Lundstrams performance

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A lot of people saying we should have saved the money and used it for Leonard (even though we have still got the money for him) how do you know Leonard would be any better? Both are youngish, both were/are highly rated league 1 midfielders. Just because we haven't signed him yet doesn't make Leonard any better or worse, give the lad a chance. Likewise when/if we sign Leonard. Although most people will probably crucify Leonard as well after 2 games and say we need to sign someone else, the grass isn't always greener, let CW and AK coach the players then make a decision.
 



Worrying. Thought he was poor when he came on v Brentford too.
 
I do believe many commented on how shit Basham looked at first viewing .
Hes not turned out too bad .2 cameo roles in vastly different teams will not be easy for any player , he's played with 22 different players in 4 days he's hardly going to have got telepathic passing sussed yet
 
seanbeenstattoo said:
Some players fit in seamlessly,some take time,and some,well some are Higgopotomus,Hammond or Hussey.

IF and it is a Huge if,this guy turns out to be a lemon then Wilder won't mess about.
Stand down lads.
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I do hope this is not an omen SBT, but "Lundstram the Lemon" has a nice ring to it.
 
Snowman said:
I do hope this is not an omen SBT, but "Lundstram the Lemon" has a nice ring to it.
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In the unfortunate circumstance thet proves to be the case obviously I'll claim it loud and proud.
I hope and expect that not to be the case.
How about Hanson the Hee Haw to be going on with?
 
Hee haw hee haw hee hawt to be doing better than he did against Walsall
 
Cerberus Blade said:
I should know better than to judge a player too early. I got it wrong with Ray McHale who was terrible at first but became a key player for us in the old 4th division. But Lundstram looks slow and pedestrian. He's like a young version of Hammond. He needs to step up a bit or he'll be this seasons Chris Hussey.
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Ray McHale never played for us in Div 4. We signed him in the summer of 1982 after we had been promoted.
 
I'm always keen to judge a player over a season generally and try to see the positive in a signing, see why the manager and staff went out to get a bloke into the club.
Purely on last night's showing John Lundstram failed to ignite any evidence of why or where we see him as a cog in the current machine.

That was up there with a few of the worst debuts I've seen. I genuinely felt sorry for him as after his first disastrous touch early on he went from bad to worse...
Unaware of the pace of the game, poor decision making, wayward passing, never in a position to make a tackle all adding to confidence draining from him rapidly.
Positives? He didn't particularly hide. It can only get better.
I will reserve judgement overall and like all our new players, hope he has a fruitful successful career at Bramall Lane.
 
I would guess the lad himself is acutely aware that he didn't play that well.

In mitigation, he has been here a couple of weeks and not been involved in pre season as the other new signings have. Hence he will take time to settle in and get up to speed with the system, training intensity and team mates.

A good player doesn't become shit overnight. It just looks like this signing may take a while to bed in. Samir for example is still a work in progress. And the bad news for this lad is that unless he forces his way into the side he will only get game time if one of the two main men are injured or suspended. So it will be a test of his character and determination from here in.
He's gone from captain and first name on the team sheet to third of fourth pick in midfield, and has the added pressure of the above points and the pressure of a transfer hanging over him.

In essence...let's give him a break.
 
He's in good company.
Basham was written/Slagged off by a vast majority of Blades fans.
And I seem to remember Coady was also at first not well received by a lot of our fans.
 
Broomhall Blade said:
He's in good company.
Basham was written/Slagged off by a vast majority of Blades fans.
And I seem to remember Coady was also at first not well received by a lot of our fans
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And of the current squad, JOC, Coutts, Clarke and Fleck weren't exactly showered with praise after their first two games.

I really don't know what is up with some Blades. Back in the Championship after far too long an absence with an excellent driven manager who seems to promise so much more. He is also a Blade, together with our captain and chairman and we really should be creaming ourselves over the prospects for the season ahead. You might have thought after last season's fantastic memories and an historic 100 points, our fans would have more trust in CW/AK.

Sadly some can't wait to get the knife into Brayford/Lundstram/Hanson on this, and other threads.

One proper game in and one experimental team in a competition we don't give a toss about, yet some are already lining up to take a pop.

FFS Blades - get a grip!
 
I fully understand that he needs time to style in to our style of play. Not been with us for preseason doesn't help either. My main worry with him is his lack of pace. He looks so slow and ponderous. Not all of our signing will work just have to trust in the manager and hope he's signed a goodun UTB
 
Broomhall Blade said:
He's in good company.
Basham was written/Slagged off by a vast majority of Blades fans.
And I seem to remember Coady was also at first not well received by a lot of our fans.
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I honestly don't recall Coady being slagged off. Not by a "lot" anyway. Quite the opposite in fact. Think those who saw him at Alfreton liked what they saw straight away. He had some average games but nothing that got him a slagging.
 



