Billy's 17 Points This Season

[Sean Thornton]

I think when Sharp is out of form he starts coming deeper for the ball which a lot of strikers seem to do. He doesn't need to come deep for it, he just needs to be in or around the box ready for the ball to come in.

The effort is always there from Billy and he sometimes gets rewarded when he forces a defender into making a mistake. I like it when both Clarke and Sharp press defenders at the same time.

He drops deep when he's not able to beat a CB and just ends up wrestling with them. That's not to say he doesn't put the effort in, he does.

 

[DronnieBlade]

Kind if disagree.....I like to think I’m balanced and don’t have any favourites (apart from maybe Duffy ha ha). I think some of the criticism Sharp receivers is fair, he’d probably admit it himself.

I often think Sharp has similarities to my hero Keith Edwards, he’s not quick, not physical, no height, not a target man, very average link up play....however Sharp is our best finisher, a predator but relies on others to set him up. So when he’s not scoring he doesn’t do anywhere near as much as the others, it’s like we’re a man short. Although Sharp (like Edwards) is one of them players who can be playing poorly, hardly touch the ball then boom....it’s in the net and another goal. That’s the type of player he is.
Back in the early 80’s the number of times I heard Blades around me saying “Edwards is having a poor game, he needs subbing”, then 5 minutes later he’d score from his first shot on goal.

Clarke has height, more physicality, better target man, far better link up play and sets others up.
So even when Clarke doesn’t score he can still play well and be effective and a big threat.
The problem with Clarke is he’ll score the difficult chances but tends to miss the easy chances.

Full respect to both though because they both work so hard and Billy shows leadership qualities, desperate for his team to win.
I can see logic in either or both starting.

“Clarke has height, more physicality, better target man, far better link up play and sets others up”.

You could not be any further from the truth if you tried. Plenty of evidence out there to confirm this to be so, and it’s this hugely popular misconception amongst our fans that has me, frankly, baffled.

It’s a very consistent point of view. It’s happened before. Hanson being the most recent one.

Moral to the story is if you are 6’ + and a SU CF, you will get much slack for other inefficiencies !!

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[DronnieBlade]

Please point out where 'many' have called him 'dogshit'.

OK.

Inferred.

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[DronnieBlade]

“Clarke has height, more physicality, better target man, far better link up play and sets others up”.

You could not be any further from the truth if you tried. Plenty of evidence out there to confirm this to be so, and it’s this hugely popular misconception amongst our fans that has me, frankly, baffled.

It’s a very consistent point of view. It’s happened before. Hanson being the most recent one.

Moral to the story is if you are 6’ + and a SU CF, you will get much slack for other inefficiencies !!

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