Burnsie Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Do we know why he was taken off at halftime? Injury? Has Monk said owt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Burnsie said: Do we know why he was taken off at halftime? Injury? Has Monk said owt? He looked all over the place in the first half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, torres said: He looked all over the place in the first half Yet City didn't have a shot on target when Borner was on the pitch. Then when Lees came on they had about 5 in 10 minutes at the start of the second half... After Lees' horrific display on Saturday surely even Monk wouldn't have made a tactical decision to bring him on in place of Borner whilst we were defensively OK, surely it was due to an injury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 minute ago, alanharper said: Yet City didn't have a shot on target when Borner was on the pitch. Then when Lees came on they had about 5 in 10 minutes at the start of the second half... After Lees' horrific display on Saturday surely even Monk wouldn't have made a tactical decision to bring him on in place of Borner whilst we were defensively OK, surely it was due to an injury. I wouldn't say Borner was playing well, but i agree in the second half for the first 10 minutes we looked less solid I'm not sure whether they changed it slightly to a back 3 again in the second half as Palmer was pushed in a lot more and Lees played slightly left of central - almost impossible to tell as we played so deep and was almost a back 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassy knoll Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Its been suggested borner was touching his hamstring just before half time, so presume it was that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Whilst I enjoyed the match - and the fight in the players - it’ll be annoying if we’ve lost LEE and Borner for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von shabba Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, torres said: He looked all over the place in the first half Personally I thought he was showboating a bit, given the occasion. The attempted header back when so easy to head up field, a couple of occasions trying to play out of defence with step overs/swivels etc. Wouldn't be surprised if Monk thought he may get caught out BUT I may be wrong (have been before). Edited March 5, 2020 by Ray Von shabba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
September65 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Borner didn't have his best game but I was staggered, given Lees' recent form, when the change was made. Mind you I was staggered when FF was dragged off and not Da Cruz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ray Von shabba said: Personally I thought he was showboating a bit, given the occasion. The attempted header back when so easy to head up field, a couple of occasions trying to play out of defence with step overs/swivels etc. Wouldn't be surprised if Monk thought he may get caught out BUT I may be wrong (have been before). A showboating centre back is exactly what are crying out for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, September65 said: Borner didn't have his best game but I was staggered, given Lees' recent form, when the change was made. Mind you I was staggered when FF was dragged off and not Da Cruz. Monk was probably thinking we have an important league game Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleblue Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, torres said: A showboating centre back is exactly what are crying out for Not against Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von shabba Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, torres said: A showboating centre back is exactly what are crying out for We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Personally don't like over confident players like that, looks good when it comes off but horrible and costly when it goes wrong. Precisely why John Stones only plays a bit part for Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, daleblue said: Not against Man City. 1 minute ago, Ray Von shabba said: We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Personally don't like over confident players like that, looks good when it comes off but horrible and costly when it goes wrong. Precisely why John Stones only plays a bit part for Man City. i was joking!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocksyuto Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 " He looked all over the place" bolllax to that. From what I seen he was decent enough did his job well, he had one of the best strikers in England to deal with and he did a decent job at the side of iorfa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sefton owl Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 No issues with Borner at centre back, especially considering we don’t have much back up (tom lees). It’s unfortunate because we are crying out for some strength in the middle and I think Iorfa would be suited to the role, given that Hutchinson seems to have been shown the door. Personally don’t think bannan and lee work well. So many unknowns within the squad, we don’t have the quality to have a consistent starting eleven; no one other than bannan, Iorfa and Fletch warrant a start on a weekly basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, sonofbert2 said: Injured. 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko1992 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Really overrated. All over the place last night, closing their center half down at one point! Wouldn't surprise me at all if it was tactical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Toni Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 45 minutes ago, Grassy knoll said: Its been suggested borner was touching his hamstring just before half time, so presume it was that I was touching cloth just after half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbupperthongowl Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 55 minutes ago, torres said: I wouldn't say Borner was playing well, but i agree in the second half for the first 10 minutes we looked less solid I'm not sure whether they changed it slightly to a back 3 again in the second half as Palmer was pushed in a lot more and Lees played slightly left of central - almost impossible to tell as we played so deep and was almost a back 9 Which they also did on Saturday, maybe playing 3 at the back they can now play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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