Peck and Arblaster

[Darlington82]

It was not the perfect ball by Phillips, Donovan had lots to do and a great goal, but neither Peck or Blaster would have made that pass unfortunately.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

It was not the perfect ball by Phillips, Donovan had lots to do and a great goal, but neither Peck or Blaster would have made that pass unfortunately.

Are you trying to say a former England international on 100k+ a week is slightly better than two championship quality players?!

 

[moody1889]

Kalvin Phillips coming good and Donovan are our two main hopes.

Wilder needs to blood some of the young lads coming through like Sidibe.

 

[Darlington82]

Are you trying to say a former England international on 100k+ a week is slightly better than two championship quality players?!

No they have had forward passed coach out of them. Peck is still very good and we look worse when he went off, he had his best half of the season. Blaster was just off the pace. 1st half with Bamford dropping deeper into the space O'Hare would have been in, and it changed how we played. Less long balls more through the middle. 2nd half was a shit show and without copper and magic from Donovan this message board would be in meltdown.

Anyway thank you for your cheap shot and lack of analysis of what we watched.

 

[ATL Recs]

Are you trying to say a former England international on 100k+ a week is slightly better than two championship quality players?!

Norwood was a decent championship player and he’d have done it - just for context

 

[ATL Recs]

No they have had forward passed coach out of them. Peck is still very good and we look worse when he went off, he had his best half of the season. Blaster was just off the pace. 1st half with Bamford dropping deeper into the space O'Hare would have been in, and it changed how we played. Less long balls more through the middle. 2nd half was a shit show and without copper and magic from Donovan this message board would be in meltdown.

Anyway thank you for your cheap shot and lack of analysis of what we watched.

Peck was terrible first half included even when they had dropped deep and left space he still managed to ignore forward options

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

I thought Peck was the worse player on the pitch until Arblaster said hold my beer....

Seriously, if he wasn't shagging Wilders daughter there's no way he gets near the team. Rothwell must be fuming.

Both of them need a healthy dose of realism and some serious coaching. Peck especially looks like he's come back from the Summer with a Johnny Big Bollocks attitude which is really going to limit his development.

 

[Nedski]

I still don't understand why Peck was moved from the number 10 role to a CDM when he broke in to the first team. He scored a few in the development team and was always influential further up the pitch.

He's not great at tackling, his positioning is poor, and wilder has said he wants a 10. Why can Peck go back there?

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Those two are playing a game of whose the shitest......at the moment Arblaster is just edging it.

 

[JD88]

Arblaster just turned in one the worst 25 minute performances I have seen for a long while. Looks miles off the player he was pre injury and theres no signs he is getting back to the level..
I’m a big fan of Peck but thought he looked lost tonight and struggled. Phillips is our best
midfielder by a million miles and will be starting before long, hopefully the weekend

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Sad to see Blaster's decline. Been going on for too long now and hard to say if he needs an arm round his shoulder or a rocket up his arse to shake himself out of his malaise.
Either way he can't go on contributing so little.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Those two are playing a game of whose the shitest......at the moment Arblaster is just edging it.

I disagree strongly. Arblaster is running away with it ... The drop off when he came on the pitch was unbelievable.

 

[ChrisBlade]

I disagree strongly. Arblaster is running away with it ... The drop off when he came on the pitch was unbelievable.

Agreed. There is pages on pages on Peck on the forum. Arblaster gets away very lightly by comparison. He was indeed completely abysmal today. And looks a long way off the required standard at this moment in time.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

The ball from Phillips wasn’t quite in front of Donovan but the lad made no mistake once he moved the ball onto his left foot. Superb finish.

KP’s tackle from Bamfords poor hold up play was what I was thinking about.

 

[Blademan89]

I disagree strongly. Arblaster is running away with it ... The drop off when he came on the pitch was unbelievable.

Arblaster really needed a loan to top league 1 side that has a lot of possession and attacking and to be starting every match and playing as many minutes as he can.

Hes not comd back the same and being a bit part player isnt going to help him, nor is it helping us or the team. He shouldn't be playing going off his form and mobility. But when we have no other players or owners backing and hes managers favourites (along with peck).

The only alternative is rothwell who is 2025 Dean hammond. Its Not looking good.

 

[Guesty]

I thought Peck was the worse player on the pitch until Arblaster said hold my beer....

Seriously, if he wasn't shagging Wilders daughter there's no way he gets near the team. Rothwell must be fuming.

Both of them need a healthy dose of realism and some serious coaching. Peck especially looks like he's come back from the Summer with a Johnny Big Bollocks attitude which is really going to limit his development.

Rothwell is fucking awful too, to be fair.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Rothwell is fucking awful too, to be fair.

