Kyle Reid

[alcoblade]

like Billy, Cotterill, Nade, Shelton etc etc

Billy - did get a chance and for various reasons he couldn't hit a bull's ass with a banjo for us.

Cotterill - agreed - we didn't exploit his strengths.

Nade - fat waster who scored a memorable goal which erases peoples longer term memories.

Shelton - couldn't / shouldn't get a game with The Leed's Arms.

UTB

 

[Bergen Blade]

The reason players tend not to be play, unless they're kids, is usually because they don't deserve to.

Think you are underestimating the fact that different managers have different preferences. If Phil Parkinson was our manager I think he'd played Kyel Reid, and similarly Sean O'Driscoll (or Brian Laws) would probably have played Billy Sharp.

 

[Ollessendro]

Well it has to go down as a poor signing, agreed. But as for not playing him you have to remember that the management see them in training 5 days a week. If he can't go past the 16 years old full back, they'd be right to conclude he's not up to it in the Championship. Once you've made the mistake, there's no point compounding it by playing them regardless.

I do have some sympathy with your point that, generally, skillfull wingers will be hard pushed to oust full backs who can attack a bit in Blackwell's teams of last season. Let's hope for a change this season......

UTB

Good point about training etc Alco. There was talk that Reid was not settled and the management team would have seen him day in day out. I don't have full confidence in Balckwell and Ellis, but you'd take a guess that Reid was pulling up any trees in training. Agree with the rest.

On your final point ..... maybe Reid wasn't the best example, but I feel there are a host of talented (or potentially talented) players (such as Cotts, Treacey and Little lats season) who were not picked because they didn'y track back enough.

 

[lenners]

like Billy, Cotterill, Nade, Shelton etc etc

Apart from super Nads, that proves my point.
Though even I'll admit Nads might have had a slight problem with temperament.