Jake Wright still undefeated

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He is not starting because the manager who has transformed our club and taken them back to the top of the league and given the supporters a team again, thinks the team is best served with a back three of Basham, EEL, O'Connell.

I am happy with his decisions so far.
 
Our best back 3 is EEL - JW - JOC. Managers at every club will have that one player they have to play, Basham is Wilder's. I like Basham, he gives 110% but he's a jack of all trades and a master of none. Facts are there are better players than Bash in all areas at the minute so for me he has to take his place on the bench, I would be very surprised v Gilingham if Wright isn't recalled.
 
sheffielder said:
Personally I think Wilder has been shoe horning (maybe a wrong choice of words but that's what I am going with) Basham into the side to ensure his contract extension is triggered.
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I agree Sheffielder regards Basham,but we are top of the league, at the moment it is hard to argue with the managers choices.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Our best back 3 is EEL - JW - JOC. Managers at every club will have that one player they have to play, Basham is Wilder's. I like Basham, he gives 110% but he's a jack of all trades and a master of none. Facts are there are better players than Bash in all areas at the minute so for me he has to take his place on the bench, I would be very surprised v Gilingham if Wright isn't recalled.
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I think Gillingham at home he stays in. Today he probably could have come in to organise EEL and JOC
 
larkymasher said:
I agree Sheffielder regards Basham,but we are top of the league, at the moment it is hard to argue with the managers choices.
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I have always said it's horses for courses with Basham and Wright. Today I think Wright could have come in and Basham could have swapped with Duffy
 
I'd certainly start him in our upcoming tough away games. At the moment though EEL's the one who should be making way.

I could see Basham staying in the team in midfield in those games because Coutts hasn't been having the biggest impact away from home recently.
 
IMO I think he likes bash as he can always change formation easily without making a sub -moving bash into midfield ,

I think bash has done well and is an important team player but completely agree wright has to start , we saw last season we were very short of leaders and talkers , bash , joc, and eel are not where as wright is and I think joc and eel (and moore) benifit greatly from this ,

This is the first time the defence has been properly tested for a while and it failed , but the team has done very well recently

I think with that defensive / gk performance we may well see wright in on Saturday , but onwards and upwards , no need t all to panic
 
From a purely defensive point of view I agree Jake Wright's inclusion would make us better. His concentration, positioning, tackling, reading of the game, etc does make us more solid than any other combination.

But I think Wilder appreciates the flexibility Basham gives us by being able to step into midfield and strengthen us there when that's been needed, without having to use substitutions. It's helped us cope in some games and get wins in others. From an attacking perspective a Basham-EEL-O'Connell selection gives us better distribution and even attacking contributions, and we should remember that a lot of our games have been all about breaking opposition teams down.

So, let's not pretend it's an easy selection dilemma, but let's hope Wilder keeps getting it right more often than not.
 
Why is Basham today's scapegoat? Moore and EEL between them were probably responsible for all 4 between them today. I agree we shouldn't be conceding four and Wright may help to organise but why can't EEL be dropped if someone has to go? He has been far more suspect defensively than Basham. Just because Basham isn't a "Morgan" type and has at times played in midfield does not make him a bad defender and often when we can't break teams down he's an extra man who's comfortable on the ball. Equally , just because EEL has chipped in with a few goals and is a fan favourite shouldn't make him immune to criticism (Brayford anyone)? Yes we've lost today but if I'm honest id be quite happy for the team thats lost twice since august to carry on playing rather than a knee jerk reaction.
 



Ricky said:
Funny isn't it, EEL has an absolute stinker yet quite a few seem to be using today as the reason Basham has to be dropped...
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Agree, EEL looked to be out of his depth for the goals today. Verdict still out on him, not sure he's happy when attackers run at him, he's got the turning speed of a cruise ship ( reckons my dad)
 
maidmarion said:
Agree, EEL looked to be out of his depth for the goals today. Verdict still out on him, not sure he's happy when attackers run at him, he's got the turning speed of a cruise ship ( reckons my dad)
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He is slow to turn, his positioning isn't great when play's in front of him and he's not as convincing as he should be in the air.

I've said before that it takes longer to establish a defender's weaknesses, EEL is a decent example of it, but playing in the middle of a 3 doesn't help him.
 
The only doubt regarding Jake Wright is whether he's capable of babysitting the rest of the defence whilst doing his own job. I think that's too much of an undertaking even for someone of his undoubtable quality.
 
Basham will keep Wright out of the team - right or wrong.

Basham allows the switch to 4-4-2 - no one else does that job.

If Wright plays who drops? EEL or JOC.

It's a dilemma that CW wont go for - unless someone is injured.

UTB
 
Fulwood Blade said:
Basham will keep Wright out of the team - right or wrong.

Basham allows the switch to 4-4-2 - no one else does that job.

If Wright plays who drops? EEL or JOC.

It's a dilemma that CW wont go for - unless someone is injured.

UTB
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Jack O'Connell, easy. Never understood why anyone thinks he's any good. He's slow, cumbersome and devoid of any discernible footballing brain.

We can't keep playing Basham just because he has the ability to be piss-poor in two positions.

Jake Wright is so far above anyone else defensively. Not playing him for much longer will be a fatal error.
 
Tyler Durden said:
Jack O'Connell, easy. Never understood why anyone thinks he's any good. He's slow, cumbersome and devoid of any discernible footballing brain.

We can't keep playing Basham just because he has the ability to be piss-poor in two positions.

Jake Wright is so far above anyone else defensively. Not playing him for much longer will be a fatal error.
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I agree about Wright - he is the ultimate play the easy and correct ball.

Just don't see CW dropping Basham - as posted above, he is the only real utility player we have.

As for JOC, yes, he has problems too - just less problems than EEL. JOC can at least get forward, as he has done a few times down the left. EEL looks useless when asked to play down the right and cross the ball.

UTB
 
Wright is the best defensive player, but he adds nothing offensively. Let's be fair, it's not often this season that we've actually had to defend, so I do fully understand why he hasn't been playing. I definitely think that if Wright is to come back in, it's got to be for EEL. He looks like the one most likely to make mistakes.
 
sheffielder said:
Personally I think Wilder has been shoe horning (maybe a wrong choice of words but that's what I am going with) Basham into the side to ensure his contract extension is triggered.
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Will someone please remind me of the score as it was at the time that Basham went off?
Genuine question, I wonder if his substitution was relevant to the eventual score. It might have been more use playing him up front than Leon. Alternatively putting Jack or EEL up front as both of them can score
 
Tyler Durden said:
Jack O'Connell, easy. Never understood why anyone thinks he's any good. He's slow, cumbersome and devoid of any discernible footballing brain.

We can't keep playing Basham just because he has the ability to be piss-poor in two positions.

Jake Wright is so far above anyone else defensively. Not playing him for much longer will be a fatal error.
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If O'Connell and Basham are so poor then how do you think we're top of the league? They've been two thirds of the back 3.

Wright is much better than anyone in the middle of the back 3. He's not much better than anyone else full stop. If he was he'd be in the team every week.

I fail to see how anyone can see nothing in O'Connell.
 
Ricky said:
If O'Connell and Basham are so poor then how do you think we're top of the league? They've been two thirds of the back 3.
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We're top because we've scored 53 goals. We've also conceded 30, the second most of anyone in the top 6.

Precisely because they've been two thirds of our back 3.
 



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