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Otis
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All I recall is TM saying a deal for a wide midfielder fell through.
Sounds like maybe we only had the one lined up.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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We do not miss Kent in any way, shape, or form and I wish people would wake up and see it.
It's nonsense. He offered absolutely nothing to the team. He couldn't pass and he couldn't shoot, and even if he got round two players the ball would end up out for a throw in.
The confusing defences and pulling defenders across is also a myth as if you were to do so you would have to find a player afterwards to exploit the space. He never did!
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Agree with this, and your comments about giving him a few Stella's.
The problem is, because he won't often pass it either, Armstrong doesn't get as much service from one side, also we don't get forward in numbers as much because the left back/right back knows that not only will they not get the ball, but also when Murphy inevitably loses it we are left extremely exposed at the back.
Sky Blue Kid
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We've not had a decent crosser of a ball since Hutch and Rees.
Gary McAllister?
ceetee
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From what little I've seen of Rose I think he can cross a ball
Grendel
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He probably needs to play on his natural side.
Seems odd that the hugely experienced and talented Joe Cole has to play wide left - why couldn't he have been on the right.
Another case of favouring the individual over the team.
stupot07
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They're both right footed. I presume Cole plays left because he's played a good 80% of his career there.
His brother is left footed and is playing left wing for MK Dons so I presume he played predominantly left wing through the academy and u21's and our Jacob Murphy played predominantly on the right.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
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Sky Blue Kid
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I think you'll find Gary Mac wasn't quick enough to take on a full back and cross into the box. Ok from deadball situations though
Sky Blue Kid
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The same applies to Joe Cole . Brilliant from dead balls but can't beat a full back and put a cross in. Agree with you about Armstrong, think Henderson needs a run as target man.
Nick
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He can put a cross in but there's never anybody in the box
He does that shimmy to beat the defender
chiefdave
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I think you'll find Gary Mac wasn't quick enough to take on a full back and cross into the box. Ok from deadball situations though
Remember Kevin MacDonald? He could barely move but could hit a pass from one side of the pitch to the other with no trouble.
Sky Blue Kid
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I'm talking more like Hutch, Rees, who could take on fullbacks, beat them and pull the ball back from the byline for the big striker to meet it around about 8-10 yards out and bury it. A keepers worst nightmare is that cross into the box. Just that little bit too far to go for it. The times you see keepers caught in "No mans land" is unbelieveable.
Nick
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Yep, the same as the ones whipped across between the defenders and goalie at head height on the 6 yard line.
Whenever our players get in that position with this formation there is only ever Armstrong in the box and is usually outnumbered.
Hopefully tonight with Tudgay it will be different!
Otis
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I can't have any more children, so I know all about dead balls.
Sky Blue Kid
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Perhaps the perfect example is Benno's cross for Houchen in the 87 Cup Final Clemence didn't know wether to go for it or stay on his line. :claping hands:
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Murphy done absolutely nothing against Barnsley. Two subs used and he's still on.
chiefdave
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What we need is some sort of system where the fans can let the manager know what substitutions to make :thinking about:
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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......we should just take him off without bringing on a sub.
I think you'll find Gary Mac wasn't quick enough to take on a full back and cross into the box. Ok from deadball situations though
Remember that Dion was Prem's top scorer in 97/98 with probably 3 quarters of his goals coming from the head. Not sure how you can suggest we didnt have decent crossers of the ball that season?
I think you may need to retract your previous statement. You dont need to be able to beat a full back to deliver a decent cross
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Nick
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Quick lets get that Canadian Arse hole back
Simeon Jackson???
Nick
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What do you mean?
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Say sorry.
Terry Gibson's perm
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The one and only Leonard Brody and his text a sub
Terry Gibson's perm
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Even he would be a better owner than this lot
Otis
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TGP said the Canadian arsehole, so I assumed he was talking about Justin Bieber.
Nick
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Sorry
Sky Blue Kid
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Don't think I need to at all mate. More than half of Dion's goals were from dead ball situations like corners, and free kicks, and a hell of a lot were with his feet.
....... Ps. Unless you are old enough to have seen Coventry play in the 60/70's you wouldn't appreciate just how many goals were created by the likes of Ronnie Rees, Tommy Hutch, etc, that took on and beat fullbacks and crossed from the byline.
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