Josh eccles (3 Viewers)

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Name a better ball by one of our players this season than that he sent over for Norman

Fantastic ball, but as the statistics show, pass completion % is a lot lower than you’d want. He is improving and trying to get better in that facet of the game because he’s tried that kind of pass several times this season and most have gone wayward. It’s a difficult skill to master so it’s not something we should expect to be bang on straight away.

Defensively, he and Sheaf are in a good spot and always have been. In a recent interview, perhaps pre-BCFC away in the league, he was talking about he is ‘trying new things’ and being patient with that.

 

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[AFCCOVENTRY]

75% of this forum are to harsh on Eccles. The management keep telling you, he is one of the better midfielders in the championship.
Perhaps it’s time to listen, and no I am not his dad.
But I am and always have been an Eccles fan.

Hi mum

 

[StrettoBoy]

Sheaf and Eccles in midfield with Rudoni just ahead of them is a very good midfield for the Championship.

We don’t lack quality in midfield, just depth, although I do think that Torp shows a lot of promise and Bassette and BT-A have the makings of good attacking midfielders if MR wants to play them there.

 

[clint van damme]

Sheaf and Eccles in midfield with Rudoni just ahead of them is a very good midfield for the Championship.

We don’t lack quality in midfield, just depth, although I do think that Torp shows a lot of promise and Bassette and BT-A have the makings of good attacking midfielders if MR wants to play them there.

Becoming more and more convinced that Torps issues have been down to fitness and once up to speed he'll be a real asset

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Becoming more and more convinced that Torps issues have been down to fitness and once up to speed he'll be a real asset

Agreed, looked good last night and against Watford with some impressive stats in interceptions so far.

It’s routine for us Cov fans to panic early in the season when we’ve been slow starters in almost every season in MRs 2nd tenure. It was only our 2nd season back in Championship where we started quick where we won our first 5-7 home games on the bounce.

 

[Potbellypig]

Seems to have stepped it up another level so far this season. Love to see it and hopefully he can kick on further.

 

[wingy]

Fans spent days complaining about high ticket prices, and how it's morally wrong or some crap because the club is a community institution. And at the same time they call our only home grown first team player shit, and want him replaced by multi million £ players from abroad.

The first point you adress is a valid one tbf!

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

Hi mum

nah just an old git who has watched the city since 1962, and enjoyed another good performance from Eccles last night.
Enjoying the Eccles knockers backtracking this morning.
Kid has saved us millions.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

One of his best performances for us last night, we're all hoping he can become the player we need in the middle of the park.

 

[covcity4life]

One of his best performances for us last night, we're all hoping he can become the player we need in the middle of the park.

Agreed on last night. Some jump on me soon as I say he's had a bad game but i like him and yesterday he was v good

 

[SAJ]

Becoming more and more convinced that Torps issues have been down to fitness and once up to speed he'll be a real asset

I want Torp to improve his upper body strength. He regularly gets knocked off the ball where he had to rely on physically turning a player.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Excellent player and absolutely crucial for us.

 

[Paxman II]

I like him but currently not consistently good enough at the level we are. He needs to add goals to his game which he has shown he waste when the chance has opened up for him. A killing pas or two would also be an improvement. He did put in a glorious ball last night but its all to few atm.

 

[BlueSkiesForever]

I will admit that he was brilliant yesterday, and I rarely say that about Eccles, but my issue with him being regarded as a top quality midfielder is his consistency. If he can produce that sort of quality every single game then he’ll be our next Sheaf, if not better, but in my view what we saw yesterday is not what we see every game from Eccles. If he can keep improving his consistency with regards to awareness and threat going forward then he’ll be top class.

 

[Adge]

Are many of us ( me included ) too harsh on eccles and downplay his ability ?

He's a bit of an enigma to me and I can't work out if he's really good or not

His stats are in the right place ,still just 24 years old and he's from Coventry.

It was going so well and then you reeled out that old line.

 

[fernandopartridge]

I like him but currently not consistently good enough at the level we are. He needs to add goals to his game which he has shown he waste when the chance has opened up for him. A killing pas or two would also be an improvement. He did put in a glorious ball last night but its all to few atm.

You haven't got a clue

 

[ptr]

Him and Sheaf in the middle is genuinely all we need to get our season going.

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

I will admit that he was brilliant yesterday, and I rarely say that about Eccles, but my issue with him being regarded as a top quality midfielder is his consistency. If he can produce that sort of quality every single game then he’ll be our next Sheaf, if not better, but in my view what we saw yesterday is not what we see every game from Eccles. If he can keep improving his consistency with regards to awareness and threat going forward then he’ll be top class.

