Done is better than Lafferty

[Douglas Jardine]

Is he bollocks,

 

['Doc' Pace my hero]

A downside of having a small squad is that you need to have 2 or 3 of the players able to adapt to different positions,often during the course of a game.This is what makes Basham and Done very valuable to Wilder,unfortunately,they are often not very popular with the fans !!

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Whilst
Lafferty will be better in a flat back four which is probably the main reason for CW signing him as I think he will get back to that formation next season, especially if we're in the Championship.

Well spotted - there are signs appearing now about how we will be set up in the future and who won't feature in next years plans.

Whilst I too believe CW & AK want a flat back 4 - they also want the full backs to push on, so where we now in effect attack with 7, pushing both full backs up gives us an attack option of 8.

To do this we need 2 x CD that are quick - think JOC is probably ok, totally unsure about EEL.

UTB

 

[Pinchy]

Regardless of the OP I knew you wouldn't pass up on the chance to slag Done off. Your like a broken record. We get you don't like him. Give it a fuckin rest man. Your beginning to sound pathetic now

I should be silent when someone talks absolute bollocks about Done, on a thread about Done? Just me? Sounds a bit like censorship to me.

 

[Pinchy]

Your obsession with Done is pathetic.

Your obsession with Done is more important to you than the success of the team.

And pretending you're right.

Not in the least. Pretending to be right is your specialist subject, not mine.

 

[B14Nco]

Remember when Adkins played Done left back and everyone went bat shit crazy...

 

[PeteBlade]

I should be silent when someone talks absolute bollocks about Done, on a thread about Done? Just me? Sounds a bit like censorship to me.

That's what most people think when you comment about Done.

 

[PeteBlade]

Not in the least. Pretending to be right is your specialist subject, not mine.

Nice deflection. Your obsession only makes you look bad.

Stubbornly backing yourself into a corner.


Luckily I'm free of agenda and happy to call performances as I see them, not because I've made some stupid over the top assertions and refuse to back down.

 

[Ted Hemsleys chads]

Think Deadbat has it spot on here. Wilder knows his squad, he knows his players and he's done a pretty good job of using them all to good effect so far. It's all about winning games and getting promotion, and whether it's pretty or ugly doesn't matter. He'll pick who he wants and play them where he wants, but you can guarantee that he'll have them prepared and fully briefed on what he expects.

This manager is no fool, he knows what we have and he'll already know what he wants should we go up. We can argue all day long about who's better than who but it doesn't matter a jot. The gaffer will have the final word and so far for me, he's been spot on. Look at the league table and results and chill, in Wilder we trust.

 

[Pinchy]

That's what most people think when you comment about Done.

I know a mediocrity when I see one. Done is a manifestly poor footballer. His relentless but futile running around may fool the unsophisticated. It doesnt fool me.

Let's see where Runaround is plying his trade in 18 months or so. My guess is Bury or similar. Tufty will have no use for him; that's for sure.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Hodgy is better than Yashin

 

[blade67]

As a left wing back. Proven yesterday.

I don't think so. He did well but so did Lafferty. Useful to have that kind of flexibility in the squad

 

[Large Mendonca]

I know a mediocrity when I see one. Done is a manifestly poor footballer. His relentless but futile running around may fool the unsophisticated. It doesnt fool me.

Let's see where Runaround is plying his trade in 18 months or so. My guess is Bury or similar. Tufty will have no use for him; that's for sure.

So it's fooling Tufty too ??

 

[Tyler Durden]

Nice deflection. Your obsession only makes you look bad.

Stubbornly backing yourself into a corner.


Luckily I'm free of agenda and happy to call performances as I see them, not because I've made some stupid over the top assertions and refuse to back down.

100% this.

 

[Bladesway]

We really are having this conversation aren't we? Top of the league. Fluid in formation. A good squad about to get better with reinforcements? So what better time than descend into farce pretending we know better than the bloke who in the last 20 games has barely put a tactical foot wrong.

Wilder will pick who he picks. The fact that this thread exists is purely a wind up set by a WUM.

 

[LSF]

Regardless of opinions on Done, Lafferty etc, from where I was sitting, Laffs was off pace yesterday and was at fault with equaliser.
Done came on and provided a threat down our left which hadn't been there previously.
The next game it could be totally different, that's football..

 

[PokerBlade]

Lafferty's crossing is often quite poor and he frustrates me at times where he wastes possession high up the pitch (usually some clever idea that goes horribly wrong for him). In spite of that, he's been highly underestimated by some. A very capable player and while we could find more attacking or more defensive attributes from other I doubt we'd find anyone so gifted all round. This 5-3-2 asks a huge amount from the wing backs and not many can handle it.

Add to this that Done is utter shite at LWB and that's my answer.

 

[Pinchy]

So it's fooling Tufty too ??

Not really Large. That's why he's on the bench and will be making that his home until he moves on.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

That's what most people think when you comment about Done.

