@owlstalk Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Think it’s a very interesting point that we became to reliant on him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chriss Posted August 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2020 Bannan looks up to everyone doesn’t he? 1 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Just now, WalthamOwl said: Think it’s a very interesting point that we became to reliant on him. Our results when he was injured prove we were a one man team. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Think it was clear from a bit of insider knowledge last year that Fletcher was very well liked and respected and obviously on the pitch he always performed to a high standard and tried his best. No doubts he'll be very tough to replace. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Fletcher was our only consistent goal threat last season. Once he got injured and we were down to a choice of Nuhiu, Winnall or Rhodes for that packed late-December / January period of games, we were in trouble. Trying to to find a match-fit replacement for him in the January window was never going to be realistic. Allowing Hooper, Matias and João to leave without replacing any of them cost us big time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 minute ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. the best defence in the world cannot continue to hold if the forward line offers no out ball for them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 minute ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. When a team carries next to no goal threat, it tends to invite pressure on their defence. Which wouldn't be such a problem if we had something approaching a decent defence, but when Fox and Palmer are your first-choice fullbacks and Iorfa suddenly becomes a standout player, you know you're in trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 The headline misses out ‘ the disgraced’ before his name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdial Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 27 minutes ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. He was good in both boxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 27 minutes ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. Defending begins from the front, when we stopped putting opposition defences under pressure from the front players, and of course the painfully slow build up, put the defence under too much pressure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMOwl72 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 To be fair he had plenty of time to organise off field activities didn’t he. He was off it as much as on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Clearly a good player but shouldn’t these players be going to the gym as standard? Does it really need a 30 odd year old striker to convince them it’s a good idea? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 You’re always going to have a problem when you are over reliant on a 30 plus crock. Anyway, like Forestieri and Fox, Fletcher couldn’t wait to get out of the door as soon as he could (even though he’d been paid to my knowledge a full wage during lock down for doing nothing) so f**k him. I’d sooner focus on players that want to be here rather than crying about those that don’t want to be here leaving. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Tibbs Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. We had one of the best defensive records. Any club with Tom Lees as it’s centre half and captain will struggle to keep clean sheets. The loss of Fletcher changed the team dynamic, no focal point for players to aim at, no one to hold the consistently hold the ball up and bring others into attack. He bullied defenders and teams were wary of him, and often left space in behind for the lines of Reach and Harris to run into. Edited August 4, 2020 by Sergeant Tibbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryPlopper Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Maybe Bannan should step up and fill the void - if not, someone else. The club needs leaders right now, so it's about time people stopped reminiscing and got cracking on with what needs doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubled123456 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. Reason is called Monk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Of The Roasters Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 32 minutes ago, TrickyTrev said: You’re always going to have a problem when you are over reliant on a 30 plus crock. Fletch was a good player, a good pro, and the team was always better when he was part of it. But the actual time he was fit and able to play didn't remotely reflect the big wages he was on. If he would have accepted £10K a week I'd have happily kept him for another season at least. But he clearly thinks he can do better elsewhere, so best of luck to him. Lets move on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, 0114 said: We had one of the best defences in the division prior to Christmas. Steven Fletcher’s injury wasn’t the reason we became incapable of basic defending for the last 7 months. Agree but with the style of football we were playing when he wasn't playing the ball was coming back a hell of a lot quicker than when he was playing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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