Was Shipley injured ? (2 Viewers)

[Bristol sky blue]

Utterly crazy.
I don't think you understand what Sheaf's role in the team is.

This narrative that he gives the ball away a lot is 100% demonstrably false. He's not just our best player for ball retention (by far) but one of the best in the entire league. Look at the amount of tackles he wins, blocks he makes etc. Not only best midfielder in our team for all those categories but all up there with the best midfield players in the Championship.

Yes he makes mistakes (not as many as some of the favourites mind) but he's only 22 & has an incredibly high ceiling of potential. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him eventually play in the Premier League.

Agree with all this apart from the last sentence: I think he will become a decent, respected Championship midfielder. A lot of our fans don't seem to respect him yet, but I think he will win more people over eventually. I hope he becomes Liam Kelly's successor for us.

 

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[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Yes, he took a knock. What Robins said was hardly convincing though, and you could hear it in the tone of his voice.

He was back on the bench 3 days later.

Long and short of it is that we have been carrying him all season and he has been the worst player on the pitch nearly every time he has played. I hope some time out does him good and he can improve, but shirking tackles and hiding is frankly not good enough for a professional footballer.

 

[steve101]

He had moments in league 1 and I praised those moments but I also said during and after those moments that he needed to concentrate more because he was doing some things very well then under no pressure give the ball straight to the opposition and undoing his good work, now this wasn't a 1 off he was doing it all the time he was on the pitch, this was soooo frustrating because he wouldn't appear to try and win the ball back that he had just given away he just loafed his way back towards our goal. He has now picked up the habit of pushing people in the back and doesn't try and make any tackle whatsoever. Now, I am sure that everyone who watches our games can see for their selves his lack of tackling or should I say non existent tackling, also his closing down/chasing down the opponent or the ball he doesn't even appear to be wanting to get close enough to make a tackle because he looks shit scared. I haven't written this to try and point score over the lad but these are the very basics of a footballer and he isn't doing them...why?... why hasn't Robins and the coaching staff got him doing these things?
Shipley at times has played some killer balls and has a very good shot on him but atm he is well off the pace/standard that is required for a battle on the pitch and as I have said before 'I wouldn't like him to be next to me in the trenches' !
Robins clearly needs to either instill some confidence in him or get him out the team/squad but is hampered by our limited squad, Pask is not the best we have seen so far but is surely more commited than Shipley but doesn't get a look in the majority of the time and yes I do know he doesn't play in Shipleys position

Totally agree. Apart from our limited squad and his potential for scoring from outside the box, I don't understand why, up until recently, Robins selects him. I have watched every game apart from Bristol City and he has been the weakest player in all bar a couple. I can only assume he shows enough in training.