Mirror, mirror on the wall .......

[Ollessendro]

Just who is the bluntest of them all. "Why it could be Evans, Cresswell or Bogdanovic .... take your pick"

We've had some pretty blunt strikers at the Lane since I've been watching (Cadimaterie, David White in his latter stages, Phil Starbuck, Jostein Flo and Craig Beattie are a few that spring to mind) but the current crop seem to be competiting for the most blunt striker in England award.

We've got the inneffective Cresswell. Legs gone, disappears for long spells and likes lying down. He wins little in the air, isn't that strong and his eye for goal is even out. If he got goals for running around then he's be David Villa, but infortunately it's more like having ricky Villa up top.

Evans: what can I say. The guy couldn't hit a barn door. His touch is awful, he rarely wins and header and never puts a shift in. You wouldn't mind if he had an eye for goal. Sure he has a hard shot .... it's a shame he can't direct them. The guy is so low on confidence that he really looks like he wouldn't score in a brothel.

There seems a reason why Speed showed faith in Evans and left Bogdanovic on the bench for so long. We have our very own six foot powder puf. Just when we thought that Evans and Cresswell couldn't add less to the team, in steps Malta's finest. Can't hold the ball up, doesn't win headers and heads like a 12 year old girl.

Speed has already said that we won't be bringing anyone in, so we are stuck with the 3 bluntest strikers in the league. Unfortunately training is not the answer, as no amount of shooting practice will get this rabble finding the back of the net. I thought we had life tough when Andy Gray was leading the line, but that seems like wonderland. Evans, Cresswell and Boggy make Andy Scott, Carl Veart and Gareth Taylor look like Didider Drogba figures!?

Dear oh dear, it's a sorry state when we are all eagerly awaiting the return of Henderson. Big Darius has been very disappointing in a Blades shirt, but geez he makes ten of those wet lettuces. Hendo has taken a lot of stick of Blades, but I think most would have him ranked as higher than the other 3. Hurry up back Darius.


**I must say that with all this doom and gloom at the moment its making my job, shining sunshine onto the forum, very difficult. There's so much negativity around that it's making the likes of Lenners and myself's tasks very tricky!!?**

 

[alcoblade]

Speed has already said that we won't be bringing anyone in, so we are stuck with the 3 bluntest strikers in the league.*

Has he really? I haven't heard this though his answer yesterday was guarded.

UTB

 

[debbyblade]

Don't remember a player called Cadimaterie????

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Dear oh dear, it's a sorry state when we are all eagerly awaiting the return of Henderson. Big Darius has been very disappointing in a Blades shirt, but geez he makes ten of those wet lettuces. Hendo has taken a lot of stick of Blades, but I think most would have him ranked as higher than the other 3. Hurry up back Darius.

Oh dear. You're talking rubbish again.

Richard Cresswell has a better goalscoring record for Sheffield United than Darius Henderson.

 

[SwissBlade]

I won't even respond to the so called weaknesses that you've identified with our strikers (apart from Ched's heading, its crap)

But instead I'll put it back on you Ollie. Perhaps next time you catch a game you can let us know where its going wrong. My view of things is very different, but then again i've only seen four of Speed's 8 games in charge, so others may have a more rounded view. I missed Scunny at home for example where we apparently created a hatful of chances.

But all four games I've seen, I've been frustrated at the amount of quality ball's being put into our strikers (admitedly I haven't seen Boggy play yet).

Perhaps before you snigger at strikers who apparently aren't up to the job (how many did Cresswell get last season?) you should have a look at the players putting the balls into the strikers.

Next time you're there have a look at the following:

- Delivery of Corners
- Delivery of Set Pieces into the box
- Creativity around the box
- Through balls/Lumps into the box
- Crosses - Do they get put into the right areas, do the strikers get a look in or are they hopelessly launched into the box.
- As a Bonus - Even have a look at what we do from the kick off

Have a look at strikers, but also look at the midfield and even the defence and how they're putting the balls into strikers.

