To repeat Otis, he's just out of form in a team that's generally been poor this season. That doesn't make him a poor player or means his development has necessarily stalled.
Exactly this. Many, were saying he was our best player for a while.
And usually to our players
Bump.
Squad game, he'll be called on at some point, might have influenced his decision to shoot late on instead of pass to Bassette?
But his cameo against Blackburn was excellent.
Change of formation not suiting him?
Didn’t really think about it that much but as a player who’s not currently starting games what a stupid thing to do. Might make Lampard think twice about bringing him on if we’re seeing out a close game.
I didn't see the game, but could it not be that Eccles shot because he's not been featuring and if he scored, he would have made Lampard stand up and take notice.
I wouldn't have taken that shot the obvious ball was to Bassette but I can understand it from a selfish point of view, limited minutes, not used to it,smelt glory and put it wide, we've all extolled his virtue s all season,a lot of minutes Indeed but Frank's got a fresh eye on things and it's other players who are getting the nod with not bad results,he simply needs to relax and wait his chance,it probably hasn't helped that he's been ever present until now.
Exactly!
Having a shot was the quickest way he could’ve given the ball back to Watford other than literally passing it to them. It was an awful decision.
I'm not trying to pile on and I generally agree, but not taking the ball to the corner is one of my massive pet peeves because it basically shows you either have no understanding/appreciation of the state of the game OR you're just very selfish and care about personal glory/stats more than the result.
Yep the opposite of Allen for 70 mins
He was in good form without Sheaf.
