Louie Barry and Positivity

[Innuendoandouttheother]

This lad looks the business. So good to see some excellent wingplay. Were it not for their goalie's excellent saves, we could've been at 4-1 ourselves by half time. Strengthen (asap) the defence and get Soumaré up to speed as midfield anchor and we could be rather fantastic. Today's XG doesn't lie. Chin up Blades!

 

[Bladesman]

Yep could have certainly bagged more goals ourselves today.

Defence needs sorting ASAP.

 

[Rodley]

Can we train him on his left foot?

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Yep could have certainly bagged more goals ourselves today.

Defence needs sorting ASAP.

If someone showed you the match stats before the game (minus the final score) I'd have snapped their hands off.

Strange strange game.

Defensive moments cost us. But it was a known risk.

I think the system needs tweaks and bodies. Not the self destruct button.

 

[Varkanoid]

Opposite of last season, now we have decent looking attacking weak defence when are we going to get a good balance ?

Can we train him on his left foot?

Someone said I think his stats are cuts in on his right and scores goals that way. If he does that again dont care left or right footed.

 

[ZLB]

This lad looks the business. So good to see some excellent wingplay. Were it not for their goalie's excellent saves, we could've been at 4-1 ourselves by half time. Strengthen (asap) the defence and get Soumaré up to speed as midfield anchor and we could be rather fantastic. Today's XG doesn't lie. Chin up Blades!

At 1-1 pushing for another goal I was really enjoying the game. And then….

 

[Bladesman]

If someone showed you the match stats before the game (minus the final score) I'd have snapped their hands off.

Strange strange game.

Defensive moments cost us. But it was a known risk.

I think the system needs tweaks and bodies. Not the self destruct button.

Fair to play Bristol very clinical but still very annoying. Another day Cooper saves one, another day you don't have RND in the defence moving like the titanic.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Looks decent on the ball, but he got a nose bleed every time he came back into our half, which meant Burrows couldn't have been more exposed if he went out with no shorts on. This isn't League One. Wide players need to track back.

The fact they identified and then capitalised on this, yet we did nothing to stop it, is both worrying and ludicrous....

 

[loyalblade95]

Was initially shocked when he came off, but remembering that injury he got at Hull, I suppose it could have just been a precaution.

Maybe as the season goes on he'll last longer in games, and he wasn't the only player who impressed today, despite the result.

O'Hare and Oné both looked good, especially O'Hare, Cannon I thought looked okay, even playing out of position at RW.

I thought Bindon improved when Robbo came on.

Even Campbell played the full game, given he never lasted longer than 60-70 minutes last season.

 

[coolasanidiot]

Was initially shocked when he came off, but remembering that injury he got at Hull, I suppose it could have just been a precaution.

Maybe as the season goes on he'll last longer in games, and he wasn't the only player who impressed today, despite the result.

O'Hare and Oné both looked good, especially O'Hare, Cannon I thought looked okay, even playing out of position at RW.

I thought Bindon improved when Robbo came on.

Even Campbell played the full game, given he never lasted longer than 60-70 minutes last season.

Barry looked - great

O Hare looked - decent

One looked - awful

Cannon looked - awful and stuckout on wing = ridiculous

 

[Bladesman]

Was initially shocked when he came off, but remembering that injury he got at Hull, I suppose it could have just been a precaution.

Maybe as the season goes on he'll last longer in games, and he wasn't the only player who impressed today, despite the result.

O'Hare and Oné both looked good, especially O'Hare, Cannon I thought looked okay, even playing out of position at RW.

I thought Bindon improved when Robbo came on.

Even Campbell played the full game, given he never lasted longer than 60-70 minutes last season.

Hamer and Campbell played the full game.

No going down with cramp nor were other players.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Hamer and Campbell played the full game.

No going down with cramp nor were other players.

Shop window?

 

[Bladesman]

Shop window?

Maybe but other players have cramped up as well not just those 2.

With Hamer its always his calves that seem to play up on about 60 mins.

 

[SwissBlade]

This lad looks the business. So good to see some excellent wingplay. Were it not for their goalie's excellent saves, we could've been at 4-1 ourselves by half time. Strengthen (asap) the defence and get Soumaré up to speed as midfield anchor and we could be rather fantastic. Today's XG doesn't lie. Chin up Blades!

