Have we just seen Done start his last game for us ?

[JohnDenver]

This whole Done episode is becoming tedious now. If he/ Utd don't play well he's under the spotlight instantly with some on here. Nobody is saying he's the long term answer but let's give the fella a brake. As Wilder says he needs one off his shin or backside to get him going, a little bit like Laverys scuff last Saturday. Same again for me Boxing Day. Let Matty wear them down allowing the likes of Lavery to shine against a tired defence. Let's hope he gets a rub of the green too

In a team as positive as ours, you'd think any player who got in the 6 yard box often enough would inevitably bag a few tap-ins. It's quite a thing that he's managing to miss out.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

 

[Rodley]

Totally ineffective tonight . Lavery , on the other hand , looked a real handful .

No

 

[Keen Blade]

Coutts was gash tonight, is that his last start as well?

Courts was injured by a nasty studs on ankle tackle early doors , which put him off his stride , he should have been subbed earlier , I bet he wanted to go off but was told to hang on in there.

 

[Tyler Durden]

 

[blade67]

One reason for Done's lack of goals this season could be fatigue after all the running, pressing and chasing he does.

From a study:



Although this study focused on declining performances late in games, it seems natural to apply to Done running very fast more often than other players.


I think Wilder appreciates his work rate, while obviously wanting him to take more of his chances. But what would happen if he started to conserve more energy for the chances he gets? He may convert more chances, but will our pressing then also become less effective?

Brain Deane worked incredibly hard and still found the net regularly. Done is a strange player, who had one purple patch as a CF with Rochdale for 2/3rds of season.

As I've stated earlier, we seem to win when he starts, so I'd keep picking him until one of the other options goes past him (Lavery perhaps?). A friend of mine talks about people with "middle class" problems, meaning people who haven't really got anything to moan about, making up stuff to worry about.

That's us at the moment.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

This whole Done episode is becoming tedious now. If he/ Utd don't play well he's under the spotlight instantly with some on here. Nobody is saying he's the long term answer but let's give the fella a brake. As Wilder says he needs one off his shin or backside to get him going, a little bit like Laverys scuff last Saturday. Same again for me Boxing Day. Let Matty wear them down allowing the likes of Lavery to shine against a tired defence. Let's hope he gets a rub of the green too

Don't tell me he can't afford to pay for his car repairing on the money were paying him.

 

[spongebobblade]

Don't tell me he can't afford to pay for his car repairing on the money were paying him.

Well spotted...... bollocks

 

['Doc' Pace my hero]

No,but because he is expected to contribute with his share of goals in addition to his constant pressing role,the inevitable will happen eventually,if he doesn't start to find an end product.It will probably be in January !!!!!

 

[WhiteHawk]

 

[Cerberus Blade]

In answer to the OP...as a striker, yes, I sincerely hope so. I hope we never play him as a striker again - unless it was an absolute necessity because of injuries to others. As a midfielder, no. I think he has something to offer in a midfield role, but he will need to compete with the likes of Lafferty, who I don't rate either.

You can trawl back months on here to the start of the season and I pointed out then that Done isn't a striker. He's played all his career as a midfielder, except for one season. I pointed out that with the exception of that one season, his usually goal tally for a season is 6. And I pointed out that to rely on someone who only averages 6 goals a season, to fire you to promotion, is utter madness. But, few agreed with this because most couldn't see past the fact that he runs around like a greyhound with his arse on fire. (I even suggested he would lose his place to Lavery when Lavery got fit and that we would be grateful for it - Nostradamis I am not btw - football fan - I am).

Now the penny has dropped for a few more. I'm glad. Not because I've anything against anyone on here, or against Matty Done, but I care for my club and I don't want to see us fuck up another season through relying on a bloke to score us goals who has no past track record as a striker. I'm grateful to Sky Sports for showing a very telling stat - "Matt Done - 2 goals in 41 appearances". That one stat alone has changed a few opinions I think. Although the stat was always there - but some didn't want to look for it, or face up to it, before now.

