PieFacE Posted November 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2011 Well hasn't Heskey been playing instead of Bannan all season apart from when Heskey was injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Well hasn't Heskey been playing instead of Bannan all season apart from when Heskey was injured? Bannan was predominantly playing on the right side of midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Today was ideal for Bannan, a non physical, open footballing opponent Bannan may not be right for Bolton away for example or Stoke where it's more of a physical toe to toe warfare scenario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Today was ideal for Bannan, a non physical, open footballing opponent Bannan may not be right for Bolton away for example or Stoke where it's more of a physical toe to toe warfare scenario See I think almost the opposite. Those are the kind of places where players like Bannan make a difference. Football is 80% exploitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted November 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2011 Well hasn't Heskey been playing instead of Bannan all season apart from when Heskey was injured? Bannan was predominantly playing on the right side of midfield. I'm pretty sure all season there's only been 1 game where both Bannan and Heskey have started. I personally think AMC likes it one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Bannan was a regular in games until the drink driving incident, he made a wonderful pas into Hutton with about 10 minutes left and was thinking at the time none of other players could do or see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Well hasn't Heskey been playing instead of Bannan all season apart from when Heskey was injured? Bannan was predominantly playing on the right side of midfield. I'm pretty sure all season there's only been 1 game where both Bannan and Heskey have started. I personally think AMC likes it one way or the other. Possibly. Although comparing N'Zogbia and Bannan, it's hard to see what Zog offers by the way of team effort that Bannan could not. Both are in effect luxury players. One of them is (was) in good form and catching the eye. The other, well, was (is) not. All seems like co-incidence to me. No offence intended by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Jenas and Delph both put great balls into feet in the box in the last 12 mins We looked a different team when Jj and BB got on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Tony_Daley Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Bannan has great vision and can pick out runs..........now for the bad bit, we dont make many runs, we are a very very static team though and dont make enough movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Needs to start now...Agree that the absence from the team was needed but, he has now been punished by the court and will hopefully learn from lessons...Needs to be the fulcrum of our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Jenas and Delph both put great balls into feet in the box in the last 12 mins We looked a different team when Jj and BB got on Agreed when Jenas and Bannan came on, we started going forward and actually made the game interesting. Those two should be starting with a true defensive mid behind them but knowing McLeish he'll stick with Heskey and Petrov as our two creative mids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Just a read a stat that Bannan created more chances in the 11 minutes he was on than any other player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Bannan is a great player and deserves to start - I'd go as far as saying that he's our best attacking midfielder now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Just a read a stat that Bannan created more chances in the 11 minutes he was on than any other player. Sounds like he'll be sent on loan to Walsall tomorrow then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Bannan is a great player and deserves to start - I'd go as far as saying that he's our best attacking midfielder now. Completely Agree. He remains massively underrated on here as far as I'm concerned. When I watch him play, his technical ability dwarfs that of others in the team who have been playing at the top level for a decade. He absolutely ecplises the other youth players in the squad in terms of ability. I really think that a midfield of Bannan, Jenas and Herd or Petrov could work wonders. We might actually get to keep hold of the ball for more than 2 passes, though I'm not sure McLeish would appreciate such an approach. Get him back in for United's visit please, he didnt do too badly in the corresponding fixture from last year IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Bannan is a great player and deserves to start - I'd go as far as saying that he's our best attacking midfielder now. Completely Agree. He remains massively underrated on here as far as I'm concerned. When I watch him play, his technical ability dwarfs that of others in the team who have been playing at the top level for a decade. He absolutely ecplises the other youth players in the squad in terms of ability. I really think that a midfield of Bannan, Jenas and Herd or Petrov could work wonders. We might actually get to keep hold of the ball for more than 2 passes, though I'm not sure McLeish would appreciate such an approach. Get him back in for United's visit please, he didnt do too badly in the corresponding fixture from last year IIRC. Completely agree. I'm actually surprised people aren't going batshit over him right now...really underrated here. Every time he plays for club and country, he is either MOTM or a close second...that's impressive in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 You know, I think having those 4 in a midfield would be fine (2 AMs, 2 DMs) - they could pass it around nicely between them at least, looking for Gabby or playing a through-ball to Bent. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see that anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We can try out that diamond that worked well against Wigan ----Bannan---- Jenas--Petrov-- -----Herd-------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 We can try out that diamond that worked well against Wigan ----Bannan---- Jenas--Petrov-- -----Herd-------- i'd definitely like to see that, particularly as our wingers are playing so poorly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The only thing I'd change about that formation would be to swap the positioning of Jenas and Bannan. I think Bannan likes to see the play infront of him, and certaintly doesnt want to be running after lumped balls from Collins. When they came on yesterday, it was Jenas who took the more offensive role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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