Ben Sheaf Assist (2 Viewers)

SkyBlueTam · Aug 11, 2021

I've re-watched Gyökeres' goal over and over again at 1/4 speed and although O'Hare did all the hard work to get the ball into the box, when it rebounded out to Sheaf, even though he had very little time to react, he deliberately angled his foot and weighted a perfect 2 yard pass to the waiting Gyökeres who he had spotted in space to his left.

A brilliant piece of instinctive play and yet he gets very little credit for his part in the goal.  

I do wish people would get off his back.

Sky Blue Pete · Aug 11, 2021

Yeah the funniest thing I heard was the blog where they talked about gyokeres movement being great

Liquid Gold · Aug 11, 2021

It looked like he flicked it under his standing leg. Great awareness to see his teammate in a better postion.

PVA · Aug 11, 2021

You see it better from the behind the goal angle. Class touch.

NortonSkyBlue · Aug 11, 2021

I am not a fan of Sheaf but I must say I thought elements of his play on Sunday were top quality and he got better as the game progressed. His awareness was excellent and sometimes you could see his outlet ball was not on because of lack of movement from his team mates. More of the same please.

rexo87 · Aug 11, 2021

You say you wish people would get off his back. I've only seen positive comments about his second half performance. I think everyone can admit him and Hamer were not at their best in the first half. We can all see the ability he has and i'm excited to watch him this season. The only place where people are really getting on his back is the facebook forum but the average IQ on that forum is fairly low

shmmeee · Aug 11, 2021

riyadhskyblue said:
I am not a fan of Sheaf but I must say I thought elements of his play on Sunday were top quality and he got better as the game progressed. His awareness was excellent and sometimes you could see his outlet ball was not on because of lack of movement from his team mates. More of the same please.

Him and Hamer both suffered massively from lack of an outlet. Someone else said they need to learn to take the safe pass backwards and bollock the forwards for lack of movement.

Marty · Aug 11, 2021

Definitely a miss hit shot.

Skyblueweeman · Aug 11, 2021

SkyBlueTam said:
I've re-watched Gyökeres' goal over and over again at 1/4 speed and although O'Hare did all the hard work to get the ball into the box, when it rebounded out to Sheaf, even though he had very little time to react, he deliberately angled his foot and weighted a perfect 2 yard pass to the waiting Gyökeres who he had spotted in space to his left.

A brilliant piece of instinctive play and yet he gets very little credit for his part in the goal.  

I do wish people would get off his back.

Yeah, I get that but, there was this one time when he smiled at Arsenal.

Sooo.....?!

SeaSeeEffCee · Aug 11, 2021

rexo87 said:
You say you wish people would get off his back. I've only seen positive comments about his second half performance. I think everyone can admit him and Hamer were not at their best in the first half. We can all see the ability he has and i'm excited to watch him this season. The only place where people are really getting on his back is the facebook forum but the average IQ on that forum is fairly low

Well I had multiple people around me at that ground moaning about him all game

Gibbo · Aug 11, 2021

At the time I thought it a ricochet, but the camera behind the goal makes it look like an instanteous reaction and flick to Gyokeres. In which case it is top quality awareness. He did similar to feed Hamer in to score in a home game last year, can't remember which.

Nick · Aug 11, 2021

He's a boo boy, people just want to moan about him.

fernandopartridge · Aug 11, 2021

Gibbo said:
At the time I thought it a ricochet, but the camera behind the goal makes it look like an instanteous reaction and flick to Gyokeres. In which case it is top quality awareness. He did similar to feed Hamer in to score in a home game last year, can't remember which.

Yeah I remember that

SkyBlueGuy · Aug 11, 2021

He also played a sublime outside of the boot pass out to the left at one point. Can't remember who it was to, but it shows some of what he has in his locker

djr8369 · Aug 11, 2021

Initially tonight it bounced off him as he tried to control it but maybe you were right. The outside of the foot pass to Ian was sweet as well. He’s got class no doubt. Got caught dallying on the ball a few times last season which unfortunately led to goals and a lot of people only see that. People only watching the highlights are missing a lot of the passes he makes.

fatso · Aug 11, 2021

SkyBlueGuy said:
He also played a sublime outside of the boot pass out to the left at one point. Can't remember who it was to, but it shows some of what he has in his locker

It was to Maatsen who cut inside and hit a shot at goal.
I've said before that after taking a time to settle, Sheaf played some sublime passes.
We kept giving the ball away too easily in the first half, Sheaf, Hamer and Gyrokres being equally responsible (but by no means the only ones) once we calmed down we looked a decent team.

kg82 · Aug 11, 2021

SkyBlueGuy said:
He also played a sublime outside of the boot pass out to the left at one point. Can't remember who it was to, but it shows some of what he has in his locker

To Maatsen who cut in and shot over. The pass was a beauty though.