It's not just the sitters he's missed, of which there have been maybe half a dozen in the last half a dozen games he's played - but it's the fact he's not making the tap ins, in and around the 6 yard box, when the ball is being whipped across that area. He's there on the spot, most of the time, but he's not anticipating the ball coming across - because...he isn't a striker. Simple as that. There's no "striker instinct" in the man. Get him back into midfield or leave him off the field altogether. But do not waste one of two key striker slots on him.

Young Lavery showed us what we are missing when he came on the other night. Speed, quick feet, trickery but most of all, an idea where the bloody goals are and an attempt to shoot the ball at them. He also won the header which made the winner for Billy. If Done had stayed on the pitch we would not have been leaving there the other night with 3 points - fact.

 

[HillmortonBlade]

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

In answer to the OP...as a striker, yes, I sincerely hope so. I hope we never play him as a striker again - unless it was an absolute necessity because of injuries to others. As a midfielder, no. I think he has something to offer in a midfield role, but he will need to compete with the likes of Lafferty, who I don't rate either.

You can trawl back months on here to the start of the season and I pointed out then that Done isn't a striker. He's played all his career as a midfielder, except for one season. I pointed out that with the exception of that one season, his usually goal tally for a season is 6. And I pointed out that to rely on someone who only averages 6 goals a season, to fire you to promotion, is utter madness. But, few agreed with this because most couldn't see past the fact that he runs around like a greyhound with his arse on fire. (I even suggested he would lose his place to Lavery when Lavery got fit and that we would be grateful for it - Nostradamis I am not btw - football fan - I am).

Now the penny has dropped for a few more. I'm glad. Not because I've anything against anyone on here, or against Matty Done, but I care for my club and I don't want to see us fuck up another season through relying on a bloke to score us goals who has no past track record as a striker. I'm grateful to Sky Sports for showing a very telling stat - "Matt Done - 2 goals in 41 appearances". That one stat alone has changed a few opinions I think. Although the stat was always there - but some didn't want to look for it, or face up to it, before now.

It's not just the sitters he's missed, of which there have been maybe half a dozen in the last half a dozen games he's played - but it's the fact he's not making the tap ins, in and around the 6 yard box, when the ball is being whipped across that area. He's there on the spot, most of the time, but he's not anticipating the ball coming across - because...he isn't a striker. Simple as that. There's no "striker instinct" in the man. Get him back into midfield or leave him off the field altogether. But do not waste one of two key striker slots on him.

Young Lavery showed us what we are missing when he came on the other night. Speed, quick feet, trickery but most of all, an idea where the bloody goals are and an attempt to shoot the ball at them. He also won the header which made the winner for Billy. If Done had stayed on the pitch we would not have been leaving there the other night with 3 points - fact.

Lavery looked good when he came on

Against a tired defence that had been harassed by done for 70 mins

I'm unsure if he he could keep in that level for 90 mins, whilst playing our pressing style

 

[pheasant FC]

Totally ineffective tonight . Lavery , on the other hand , looked a real handful .

Its very clear Done is no striker . Lavery will be the man for 2017

 

[Razor1967]

Lavery looked good when he came on

Against a tired defence that had been harassed by done for 70 mins

I'm unsure if he he could keep in that level for 90 mins, whilst playing our pressing style

I agree! Anyone who thinks Done doesn't play a big part in the success we are having really doesn't understand the game....

 

[Caseh]

I do think Lavery will take his place at some point, but I don't understand the obsession with Dones lack of goals. When he starts, we win games and that is the one and only thing that matters. I don't care that he probably isn't the answer in however many months time, but he is the answer right now.

 

[Gavlar]

I dont care if he ever scores for us again, if we keep winning.

Reminds me of a Mark Viduka quote, " I don't care if we lose every game as long as we win the league".........

At some point as a Striker, and someone who has scored goals before, ie at Rochdale and for us when he first started.
To justify his place, he needs to score more goals.

Just my opinion.

 

[wizadry]

Some will still moan about Done if we win every league game between now and the end of the season with him starting, ultimately leading to us pissing the league.

Done didn't play to his usual standards on Thursday but he can still cause problems and help the team immeasurably on our pathway to the Championship, anybody who has watched football for a considerable amount of years should see this.