Is cresswell the answer?

[davidpinder]

Will cressy be the man that gets us 25 goals and promotion this season. Before the start of the season all the talk was about slew now cressy has 3 out of 3 and is our penalty taker is he the man to get us the goals??

 

[beechblade]

He's proving he can be the man to get to around 20 goals, if used in the right manner.

Personally I don't want us to have to just rely on Cresswell, and it's nice to see goals coming from midfield and our defence so early in the campign. It was good to see young Jordan get off the mark and hopefully we'll see Porter, Boggy and Philliskirk grab a few as well.

 

[blade too long]

7 goals in 3 games , people were wondering if we could score at all
" we only scored 44 last season" , but the point is , that was last season
this season we have a team

Cresswell is , like mellor was last season , he got 20 without breaking sweat ,Cresswell works damn hard , might get 30

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Personally I would hope not.

Cresswell is a trier of that there is no doubt, and he is also a top professional who takes his role very seriously. He tracks back well and always puts a shift in. But I would love for us to be looking at alternatives for the 2nd half of the season. Cresswell lacks pace, and the touch needed for us to really trouble the better teams in this division and isn't really a threat on his own.
That may seem harsh given the start to the season, but I just think a lot of our positive attacking play loses momentum when the ball is played into Cresswell.
He has started well and so far so good though, but I would just prefer a better, younger option IF (and thats the biggy) we can acquire one.

 

[blade too long]

We still have to see a fully fit Porter, and boggy where he go

 

[drinksmat]

If we are to get rid then 3 in 3 will push up his price tag a bit

 

[TopBoy]

He certainly looks the part at League 1 level and will get on the end of things if we can get some quality into the box. It certainly begs the question, if Cresswell had been played in proper position (CF) last season would we have scored the goals to have stayed up? Probably not but he’s far more effective as a centre forward than a wide midfielder anyway.

 

[madeinsheffield]

Personally I would hope not.

Cresswell is a trier of that there is no doubt, and he is also a top professional who takes his role very seriously. He tracks back well and always puts a shift in. But I would love for us to be looking at alternatives for the 2nd half of the season. Cresswell lacks pace, and the touch needed for us to really trouble the better teams in this division and isn't really a threat on his own.
That may seem harsh given the start to the season, but I just think a lot of our positive attacking play loses momentum when the ball is played into Cresswell.
He has started well and so far so good though, but I would just prefer a better, younger option IF (and thats the biggy) we can acquire one.

I agree, whilst his record so far is faultless, after making a few runs last night he was breathing out of his ar*e for the next 10 mins, not taking anything away from him but he isn't that good and his legs are past their best, and he was struggling at times to keep up tracking back for a ball he'd just lost.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

By the end of the season Cresswell will probably be the overall highest scoring player we've had for the past two decades.

 

[RealMcCoy]

I agree, whilst his record so far is faultless, after making a few runs last night he was breathing out of his ar*e for the next 10 mins, not taking anything away from him but he isn't that good and his legs are past their best, and he was struggling at times to keep up tracking back for a ball he'd just lost.

Did I watch a different game? Wasn't Creswell the one who legged it back upfield 60 yards (successfully) to challenge an lone defender after a long clearance in th 93rd minute?

 

[Swanseablade]

Personally I would hope not.

Cresswell is a trier of that there is no doubt, and he is also a top professional who takes his role very seriously. He tracks back well and always puts a shift in. But I would love for us to be looking at alternatives for the 2nd half of the season. Cresswell lacks pace, and the touch needed for us to really trouble the better teams in this division and isn't really a threat on his own.
That may seem harsh given the start to the season, but I just think a lot of our positive attacking play loses momentum when the ball is played into Cresswell.
He has started well and so far so good though, but I would just prefer a better, younger option IF (and thats the biggy) we can acquire one.

Can't honestly see the criticism at this level, he looks the part !!

 

[bricktop]

Personally I would hope not.

Cresswell is a trier of that there is no doubt, and he is also a top professional who takes his role very seriously. He tracks back well and always puts a shift in. But I would love for us to be looking at alternatives for the 2nd half of the season. Cresswell lacks pace, and the touch needed for us to really trouble the better teams in this division and isn't really a threat on his own.
That may seem harsh given the start to the season, but I just think a lot of our positive attacking play loses momentum when the ball is played into Cresswell.
He has started well and so far so good though, but I would just prefer a better, younger option IF (and thats the biggy) we can acquire one.

Just like Neil Shipperley was a few years back, an immobile past in journeyman!

 

[puppet]

Just like Neil Shipperley was a few years back, an immobile past in journeyman!

who scores GOALS. jeez...

 

[Sirius]

Personally I would hope not.

