McRightSide Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Brighton 0-1 Reach goal Leeds 0-2 Murphy goal Reach assist Blackburn 0-5 Nada QPR 1-2 Reach assist Murphy on the right and Reach on the left have been directly responsible for 80% of our goals in the time we’ve gone with this tactic. Let’s keep using it. Reach is our best crosser and Murphy is bang in form. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Seems legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) I need these stats officially ratifying by @Holmowl before commenting further. Edited January 25, 2020 by Morepork 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Morepork said: I need these stats officially ratifying by @Holmowl before commenting further. All I know is that Jesus was betrayed by 8.33% of his disciples. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 ...but I think in Reach we have a highly effective left-winger, and a so-so right-winger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Bannan and Reach now tied on 7 assists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thought Murphy played very well last night and I’m a bit perplexed why he got taken off. Monk has a habit of doing this - subbing your best player on the day/night! We have 3 good wide men - we need them to keep pushing each other like that for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Bouncing Owl said: Thought Murphy played very well last night and I’m a bit perplexed why he got taken off. Monk has a habit of doing this - subbing your best player on the day/night! We have 3 good wide men - we need them to keep pushing each other like that for the rest of the season. Agree. Can only assume it was precautionary and he was being protected for the next game. I will say though - on the positive side - the switching of Harris from left to right hopefully means Monk has finally realized Reach is our best (and one of our most potent weapons) on the left Edited January 25, 2020 by McRightSide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, McRightSide said: Agree. Can only assume it was precautionary and he was being protected for the next game. I will say though - on the positive side - the switching of Harris from left to right hopefully means Monk has finally realized Reach is our best (and one of our most potent weapons) on the left Agree. How many assists has reach got with crosses or passes from the left this season? And he’s hardly played in this area either. I think we only played him from the right as he could cut in and let rip with a 30 yarder. I’d rather play a conventional way and play the percentages and allow reach to go down the left flank and look for our strikers in the box or runners from midfield. Edited January 25, 2020 by Bouncing Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Murphy played well last night. Had the beating if their fullback and his crossing was decent. As for Harris: Still looks a bit knackered to me. I'm yet to be convinced, though I appreciate he has his fans. For the life of me, I cant understand his obsession with wanting to use his weaker, left foot. Last night, he switched to the right and started trying to cut in on his left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) But yes, perhaps it makes sense to go with two wingers and to not play them Inverted. Have Reach whipping balls in from the left and Murphy looking to beat his fullback on the right, same with Harris. Edited January 25, 2020 by SiJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Yeah I would go with that against Wigan. Hopefully with a new striker starting to get on the end of their crosses. Murphy put a couple of lovely balls in to the box last night with no one there to get on the end of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, SiJ said: Murphy played well last night. Had the beating if their fullback and his crossing was decent. As for Harris: Still looks a bit knackered to me. I'm yet to be convinced, though I appreciate he has his fans. For the life of me, I cant understand his obsession with wanting to use his weaker, left foot. Last night, he switched to the right and started trying to cut in on his left Problem is that he’s good...but predictable. Now he’s been sussed by the opposites he’s trying to do different things. Problem is that he isn’t as good at that. Needs to just go back to basics really and focus on what he’s good at...direct, down the line, 1 or 2 step overs and then stand it up across the box What Murphy did. really well last night was beat his man and get the cross in, most of the time with decent quality Edited January 25, 2020 by McRightSide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlett Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 59 minutes ago, Bouncing Owl said: Thought Murphy played very well last night and I’m a bit perplexed why he got taken off. Monk has a habit of doing this - subbing your best player on the day/night! We have 3 good wide men - we need them to keep pushing each other like that for the rest of the season. Murphy is improving every match. Still reluctant to pass the ball and wants to score every time which I suppose is good in a way. He was taken off as a precautionary matter, he had strapping on his leg when sat in the dugout so I can only assume it was due to a slight injury. Hopefully back for next match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Reach come over to the left to help Fox out, no other reason than pretty much all their play was coming down that side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigthinrob Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 10 hours ago, McRightSide said: Brighton 0-1 Reach goal Leeds 0-2 Murphy goal Reach assist Blackburn 0-5 Nada QPR 1-2 Reach assist Murphy on the right and Reach on the left have been directly responsible for 80% of our goals in the time we’ve gone with this tactic. Let’s keep using it. Reach is our best crosser and Murphy is bang in form. Totally agree mate, but I was led to understand that Reach was a total waste of space, should be either sold/whipped/hung at dawn & never play for us again. That his ONLY contribution was a few 'worldies' that are few & far between & his contribution other than that is zero. Oh no, silly me, that was last week wasn't it. !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOwl Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Adam Reach getting a yard of space on the left and pinging it into the middle is probably one of the most aesthetically pleasing things we do as a team. It always looks so natural. Seems to happen much more frequently when he comes off the bench too. I can't decide if that's because he's wasted on the right or that it's because he has fresh legs when he's subbed on so finds it easier to find that little bit of space. Maybe a bit of both. Either way, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to justify starting him on the right in games. I was/am a massive advocate of him on the right 'cause he can cut inside and shoot... and you can still see that opponents poop themselves a little when he does cut in... but the bloke just isn't doing it right now, it isn't working out... and he's such a natural at delivering balls in from the left... Even I'm pretty much converted to "stick him on the left ffs". It empirically works much better than him on the right at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Bouncing Owl said: Thought Murphy played very well last night and I’m a bit perplexed why he got taken off. Monk has a habit of doing this - subbing your best player on the day/night! We have 3 good wide men - we need them to keep pushing each other like that for the rest of the season. I though he had started to look a bit tired to be honest, save him for Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Btw if KDB had crossed that ball for the goal there would be an article on the BBC about its his vision and quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Bit harsh on Nada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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