In the rush to demonstrate their extensive knowledge of football and their ability to judge players, some posters have revealed the opposite.
 
I would say that Lundstram's performances are not surprising given the feedback we had from Oxford fans was that he is a player who can look slow at times, slows things down and makes pass - keeps possession well. In Wilder's team, Lundstram has probably never played for a team with such intensity and he will no doubt be out of his comfort zone right now. He's also no doubt nervous, keen to impress and we've seen many players that take a while to adjust as others have listed. I'm sure he'll improve with training time and game time in these cameo sub appearances.
 
Perhaps every season, WIlder will throw in 1 Chris Hussey just so his God-like abilities don't gain too much attention!
 
Champagneblade said:
Perhaps every season, WIlder will throw in 1 Chris Hussey just so his God-like abilities don't gain too much attention!
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I maintain that Hussey could have done well for us. People forget he played in the 4-4-2 formation as an out and out left back and the team as a whole was struggling. If he'd played in the 3-5-2 I reckon Hussey's crossing ability would have been an asset and also he wouldn't have needed to be as defensive as he did as a left back. Yes Hussey wasn't the greatest, particularly defensively, but I think he was unfortunate in the aforementioned respect.
 
DronnieBlade said:
I'll stop then !

UTB
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Please do. There are members of undiscovered tribes in the Amazon that know only two things about western civilisation; the pigs are in the shit and Dronnie hates SuperHans.
You can gloat when he goes out on loan next week.
 
BushBlade said:
Please do. There are members of undiscovered tribes in the Amazon that know only two things about western civilisation; the pigs are in the shit and Dronnie hates SuperHans.
You can gloat when he goes out on loan next week.
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I don't have a hateful bone in my body. However, I don't expect you to believe that. Why would you ? But you dont know me !

My critical analysis of Hanson is based purely on what my eye balls tell me each and every time I see him turn out for the Blades. Consistently the same. Categorically NGE. If he bought me a pint, I would happily chat away with him, and buy him one back.

I will be pleased if and when he goes out on loan as it will mean my suffering is over.

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DronnieBlade said:
I don't have a hateful bone in my body. However, I don't expect you to believe that. Why would you ? But you dont know me !

My critical analysis of Hanson is based purely on what my eye balls tell me each and every time I see him turn out for the Blades. Consistently the same. Categorically NGE. If he bought me a pint, I would happily chat away with him, and buy him one back.

I will be pleased if and when he goes out on loan as it will mean my suffering is over.

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Sorry, I wasn't implying you hated him personally, just his style of play.
 
BushBlade said:
Sorry, I wasn't implying you hated him personally, just his style of play.
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No worries. Perhaps I wasn't clear myself. All Blades !

As regards his style of play. Do you refer to an inability to control a football, pass a football or some other equally useful trait that one could reasonably expect a pro footballer to be capable of ?

You don't go to the dentist to get your nails done !

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DronnieBlade said:
No worries. Perhaps I wasn't clear myself. All Blades !

As regards his style of play. Do you refer to an inability to control a football, pass a football or some other equally useful trait that one could reasonably expect a pro footballer to be capable of ?

You don't go to the dentist to get your nails done !

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I'm not prolonging this any further. I think you've made your point, on numerous occasions. You don't rate him. I get that.
Personally, I don't think we're set up to use him and I expect him to leave sooner rather than later.
 
BushBlade said:
I'm not prolonging this any further. I think you've made your point, on numerous occasions. You don't rate him. I get that.
Personally, I don't think we're set up to use him and I expect him to leave sooner rather than later.
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But we were set up to use him last season, when he fulfilled a vital and pivotal role ??

FMD.

As you say, our views differ. A bit ;)

All Blades.

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Booker4 said:
I maintain that Hussey could have done well for us. People forget he played in the 4-4-2 formation as an out and out left back and the team as a whole was struggling. If he'd played in the 3-5-2 I reckon Hussey's crossing ability would have been an asset and also he wouldn't have needed to be as defensive as he did as a left back. Yes Hussey wasn't the greatest, particularly defensively, but I think he was unfortunate in the aforementioned respect.
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I tend to agree. Hussey mentioned as the one mistake signing in this case as an example. But he was a victim of circumstance. If 3-5-2 played to anyone's strengths it was his, but he was already on the shit-list at that stage and the rest as they say, was history!
 



DronnieBlade said:
But we were set up to use him last season, when he fulfilled a vital and pivotal role ??

FMD.

As you say, our views differ. A bit ;)

All Blades.

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Different league, different challenges. Why are you insisting on thundercunting me about a player I don't care about? I'm really not interested.
 
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