Cresswell is a trier of that there is no doubt, and he is also a top professional who takes his role very seriously. He tracks back well and always puts a shift in. But I would love for us to be looking at alternatives for the 2nd half of the season. Cresswell lacks pace, and the touch needed for us to really trouble the better teams in this division and isn't really a threat on his own.
That may seem harsh given the start to the season, but I just think a lot of our positive attacking play loses momentum when the ball is played into Cresswell.
He has started well and so far so good though, but I would just prefer a better, younger option IF (and thats the biggy) we can acquire one.

Sorry FB but if Cressy is scoring goals, and playing as he now appears to be,why would you look to replace him? Should we be promoted, then yes, I would be looking at alternative strikers. I watched an old film recently of Puskas scoring for fun. He was supposed to be too fat, too slow and past it. Not that I would compare Cressy to the Hungarian master but you get my drift.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Siruis, because he is putting a lot of effort in but I wouldn't say he was playing particularly well.

He is scoring (a tap in at the back post, and a penalty) but I don't think he will continue, and the flow of our play stops when him, or Monty, get on the ball.

I want to see us continuing to play the ball on the ground and moving it quickly, Cressy can't do that.

Anyway, whats wrong with looking for continual improvement?

 

[Sirius]

Siruis, because he is putting a lot of effort in but I wouldn't say he was playing particularly well.

He is scoring (a tap in at the back post, and a penalty) but I don't think he will continue, and the flow of our play stops when him, or Monty, get on the ball.

I want to see us continuing to play the ball on the ground and moving it quickly, Cressy can't do that.

Anyway, whats wrong with looking for continual improvement?

Nothing FB,nothing wrong with looking for continual improvement, but if it aint broke, don't mend it. I say this in the light of our financial status, and IMO, the need to sign players to cover other positions. It would be no good if Cressy scored three and Simmo Scissor Hands let in four.

 

[The One]

Siruis, because he is putting a lot of effort in but I wouldn't say he was playing particularly well.

He is scoring (a tap in at the back post, and a penalty) but I don't think he will continue, and the flow of our play stops when him, or Monty, get on the ball.

I want to see us continuing to play the ball on the ground and moving it quickly, Cressy can't do that.

Anyway, whats wrong with looking for continual improvement?

That's weird. I seem to remember Monty being the one who put the ball over the defence for Lowton who squared it for Cresswell to put the ball in the back of the net.

 

[stannyblade]

That's weird. I seem to remember Monty being the one who put the ball over the defence for Lowton who squared it for Cresswell to put the ball in the back of the net.

Cant have been Monty does nothing but bad according to some on here (not me)

 

[Bladesway]

Problem is we are all fed on a diet of Sky expertise these days and are told what we should be expecting from our players. Most of the time they just talk shit to fill the airwaves. The great watching masses take this bullshit and turn it into their own expertise.

There are many things you can teach a player, to make runs, to improve in the air, to play a more intelligent pass, but you cannot teach someone the knack of shinning the ball home in the 93rd minute to win the game when you have done nowt for the previous 92. The great thing about us now is that we are trying (via playing on the deck) to get round the back of teams and cut the ball back. I have always maintained that this way forward will always create more chances as it gets defenders turned towards their own goal. As for "better teams", I don't think you will come across many teams who play better than Walsall did the other night. We were outplayed for parts of the game and they deserved at least a point from the game. However, they missed their chances and we took ours.

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Cant have been Monty does nothing but bad according to some on here (not me)

But as I said earlier, a lot of people talk a lot of shit. Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams have all played Monty as the holding element of the midfield. So long as he is surrounded by footballers then he plays a useful role. I back all of the above over any of our armchair experts.

 

[Revolution]

That's weird. I seem to remember Monty being the one who put the ball over the defence for Lowton who squared it for Cresswell to put the ball in the back of the net.

Great. When he does this more than 2 or 3 times a season he'll be worth his wages.

 

[super_pig]

>Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams have all played Monty as the holding element of the midfield.
and the overall trend has been.. downwards.. there you go .. you've proved it to yourself.

 

[Bladesway]

>Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams have all played Monty as the holding element of the midfield.
and the overall trend has been.. downwards.. there you go .. you've proved it to yourself.

You know better than them? Arrogance to a new level.

 

[Ferenc Blade]

Did I watch a different game? Wasn't Creswell the one who legged it back upfield 60 yards (successfully) to challenge an lone defender after a long clearance in th 93rd minute?

Shurely that was Beattie??

 

[The One]

>Warnock, Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams have all played Monty as the holding element of the midfield.
and the overall trend has been.. downwards.. there you go .. you've proved it to yourself.

Yeah because we didn't get promoted to the Premiership with Monty in the starting 11.