Barton i just trod in something (8 Viewers)

Great_Expectations said:

I agree, to a point at least. Not all midfielders are goal scorers or creators or tacklers. There's another kind, who's typology is to do the simple things and efficiently recycle the ball, á la Michael Carrick.

How well that sort of players works in League One, or specifically in our system, I'm not sure.

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Great_Expectations said:

I agree, to a point at least. Not all midfielders are goal scorers or creators or tacklers. There's another kind, who's typology is to do the simple things and efficiently recycle the ball, á la Michael Carrick.

How well that sort of players works in League One, or specifically in our system, I'm not sure.

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stupot07 said:

The problem is that both fleck and barton (and thomas)are that player that does the simply things and efficiently recycle the ball, but rarely scores or creates.


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Terry Gibson's perm said:

The problem seems to be that Barton can't play any of the roles consistently he is a player with no position a luxury player who isn't good enough to be or in a team that can carry one.

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stupot07 said:

The problem is that both fleck and barton (and thomas)are that player that does the simply things and efficiently recycle the ball, but rarely scores or creates.


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Terry Gibson's perm said:

I think Ward looked the same type of player yesterday as well so we had three who do simple things and one that run around a lot again shows the in-balance in the squad.

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Great_Expectations said:

Agree, especially Fleck (which is the point I made earlier re the difference in reaction to Barton and Fleck).

Ward is similar but he does like to occasionally drive forward with the ball.

I agree Thomas is similar in that he comes deep to get the ball, wants the ball to feet etc, but he's generally more defensively minded than the others and does not have the technical ability either.

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Terry Gibson's perm said:

I think Ward looked the same type of player yesterday as well so we had three who do simple things and one that run around a lot again shows the in-balance in the squad.

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