Il Pirata
Well-Known Member
No I'm quite happy with the speed of thought of our other players. McFadzean is physically slow but that's not the same thing. He also made one suicide pass last night. But Sheaf gives me a panic attack at least once a game. I can see where the danger is when he gets the ball, and I am just an armchair peasant, so I'm sure Championship players can see it.
The position he plays is also an issue because his role is one of great responsibility in both building and stopping attacks. I'm quite happy with what he does defensively. He's not exactly a tiger but he does a fair job of pressing and stand up tackles, he's tall and wins a lot of headers, as has already been pointed out. But when you are playing the position which is pressed first by opposition players you need to be really switched on and decisive in what you do.
But it's not about getting on player's backs. If Ben Sheaf is reading these forum posts then I apologise sincerely if I've hurt his feelings, but I doubt he is. This is called skybluestalk, after all. He's obviously going to get better with experience, but I don't think this is the last time mistakes will be pointed out.
For the record, I also thought both of our strikers offered little last night, I thought O'Hare ran around a lot but continually miscontrolled the ball, Dabo ran up blind alleys in most of his attacks (save the last one), same for McCallum, and Hamer was extremely frustrating in his passing. But games are coming thick and fast and there is surely a lot of tiredness in there. Tired minds, tired legs, etc. No one should expect perfection at Championship level.
The position he plays is also an issue because his role is one of great responsibility in both building and stopping attacks. I'm quite happy with what he does defensively. He's not exactly a tiger but he does a fair job of pressing and stand up tackles, he's tall and wins a lot of headers, as has already been pointed out. But when you are playing the position which is pressed first by opposition players you need to be really switched on and decisive in what you do.
But it's not about getting on player's backs. If Ben Sheaf is reading these forum posts then I apologise sincerely if I've hurt his feelings, but I doubt he is. This is called skybluestalk, after all. He's obviously going to get better with experience, but I don't think this is the last time mistakes will be pointed out.
For the record, I also thought both of our strikers offered little last night, I thought O'Hare ran around a lot but continually miscontrolled the ball, Dabo ran up blind alleys in most of his attacks (save the last one), same for McCallum, and Hamer was extremely frustrating in his passing. But games are coming thick and fast and there is surely a lot of tiredness in there. Tired minds, tired legs, etc. No one should expect perfection at Championship level.