League Form With Leon

[JohnDenver]

Taking Clarke's performance tonight as indicative (which may be wholly unfair), if he doesn't win more in the air - without conceding fouls in the process - then he looks like substitute material to me. His touch and his interplay are both poor, and he's offside far too often. Basically only his goals can keep him in the team and they're not flowing. It's really frustrating as we've seen him bully our centre halves in recent years and finish powerfully. But there's no sign of this as yet.

If we want to play triangles around the box to break teams down, then fitting Chapman in would seem a worthy priority. He offers us options no-one else does.

 

[biggey blade]

DronnieBlade I don't think it's down to why. He just is all players can hit a patch where they under perform for a bit it doesn't have to boil down to some thing else it just happens some times. I don't think any of the team helped today as all was pretty poor. This is not to Slag sharp off in any way because as mentioned he is my favourite player but maybe he just needs that little kick up the arse to get back into gear and maybe dropping him for one match could be the answer I'm not saying it is the answer but the same thing happened last season and after it he come back much better and scoring for fun again.

 

[robbiez666]

Clarke and Sharp really don't work as a pairing. We're obvious and static and find it incredibly difficult to break other teams down.

He has to use Clarke as a sub. Start with Done, Chapman or Scougs (Or in Lavery, whatever is wrong with Lavery)

We've reverted to struggle the last 4 games in terms of breaking the opposition down. We need to pull them out of position by laying in a way they're not used to.

We also need Fleck taking pens.

 

[DronnieBlade]

DronnieBlade I don't think it's down to why. He just is all players can hit a patch where they under perform for a bit it doesn't have to boil down to some thing else it just happens some times. I don't think any of the team helped today as all was pretty poor. This is not to Slag sharp off in any way because as mentioned he is my favourite player but maybe he just needs that little kick up the arse to get back into gear and maybe dropping him for one match could be the answer I'm not saying it is the answer but the same thing happened last season and after it he come back much better and scoring for fun again.

He doesn't BB.

Sharp, in order to be effective, HAS to be played in a certain way, and with a certain type of player around him.

It's a weakness and a limitation. But pander to his requirements, get it right, and boy do you see the rewards.

Leon Clarke, as a blueprint partner for Sharp is as far removed from this requirement as can possibly be. Sharp has NEVER been effective off a target.

I seem to recall one or two clever observers stating this many moons ago. I forget who !

We are in danger here, as was the case in August, of making a case for Sharp being the fall guy.

This would be such a fucking mistake in the overall set up of the side.

It's not universally popular, but trust me on this. Evans and Sharp playing in this exact same side, would give s an excellent chance of promotion.

As it stands, i don't see a natural partnership among any of the current crop. Done and Sharp being the best bet at present.

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[Tyler Durden]

Tyler Durden I can't understand why you have dragged courts into this as he seemed to be one of the only ones to turn up today with Duffy been the other and possibly fleck as well but the rest was useless tonight. We should have walked that game again.

For me Clarke was much better than sharp for me today and that's saying some things as sharp is my favourite player and will openly admit it but he was awful today. Think our bad form these last couple of matches is not down to creating chances only burying them and sharp is going through a rough patch and can't seem to get it right and get the ball in the back of the net at the minute, this happened last season also. Agreed everyone has there bad games and what ever else but it maybe sharp should get dropped for a game and it might kick him back into gear some times its just what he needs worked last season when he was going through a drought he come back and wanted it and made it work. We could cope with him not scoring if we had another striker banging them in in times like this when sharp is struggling but we haven't. Done can't score, sharp and Clarke don't work at the minute not sure why, I don't think sharp wants it to work. And for some reason lavery doesn't seem to get a looking and neither does Chapman.

Coutts did two things for the entire game besides his trademark tap-it-from-side-to-side routine. He was in a prime position to get a shot off and bottled it, because he's always been scared stiff of taking even the simplest of chances. Not long after, his pathetic attempt at a cross floated nicely into the goalkeepers hands.

Was he the worst offender? No, the team was shite from wall-to-wall, but then no other player has been the subject of such a long-running unwarranted love-in for simply being a bit better than the utter dross he was last season.

Moving on from Coutts, as far as I'm concerned the only role Chris Basham deserves to have in football is to be used as a corner flag.

 

[biggey blade]

DronnieBlade I agree with pretty much everything you have put there and I was never trying to make Sharp the fall guy at all that's the last thing I want for our top goal scorer i just want him back firing and back to his best that's all and he seemed to go through this spell last season and dropping him seemed to put him right back in gear I never said it was the right decision I just said maybe it might be worth a go. Maybe it's a silly thing to do but it's just a suggestion.

