Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:26 pm
Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:54 pm
Lengee wrote:The most attacking midfielder we had on the pitch today was Bacuna and he wasn’t even playing in midfield!!
We were never going to create much with Pack and Ralls as our main midfield focus. Pack is almost playing like a second Morrison in front of our defence. I have seen Pack play a lot worse than tonight, but He invariably just controls the ball, takes his time and then hust plays it sideways. As a result, in the Second half we ended up pumping the ball from defence
(or the goalie) and hoping that after winning the first contested header that the ball would fall to a City player.
Admittedly, we were probably unlucky not to get a draw, but the football was dire. Also Players with more flair and pace (eg Wilson Ojo Murphy) get bypassed. It is then easy to criticise then, rather than a player who slows everything down and plays the easy not risky pass.
Even when chasing the game we dont take off a defensively minded player, but swap like for like.
Can Harris at least consider a more forward thinking midfield?
We need to fit in players with pace and some flair... and use them more effectively.![]()
Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:41 pm
Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:55 pm
Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:36 pm
Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:11 am
Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:22 am
pontlliwblue wrote:What's the point of trying to play the ball to our wide men when they are incapable of delivering a decent cross. It's always been the problem with hoilett and Murphy and oil doesn't seem any better.
Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:53 am
Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:16 pm
103 Barmy Army wrote:I personally think Pack has been one of our best players (judging him solely on this season) and does the basics better than anyone else in the team, many of which (such as organisational skills) possibly go unnoticed. When he has the ball, he injects an element of control and I’m confident in his ability to maintain possession. He plays a vast array of passes (including forward thinking), and seems to appreciate that a football is occasionally allowed to be passed backwards, despite the perceived willingness of many of our fans to just lump it forward. He’s in the team to break up play and distribute, thus providing the platform for our flair players to perform, which currently you could argue, they’re not.
All opinions of course, but I think Marlon Pack oozes quality and if he was quicker, would be playing at a higher level.
As for the Hoilett comment, I tend to agree. I’d love to see him playing central as an attacking midfielder as he has bags of ability, especially when shooting from distance, but his pace is diminishing which is a key attribute normally associated with a traditional winger.