Basham

[ancientblade]

unless we revert back to a back 3 i just dont see how basham fits in to the team im afraid been a fantastic player and servant to the club but i think like 4 or 5 others in the squad his time may nearly be up

 

[Sheffsteel]

Bash overlapping wasn't broken, it was one of our best assets last season. The relationship between him Baldock/Bogle was great and that should still be used.

I do hope this isn't him falling off a cliff, because he in my eyes is a Legend at United for what he has done in his role, his attitude and application. But i think Slav will slowly push him out as "defenders do defending" clearly is his tactics.

Remember when Basham was our midfielder in league 1….he was probably decent league 1 standard.
We tried him out as centre back…again he was decent league 1 standard.
We even tried him as a right full back….again he was decent league 1 standard.

Overall he’s never been that good but his massive strength is versatility to play several positions and he has incredible stamina.

So Wilder devised a brilliant plan to transform Basham’s career.
Asked him to play centre back, right back and midfield…all within the same match.

Basham has Egan next to him helping our when he was centre back.
Baldock isn’t the greatest right back but loves getting forward..so Basham moves across to cover the right back position.
Basham is so fit that he’s able to move upfield to support Baldock down the right wing.
Sometimes Basham was in attack making late runs into the box.

Basham never had much ability…..ability wasn’t the reason he was so effective for us.
If we insist on Basham to stick to one position I think he’ll revert back to being average again….shame really.

 

[bonobo]

I am really sceptical about this argument, that Bash can't play in a back 4, based on how he performed 5-6 years ago. He could barely play anywhere on the pitch at that time. An out and out centre-half might not be the best use of him, but he has evolved into an outstanding defender and must be a better bet than Robinson. Anyway, I feel as with McGolderick, he has such a unique set of qualities and his standards rarely slip, the onus should be to find a way of accommodating him, until we are really able to evolve into whatever team, Slav is pursuing. Just thinking back to Brum game, how often it called for him to drive us across the halfway line and put them on the back foot.