 

[Trigger Blade]

**I must say that with all this doom and gloom at the moment its making my job, shining sunshine onto the forum, very difficult. There's so much negativity around that it's making the likes of Lenners and myself's tasks very tricky!!?**

You flatter yourself, aligning yourself with len, you're still several leagues away.

It's taken me years of effort to get him to post moderate sense from time to time, and I'm expecting it to take even longer with you, as I suspect the raw materials are of poorer quality.

Taking several paragraphs to say what len would convey in a sentence is not productive. Concise, short and to the point would be an improvement, and less nonsense for everybody to wade through.

 

[Ollessendro]

Oh dear. You're talking rubbish again.

Richard Cresswell has a better goalscoring record for Sheffield United than Darius Henderson.

Yep, old cressy is firing them in at the moment isn't he Nuddy. Last season Cresswell did quite well, but he is looking increasingly uninterested. His legs have gone, just like his passion. I suppose you think a goal every 5 games is pretty good for a striker?

I won't even respond to the so called weaknesses that you've identified with our strikers (apart from Ched's heading, its crap)

But instead I'll put it back on you Ollie. Perhaps next time you catch a game you can let us know where its going wrong. My view of things is very different, but then again i've only seen four of Speed's 8 games in charge, so others may have a more rounded view. I missed Scunny at home for example where we apparently created a hatful of chances.

But all four games I've seen, I've been frustrated at the amount of quality ball's being put into our strikers (admitedly I haven't seen Boggy play yet).

Perhaps before you snigger at strikers who apparently aren't up to the job (how many did Cresswell get last season?) you should have a look at the players putting the balls into the strikers.

Next time you're there have a look at the following:

- Delivery of Corners
- Delivery of Set Pieces into the box
- Creativity around the box
- Through balls/Lumps into the box
- Crosses - Do they get put into the right areas, do the strikers get a look in or are they hopelessly launched into the box.
- As a Bonus - Even have a look at what we do from the kick off

Have a look at strikers, but also look at the midfield and even the defence and how they're putting the balls into strikers.

It's really easy to shift the blame from our lacklustre strikers and blame someone else. I agree that our midfield is pretty dire and lacks creativity, but you can't argue that our strikers don't get chances. Against Scunny and Deby we created a hatful of chances and scored 1 goal. We've also had chances in every other game (albeit not a lot) but usually fail to convert. You don't agree with my analysis of the strikers Swiss?

Boggy - ok he's only played 2 games, but he has missed sitters in both (costing us valuable points that might help in our relegation battle).

Cresswell - 2 goals in 10 games (of which one was a mis kick). he offers nothing on the pitch and even his ability to get into goal scoring positions has all but left him.

Evans - do I need to say anything. He should have had a hat trick agains Derby, but if they were still playing now he wouldn't have scored. That includes the Derby players leaving the pitch.

You flatter yourself, aligning yourself with len, you're still several leagues away.

It's taken me years of effort to get him to post moderate sense from time to time, and I'm expecting it to take even longer with you, as I suspect the raw materials are of poorer quality.

Taking several paragraphs to say what len would convey in a sentence is not productive. Concise, short and to the point would be an improvement, and less nonsense for everybody to wade through.

Oreit Trig. Got to start somewhere though, eh? I seem to remember you agreeing with me on something last week. You make me smile with your empty posts.

 

[SwissBlade]

It's really easy to shift the blame from our lacklustre strikers and blame someone else. I agree that our midfield is pretty dire and lacks creativity, but you can't argue that our strikers don't get chances. Against Scunny and Deby we created a hatful of chances and scored 1 goal. We've also had chances in every other game (albeit not a lot) but usually fail to convert. You don't agree with my analysis of the strikers Swiss?

No I don't agree with your analysis of the strikers.

