avfc1982am Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 21 minutes ago, AVTuco said: He's too muscular and heavy to be RB. He's saving himself in games, trying to run as little as possible, thus does not overlap etc. Spot on. Added to what Sharky mentioned about his body, especially when you look at his injury record. It's surprising he is still playing. I can't remember without looking back at my previous post in this thread but something like 33 injuries, just at City. Horrendously blighted career imo. You can tell he is trying to be careful during games not to give himself too much ground to cover getting back, whether this is a conscious decision or not is anyones guess but I would presume the amount of time out has made him far more aware of his limitations and fearful of breaking down again. I just don't think he has the legs to continually get up and down the flank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I think he's carrying an injury. Early on in the soon when he was playing CB he drove us on with some good runs from deep now he's RB he seems to be playing in himself. I didn't mind him as a CB but Okore is our best right sided one so he'll have to stay at RB for now. We do have a lot of power in the back four now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 40 minutes ago, dn1982 said: I think he's carrying an injury. Early on in the soon when he was playing CB he drove us on with some good runs from deep now he's RB he seems to be playing in himself. I didn't mind him as a CB but Okore is our best right sided one so he'll have to stay at RB for now. We do have a lot of power in the back four now. I truly believe Richards at CB is 75% of the reason why we're 20th in the league. The other 25% would be having shit strikers. He's been an awful CB, especially as he's the one who was supposedly organising everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 40 minutes ago, praisedmambo said: I truly believe Richards at CB is 75% of the reason why we're 20th in the league. The other 25% would be having shit strikers. He's been an awful CB, especially as he's the one who was supposedly organising everyone. 75%??? Seeing as Guzan and Hutton have cost us a load more that's a load of crap!!! Those 2 alone have cost us more points than watch actually have. All 4 defenders are supposed to do their job. With Lescott not being fit when he signed and Okore getting up to speed added to having Amavi's injury we never had a settled back 4 to blame Richards for 75% is silly especially when individual errors of the 2 I've mentioned cost a whole lot more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 True, I hate blaming a poor defence on just one player, it's a collective thing. Having a keeper with zero confidence, which creates doubt in the rest, a right back who was giving away goals all over the place, Lescott who looked like his legs had gone, Amavi knackered his leg and we'd sent out best next left back to Portugal, and Richards is still raw even at 27. It was a hugely flawed back 5 which has had a bit of a miraculous turnaround since Cissokho came back. I wouldn't say it's the greatest personnel but together they work, largely due to excellent management from Garde and his coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Richards doesn't have the mental attributes to be a central defender but to say he is 75% to blame for us being 20th is incredibly harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Just looked at the QPR line up and saw Nedum Onouha's name. Had forgot about him. He and Richards does have quite a bit in common Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 He'll score today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Tbh, This is our best defensive unit for too long. I'm ok with Richards not willing to risk himself upfront, as if Hutton was offering something there apart from running. Atleast Richards is bullying players and better defensively and very good in set pieces. I think he's a very useful signing. I just think him being in CB costed us a lot (ofcourse with the fact that Hutton was beside him and other factors). Some say this is our worst squad since too long. For me, it's much better than the last couple of years. Benteke was the difference. I really think if we could stay up, then we have a chance to build a very very good squad. As we already have promising players in many areas. We need to add 3-4 quality signings that would help us climbing the table. Sadly we're far adrift so talking about this thing is little bit early, but hopefully a win today and it would look much brighter. I'm really happy with Richards being around the team. I would just like him to be at RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 This guy is crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 i dont know but he is pissed off that everytime he goes forward nobody wants the ball off him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Just now, Zatman said: i dont know but he is pissed off that everytime he goes forward nobody wants the ball off him I'm pissed off that everytime he goes forward he walks back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, samjp26 said: I'm pissed off that everytime he goes forward he walks back in fairness if it was me on the pitch I would have walked off instead of playing with these players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Just now, Zatman said: in fairness if it was me on the pitch I would have walked off instead of playing with these players And that is the problem, he thinks he is better than the rest of them, when in fact he is one of the worst in the bunch. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 8 minutes ago, samjp26 said: And that is the problem, he thinks he is better than the rest of them, when in fact he is one of the worst in the bunch. A captain needs to lead by example in attitude at the very least and hopefully have ability to translate that attitude into performance and drive the team on. He does none of the above. Id be happy with just the right attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Shit player, really, really, really shit player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I thought his attitude today was abhorrent, and I'm normally one of the commenters on here shooting down comments like that. But he walked everywhere. Pathetic. Get the **** out of this club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 "We're trying our best, I walked miles today." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 He is shite and lazy..no way captain material and shouldnt be starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 To be fair to him, a couple of time she bombed down the right wing, beat his man to the ball, looked up, and no **** was there with him, so he had to pass backwards. Now, he's the captain and he should be giving his teammates a bollocking, but if I ran my arse off, and nobody bothered getting in to space, after a couple of times, I probably wouldn't bother either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts