MaVilla Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 To be fair hes not fit, should be bringing him on as a sub for the next 5+ games to get him up to speed. Starting drinkwater when not fit and way behind the pace is entirely on deano for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, sne said: 4.77 rating on Whoscored No one is even close to that bad I have no idea how they calculate their ratings but he was levels ahead of Hourihane, as an example, who I don’t think touched the ball. Don’t get me wrong, still outclassed as everyone was, I’m not here saying he played well. But I thought better than the rest of the CM apart from the awful error for the second. Oh although I did love that one run from Douglas Luiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 He wasn't great but he wasn't even our worst midfielder, let alone worst player on the pitch. Lots of rubbish in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 It was an absolutely atrocious decision to bring in a player who's played once all season, and start him against Man City. He was nowhere near match fit, and has hardly even trained with our team. He wasn't good today, but frankly, it's another example of Smith's piss poor management. I didn't support bringing Drinkwater in, I don't like him much at all, but he was set up for failure today, and that's entirely on the manager. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Whoscored ratings are **** horseshit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, MaVilla said: To be fair hes not fit, should be bringing him on as a sub for the next 5+ games to get him up to speed. Starting drinkwater when not fit and way behind the pace is entirely on deano for me. Got 70mins under his belt, well on his way to match fitness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Imagine not playing in 2 years then put in against Man City for a debut in a struggling side. Baffling decision imo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 He had an absolute mare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Poor management from Smith. He has hung the lad out to dry on his debut. Edited January 12, 2020 by deeps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Still our best midfield player today. We are very, very poor in midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It was an absolutely atrocious decision to bring in a player who's played once all season, and start him against Man City. He was nowhere near match fit, and has hardly even trained with our team. He wasn't good today, but frankly, it's another example of Smith's piss poor management. I didn't support bringing Drinkwater in, I don't like him much at all, but he was set up for failure today, and that's entirely on the manager. But on the other hand we may have weighed up the benefit of giving him some game time in a game we weren't likely to win to help get him up to speed. Obviously it turned into a nightmare for him but he wasnt alone today. He has a week to work hard in training on the back of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: But on the other hand we may have weighed up the benefit of giving him some game time in a game we weren't likely to win to help get him up to speed. Obviously it turned into a nightmare for him but he wasnt alone today. He has a week to work hard in training on the back of this. That was the only thing I could think of, that he used this match to rest key players and get others up to speed. It’s not something I would expect of Smith but the line up was odd today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I can't fathom why we signed him. He was always likely to be way off the required level for quite some time, if not for the remainder of the season. It honestly reeks of 'he and Smith play golf together sometimes', or 'we really need to do a favour for his agent' or something similar. He's the kind of signing that Harry Redknapp would make. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Is it to early to send him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Should never have started today. Way off the pace! Was actually unfair on him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 First ten minutes or so he was tidy with the ball when everyone else was passing it straight to city. Went downhill, but the blame is on Smith for starting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Looked good for about 10 minutes. Then it all went to shit. Poor man management by Smit. Edited January 12, 2020 by Skruff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasterpocket68 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 it indicates a lot to me what the manager thinks of his current midfield. Really think Deano was clutching at straws here , not fair on the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 At fault for our first 4 goals, poor sod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Should have been brought on after the break for fresh legs, playing him the full game will do no good for his fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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