 

[DronnieBlade]

DronnieBlade I agree with pretty much everything you have put there and I was never trying to make Sharp the fall guy at all that's the last thing I want for our top goal scorer i just want him back firing and back to his best that's all and he seemed to go through this spell last season and dropping him seemed to put him right back in gear I never said it was the right decision I just said maybe it might be worth a go. Maybe it's a silly thing to do but it's just a suggestion.

I would drop him Sunday in the cup.

And have him straight back for Swindon alongside any fucker in the ground other than Leo.

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[biggey blade]

Tyler Durden I can't disagree with you more there at all to be honest pal. I think your right about the shot yes he should have had a go from there and he didn't yes that's the one thing he did wrong. But our midfield have been dominating games and coutts has pulled strings in the midfield. Him Duffy and possibly fleck was the only ones that turned up today.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Tyler Durden I can't disagree with you more there at all to be honest pal. I think your right about the shot yes he should have had a go from there and he didn't yes that's the one thing he did wrong. But our midfield have been dominating games and coutts has pulled strings in the midfield. Him Duffy and possibly fleck was the only ones that turned up today.

I agree entirely about Duffy and Fleck. Duffy man of the match possibly. Fleck was off the boil tonight, but he's easily the most talented player in the squad otherwise as far as I'm concerned.

 

[DronnieBlade]

So no offerings at all as to why our results are so poor when Clarke starts ?

No offerings as to why our free scoring top scorer dries up in the big lads presence ?

But hey ho, he's big and strong, wi big muscles like Hendo and Higgo.so he'll do for me darn pit

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[PeterNdlovu081]

One of the few games we looked good in last season was when Sharp and Done ran riot on Wigan in that 3-3 at their place.

They have a good partnership.

 

[DiggerBlade]

Agree with that but we look disjointed to me up front with them two.

That's exactly how it looked.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

There's little doubt we missed Wright. He would have read that pass while the others were thinking about it but that doesn't mean we would have won tonight. Clarke is a decent striker in this league but it's blatantly obvious he and Sharp are not on the same wavelength. Let's get back to basics and go with the side that won 11 and drew 3. Done might not have been scoring but he played his part in a team that was. At the moment with Sharp and Clarke we aren't scoring full stop. Time to do what's right for the team and not individuals

Chris Wilder will "do what's right for the team."

 

[Bladesman]

One of the few games we looked good in last season was when Sharp and Done ran riot on Wigan in that 3-3 at their place.

They have a good partnership.

Yep, Sharp and Done have always worked rather well.

If we are going to force Leon into the squad then it means Sharp will have to be dropped.

Wilder needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Leon and Billy is NEVER going to work.

 

[YES Blade]

Yep, Sharp and Done have always worked rather well.

If we are going to force Leon into the squad then it means Sharp will have to be dropped.

Wilder needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Leon and Billy is NEVER going to work.

Done is a similar striker to Keogh who Sharp formed a great partnership with at Scunny and Sharp scored for fun.

Clarke is a poor mans James Beattie and Sharp was/is gash when he played with both.

It's been obvious for 10 years how to get the best out of Sharp, but some still seem to think that they can change this at this late stage of his career.

It's simple, play Sharp with a pacey, hard working striker or don't play him at all.

 

[SteveBlade]

Done is a similar striker to Keogh who Sharp formed a great partnership with at Scunny and Sharp scored for fun.

Clarke is a poor mans James Beattie and Sharp was/is gash when he played with both.

It's been obvious for 10 years how to get the best out of Sharp, but some still seem to think that they can change this at this late stage of his career.

It's simple, play Sharp with a pacey, hard working striker or don't play him at all.

I disagree, Leon and Billy haven't been given enough matches to gel properly.

Said like 4 people ever.

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

Its a partership that simply doesnt work.
Sharps a great player in the box, but to be honest I think he's sees himself as a solo man up front. I've not seen him ever in a decent pairing up front, with Done he is okay as Done does alot of the running/ cashing down (but gets the stick becasue he hasn't got the goals so far)
Clark can win headers but Sharp isn't the player to chase down the won ball, Done would be a better player for that. (but I understand that Billy is undroppable)
Lavery I don't know tbh could be the right parterner for Sharp, we'll just have to wait and see on that one.

 

[YES Blade]

I disagree, Leon and Billy haven't been given enough matches to gel properly.

Said like 4 people ever.

Are those 4 people McCabe, the Prince, Wilder and Knil?

 

[Chief_Froley]

I think Sharp and Lavery should be given a chance.

*puts head back in sand*