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What's happened to John Lundstram?
Last season fans were split on him. Some saw him as an inadequate and a poor replacement for Paul Coutts, albeit he was kept out of the team due to the holy trinity of Norwood, Fleck and Duffy. Others believed he was technically one of our most gifted players and we hadn't seen his full potential yet.
Over the summer he deservedly earned a starting role given his performances in pre-season, and at the start of the season he was one of our most consistent players and arguably best players.
Over the winter his performances went downhill and he wasn't as effective as he was earlier in the season. We then signed Berge and this saw a quick change in Lundstram where, having lost his shirt to Berge, he upped his game again when given the chance and we once again saw the same player from pre-season and the start of the season.
Granted he's had a recent injury, but since returning after lockdown he's looked half hearted and ineffective.
I'm not singling him out for blame or making him a scape goat. I'm genuinely curious as to what's going on with him. How he can go from zero to hero and back to zero so quickly?
He's obviously a good player but is maintaining this higher standard of performance too much for him each week, is it psychological, is the contract situation disruptive and his agent has distracted him?
It's a shame because when he's at his best he's a great player, one of the only ones who'll make the brave choice to have a shot on goal from outside the box, something that no one else does where we can sometimes be guilty of over playing in the build up.
Last season fans were split on him. Some saw him as an inadequate and a poor replacement for Paul Coutts, albeit he was kept out of the team due to the holy trinity of Norwood, Fleck and Duffy. Others believed he was technically one of our most gifted players and we hadn't seen his full potential yet.
Over the summer he deservedly earned a starting role given his performances in pre-season, and at the start of the season he was one of our most consistent players and arguably best players.
Over the winter his performances went downhill and he wasn't as effective as he was earlier in the season. We then signed Berge and this saw a quick change in Lundstram where, having lost his shirt to Berge, he upped his game again when given the chance and we once again saw the same player from pre-season and the start of the season.
Granted he's had a recent injury, but since returning after lockdown he's looked half hearted and ineffective.
I'm not singling him out for blame or making him a scape goat. I'm genuinely curious as to what's going on with him. How he can go from zero to hero and back to zero so quickly?
He's obviously a good player but is maintaining this higher standard of performance too much for him each week, is it psychological, is the contract situation disruptive and his agent has distracted him?
It's a shame because when he's at his best he's a great player, one of the only ones who'll make the brave choice to have a shot on goal from outside the box, something that no one else does where we can sometimes be guilty of over playing in the build up.
