Dr_Pangloss Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 As is often the case, did some good stuff defensively but was really poor on the ball at times. Cannot help playing with clowns such as Lansbury and Hourihane though. Those two were substantially worse than Nakamba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: Gave the ball away so so many times either by dwelling on it and being robbed or just poor passing. Pretty diobolical really. agreed, but in his defense the passing options were nonexistent today. our midfield is both slow and shapeless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 20 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: As is often the case, did some good stuff defensively but was really poor on the ball at times. Cannot help playing with clowns such as Lansbury and Hourihane though. Those two were substantially worse than Nakamba. he needs somebody to give the ball too. Maybe him and Luiz can work as a team as Nakamba is very good at winning it back 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Kendrick's Dentist Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Poor man's Reo-Coker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Second touch is usually a tackle. Never seen someone regress so quick. Poor coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Good player. Will prove it in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Did well versus burnley with luiz and grealish. Didn't so so well with wet paper bag hourihane and lame leg lansbury next to him. Shock horror. I think he will develop in to a key player for us, but he does currently benefit from the right players around him who aren't lazy. Edited January 4, 2020 by MaVilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Just now, MaVilla said: Sid well No thanks he was rubbish first time round 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Just now, Tom13 said: No thanks he was rubbish first time round but gingers are sexy no? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Did well versus burnley with luiz and grealish. Didn't so so well with wet paper bag hourihane and lame leg lansbury next to him. Shock horror. I think he will develop in to a key player for us, but he does currently benefit from the right players around him who aren't lazy. He's been having poor games playing alongside Luiz and Mcginn as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: He's been having poor games playing alongside Luiz and Mcginn as well. But mcginn was so positional poor and we lost the ball so frequently it was basically impossible for a DM to look good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: But mcginn was so positional poor and we lost the ball so frequently it was basically impossible for a DM to look good. Yep was games it was just Nakamba vs the opposition in midfield 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I think he has done ok in general. He should always be in our best 11. He would improve with better players around him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Did well versus burnley with luiz and grealish. Didn't so so well with wet paper bag hourihane and lame leg lansbury next to him. Shock horror. I think he will develop in to a key player for us, but he does currently benefit from the right players around him who aren't lazy. How can you blame the others for the ease in which he allowed knockheart to literally walk past him? He's our solid defensive midfield player. He reminds me of carlos sanchez. Loads of hype about how good he is but we never see him defend well and a liability with how casual and slow on the ball he is. I'd have hourihane with luiz in the 3-4-3 set up. Edited January 4, 2020 by DCJonah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: How can you blame the others for the ease in which he allowed knockheart to literally walk past him? He's our solid defensive midfield player. He reminds me of carlos sanchez. Loads of hype about how good he is but we never see him defend well and a liability with how casual and slow on the ball he is. I'd have hourihane with luiz in the 3-4-3 set up. Hourihane is so poor at everything apart from shooting. Nakamba does have presence in midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 minute ago, M_Afro said: Hourihane is so poor at everything apart from shooting. Nakamba does have presence in midfield. Well, he bags assists too. So, goalscoring and assists essentially. Honestly with his skillset I'm tempted to try him out as a striker because he's useless at the rest of the midfield work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Just now, Laughable Chimp said: Well, he bags assists too. So, goalscoring and assists essentially. Honestly with his skillset I'm tempted to try him out as a striker because he's useless at the rest of the midfield work. That would be laughable (no pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, M_Afro said: Hourihane is so poor at everything apart from shooting. Nakamba does have presence in midfield. Gets goals and assists and always has. Presence in what way? He doesn't make us defensively stronger and he doesn't offer an attacking threat. He runs around a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Gets goals and assists and always has. Presence in what way? He doesn't make us defensively stronger and he doesn't offer an attacking threat. He runs around a lot. He makes us much stronger defensively. He breaks up play well and does retain possession when he has options available. He also has a good engine and reasonable physicality. He gets much more involved in the game than Connor. I don’t mind Connor. He has scored some big goals for us but it kind of doesn’t matter. He is too ineffective at the bread and butter midfield play that we just get overrun every time he plays. If we lose the midfield battle, more often or not you lose the match. I don’t even think Connor can dominate at Championship level. He never has for us anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 minute ago, M_Afro said: He makes us much stronger defensively. He breaks up play well and does retain possession when he has options available. He also has a good engine and reasonable physicality. He gets much more involved in the game than Connor. I don’t mind Connor. He has scored some big goals for us but it kind of doesn’t matter. He is too ineffective at the bread and butter midfield play that we just get overrun every time he plays. If we lose the midfield battle, more often or not you lose the match. I don’t even think Connor can dominate at Championship level. He never has for us anyway. We've lost plenty of midfield battles with Nakamba in the middle. Connor has his weaknesses but will always offer a threat with his assists and goals. I think that makes up for anything that Nakamba currently offers the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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