Where's Kieron Freeman?

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At home with a cup of cocoa?

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A bloke told me today that he's off.
I've not heard it anywhere before and didn't think to ask him why he thought that, but he said it an hour before today's squad was announced.
 
1066blade said:
Don't know or much care, just as long he's nowhere near our starting team. George made all the difference today compared to the atrocious displays we've endured from KF of late.
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Pretty sure Baldock gave the ball away for Ipswich’s goal Saturday?

I think our strongest position is CM or RB, let’s not get hasty and give Freeman stick, because going forward he’s one of our best players
 
Jan Age said:
Today Baldock did one of the most confusing things I've ever seen a footballer do. In acres of space just inside the right of the box and with the opportunity to run to the 6 years box ... he stopped... waited for a Derby player to come over to him... then gave away a foul away....
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To be generous, I think he was waiting for movement in the box, but to me it looked like indecision. He had a really good game though, his first good performance since his return and the first where I hadn’t come away from it thinking what he’d contributed was no better (or at Ipswich, actually worse) than what Freeman in his recent poor form would have contributed. I’m hoping Baldock builds on that performance – I’d be amazed to see either wingback moved on in January, as we’d need an immediate replacement and it’s clear Wilder is looking elsewhere in the squad to strengthen.
 
Baldock played really well.

But that os an area I mentioned on another thread as one to upgrade.

He did all the hard work getting where he wanted to them let them get bsck. Bizarre.
 
Jan Age said:
Today Baldock did one of the most confusing things I've ever seen a footballer do. In acres of space just inside the right of the box and with the opportunity to run to the 6 years box ... he stopped... waited for a Derby player to come over to him... then gave away a foul away....
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Look again and you will see he was waiting for the others to get into the box so he could knock a cross in. His route to goal was blocked.
 



essexblade73 said:
Look again and you will see he was waiting for the others to get into the box so he could knock a cross in. His route to goal was blocked.
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Willing to give him benefit of the doubt but to me (as others have said) it looked liked indecision as he would have been better driving on and cutting back.
 
Champagneblade said:
Baldock played really well.

But that os an area I mentioned on another thread as one to upgrade.

He did all the hard work getting where he wanted to them let them get bsck. Bizarre.
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He has a habit going on long runs. Isolating himself with no support.learning curve for him.Freeman is not as mobile but takes up good late attacking positions and not as good a defender
 
Jan Age said:
Willing to give him benefit of the doubt but to me (as others have said) it looked liked indecision as he would have been better driving on and cutting back.
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That’s what I wanted him to do, although somebody else has said his route to goal was blocked.
 
How can people be so fickle on this site?!

Take these three statements in and think again about your assessment of the situation:

1. Freeman in the recent past has put in worldie performances from right back at this level. You’ve all seen it, you’ve all complimented it. This suggests he is good enough at this level.

2. The wingback role, especially in our system is a VERY demanding role. Playing twice a week and with International appearances in the rest weeks, takes its toll physically and mentally. We have all acknowledged this in the past when discussing squad depth and our system. This is why it’s important to have two players rotating for the position.

3. Both Freeman and Baldock have, upon coming back into the side after a rest, performed to a very high standard. This standard has then slipped at an exactly even rate of decline in correlation to the amount of games they’re playing. Then they get dropped, the other comes in and looks fresh as a daisy. The cycle then repeats.

I predict Baldock will have 4 or 5 more great performances before dropping off and getting a few 5/10 ratings. Freeman will then come back in at the end of January and look like a new signing and you’ll all be saying how shite Baldock is.

We are blessed to have this depth at right back. The only other slot in the 11 we have that depth is Norwood/Coutts at RCM. If we had it all over the park, we’d be winning the league.
 
Been having problems with his ribs.
 
We do need an upgrade at RWB, neither are good enough to go where we’re aiming for. One good defensively, one good going forward, neither is the full upper Championship standard package.
 
1066blade said:
Don't know or much care, just as long he's nowhere near our starting team. George made all the difference today compared to the atrocious displays we've endured from KF of late.
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Got to say I agree with GroovyBrad. I think Freeman has been one of our better players. He has had a dip in form but that is no reason to get rid or call him out. He has been a positive influence with better attacking options than Baldock whilst Baldock is a slightly better defender. Freeman’s crosses are, in my mind, far superior to Baldock’s. I also think that Freeman is more creative and driven to try for goal instead of fannying around on the edge of the box although, at times, they are all guilty of that.

If Freeman is moving on, it will be a sad day for The Blades in my opinion. I don’t know if you can guess or not but, I like Freeman.
 
BrownTonge said:
How can people be so fickle on this site?!

Take these three statements in and think again about your assessment of the situation:

1. Freeman in the recent past has put in worldie performances from right back at this level. You’ve all seen it, you’ve all complimented it. This suggests he is good enough at this level.

2. The wingback role, especially in our system is a VERY demanding role. Playing twice a week and with International appearances in the rest weeks, takes its toll physically and mentally. We have all acknowledged this in the past when discussing squad depth and our system. This is why it’s important to have two players rotating for the position.

3. Both Freeman and Baldock have, upon coming back into the side after a rest, performed to a very high standard. This standard has then slipped at an exactly even rate of decline in correlation to the amount of games they’re playing. Then they get dropped, the other comes in and looks fresh as a daisy. The cycle then repeats.

I predict Baldock will have 4 or 5 more great performances before dropping off and getting a few 5/10 ratings. Freeman will then come back in at the end of January and look like a new signing and you’ll all be saying how shite Baldock is.

We are blessed to have this depth at right back. The only other slot in the 11 we have that depth is Norwood/Coutts at RCM. If we had it all over the park, we’d be winning the league.
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Dear Mr (or Mrs) BrownTonge,

Thank you for putting into text so eloquently what I wanted to say but.......err,well,um,.... I mean, y’know, kindalike couldn’t? (raised inflection in the end).

Yours, as always,
LTT ((((hugs))))
 



Regards Baldock and Freeman.

Think Baldock is slightly the better player and he’s got more pace (which is a big asset)
However Baldock is more indecisive up front and his crosses aren’t quite good enough because he floats them in for the head (but we don’t have any big physical players up front).

Whereas Freeman is more direct, putting in crosses earlier blasting them hard and low (the type of service Sharp prefers).
Early season Freeman was playing really well and we looked dangerous on the right wing.
However more recently defensively Freeman had spells of losing his marker or losing concentration and got punished.

Baldock has come in and played well, better than Freeman defensively but his crossing still isn’t as good as Freeman.
They are both decent fullbacks (I’m happy with either) but suspect we can get better.
 
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