SleepyGinger
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Had great games against Spurs and Sheff U. Got all the tools to become a top striker at this level or higher.
It could be argued that none of our strikers suit the lone striker role for differing reasons.I think he fits in where I would've expected to be honest - a long-term project who will get minutes here or there, will benefit from training with better players, and may well go out and get some loan time next season. I think he's shown that he is (understandably) nowhere near ready to be a lone striker in this league. But we've invested heavily in our forwards and he's still young so it's not exactly a surprise that he's some way down the pecking order. Plenty of time.
Or let him work around better players and better coaches and develope that wayOn loan for L1 for a season. Let him get regular games in English football and file some of the rough edges off.
Bassette will be a good player with the right coaching. Right now, he’s not at the level of BTA or Simms who are accomplished Championship players and well versed to English football.
In reality, he’s a rookie who needs to work hard in training and take his chances when he’s given them. I don’t think a L1 loan is appropriate to be honest, we need the depth.
Hes 4th choice CF in a team that usually plays one up front. How much depth do we need?
That answer works if the question was when rather than where.Where does Norman fit?
With our injury record anytime soon.
He got game time playing as a single striker, trying to do everything on his own, where he struggled, just like Simms did.I like the forward planning by the club, but players need game time. He got plenty in the first half of the season, of course, but there are signs that he may be surplus to requirements going into the final 16 matches.
He got game time playing as a single striker, trying to do everything on his own, where he struggled, just like Simms did.
Simms has thrived playing as a part of a front two, who's to say Bassette wouldn't thrive as well given a run alongside Wright or Simms or BTA.
It could be argued that none of our strikers suit the lone striker role for differing reasons.
I think Wright Simms has the most potential as a combination should we persist with 2.
I agree, he was in great form before his injury, but that was only a 4-5 game burst, there's nothing to say he will come back and hit that form again. We are playing well, and winning games, why change itStill not sure why everybody is obsessed with 4-3-3 while we are on a run like this?
It's almost as if as soon as EMC is fit we should revert back to what suits him? Not for me.
I agree, he was in great form before his injury, but that was only a 4-5 game burst, there's nothing to say he will come back and hit that form again. We are playing well, and winning games, why change it
And at that point you changed things. People are talking about changing for the sake of changing it.Why change it? It isn’t our best team.
We’ve played 6 games using 5-3-2 under Lampard, if you’re consistent with your opinion on EMC, it’s only been a few games and the fall could be just as quick as the rise if we rest on our laurels.
To parrot one of Lampard’s famous phrases: “there isn’t a magic wand”.
And at that point you changed things. People are talking about changing for the sake of changing it.
Man for man, it's not our best team, but at the minute it's working. There is no need to rush Wright and EMC into the team, or change formation. That's all Nick and I are saying. Once it stops working you change it.
We've seen it in the past with robins that sometimes an injury forces a "temporary" solution that just happens to work and that becomes the way it playing. It happened in league two with Jones injury and we went two up top and suddenly McNulty starts scoring and we get promoted, we saw it in league one when jobello got injured and we moved from a 4231 to wing backs and the box, we saw it twice in the championship when tried to play 4231 but injuries forced us back to the box and we got to the play off final, and even last season Fadz illness and bereavement forced us to go back from a 5 at the back to 4231 and we get to the fa cup semi.It’s not changing things for the sake of it if the manager has a strategy that revolves around playing with wingers.
5-3-2 is a temporary solution until we have a full team available.
We've seen it in the past with robins that sometimes an injury forces a "temporary" solution that just happens to work and that becomes the way it playing. It happened in league two with Jones injury and we went two up top and suddenly McNulty starts scoring and we get promoted, we saw it in league one when jobello got injured and we moved from a 4231 to wing backs and the box, we saw it twice in the championship when tried to play 4231 but injuries forced us back to the box and we got to the play off final, and even last season Fadz illness and bereavement forced us to go back from a 5 at the back to 4231 and we get to the fa cup semi.
We've just won 5 in a row if you include the fa cup tie, and people are like " right EMC and Wright are back in training, let's go back to 4231".
Almost like he’s panicked. Maybe he’s better when he doesn’t think about it so much…a la the goal vs Swansea?His feet remind me of JCH, his touch needs developing as it is all at 100 MPH.
If that's the case, and we stick with 2 up top - which I've no problem with, I hope he gets a good amount of game time regularly. Such as at least 20 mins a game.
Why?
Because people need to see more of him not being ready for this level? Is the only thing I can think of.
Its just strange - we only give game time if he is good enough
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