Keough - RB or CB?? (1 Viewer)

Hmmmm at the moment would like to see Turner back in there also hoping it will be a good year for Cameron next year and hopefully crainie will be around still, Clarke and Keough fight it out for right back?

Not sure if I have seen enough of Hussey to make a call on LB to be honest

its a tough one , i like keogh for his workrate and commitment and he seems to love the club, but if you look past that i think he was very suspect at times playing at RB his forward runs seemed to go nowhere and he was caught in posession alot of times , saying that i thought he looked ok at CB , but if you look at the options at we have a CB with crainie(who can also play at RB) , mcpake,turner,wood and cameron i wouldnt be surprised to see keogh on the bench especially if clarke continues to improve :thinking about:

Right-back IMO, with Cranie, Turner and Hussey completing the back 4. Although this all depends on whether Cranie and Turner are still CCFC players come the start of the season.

Anyway back to the thread ?. Keogh is a right back

Hussey is definitely a talent. I think Keogh at RB, even if he does sometimes get caught in possession at least he makes the run and we have more attempts at attacking the other goal.

RB for me but I think AT prefers him and Cranie as CB as they can bring the ball out of defence and are more comfortable on the ball than the rest of our CB

Can play both better than most. Like this season I expect him at RB whilst everyone is fit, but no doubt filling in at CB too when injuries happen and Clarke is a preferred starter over some of the CB options. AT trusts him and that's ok for me.

I think that, Clarke turned from boy to man the last few games, really getting stuck in, going forward he is great, quick and decent at overlaps with baker but then it gets to the point of crossing and he fails, seriously need crossing practice with baker bell and Clarke

Hussey is our best crosser by miles. Bell started getting it right towards the end, like pretty much everything he did. Another under-rated player under AT IMO.

Keogh clearly really wants to play at RB, as it allows him to attack more freely, wheras Thorn knows he's played at CB for most of his career. Keogh did bring another attacking dimension to our play from CB, but in several games where he was later moved to RB he promptly provided assists with possibly his best crosses of the season!

It's a tricky one: Clarke is getting better every game, and Thorn clearly wants to get him games. The injuries last season made Thorns decisions easier for him (although he rightly saw sense where Aidy didn't by getting Wood out of the side, Hussey in, and resting a jaded Cameron for Clarke).

My only concern is that Keogh feels a little bit like the sun shines out of Clarkes behind as far as Thorn's concerned. And that's a bit of gossip I heard a week ago, before the CT piece! But equally, he's the kind of guy to knuckle down and play in a position other than that he most cherishes. I still think if it comes down to a choice between Keogh or Clarke at RB, Thorn will see Keogh as the more advanced player at this stage.

What he's doing is building up a guy who, in terms of potential, can go all the way. He was probably telling him this in training last season, and that's why he got better each game. Thorn was cajoling better performances from him. Just like he enthused about Hussey after the Burnley game, calling him a "brilliant footballer". The result was that was exactly what we saw henceforth. That's what I call good man management and motivation. It's been a while...

I think Keogh looked ok at centre back tho id rather see him at right back as i think the best pairing we currently have is Cranie and Turner by a mile and Keogh is a better right back than Clarke.

also Keogh has a tendancy to make the odd mistake during a game and they prove more costly from centre halves than full backs, remember Burnley scoring from 1 error and the same happend in another game shortly after, cant remeber who against.