He reminded me of a kid at school who's been put in the team to make the numbers up. Go out on the wing and just make a nuisance of yourselfOn Saturday Da Costa just ran around like a headless chicken giving silly fouls away and lumping the ball forward in hope more than judgement.
Pask all day even if he is more defence minded rather than attack.Da Costa is a liability waiting to happen
Of course they are defenders
Attacking full backs have been part of football for years, wing back is just the modern term for the same job, but their principle role is to defend.
We need to get more bodies from midfield involved in attacking play in the opposition's half and getting into the box. Crossing the ball from wide into one striker has been failing all season as a source of creativity for us. I don't think that DaCosta is the answer to that and only makes us more fragile at that back than we already are because it pulls the right sided centre back too wide to cover him.This is madness. Criticise MR for a negative set up and yet would willingly have a CB operating in a wing back role.
We need to get more bodies from midfield involved in attacking play in the opposition's half and getting into the box. Crossing the ball from wide into one striker has been failing all season as a source of creativity for us. I don't think that DaCosta is the answer to that and only makes us more fragile at that back than we already are because it pulls the right sided centre back too wide to cover him.
For me, Sheaf has to come back in for Kelly or James, as a minimum. That central midfield balance is completely off at the moment.
Robins said in his post match interview that Rose was doing fine on the ball but losing his shape out of possession and not getting back quick enough, which is why he was subbed - basically lack of match fitness rather than a tactical change.I think Pask came on for Rose as he could cover that right side for DC. I have to admit, DC really entertains me, but he does look like an accident waiting to happen.
I don't think Pask is shy to get forward, it's not like playing McFadz or Hyam there, and if he's instructed to do that I think he would. He's young and got the pace for it. If anything he looks like he needs a run of games and I think he will adapt and his level will improve, whereas with DaCosta I don't think he's in control of anything he does. Even when he runs I think there's a little voice in his head going 'Left foot, Right foot, Left foot, Right foot, Left foot, Right foot...Where's the ball? Where's the ball?.....BALL!'Oh, I agree with that as well. But if we’re sticking with wing backs then we’ve got to understand the importance of their attacking impetus in stretching the play horizontally and moving us up the pitch. If we revert to a back 4, then not a problem playing Pask. But in a WB role, no.
Perhaps highlights the dangers of recruiting from abroad based on spreadsheets and not being able to thoroughly scout a player in the traditional manner.
It really isn't.
Complete myth that we recruit like that.
It really isn't.
How is our foreign recruitment happening then? I'd be shocked if anyone directly employed by the club has seen him play live more than once before he signed.Complete myth that we recruit like that.
Really. So who's job is it to protect, or 'defend' the wide areas from opposition attacks? If the wingbacks don't track back and tackle do you think the response is going to be "it's Ok, they're a wingback. It's not their job"?
If Robins agreed that was the case, Giles would have played every week.
How is our foreign recruitment happening then? I'd be shocked if anyone directly employed by the club has seen him play live more than once before he signed.
In 67 games for us, Dabo has only managed 4 assists and 0 goals. If attacking is his main job, why are we still persisting with him?
Mccallum has 4 goals and 6 assists in 77 games yet we persisted with him over Giles. Big questions have to be asked of Robins if these players are supposed to be ‘attackers’ primarily
I think we should get more from them but they've been stifled somewhat in the Championship & forced deeper than we'd like. It's not always about them being the main creators either though as we're not really a team that thrives on crossing. At other clubs wing-backs can be creators though, look at the numbers Roberts & Bidwell put up at Swansea for example.
Instead, what they enable us to do is press high & stretch the pitch as much as possible to create space in the centre of the pitch for attacks to come from there. Liam Walsh in particular absolutely thrived on this last season.
It's not been as effective this season, sure but I think that's due to the quality we're up against more than anything.
Look at Dabo & McCallum on the image below, not exactly what you'd expect to see from
someone who is primarily a defender is it?
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I don't think Pask is shy to get forward, it's not like playing McFadz or Hyam there, and if he's instructed to do that I think he would. He's young and got the pace for it. If anything he looks like he needs a run of games and I think he will adapt and his level will improve, whereas with DaCosta I don't think he's in control of anything he does. Even when he runs I think there's a little voice in his head going 'Left foot, Right foot, Left foot, Right foot, Left foot, Right foot...Where's the ball? Where's the ball?.....BALL!'
That incident where he won a foul after he stumbled into their player after a heavy touch to take him infield, he looked like rugby player going in for a scrum.
I don’t disagree with you about the role of a wingback and certainly last year they found themselves a lot higher up the pitch.
I think it’s very telling that you’ve gone back to last season to find that screenshot and tells you that primarily this season our wingbacks have been defenders.
I think heat maps from both last season and this season would tell us that.
Attacking full backs have been part of football for years, wing back is just the modern term for the same job, but their principle role is to defend.
That incident where he won a foul after he stumbled into their player after a heavy touch to take him infield, he looked like rugby player going in for a scrum.
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