Looked good going forward and I like his desire to attack down the wing. But he must be wearing Kabba or Littlejohns boots as his end product seemed pretty woeful.

He’s certainly rapid and will cause a lot of problems, getting past defenders for fun, but needs composure

 

[Innuendoandouttheother]

Barry looked - great

O Hare looked - decent

One looked - awful

Cannon looked - awful and stuckout on wing = ridiculous

I thought One offered some muscle up front but looked very much the raw article. I do think a loan with unconditional recall clause would do him good, but we have to work with what we've got at the moment. Owners need to invest, clearly. Lightning bolt Ukaki would've been a better sub than Cannon in my opinion as we needed to shake things up.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Maybe but other players have cramped up as well not just those 2.

With Hamer its always his calves that seem to play up on about 60 mins.

Too many kebabs have that effect on my calves too

 

[robbiez666]

Looked good going forward and I like his desire to attack down the wing. But he must be wearing Kabba or Littlejohns boots as his end product seemed pretty woeful.

He’s certainly rapid and will cause a lot of problems, getting past defenders for fun, but needs composure

There's definitely promise there. I agree his end product was bad. His decision making was poor as well. Bit of a ball hog on a couple of occasions. Still, first hame and he looked acres ahead of Brooks!

 

[Bladesman]

Too many kebabs have that effect on my calves too

You can't go wrong with a kebab.

 

[SwissBlade]

There's definitely promise there. I agree his end product was bad. His decision making was poor as well. Bit of a ball hog on a couple of occasions. Still, first hame and he looked acres ahead of Brooks!

Yeah I’m not sure that being ahead of Brooks is a big achievement, he was fairly poor all round. But the pair of them looked light years ahead of two strikers being put on the wings later on…

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Doesn't look sharp yet but he's certainly got it

 

[Mendi]

 

[robbiez666]

Yeah I’m not sure that being ahead of Brooks is a big achievement, he was fairly poor all round. But the pair of them looked light years ahead of two strikers being put on the wings later on…

Hard to compare, I think, given there was much more time and space first half. I thought Cannon did ok, in the situation. Very unlucky do have his shot blocked by Superman!

 

[SwissBlade]

Hard to compare, I think, given there was much more time and space first half. I thought Cannon did ok, in the situation. Very unlucky do have his shot blocked by Superman!

I thought it was square pegs again.

 

[luffenhamblade]

If someone showed you the match stats before the game (minus the final score) I'd have snapped their hands off.

Strange strange game.

Defensive moments cost us. But it was a known risk.

I think the system needs tweaks and bodies. Not the self destruct button.

I like the idea of the system, but it needs a lot more than tweaks at the moment. Certainly needs bodies, but we had those today, just not ones who are of the quality needed or who fit into the system that the owners have bought into. If the owners don't dig in deep then it will cost them a whole lot more in the medium term.

 

[robbiez666]

I thought it was square pegs again.

Fair criticism. The squad feels like it's not built for any formation. Just random players shoved together.

 

[FTPE]

Barry looked - great

O Hare looked - decent

One looked - awful

Cannon looked - awful and stuckout on wing = ridiculous

I thought COH looked good. He's key to how we play going forward. Barry looks fantastic though, I just wish we were as balanced on the right.

 

[SwissBlade]

Fair criticism. The squad feels like it's not built for any formation. Just random players shoved together.

Absolutely, several players looked lost today. Again, not digging Selles out but he’s the guy that’s seen them all summer, he should be able to judge them better…

 

[Nick Jansky]

Looked good going forward and I like his desire to attack down the wing. But he must be wearing Kabba or Littlejohns boots as his end product seemed pretty woeful.

He’s certainly rapid and will cause a lot of problems, getting past defenders for fun, but needs composure

He missed half a season of football, but he’s proved he can finish. Give him a chance to blow a few of the cobwebs off and get up to speed. He certainly makes things happen and we don’t have many of those.

 

[William Large]

Can we train him on his left foot?

He needs to occasionally go outside otherwise he just becomes - in principle- fairly easy to deal with by decent level defenders.
I really liked the look of him tho. Direct and positive and a real plus point from today.

 

[Nick Jansky]

He needs to occasionally go outside otherwise he just becomes - in principle- fairly easy to deal with by decent level defenders.
I really liked the look of him tho. Direct and positive and a real plus point from today.

Although in his first pre season appearance for us he went on the outside and crossed with his left resulting in a goal, so he can do it.