Midfield was poor tonight
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Midfield was poor tonight
Big fan of Westwood, McNeil and Brownhill but as a midfield it was weak tonight
Good game overall and in some ways quite heartened but need to be linking play better.
Good game overall and in some ways quite heartened but need to be linking play better.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Ah well, we can shake things up a bit next week...oh hang on a minute
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
I don't think it affected much with Brady going off, something just wasn't gelling in the middle of the park.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Poor, or just outplayed?
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I thought Brownhill did okay overall.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Covered a lot of ground and were 'treading water' near the end.
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Our midfields first job was to try and protect the inexperienced back four, what on earth did you expect...expansive football?
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I thought we did quite well in most aspects considering the circumstances. We looked most vulnerable down our right hand side.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Bit of both, Leicester have some real quality all over the park but it just felt there wasn't the creativity and organisation in the centre. McNeil was poor by his standards. Brownhill has yet to find his Prem feet (he will) and Westwood looked off it.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Probably what was behind them affected the game
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To be fair I'd have probably took that result before the game, I feared for us that much.
We could have had 4 ourselves, but also defended quite poorly by our standards.
Fair result, no complaints from the manager, his selection, the effort etc.
We could have had 4 ourselves, but also defended quite poorly by our standards.
Fair result, no complaints from the manager, his selection, the effort etc.
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For me Mc Neill was very poor tonight
Casual ... looked disinterested at times.
Casual ... looked disinterested at times.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
I think we created as many chances as Leicester.
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was Brady injured or did he just not fancy it.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Thought we put up a spirited and encouraging performance overall and certainly not in the doom/gloom camp. Just thought that's the area of the park that was at it's weakest tonight
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We really need a pacey right sided player. Have done for a while.
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I've been saying it for many, many months, our midfield has no idea how to retain the ball and control a game. Brownhill played well tonight but the rest of our midfield was completely over run. People are crying out for new signings, well I would love to see a couple of quality midfielders, like Barton and Defour at their best, who could help us to try and control midfield and create more for our forwards.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Needs a bit more steel and quality in the centre.
Oddly I think they were too eager to sit back to protect our inexperienced centre backs and therefore failed to close down effectively enough.
Oddly I think they were too eager to sit back to protect our inexperienced centre backs and therefore failed to close down effectively enough.
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Defensively we looked all over the place but worked hard
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Would have been interesting if we had enough midfield players to put McNeil as a no 10 tonight and play like we did at Palace. I think we'd have caused them problems and certainly looked more solid.
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Crying out for a defensive midfielder to play in front of our back four and give them protection
They were given too much space to shoot without anyone closing them down
They were given too much space to shoot without anyone closing them down
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
was it really that bad considering
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
I thought Brownhill was fantastic tonight and Westwood used the ball intelligently.Brady was also doing very well defensively until he went off.
Dwight could have closed Praet down for the 4th goal rather than go out wide but whilst being okay defensively wasn't his usual attacking menace.
Pieters was his usual solid self and was okay.
Leicester are a good side and we gave them a decent game.
I also thought that Charlie Taylor showed he is the best English left back by a country mile.
Dwight could have closed Praet down for the 4th goal rather than go out wide but whilst being okay defensively wasn't his usual attacking menace.
Pieters was his usual solid self and was okay.
Leicester are a good side and we gave them a decent game.
I also thought that Charlie Taylor showed he is the best English left back by a country mile.
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Is there a difference ?
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
They’re just better than us, it is what it is. I wouldn’t read to much into it
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Yes, this
They’re just better than us, it is what it is. I wouldn’t read to much into it
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Why does Dwight so often end up after running forward a few yards turning round and then playing the ball backwards? So frustrating.
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I’d hate to play midfield now, so many times you could see; time and time again their instinct was to challenge, that seconds hesitation makes all the difference.
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Midfield definitely looked a lot more open than normal. Maybe the value of Jack Cork will be appreciated now. Brownhill's work rate was good, but he faded badly. Might need to pace himself a bit better, or it may take him a proper pre season to get fully Dyche fit. No managers day this year I presume.
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This will wind some up : missed Hendrick !!
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I seriously wonder if certain folks on here have ever watched football before or ever kicked a ball in anger
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Their 3rd goal came from their 20m signing last summer and their 21m signing this summer. Second had a lucky deflection . Fourth was poor defensively from us but some of these comments are mental.
Overall we played pretty well. Especially given the fact we've half the usual 1st eleven out. Though Westwood and Brownhills had good games. Brady was playing well. Peters did pretty well too. If Wood scores instead of the post its 3-3 and a really exciting last 10 minute. As Dyche says its all about fine margins
Overall we played pretty well. Especially given the fact we've half the usual 1st eleven out. Though Westwood and Brownhills had good games. Brady was playing well. Peters did pretty well too. If Wood scores instead of the post its 3-3 and a really exciting last 10 minute. As Dyche says its all about fine margins
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It was 4-2 when Wood hit the post - would have made it 4-3BabylonClaret wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:09 pmOverall we played pretty well. Especially given the fact we've half the usual 1st eleven out. Though Westwood and Brownhills had good games. Brady was playing well. Peters did pretty well too. If Wood scores instead of the post its 3-3 and a really exciting last 10 minute. As Dyche says its all about fine margins
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
So it was. (Doh) it was the Peters header. Anyway, it was a fairly tight game bar some key moments. Like most of our games. Leicester are an excellent side and our midfield played pretty well overall.EarbyClaret wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:12 pmIt was 4-2 when Wood hit the post - would have made it 4-3
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
Fine margins, we just looked a Premier League game behind leicester in sharpness all over the pitch.. Similar to the City post lockdown fixture and we did OK after that one...keep the faith.
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McNeil is the one creative spark in the whole team - not sure what people expect him to achieve on his own with zero service - it all started OK with Taylor in support but as Leicester took control we were forced onto the back foot to try and protect an inexperienced back line - he was completely isolated
Tonight's game would have better suited a 4-5-1 - except we haven't got enough players to make up the 5
Tonight's game would have better suited a 4-5-1 - except we haven't got enough players to make up the 5
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on the assumption Brady will be out and we don't have any wingers.... against Saints I would like to see
Wood Vydra
Jay R McNeil Westwood Browhill
Taylor Tarks Long Bardsley
Pope
Wood Vydra
Jay R McNeil Westwood Browhill
Taylor Tarks Long Bardsley
Pope
Re: Midfield was poor tonight
We never prosper if our wide men don’t hold onto the ball at least for a bit of the time
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Re: Midfield was poor tonight
I thought they gave their all from back to front. It's much easier to accept defeat when you can see players giving their all.
And Wrighty's recollections of his time here were wonderful to hear.
And Wrighty's recollections of his time here were wonderful to hear.