Whitts starting to go backwards

and as for body language, he is what I would describe as 'laconic' - look at his goal celebrations, I do more if I win a tenner on the lottery

The man has played over 150 games in the last 3 seasons. 90mins in virtually all. 26 games already this, he's been in the form of his career for most of it, over 50 goals and has changed from a wide player to a central player.

He goes through a bad patch, people write them off. We, as a fan base don't deserve promotion. Good football fans stick by their team, Cardiff fans want them out the door for a 6/10 performance. Absolute joke.

Wherever he plays Whitts does go through a spell when his touch isn't as good as normal - becasue his touch/'pass/dead ball can be so brilliant, the difference is much starker during this period of porrer form.

I cannpt see how you can play wide, pacy players like Noone and Bellamy, and push ytour slower but wide players like Smith and Conway out, and then push Whitts up as well - something has to give.

One place he would/could get further forward is in wide left - but as we all know he hasn't got any pace so that shags that theory.

Some have commented on forward quality affecting his depth, and that is a fair point I think - currently we don't have the quality or consistency that a Maynard would provide, moving the attack further forward, pulling central defenders quickly out of position - this too would have given Whitts more opportunity to push forward.

Whittingham is a committed, professional player who plays week in, week out for us - he isn't in good form at the moment, but I for one cannot see a replacement.

And let's not forget, EVERY team who plays us has him and Bellamy at the top of their hit list EVERY single game.

I think Malky has it about right.

Agreed!

And Whitts has definitely never played further forward, you want a player like him to be where he can get on the ball and the further back you are the more chance you have on getting on it. See the example of Suarez yesterday for an extreme example of how playing further up means you see much less of the ball!

Have you only been following City this season?

The further back he gets it the less damage he has of doing. Surely its better to have him on the ball nearer the oppositions goal?? he has a good shot / delivery and an eye for a pass.

And as for the Suarez example thats just silly no-one is saying to play Whitts up front, just have a defensive midfielder sitting behind him and Whitts licence to attack more form the centre of midfield.

He is playing the same role as us as Pirlo did for Italy in the Euros, stay deep and play the balls into the danger areas. I call it the 'Quarterback' role because it's very much like a NFL Quarterback.

As for the quarterback role, you get the odd 50 yard pass that leads to a TD which look great when they come off (They rarely do) but you get far, far more TD's from QB passes that are made within the 20 yards to the end zone.

Why are his corners and free kicks shit then?

Why are his corners and free kicks shit then?

Because at start season were deadly, now just ordinary at best. Free kicks same doesnt look like scorering

Confidence Chief !!

I bet his passes completed stats look very good ....but in all honesty most off them are just off loads to either hudson turner taylor or connelly he gives passes to conway when hes under more pressure than whitts himself ...if nothings on for whitts when hes on the ball all he does now is pass the onus on to others .....he is defo no good to us in a deep role