Couldn’t get near his man to block the cross he’s far too slow,I thought wing backs were supposed to be fast and direct not slow & pedestrian
was what good use of limited resources ?2566813, member: 1385"]
Decent wage with decent tenure.
But now we have a) 'potentially' a monster LWB; and b) with Panzo & Doyle, the left side of a back 3 is covered.
Was this a good use of our very limited resources?
Pretty sure it was just Boosh againIs that... you...?
He’s a rubbish, end of story
Off you pop.was what good use of limited resources ?
Agree, I think it won't be long before we see the Palace lad given a chance.Think its the opening day and he will have much better matches for us .. although you'd imagine the palace lad might not give him the chance too
He’s a rubbish, end of story
Eccles was absolutely atrocious today , unless dabo was injured that's a ridiculous team selection for meAgree, I think it won't be long before we see the Palace lad given a chance.
Both our wingbacks struggled to give us an outlet, especially Eccles, and Bidwell sold himself far too easily for the build up to their goal.
On a plus note, Panzo had a very good debut, and looks like he could go on to be a step up from JCS.
Think he was the doubt that SBB was referring tooEccles was absolutely atrocious today , unless dabo was injured that's a ridiculous team selection for me
They said on the Sky comms he hadn't fully recovered from his hamstring issues of last season. Given his previous couple of seasons, I'd rather get him right than have him out for half a dozen games if that's true, and Eccles had done enough to not think he'd be quite as bad as he was today.Eccles was absolutely atrocious today , unless dabo was injured that's a ridiculous team selection for me
Eccles was absolutely atrocious today , unless dabo was injured that's a ridiculous team selection for me
Exactly. He wasn't good today but it is just one match. We all have off days.Fair play for this. He's a young player and out of position. He'll more often than not be better than this.
Imagine bidwell doing the same and then the comments afterFair play for this. He's a young player and out of position. He'll more often than not be better than this.
That's the thing he did get beat but it wasn't why they scored , they scored cause Moore made a massive error . I thought he was solid today , delivery was disappointing at times but he wasn't our worst player by any means todayBidwell is a decent steady player he’s not as good as Maatsen going forward but as a defender he is way ahead, yes he got beaten today but that will happen.
Growth mindsetFair play for this. He's a young player and out of position. He'll more often than not be better than this.
The issue isn’t with Bidwell as a footballer. He’s a solid Championship level player. It’s his skill set as a LWB within the formation we play. You can’t have two defensive minded wingbacks in a 3-5-2 that also has two sitting midfielders and play expansive attacking football. It either needs wing backs who are more comfortable in possession around the box or for one of Hamer or Sheaf to have more freedom to get forward. That’s not the Robins way though, at least, not in the first half of games. Keep it tight to half time and then gradually release the handbrake.
Yep, still not convinced. I get it’s one game, but he’s had a full pre-season, plus half last year to understand how we play.
He has a good pedigree and at LWB, but based on what we’ve seen so far, it’s LWB in a very different system.
He lacks pace and most importantly (I’ve said it since he signed) dynamism. He isn’t going to take us forward and up the pitch, in fact he almost looks nervous on the ball.
His defending for the goal was also absolutely horrific.
In his defence; his more defensive mindset will have been highlighted more today as the RWB also wouldn’t be pushing on, meaning we lacked outlets both sides.
I really do hope he comes up, his history suggests he should and he looks in great condition too. But so far I’ve not idea how his career has been at LWB and not LB.
I’m not a fan of it. Seems counter intuitive to me to try and win a game in half the time available. Think he likes to try and take the sting out of games, especially away from home but it puts the team under a lot of pressure when games are always tight first half and we’ve needed a lot of incredible second halves last season to come away with points. Would love to hear more from him on that side of the game but he doesn’t give very long interviews and the focus is always on other areas. Normally how good the opposition are.That seems a contradictory way to play, first half anyway.
That seems a contradictory way to play, first half anyway.
If he thinks our fitness is better than most (and the number of late goals suggests he might have a point) then letting the opposition burn themselves out has a certain merit.I’m not a fan of it. Seems counter intuitive to me to try and win a game in half the time available. Think he likes to try and take the sting out of games, especially away from home but it puts the team under a lot of pressure when games are always tight first half and we’ve needed a lot of incredible second halves last season to come away with points. Would love to hear more from him on that side of the game but he doesn’t give very long interviews and the focus is always on other areas. Normally how good the opposition are.
Sunderland often play with Roberts and Clarke (2 very attack minded wingers - maybe MR wanted the slightly more defensive attributes of Eccles and Bidwell, although that seemed to hamper us attacking wise - plus Roberts didn't start!)
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