Offhegoes · Aug 11, 2021

He oozes class, and will only get better. I thought we missed him at the tail end of last season. Need a grafter alongside him, so he can dictate play which is his game. Hamer is not that player, and should be further forward, I would imagine Kelly will be the man when he's fit, allowing Hamer & O'Hare to play as AM's with a lone striker.

Sick Boy · Aug 11, 2021

His potential is obvious and he will end up being a very good player, sadly a lot of our fans favour headless chickens.

Sick Boy · Aug 11, 2021

SkyBlueGuy said:
He also played a sublime outside of the boot pass out to the left at one point. Can't remember who it was to, but it shows some of what he has in his locker

That pass was immense.

Esoterica · Aug 11, 2021

shmmeee said:
Him and Hamer both suffered massively from lack of an outlet. Someone else said they need to learn to take the safe pass backwards and bollock the forwards for lack of movement.

That guy sounds like he knows his stuff!

Mr Panda · Aug 11, 2021

He'll do a number of good things this season that'll go unnoticed because of some mistakes last season.

I'd like to see a stat of errors leading to goal chances and errors leading to goals from last season.

COV · Aug 11, 2021

Sick Boy said:
His potential is obvious and he will end up being a very good player, sadly a lot of our fans favour headless chickens.

or even if they patently aren’t a headless chicken they just like a ‘villain’ to boo

fernandopartridge · Aug 11, 2021

The other thing to say about Sheaf is that he was up in the opposition's box on a few occasions, something Kelly doesn't often do.

Gint11 · Aug 11, 2021

I think both Hamer and Sheaf have the qualities to get better with more game time and experience.
Hamer is an odd one. Some bad halves followed by good halves. I think He is still getting used to English football. He needs to also kerb the yellows. To do that he needs to read the game better, hopefully that will come.

Sky Blue Pete · Aug 11, 2021

Gibbo said:
At the time I thought it a ricochet, but the camera behind the goal makes it look like an instanteous reaction and flick to Gyokeres. In which case it is top quality awareness. He did similar to feed Hamer in to score in a home game last year, can't remember which.

Blues equaliser

wingy · Aug 11, 2021

I think they're getting used to the pace of a brand new larger pitch when it comes to the passing side of things.

SlowerThanPlatt · Aug 11, 2021

‘cc84cov likes this’

shmmeee · Aug 11, 2021

Esoterica said:
That guy sounds like he knows his stuff!

One of the best analysts on the site IMO, just wish I could remember who it was

wingy · Aug 11, 2021

SlowerThanPlatt said:
‘cc84cov likes this’

Maybe Sparks also?

Deleted member 5849 · Aug 11, 2021

fernandopartridge said:
The other thing to say about Sheaf is that he was up in the opposition's box on a few occasions, something Kelly doesn't often do.

He doesn't, although one of the things that Kelly does do is offer a bridge between defence / defensive midfield and the attacking midfield that others maybe haven't all the time. Where Sheaf looks so much better is when he has the confidence to play progressively and / or is given the option to do so. Worth noting when Kelly came in, his first season he was probably sitting too deep, leaving Doyle to try and drive. Given Sheaf's got a better passing range to Kelly, if he progresses the same way this season as Kelly did in the levels below, then we'll have a top midfielder on our hands that'll make the midfield flow so much better.

wingy · Aug 11, 2021

Well Kelly must have for at least one game where he got the brace.

Hadji's_Goatee · Aug 11, 2021

Robins also mentioned the shot Sheaf had that hit the bar after a lovely one-two with O'hare – probably helped turn the game – gave the fans and the players some belief and momentum

fernandopartridge · Aug 11, 2021

wingy said:
Well Kelly must have for at least one game where he got the brace.

One of the goals was from 25 yards wingy! The other admittedly yes he scored from relatively close range, can't remember if it was a set piece or not

shmmeee · Aug 11, 2021

I noticed Sunday that it was Hamer dropping deep to collect the ball and Shesf playing higher up a lot of the time.

It’s a bugger because a midfield three would be good but then you lose O’Hare (no) or one of the strikers and we don’t really have a striker who excels on his own.

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