week. Sides that get out of this division don't respect Blackburn; they just unapologetically smash them to bits. Sure, any side in this division can beat any other; there are no outstanding sides, and there are no hopeless sides either; all sides are capable of punishing their opponents given the opportunity. But the sides that ultimately prevail will be those that once they sense blood they don't let up until the job's done. I can't imagine any of our fans watching the game today felt the game wasn't there for the taking. It seemed obvious to me even within the first few minutes; this was a side that had taken 2 points from 18, and it showed. I'd ultimately like to ask Monk why we feel brave enough to play a 4-4-2 against Leeds, and even away against Boro, and yet Blackburn away, we're crouching before them with a 4-5-1. I respect Monk and the job he's done in the main so far. Our work rate is good, and I do like to see us compete the lose balls better which is what he's got us doing, but I can't accept our approach to this game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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