Likewise its easy to shift the blame from our midfield on to someone else

Our strikers do get chances and I can't talk about Derby/ Scunny as I didn't see either games. But the games i've seen, we've not adapted to the oppositions tactics to close us out so chances have been few. But not only have the chances been limited, they've not been quality chances. I'm not saying that the strikers should have it on a plate, but they should be given a chance, for that the midfield also need to deliver so that when the strikers get the chances - they put them away.

Boggy - ok he's only played 2 games, but he has missed sitters in both (costing us valuable points that might help in our relegation battle).

Haven't seen him so can't comment on him.

Yep, old cressy is firing them in at the moment isn't he Nuddy. Last season Cresswell did quite well, but he is looking increasingly uninterested. His legs have gone, just like his passion. I suppose you think a goal every 5 games is pretty good for a striker?

Cresswell - 2 goals in 10 games (of which one was a mis kick). he offers nothing on the pitch and even his ability to get into goal scoring positions has all but left him.

Evans - do I need to say anything. He should have had a hat trick agains Derby, but if they were still playing now he wouldn't have scored. That includes the Derby players leaving the pitch.

As for Cresswell and Ched, Yes they have a responsibility and they need to take the chances that they get. But I don't think 4-5-1 is suiting either player especially at home. We need to play two central strikers.

Something which I think Speed needs to address is the rotation of players. I don't mean from game to game. I mean during the game. Ched has been a victim of this in every game he's played. I'm not sure if he's unfit, but if he's fit enough to start a game, Speed needs to keep his nerve and play him a full game. The same goes across the board. The starting 11 should be the best 11, sure there'll be players that tire, but lets get away from taking the same player off game after game.

This isn't new for Speed, Robbo and Blackie did the same with Sharp.

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

You flatter yourself, aligning yourself with len, you're still several leagues away.

It's taken me years of effort to get him to post moderate sense from time to time, and I'm expecting it to take even longer with you, as I suspect the raw materials are of poorer quality.

Taking several paragraphs to say what len would convey in a sentence is not productive. Concise, short and to the point would be an improvement, and less nonsense for everybody to wade through.

Well put. I think Olle is struggling it can't be due to lack of service like our forwards, just a lack of talent. He is trying to hop on the back of the other more experienced writers, using their catch phrases, cheap as chips, and trying to include them in his mail, like agreeing with Len rather than trying to forge his own identity. The others also keep their comments short. No one cane be bothered to write a 500 word essay every time. Many things to learn Olle or he can just give up now and save us all

 

[Ollessendro]

Something which I think Speed needs to address is the rotation of players. I don't mean from game to game. I mean during the game. Ched has been a victim of this in every game he's played. I'm not sure if he's unfit, but if he's fit enough to start a game, Speed needs to keep his nerve and play him a full game. The same goes across the board. The starting 11 should be the best 11, sure there'll be players that tire, but lets get away from taking the same player off game after game.

Completely disagree. If someone is not pulling their weight then drag them off. There's no incentive for them to work hard if they stay on the pitch no matter what. Ched has been dragged off because he has been rubbish. He is a striker that can't finish, doesn't win headers, can't hold the ball up and makes no effort to close players down or put any sort of shift it. He's been lucky to stay on the pitch for 60/70 mins.

Well put. I think Olle is struggling it can't be due to lack of service like our forwards, just a lack of talent. He is trying to hop on the back of the other more experienced writers, using their catch phrases, cheap as chips, and trying to include them in his mail, like agreeing with Len rather than trying to forge his own identity. The others also keep their comments short. No one cane be bothered to write a 500 word essay every time. Many things to learn Olle or he can just give up now and save us all

still psting on my threads I see Copenhagen. Not bad to say that you think they are boring and you never read them. As for agreement comment, kettle and black and all that.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Yep, old cressy is firing them in at the moment isn't he Nuddy. Last season Cresswell did quite well, but he is looking increasingly uninterested. His legs have gone, just like his passion. I suppose you think a goal every 5 games is pretty good for a striker?