If he was producing that every single game, he would have been long gone.

 

[procdoc]

I will admit that he was brilliant yesterday, and I rarely say that about Eccles, but my issue with him being regarded as a top quality midfielder is his consistency. If he can produce that sort of quality every single game then he’ll be our next Sheaf, if not better, but in my view what we saw yesterday is not what we see every game from Eccles. If he can keep improving his consistency with regards to awareness and threat going forward then he’ll be top class.

Why does he need to be a threat going forward? He’s a DM. He’s not, or ever will be, Gus or some other swashbuckling midfielder, it’s not his game. Maybe if you stopped trying to turn him into something he’s not you’d appreciate him more

 

[Hincha]

What I like about Eccles is that he improves a bit every season.

Last season the stats show he was an above average championship midfielder but a bit behind the top bracket where Sheaf was.

Hopefully he can make that step.

 

[Paxman II]

You haven't got a clue

Well I'm all ears to hear your opinion on Eccles? Fire away lets see what you think...because just saying someone doesn't have a clue is a cop out. I'll wait.

 

[rexo87]

Still only 24, 2 years younger than Sheaf. I still remember the embarrassing thread with people fuming because we offered him a new contract

 

[shmmeee]

Still only 24, 2 years younger than Sheaf. I still remember the embarrassing thread with people fuming because we offered him a new contract

TBF that was because he had a terrible injury record.

 

[rexo87]

TBF that was because he had a terrible injury record.

No, there was no excusing it. This was midway through our Play Off Final season and he’d played a lot of games by then. He had a few freak injuries early on in his career but nothing worrying

 

[Skyblue in Baku]

His pass in the first half was absolute filth

Was it really that bad?

 

[Hobo]

Becoming more and more convinced that Torps issues have been down to fitness and once up to speed he'll be a real asset

I hope you are right? He has looked better the last couple of games.

 

[PVA]

Still only 24, 2 years younger than Sheaf. I still remember the embarrassing thread with people fuming because we offered him a new contract

Yeah there was some shockers in there!

 

[napolimp]

Why does he need to be a threat going forward? He’s a DM. He’s not, or ever will be, Gus or some other swashbuckling midfielder, it’s not his game. Maybe if you stopped trying to turn him into something he’s not you’d appreciate him more

Well said. He does what we need him to do very well, usually. My only frustration with him is often, when he's putting a player under pressure and they end up with their back to goal, he will end up committing a foul which he doesn't need to make. Anyway, it's up to the likes of Rudoni to carry the ball forwards, and create goal scoring opportunities.

 

[procdoc]

Well said. He does what we need him to do very well, usually. My only frustration with him is often, when he's putting a player under pressure and they end up with their back to goal, he will end up committing a foul which he doesn't need to make. Anyway, it's up to the likes of Rudoni to carry the ball forwards, and create goal scoring opportunities.

I agree with you

 

[Calista]

I actually think Eccles has the ability to knock in maybe half a dozen goals a year. He's technically capable of pinging in a a good shot, but up to now he seems to lose composure when chances come around the edge of the area. Hopefully we'll see a few crackers from him this season.

 

[stevefloyd]

His pass in the first half was absolute filth

Was that the one for Norm? quality ball I must admit

 

[stevefloyd]

In the past few games he is actually getting the ball and looking forward instead of the usual pass back to the defence, always thought he was a reasonable tackler and he has definitely stepped up his game of late, lets hope he keeps progressing for our sake because like it or not he is the best midfielder we currently have playing ...just cut out the stupid lapses of concentration when giving the ball away

 

[hopesprings]

In the past few games he is actually getting the ball and looking forward instead of the usual pass back to the defence, always thought he was a reasonable tackler and he has definitely stepped up his game of late, lets hope he keeps progressing for our sake because like it or not he is the best midfielder we currently have playing ...just cut out the stupid lapses of concentration when giving the ball away

I am sure a lot of our players are going to improve as the season progresses. The new stuff at Ryton , new diets etc but I do think Eccles and the rest of midfield will be nurtured and given terrific info and help by Boatang

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Clearly trying to add more expansive passing to his game, and if he does he'll be the complete package for his position. Will probably end up getting cropped before January though...

 

[wingy]

Clearly trying to add more expansive passing to his game, and if he does he'll be the complete package for his position. Will probably end up getting cropped before January though...

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