True. It's an amazing study as to how we can end up with 6 central midfielders and not one of them can carry the ball forwards, shoot or run past their marker....

However, watching Peck consistently give the ball away, be replaced by Arblaster who consistently passed the ball out of play for a throw in was a particular high note of my evening!!

 

[Bladeloyal]

Norwood was a decent championship player and he’d have done it - just for context

He wouldn't have won the tackle though just for context

 

[ATL Recs]

Sad to see Blaster's decline. Been going on for too long now and hard to say if he needs an arm round his shoulder or a rocket up his arse to shake himself out of his malaise.
Either way he can't go on contributing so little.

Let’s consider that last time he played-at this level he had a DM who dominated and the best player in the division out left and so on
And Arblaster still fell short in 4 of those 12 games

 

[ATL Recs]

He wouldn't have won the tackle though just for context

That wasn’t my point for context

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Arblaster just turned in one the worst 25 minute performances I have seen for a long while. Looks miles off the player he was pre injury and theres no signs he is getting back to the level..
I’m a big fan of Peck but thought he looked lost tonight and struggled. Phillips is our best
midfielder by a million miles and will be starting before long, hopefully the weekend

You'd have to assume that last night against weaker opposition was why Wilder selected the midfield he did. On Saturday against a very strong Norwich side, you'd have to assume Rothwell and Phillips would start with Peck the alternate at the hour mark....

 

[The Fox]

Its hard to judge the midfield at this stage of the season , games have been franetic generally and lack any sense of calm , I think were still working out our partnerships and formation .

That said , and not just on his pinnacle woefullness last night , Arblaster should really be nowhere near the bench never mind the team .

I think deadbats rating of 3.5 was for putting the shirt on the right way round.

Sad to see such a decline .

 

[JD88]

You'd have to assume that last night against weaker opposition was why Wilder selected the midfield he did. On Saturday against a very strong Norwich side, you'd have to assume Rothwell and Phillips would start with Peck the alternate at the hour mark....

You may well be right. I would change the system to 4-3-3. Suits these players and should give us more control in games.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Both of them absolutely appalling again. Neither should be anywhere near the first team. Arblaster is done.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

You may well be right. I would change the system to 4-3-3. Suits these players and should give us more control in games.

Think there was 25,000 people in the stadium last night who agreed with you. The phase of play where we were on top coincided with Bamford dropping deeper to receive the ball and thus we could retain possession. For some reason he stopped doing that....

 

[ben1987]

Peck had a poor start to last season. It was put down to Selles not believing in defending or using a midfield but his performances weren’t great individually. Giving the ball away, sloppy etc

I think he’s possibly one of those players that needs 5/6 games to get into his groove.

Im sure we’ll see an upturn in his performances again soon, especially when Philips is ready to start along side him.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Peck had a poor start to last season. It was put down to Selles not believing in defending or using a midfield but his performances weren’t great individually. Giving the ball away, sloppy etc

I think he’s possibly one of those players that needs 5/6 games to get into his groove.

Im sure we’ll see an upturn in his performances again soon, especially when Philips is ready to start along side him.

Great point. As he's the only one of our cabal of central midfielders who can carry the ball, here's hoping Tufty can tweak to a 4-3-3 and have Peck a little more forward and freer with Phillips and Jairo sat in behind him.

Would much rather have an extra body in midfield than Campbell/Cannon stood with their hands on their hips waiting for the ball....

 

[finlaytheblade]

Rothwell is fucking awful too, to be fair.

Keep bumming Arblaster up and now hes Wilders son in law!makes life more difficult for Wilder.
He had part of a season in the prem and similar in championship before his injury.
A lot of young players have a good start to there career and don't kick on Arblaster could be one of those,hes not blessed with pace or physicality (power and athletism) .
Yes hes had a bad injury but is this masking his lack of progress.
Hope I'm wrong but have seen this situation develope a number of times with us and no doubt other clubs will have had similar..

 

[RMBlade]

You'd have to assume that last night against weaker opposition was why Wilder selected the midfield he did. On Saturday against a very strong Norwich side, you'd have to assume Rothwell and Phillips would start with Peck the alternate at the hour mark....

I reckon the tougher games we will see a 4-3-3 maybe Jairo, Phillips, Peck.

 

[JD88]

Think there was 25,000 people in the stadium last night who agreed with you. The phase of play where we were on top coincided with Bamford dropping deeper to receive the ball and thus we could retain possession. For some reason he stopped doing that....

He looked knackered after he scored. Yeah agree but at the time don’t want our best centre forward getting the ball on the half way line, especially when we don’t have anyone from midfield who wants to run past him.