No I don't think a goal every 5 games is good for a striker.

I was merely pointing out that looking forward to the return of Henderson is a bit silly when we already have a striker in the team who has statistically proven himself to be more potent.

Although having said that, Evans is carp anyway so giving Henderson and Cresswell a go up front together might be worth a go. It probably won't happen though because of that age old English unwritten rule that two "big men" can't play together.

 

[Ollessendro]

I was merely pointing out that looking forward to the return of Henderson is a bit silly when we already have a striker in the team who has statistically proven himself to be more potent.

Well here was me trying to be positive. And I get shot down by Nuddy!? In that case we are doomed. I'm pretty sure that Henderson is more likely to score more often than 1 in 5, but apparently not. He is not as good as Cresswell. Oh well Nuddy, game over. Relegation here we come.

 

[SwissBlade]

Completely disagree. If someone is not pulling their weight then drag them off. There's no incentive for them to work hard if they stay on the pitch no matter what. Ched has been dragged off because he has been rubbish. He is a striker that can't finish, doesn't win headers, can't hold the ball up and makes no effort to close players down or put any sort of shift it. He's been lucky to stay on the pitch for 60/70 mins.

Then why start him game after game then? If he's good enough to start, why keep dragging him off when there are far worse players on the pitch... or he's not getting the service.

I understand substitutions for players playing badly, but a systematic substitution every game where the same player gets dragged off no matter what will do nothing for his confidence. Even when he scores he gets dragged off... Just like v Pompey, Speed was ready to take him off but then we got that freekick and Ched scored.

Another bug bear of mine is when we need a goal we bring on as many strikers as we have on the bench. This was a Blackwell legacy and seems to have rubbed off on Speed, but I understand that as we don't have any midfielders we can only bring on strikers.

 

[William Large]

I think that it is a combination of the two. Cresswell should not be relied on week in week out as he just hasn't got the legs for 90 minutes every week, (Let alone twice a week) As much as I dislike Henderson, he DOES score goals and we appear to have missed him, He is there in the box and puts away the loose balls in and around the 6 yard box. Evans is not good enough. I really wish he was but he isn't, Lets give the 'poor man's Berbatov' a run in the team in a 4 4 2 formation but lets sort out our supply. We don't have enough creativity around the box, our corners and set plays are generally shite. The midfield HAS to create and the forwards need to have better movement.

 

[SwissBlade]

Well here was me trying to be positive. And I get shot down by Nuddy!? In that case we are doomed. I'm pretty sure that Henderson is more likely to score more often than 1 in 5, but apparently not. He is not as good as Cresswell. Oh well Nuddy, game over. Relegation here we come.

Sorry Olle, but you just can't be so fickle. I just did a quick search on Henderson and I found a few posts from yourself from May where you slate Hendo for his ill discipline and proneness to injury.

So before you start building up Hendo again (2 months before he comes back from another injury) and claiming him to be our messiah this season, just remember these works of genius:

All from Henderson to QPR rumour

11-05-2010 09:03 AM

However i'd snatch there hand off for this offer. Henderson just hasn't lived up to the grade. (As Iggie and 257 pointed out) the money could be used for tying up more valuable players contracts. Naysmith and Monty offer a lot more to the team than Henderson does.

I actually don't mind Henderson. He works hard and can be a real threat. I'm sure defnders dread playing against him becuase of his physical threat. however his ill discipline and injury record have cost us at times. I also think he encourages hoof ball. Not only that but I think in Sharp (although i'm sure he'll leave), Evans and Ward we have better footballers. if we play the right kind of football with these guys we'd be more successful than hoofing it to big Darius.

11-05-2010 02:38 PM

Henderson's ill discipline also cost him. He could be a real asset. However that's if he can stay fit and concentrate on his game. He fails both miserably. His ill discpilne results in him being suspended and giving away a ridiculous amount of fouls. Still I agree he is best when we play it on the deck. It's not his fault we adjust our style of play when he plays but we do.

