VILLAMARV Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Good game tonight for me. never stopped running, never stopped showing for the ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Johnnyp said: Wtf were u watching ? He bossed alioski all night and if he didn't go full blooded into jansson in that tackle the ball wouldn't of broke for the goal. Taylor was brilliant tonight. I am not criticising his effort but that is the third game in a row I have seen him give the ball away time and time again with nothing balls into the channels, sometimes not even clearing our own half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Very good tonight - energy all the time. Must've been pretty frustrating receiving passes for Whelan that were always behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derryvillan Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 To be fair a few times Whelan passed just beyond him and by the time he got it he was closed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: I am not criticising his effort but that is the third game in a row I have seen him give the ball away time and time again with nothing balls into the channels, sometimes not even clearing our own half. You don't have many options when fellas aren't showing for it to be fair. It's nitpicking if you honestly think he was one of the bad one's tonight. Onomah awful. Hourihane not much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockport_Villain Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Thought he had a great game tonight. Got stuck into his man from the off and offered much more threat as the game went on. Fair play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I thought he was our motm tonight, a welcome return to form because I think his standards had dropped this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Great performance after a dodgy start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danishlad Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Those two tackles for the goal were fantastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 1, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2017 One of our better performers tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 This guy was great tonight. Solid in the tackle and had Alioski in his pocket to the point he switched wings most of the second half. Aimed a couple of loose passes and had that one decent chance to put a cross in that went over the bar but defensively he was rock solid. I think it's fair to say that the Coleman challenge hasn't deterred him from putting a tackle in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Good game tonight, best one since his return to the side. Made a couple of rash challenges thought he was late and high not long after our goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2017 I'm usually defending him, but today he was rubbish. Nothing going forward, and mistake after mistake in our own end. Constantly caught up the field, usually at the same time as Hutton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Giving him the ball is an utter waste of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Giving him the ball is an utter waste of time. I've noticed a pattern when receiving the ball - he's number one plan is to pass it on to Johnstone to boot up the field. Seems to be doing it more and more each game. Is it a lack of confidence? or lack of options ahead of him? Maybe an instruction from the manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Just now, Junxs said: I've noticed a pattern when receiving the ball - he's number one plan is to pass it on to Johnstone to boot up the field. Seems to be doing it more and more each game. Is it a lack of confidence? or lack of options ahead of him? Maybe an instruction from the manager? Just isn't a very capable footballer, usually solid but in games like today against teams that set up like that, you need more from wide areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2017 He's rubbish really. He's the most old school defender ever. He's fine defending. Which I guess is his number one job. But going forward he is awful. His passing is some of the worst I've ever seen. Said it in the Bruce thread, but having two fullbacks who can't deliver a final ball to save their lives limits us severely in games where we're forced to play it wide more. When Hutton or taylor gets the ball in the opposition half we may as well run back to our half and start defending. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, Junxs said: I've noticed a pattern when receiving the ball - he's number one plan is to pass it on to Johnstone to boot up the field. Seems to be doing it more and more each game. Is it a lack of confidence? or lack of options ahead of him? Maybe an instruction from the manager? I wouldn't mind so much if he booted it up the field, but most of the time he just seems to pass it perfectly to the feet of an opponent. EDIT sorry just reread your post and realised it's Johnstone doing the booting, though my comments still apply. Edited December 10, 2017 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: He's rubbish really. He's the most old school defender ever. He's fine defending. Which I guess is his number one job. But going forward he is awful. His passing is some of the worst I've ever seen. Said it in the Bruce thread, but having two fullbacks who can't deliver a final ball to save their lives limits us severely in games where we're forced to play it wide more. When Hutton or taylor gets the ball in the opposition half we may as well run back to our half and start defending. I'm not convinced he's that good at defending either. Alongside giving the ball away just about everytime he kicks it he fails to make tackles time after time. The very worst example was yesterday when (once again) the ball broke down for us on the edge of their area and their wide man was about to spring forward into acres of space. Taylor had to make a bog standard sliding tackle to wipe out man and ball and somehow completely failed to get near him leaving him scampering down the wing with 1/4 of the pitch entirely to himself. Shocking. Hutton played really well there and we have what 3 other right backs to choose from to replace him on the right? Taylor is a complete liability for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2017 Just now, sidcow said: I'm not convinced he's that good at defending either. Alongside giving the ball away just about everytime he kicks it he fails to make tackles time after time. The very worst example was yesterday when (once again) the ball broke down for us on the edge of their area and their wide man was about to spring forward into acres of space. Taylor had to make a bog standard sliding tackle to wipe out man and ball and somehow completely failed to get near him leaving him scampering down the wing with 1/4 of the pitch entirely to himself. Shocking. Hutton played really well there and we have what 3 other right backs to choose from to replace him on the right? Taylor is a complete liability for me. Yes I noticed that a few times yesterday as well. Seemed like a total lack of commitment. Which, to be fair to taylor, is not something you can usually accuse him of. If anything it's the opposite. But yesterday there were a number of times where he needed to be strong in the tackle and he was very weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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