Another stinker of a performance from Done today I thought. Really not been impressed with him recently or all season really.
He's non-existent defensively and offers nothing going forward, even though that's meant to be what he's good at. Can't beat a player and his delivery is usually poor - that's when he actually looks to be direct instead of turning backwards or coming inside. There were a few times where he bottled tackles today as well, which is unacceptable.
It's not like he's being played out of position either. He's played as a left-back and a winger all his career.
Yeh - he does a lot of running and I appreciate that people like a 'trier' but he's simply not good enough.
Very limited player and very much a weak-link for me. I'd look to offload in the summer, as he's definitely not good enough for where we want to be.
What are his goals and assists stats this season?
Suppose he's not the only one though.
Oh Christ, really? - I'll save you a job and any other who agrees with you and re-write
He's not a defender and was never brought in as a defender. He offers plenty in defence.... when he is defending from the front as a striker chasing down the opposition back four, forcing them into making mistakes. Can beat a player and does beat a player, especially for pace when he's playing off the last man, latching onto through balls, or picking up the ball from a forced mistake that more often or not he has created. Bottles tackles? What striker can tackle?! Disregard that... can any of our lot tackle?
- How can you even say he is not playing out of position? He scored 17 goals last year and got 12 assists as a striker for Rochdale/Blades combined? Funnily enough, that record came about by playing him upfront because Rochdale had no other option. Turned out to be an excellent decision by the Kieth Hill, some decisions like that from our current manager may have furthered our position this year.
- He does a lot of running because no other useless fucker in our team can. They're all injury prone retards with hips hanging off, old has beens, couldn't give a fucks, or high as a kite! Why do you think he is playing there? Everyone else would drown in that position, it's the most physically demanding position to play on a football pitch. No one else in our squad can do it. Woolford is more likely to do himself then another player, let alone get anywhere near a decent position to cross the ball. He's slower than Hammond for gods sake!
I'd get rid of 3/4 of the rest of the squad before shipping out Done. I know, lets go sell players who can put the ball in the back of the net and get assists instead of doing what Adkins should have done in the first place. Identify the strongest players we have in their strongest positions and build a team around them. Or we could replace Done with Che at wing back, he's played down the right/left hand side for more of his career than upfront, so should be able to do a job yeah?
Final sentence is alright though. We need 7-8 additions for next year, 2 CB's and a whole new midfield as a must. No chance we're getting that many in and they'll gel quick enough. Come on though, their is far superior shitesters in our current squad than Matt Done. Play him where he is effective and he'll score goals, otherwise you may as well play George Long upfront, can't do any harm with the season over anyway can it?