Ched has been very disappointing. Simple as. However I think that he has showed flashes of what he is capable of. don't get me wrong, there is no excuse for how poor he has been, but I'd stick with him. He started to forge a decent looking partnership with Cresswell in January, but KB fucked it up by dropping him for Henderson.

11-05-2010 03:53 PM

Bogdanovic on a free. Players who is as good, not as much of a crock and we make £1.2 million out of it. No brainer.

 

[super_pig]

i'll admit to being a member of the 'hendo hypocrite club'.. i can't wait for him to come back (can't believe i wrote that).. i got to speculating last year that he was probably as fed up as anyone of having to attempt to control balls aimed at his head.. he made a rod for his own back by being good at it.. perhaps his frustration and constant bookings were a symptom of this.. i'm intrigued how he might get on in a proper passing outift.. my fingers are well and truly crossed

 

[Ollessendro]

Then why start him game after game then?

ask that to Speed at the next managers forum. I guess he has just been hoping that Ched might show some of the form he has shown for Wales. Maybe it's a Welsh affiliattion. Lord knows.

I think that it is a combination of the two. Cresswell should not be relied on week in week out as he just hasn't got the legs for 90 minutes every week, (Let alone twice a week) As much as I dislike Henderson, he DOES score goals and we appear to have missed him, He is there in the box and puts away the loose balls in and around the 6 yard box. Evans is not good enough. I really wish he was but he isn't, Lets give the 'poor man's Berbatov' a run in the team in a 4 4 2 formation but lets sort out our supply. We don't have enough creativity around the box, our corners and set plays are generally shite. The midfield HAS to create and the forwards need to have better movement.

Agree with all of that.

Sorry Olle, but you just can't be so fickle. I just did a quick search on Henderson and I found a few posts from yourself from May where you slate Hendo for his ill discipline and proneness to injury.

So before you start building up Hendo again (2 months before he comes back from another injury) and claiming him to be our messiah this season, just remember these works of genius:

All from Henderson to QPR rumour

Things have changed Swiss. Blackwell has gone to start with and that makes a massive difference. You dragging all this up only bolsters my argument that our strikers are crap. If I am desperately hoping for the return of someone i have big issues with and think has been a disappointment then it speaks volumes.

I stand by all that I said. I have issues with henderson, particularly his ill discipline and injury record. However, i think a lot of his poor form and frustration was due to the ball being lumped up to him under Blackwell. I've always maintained that he is a decent Championship striker, but has under performed for the Blades. Since I posted those comments Sharp has gone, Ched has proved he is one of the worst strikers ever to play in a Blades shirt and Ward remains out on the right wing. playing football with Henderson up top could work. Also he'd suit the 4-5-1 role very well. Either that or partner him with ward and have the combination of strength/arial ability and speed/danger.

I'm not making out Hendo to be David Villa, but he is better than the crock of shite we have available at the moment. I agree with William large though, we have to give the 'poor mans Berbatov'' a run in the team. He's looked just as blunt as the others in his 2 games, but maybe he can at least find the net more often than 1 in 5. He did that for Barnsley last season.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I'm not making out Hendo to be David Villa, but he is better than the crock of shite we have available at the moment.

Richard Cresswell
League Appearances: 41
League Goals: 14
GPG Ratio: 0.34

Darius Henderson
League Appearances: 64
League Goals: 18
GPG Ratio: 0.28

You can't argue with the facts.

 

[raul]

Oooo, do Chedwyn next.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Oooo, do Chedwyn next.

Ched Evans
League Appearances: 43
League Goals: 6
GPG Ratio: 0.13

 

[SwissBlade]

Things have changed Swiss. Blackwell has gone to start with and that makes a massive difference. You dragging all this up only bolsters my argument that our strikers are crap. If I am desperately hoping for the return of someone i have big issues with and think has been a disappointment then it speaks volumes.

