Jay McEverley

[Blade56]

Getting criticism in the other place. Leave the lad alone he put in a gritty shift last night. Yes he panicked a bit against a PL club, with a spinning ball, with one of the hottest in form strikers on his shoulder so what? He was brilliant last night! Came here slagged by loads on a post about his signing yet one of the first names on the sheet for me.

 

[SwissBlade]

Getting criticism in the other place. Leave the lad alone he put in a gritty shift last night. Yes he panicked a bit against a PL club, with a spinning ball, with one of the hottest in form strikers on his shoulder so what? He was brilliant last night! Came here slagged by loads on a post about his signing yet one of the first names on the sheet for me.

Totally agree, he probably had his toughest game against Kane last night and no doubt learnt a lot. Kane's movement on corners and set pieces was difficult for him early on but he settled into the game well.

The penalty was daft, I said in the shoutbox that instead of appealing for offside he should've been concentrating on defending, but it's a minor criticism over an excellent 94 minutes last night!

One thing though. Whilst Basham also looked excellent, I thought the partnership with McEveley and Kennedy looked a tighter unit as Kennedy naturally attacks the ball and McEveley drops to sweep, whereas that communication doesn't seem as natural with Basham. I'm not suggesting that they're a bad partnership, but more a comment than a criticism at this stage

 

[Blade56]

Totally agree, he probably had his toughest game against Kane last night and no doubt learnt a lot. Kane's movement on corners and set pieces was difficult for him early on but he settled into the game well.

The penalty was daft, I said in the shoutbox that instead of appealing for offside he should've been concentrating on defending, but it's a minor criticism over an excellent 94 minutes last night!

One thing though. Whilst Basham also looked excellent, I thought the partnership with McEveley and Kennedy looked a tighter unit as Kennedy naturally attacks the ball and McEveley drops to sweep, whereas that communication doesn't seem as natural with Basham. I'm not suggesting that they're a bad partnership, but more a comment than a criticism at this stage

Agree re Kennedy (a diamond for the future) NC probabley giving it to Basher for experiance. Nice position to be in having to choose over 3 solid looking cb's

 

[BusheyBlade]

The penalty was daft, I said in the shoutbox that instead of appealing for offside he should've been concentrating on defending, but it's a minor criticism over an excellent 94 minutes last night!

Nearly got caught out in a similar way with the through ball in the first half to Adebayor. Lost a pace or two whilst appealing but did recover brilliantly to put in a challenge. That and the fact that Adebayor is shit.

 

[SwissBlade]

Nearly got caught out in a similar way with the through ball in the first half to Adebayor. Lost a pace or two whilst appealing but did recover brilliantly to put in a challenge. That and the fact that Adebayor is shit.

Yeah that was an example of the communication between Basham and Jay which I was going to use. If Basham wasn't attacking the ball he should be appealing (for the pen).

On the Adebayor chance, it seemed that neither were picking up adebayor and both were appealing...

They just need to work on that side of things

 

[Bladesway]

Getting criticism in the other place.

Why would you read "the other place" It's a fucking madhouse.

 

[Rusty view]

The penalty was daft, I said in the shoutbox that instead of appealing for offside he should've been concentrating on defending

Just seen it on TV this morning, not a good view last night as at the other end. Got to agree with you. He seemed slightly off balance due to his other arm being up in the air appealing. Not a criticism as such just an observation.

 

[Blade56]

Why would you read "the other place" It's a fucking madhouse.

I like the informative adverts

 

[Bergen Blade]

Thought McEveley was excellent overall. Very impressed with his composure on the ball, although both he and Basham ran into trouble last night. Part of the reason it took so long for Tottenham to put some pressure on us was that we have players with composure, the ability to keep the ball, shrug off a challenge and find a teammate without panicking. It gives an underdog team a lot of confidence when one of their players do things like that, and McEveley took great responsibility on the ball, especially first half.

 

[FMBlade1]

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Gone viral today for that tackle

 

[Danetheblade]

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Gone viral today for that tackle

50/50 tackle all day

 

[Gin&Juice]

50/50 tackle all day

Remember watching that and instantly turning the TV off. I really hated us back then.

 

[Digs blade]

Remember watching that and instantly turning the TV off. I really hated us back then.

Wasn’t a fan of his but I thought the opposite go on lad that’s what I like to see

 

[Gin&Juice]

Wasn’t a fan of his but I thought the opposite go on lad that’s what I like to see

Love a big tackle, that was fucking stupid though. I couldn’t stand any of that team other than Sharp and Basham. Coutts and Freeman redeemed themselves. The rest can get in the bin.

 

[FredZeppelin]

There were three 'balls' he could have gone for. He just chose the wrong one.

Could happen to anyone. Play on!

utb

 

[Ned the Donkey]

Remember watching that and instantly turning the TV off. I really hated us back then.

From memory what you missed that day was

a) this tackle not getting a red card
b) them scoring a perfectly good goal that was disallowed - didn't Simon Moore claw it back from over the line
c) Billy scoring a late winner and having no idea about it as it basically hit him on the head from a corner when he was looking the other way

They wuz robbed that day. They reall wuz.

 

[FMBlade1]

Edit- deleted as thought I could put video directly on here from another device d'oh! Here's the link again anyway:

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[mancunianblade]

Should have won the Ballon D’or for that

 

[JJBlade]

Is he still available ?
He'd be cheap enough

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Love a big tackle, that was fucking stupid though. I couldn’t stand any of that team other than Sharp and Basham. Coutts and Freeman redeemed themselves. The rest can get in the bin.

You liked Basham in 2015?

You must have been the only one.

He used to get some right stick.

 

[Mendi]

 

[I should coco]

You liked Basham in 2015?

You must have been the only one.

He used to get some right stick.

Well said that man!

We all said that he was the epitomy of a League One player, and whilst ever we signed players like that, we would stay in League One.

Neither Clough nor Adkins seemed to know his best position and IIRC, he played RB, CB, CM and RM excelling in none.

It was only under CW/AK with a bit of freedom to stroll forward, did the real Bash come clean.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Love a big tackle, that was fucking stupid though. I couldn’t stand any of that team other than Sharp and Basham. Coutts and Freeman redeemed themselves. The rest can get in the bin.

This, for me, describes everything I'm worried about moving forward.

We've had a very stable core of committed, professional, likeable, hardworking and successful players for many years. Yes, many were on the decline but we didn't gradually do the rebuild over time. We've just cleaned the deck. As we saw last season, you can't just build that togetherness easily. That connection between the squad and fans. We've lost a lot of model pros, reliable and consistent, who knew and understood the club.

We could easily go back to a load of Simonsen, McEveley, Hussey and Woolford.