Dodgyknees Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Just now, bobzy said: Might be this. He took the goal well, but I thought he was poor overall tonight. Seemed frustrated and not-arsed but did improve in the last... maybe 10 minutes. Maybe when he played higher up. He isn’t a holding player. Bruce has all midfielders sitting in and hitting the flanks. Predictable and old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Class goal, gave the goalie no chance. Another who looked a different player when he was allowed past the half way line for the last 20 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 14 hours ago, bobzy said: Might be this. He took the goal well, but I thought he was poor overall tonight. Seemed frustrated and not-arsed but did improve in the last... maybe 10 minutes. Maybe when he played higher up. I don't agree with the not arsed bit, he worked hard and tried to put himself about a bit, despite it not being his natural game and made some decent tackles. He was a touch lucky, because a few minutes after being booked, he caught one of theirs late, on the edge of the box, but ref played advantage. Had he stopped play, he'd have had a decision to make, because it was worse than the booking. Hes clearly lacking confidence still, there were a few times when he immediately released the ball, but the opportunity to turn and carry was there. For me, he needs to be in between our midfield and the opposition back four. Picking up the ball 20/30 yards from goal. With that wand of a left foot, he's capable of opening teams up for us and scoring goals from midfield. Needs an arm round his shoulder, somebody telling him how good he is and a run of games in the right position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Bearing in mind he was playing on his own in CM thought he did OK. Looks a player to me but we don't see the best out of him because..well... Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Y'all are crazy. We conceded twice last night, which tells me that Connor should be playing a further 20 yards back. Holding hands with JT and Chester. Thar be the solution! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 When he was given more of a licence to go forward he looked much better. Based on the options we have, we need to deploy him further up the pitch and make him the focal point in all things going forward from a central position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Obviously not as good but he reminds me of Barry. Barry was at his best when he was given license to get forward and help out Young on the left hand side. Hourihane gets in good positions and can spread the play well. Don't get him chasing the ball for 75 minutes before you let him do that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I'd prefer just to see him given a box to box role which is clearly what he is. Same for Onomah, never a 10 in my view. Wants the game intront of him not receiving the ball with his back to goal or more accurately receiving the ball on his head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 We need goals. He is a midfield player who can score goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Can see him scoring plenty if given an extended run in the team. Having said, no doubt he'll lose his place to Lansbury or Jedi next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 from a very low benchmark that was just about his best game for us last night ... needs to do a lot more though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I don't like all this "once he was 'allowed' to go forward, he was much better" stuff. The only reason he was 'allowed' to go forward was because Reading sat further back and allowed us on the ball for 15 minutes because they know the games won as we don't score many goals. It wasn't a decision made by management, is my point. We simply must be prepared to attack teams, and push forward. If we think pace is a problem against us, well then we haven't recruited very well have we? I like him, I really hope he comes good. I believe there is a good player in there who will work hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, lapal_fan said: I don't like all this "once he was 'allowed' to go forward, he was much better" stuff. The only reason he was 'allowed' to go forward was because Reading sat further back and allowed us on the ball for 15 minutes because they know the games won as we don't score many goals. It wasn't a decision made by management, is my point. We simply must be prepared to attack teams, and push forward. If we think pace is a problem against us, well then we haven't recruited very well have we? I like him, I really hope he comes good. I believe there is a good player in there who will work hard. Agree to an extent. It really annoyed me that we gave Reading so much respect. We have probably the 2nd best squad in the Champ and Reading were on a bad run. We should have took the game to them. You don't see Man Utd go to Burnley and sit back because they play good football. It is ludicrous. Our centre backs were too deep and we were waiting till they got in our half to close them down. We had 2 to 3 minute spell where we closed them down and they made plenty of mistakes. It's not exactly rocket science. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AshVilla Posted August 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2017 Why would you sign one of the highest assisting/goalscoring midfielders in the championship then play him in a holding role. Decisions like this is why the current manager is a laughing stock. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, omariqy said: Agree to an extent. It really annoyed me that we gave Reading so much respect. We have probably the 2nd best squad in the Champ and Reading were on a bad run. We should have took the game to them. You don't see Man Utd go to Burnley and sit back because they play good football. It is ludicrous. Our centre backs were too deep and we were waiting till they got in our half to close them down. We had 2 to 3 minute spell where we closed them down and they made plenty of mistakes. It's not exactly rocket science. It was incredible. We turned up to reading like a team that didn't think it could compete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I thought Hourihane was decent yesterday but he looks like the player that is being restricted the most by Bruce's tactics to me. Seems to have something about him that we haven't seen much more than Lansbury for me. Also liked the fact that he (and Johnstone) made the effort to come right over to applaud and acknowledge the fans at the end of the game as opposed to others who half heartedly clapped and disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) 21 hours ago, DCJonah said: It was incredible. We turned up to reading like a team that didn't think it could compete. Bruce has buttered Reading up as though they were Real Madrid - pathetic weak management ! Nice to see hourihane score - he has goals in him if used properly. Edited August 17, 2017 by Eastie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffoman Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Been great so far when hes allowed to get forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yeah, playing much more like the player I thought we had signed. Confident on the ball, making good runs (certainly for the goal), linking nicely with players all around him. Much, much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Great performance so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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