I stand by all that I said. I have issues with henderson, particularly his ill discipline and injury record. However, i think a lot of his poor form and frustration was due to the ball being lumped up to him under Blackwell. I've always maintained that he is a decent Championship striker, but has under performed for the Blades. Since I posted those comments Sharp has gone, Ched has proved he is one of the worst strikers ever to play in a Blades shirt and Ward remains out on the right wing. playing football with Henderson up top could work. Also he'd suit the 4-5-1 role very well. Either that or partner him with ward and have the combination of strength/arial ability and speed/danger.

I'm not making out Hendo to be David Villa, but he is better than the crock of shite we have available at the moment. I agree with William large though, we have to give the 'poor mans Berbatov'' a run in the team. He's looked just as blunt as the others in his 2 games, but maybe he can at least find the net more often than 1 in 5. He did that for Barnsley last season.

Me dragging this up just shows that the grass is always greener for you.

The main reason why I don't think Hendo is the answer is the reason that he's not playing now... We can't rely on him to be fit or to keep away from Suspension. He could well be David Villa, but if he he can't play, then we may as well have Jordan Stewart back.

I don't dislike Hendo and I agree that he's better on the deck. But I don't think he's better than Cresswell or Ched.

Playing 4-5-1, 6-8-12 or whatever formation you want is up for debate, but without supply to the strikers were not worth a shite

 

[Ollessendro]

Me dragging this up just shows that the grass is always greener for you.

The main reason why I don't think Hendo is the answer is the reason that he's not playing now... We can't rely on him to be fit or to keep away from Suspension. He could well be David Villa, but if he he can't play, then we may as well have Jordan Stewart back.

I don't dislike Hendo and I agree that he's better on the deck. But I don't think he's better than Cresswell or Ched.

Playing 4-5-1, 6-8-12 or whatever formation you want is up for debate, but without supply to the strikers were not worth a shite

Not at all. I just tell is how I see it.

I've told you that I have issues with Henderson, but he adds a lot more value to the team than both Cresswell and Evans. He would have buried half the chances Ched has had. At the moment with the lack of chances I would prefer Hendo up top. He adds a lot more value in terms of airial ability, strength and holding the ball up than both Evans and Creswell. You can't fault Cresswell's effort, although it leads to nothing, but with Ched there is absolutely nothing.

---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------

Richard Cresswell
League Appearances: 41
League Goals: 14
GPG Ratio: 0.34

Darius Henderson
League Appearances: 64
League Goals: 18
GPG Ratio: 0.28

You can't argue with the facts.

So why is Creswell not scoring this season then Nuddy?

- not interested?
- legs have gone?
- out of form?
- it's the midfields fault?
- all of the above?

 

[super_pig]

yep.. come back darius.. sorry about all of the nasty things i said about you..
cant believe ched has played 40 odd games.. not exactly made much of an impact has he?

 

[Ollessendro]

In the 8 games played since Speed took over SUFC have had 98 shots (on and off target) and scored 5 goals. Now the strikers not have had all the efforts, but I'm pretty sure they've had most of these attempts. Of course attempts/shots on goal (on and off target) does not represent 'clear cut' chances, but it represents some sort of chance(s). Now either the opposition teams have had (a disguised) Iker Casillas in goal, or we are pretty blunt up top.

Does anyone care to defend the strikers (and blame the midfield) when we are scoring 1 in every 14 shots??? Jim, still think it's the midfields fault? After all, as Nuddy says, 'you can't argue with facts'!?

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

In the 8 games played since Speed took over SUFC have had 98 shots (on and off target) and scored 5 goals. Now the strikers not have had all the efforts, but I'm pretty sure they've had most of these attempts. Of course attempts/shots on goal (on and off target) does not represent 'clear cut' chances, but it represents some sort of chance(s). Now either the opposition teams have had (a disguised) Iker Casillas in goal, or we are pretty blunt up top.

Does anyone care to defend the strikers (and blame the midfield) when we are scoring 1 in every 14 shots??? Jim, still think it's the midfields fault? After all, as Nuddy says, 'you can't argue with facts'!?

As you quite rightly point out, they don't represent clear cut chances nor do they tell use who had the shots.

Of course you can also argue that with a better midfield, we might have had 298 attempts on goal not 98, and scored many more goals.

As I see it, the midfield is the problem and I've also said that all our strikers have their faults.

 

[alcoblade]

As you quite rightly point out, they don't represent clear cut chances nor do they tell use who had the shots.

Of course you can also argue that with a better midfield, we might have had 298 attempts on goal not 98, and scored many more goals.

As I see it, the midfield is the problem and I've also said that all our strikers have their faults.

We convert 1 in 18 of our chances the last time I saw the stats. The worst in the league. Now you can allow for the quality of some of these, but we're bottom of that table, not mid table. Add this to the stats from last season, add this to what plays out in front of you every week (how often have you seen Ched, Fleety?) and it's pretty hard for any open minded individual not to conclude that Ched is quite simply garbage.

Cressy's off the pace - hopefully loss of form rather than age. Who knows.
Boggy's only had 2 starts, looking OK at best. But far too early to judge.
Evans is wank, period.

Surely you've got to conclude that we've got big issues up front.

UTB

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

We convert 1 in 18 of our chances the last time I saw the stats. The worst in the league. Now you can allow for the quality of some of these, but we're bottomof thsat table, not mid table. Add this to the stats from last season, add this to what plays out in front ofg you every week (how often have you seen Ched, Fleety) and it's pretty hard for any open minded individual not to conclude that Ched is quite simply fucking wank.

Cressy's off the pace - hopefully loss of form rather than age. Who kknows.
Boggy's only had 2 starts, looking OK at best. But far too ealy to judge.
Evans is wank, period.

Surely you've got to conclude that we've got big issues up front.

UTB

Jeez, I'm not saying the strikers are wonderful, they have their faults as you have listed. I'll say it again, the way Speed wants to play football, he needs two of his midfielders to be attack minded, getting forward, creating and also scoring goals. If we had such a midfield, 1) the strikers would get more support and 2) more chances as it wouldn't be so easy for the defence to mark them out of the game.

The strikers may well not be good enough but I don't think from what I've seen, that they have been given enough ammunition in all bar a couple of games since Speed took over. Their time for blame may come but at the moment, it's clear to me that the midfield needs sorting first.

 

[alcoblade]

We have 2 out and out strikers. One of them is simply rubbish. I'll hazard a guess that you haven't actually seen that much of him. But the stats do not lie. I do agree we have issues in midfield but no matter what we do to sort them we wont convert enough - unless Boggy is a revelation.

UTB

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

We have 2 out and out strikers. One of them is simply rubbish. I'll hazard a guess that you haven't actually seen that much of him. But the stats do not lie. I do agree we have issues in midfield but no matter what we do to sort them we wont convert enough - unless Boggy is a revelation.

UTB

I've seen Ched plenty of times thanks. The key to your comment there was 'convert'. Whilever he's not being presented with chance after chance and is missing them, I will stick with my opinion that there's a decent enough striker in there. If we do start to make chances and he continues to miss them then I'll hold my hand up.

Don't forget he's scored 40% of our goals this season

 

[alcoblade]

I've seen Ched plenty of times thanks. The key to your comment there was 'convert'. Whilever he's not being presented with chance after chance and is missing them, I will stick with my opinion that there's a decent enough striker in there. If we do start to make chances and he continues to miss them then I'll hold my hand up.

Don't forget he's scored 40% of our goals this season

He's been our main if not only striker for quite a while and the stats put us bottom of the conversion league. That is, every other team is better than us* (Evans*)

Seriously..."plenty" - how many? And what was it about his game (clearly not goals!) that convinced you so?

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