North Shields Blade
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- Sep 19, 2024
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Thought he did pretty well when he came on last night, putting himself about and generally doing what Wilder would have asked of him. Seemed unlucky to get booked.
But the coaching staff really need to do some work with him regarding defending opposition corners. Three times now - in the game against Wednesday, in one of the recent away games (can’t remember which) and again last night - he’s been positioned centrally in what might be called the “McBurnie role” and as the ball has come across he’s gone up unchallenged but got himself under it and missed his header completely, causing difficulties thereafter for Cooper and the rest of the defence. Fortunately, it hasn’t cost us a goal yet but it has the potential to do so.
But the coaching staff really need to do some work with him regarding defending opposition corners. Three times now - in the game against Wednesday, in one of the recent away games (can’t remember which) and again last night - he’s been positioned centrally in what might be called the “McBurnie role” and as the ball has come across he’s gone up unchallenged but got himself under it and missed his header completely, causing difficulties thereafter for Cooper and the rest of the defence. Fortunately, it hasn’t cost us a goal yet but it has the potential to do so.