Interesting. So should those that have openly posted their view about McCabe or resigning Evans not repeat their thoughts on any new threads?

Doesn't seem to be in keeping with the whole Blades discussion forum thing.

 

[Large Mendonca]

Not really Large. That's why he's on the bench and will be making that his home until he moves on.

We'll have to see. Thought Done was the dogs when he first come and i really liked him, he could just do with a couple of goals i reckon.

Whatever happens - Tufty knows best.

 

[PeteBlade]

I know a mediocrity when I see one. Done is a manifestly poor footballer. His relentless but futile running around may fool the unsophisticated. It doesnt fool me.

Let's see where Runaround is plying his trade in 18 months or so. My guess is Bury or similar. Tufty will have no use for him; that's for sure.

Your obsession blinds you to what an excellent part he's played in our success so far this season.

I'm not saying he's a world beater or good enough for the league above, but his influence this season has been clear, for those who have watched us regularly.

And when/if he leaves us, he'll continue to play in the top half of this division, where he's played most of his career.

Don't become Len and let your agenda and obsession blind you to the part he's played so far.

 

[Pinchy]

We'll have to see. Thought Done was the dogs when he first come and i really liked him, he could just do with a couple of goals i reckon.

Whatever happens - Tufty knows best.

Indeed. Don't you think Done's recent goal ratio is a little more than a barren spell, though? Some people (not you) only pray in aid "Tufty knows best" when he picks Done; not when he benches him!

 

[PeteBlade]

Not really Large. That's why he's on the bench and will be making that his home until he moves on.

He's on the bench because he got injured and those that have come in have done a good job and deserved to keep their place.

How do you explain his almost ever presence this season?

 

[Large Mendonca]

Indeed. Don't you think Done's recent goal ratio is a little more than a barren spell, though? Some people (not you) only pray in aid "Tufty knows best" when he picks Done; not when he benches him!

Well yes, the barren spell he's currently on is stretching my loyalty with him at the moment If he gets bombed out then so be it, i trust Wilder & Knill to replace him with better.

 

[Pinchy]

He's on the bench because he got injured and those that have come in have done a good job and deserved to keep their place.

How do you explain his almost ever presence this season?

No he isn't. He's been back in the team and dropped since his injury.

The season's got a long way to go. I predict he will start very few games from now on. Non-striking strikers tend to go that way...

 

[PeteBlade]

No he isn't. He's been back in the team and dropped since his injury.

The season's got a long way to go. I predict he will start very few games from now on. Non-striking strikers tend to go that way...

Non so blind as those that refuse to see.

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Christopher likes his versatile 2- or 3-position players, Basham not least (also O'Connell, Duffy and now Done too).

But Done replacing about-to-sign-permanently Lafferty?? As much chance as there is of James Wallace replacing Fleck for the rest of the season.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Sad that another post, originally posted by a WUM or TROLL has descended into Blade against Blade.

For what it's worth - not convinced we will see much more of Done. There isn't a position for him anymore.

He originally brought something to the team by default - not because he was first choice if everyone was available. He did allow other players to flourish, so thanks for that.

Sharp and Clark hasn't worked - CW has been waiting for Lavery to get physically fit and then match fit, and it's quite clear that unless Lavery gets injured, Done won't start. CW asked Done to fill in at wing back yesterday - sounded like a one off, and as some have written, he did a good job.

In the same way that Done has run his course at United and I expect CW to try and move him on in the summer.

To go off at a tangent slightly - Caruthers was brought in to put pressure on Duffy and this was the switch yesterday. Before Samir, it was Scoogs that was the replacement for Duffy - it seems that if Carruthers is not seriously injured then Scoogs now drops down the pecking order as Done has done also with Lavery.

CW has eluded to "there is no sentiment" in football recently - it seems he is setting everyone up - players and fans for some serious changes.

Our club is not going to stand still with CW in charge.

UTB

 

[spongebobblade]

I should be silent when someone talks absolute bollocks about Done, on a thread about Done? Just me? Sounds a bit like censorship to me.

The only one talking absolute bollocks is you. Your first 2 line paragraph basically stated you preferred Lafferty. Fair enough. The rest of your post was attacking Done, for the umpteenth time. Why not just leave it at the first paragraph?
If he's so shit, why has he played so many times this season and why does Wilder want to keep hold of him rather than let him go this month? Switch off the hatred for a moment and try and think why that might be or are you more clued up than manager or too pig headed to admit when your wrong

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I don't dislike Done but I'm not in favour of him taking up one of the two striker positions. I said when we signed Lavery that he would replace Done as striker and so it is beginning to be proved. Scored one, made one yesterday. I don't see a future for Done at this club beyond the end of this season I'm afraid - and I'd sell him now if it meant getting another proper striker in.

As for Lafferty - I don't rate him tbh but Wilder is getting the most from him so fair enough for now. But he's another one with a short lifespan in the team beyond this season.