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Thread: Midfield
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29-12-2018 06:37 PM #1
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Midfield
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29-12-2018 06:39 PM #2
Mallen was a disgrace today, an absolutely empty shirt.
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29-12-2018 06:41 PM #3
We don’t have a midfield. End of debate.
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29-12-2018 06:48 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That said, I’m not sure any current personnel are going to offer anything different. We need new bodies in January
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29-12-2018 06:51 PM #10
Now I've had half a season to watch them, I'm going to call it now and say that NONE of the midfielders who arrived in the summer are good enough, and never will be.
Slivka and Bartley can do a job with the right players around them.
Hyndman should be punted back to Bournemouth asap, we need to see what it would cost us to get rid of Milligan, but I don't think he has what it takes.
Mallan is the one that really bugs me. He's a passenger, week after week who offers zilch from open play. He's far too slow to ever make the grade as a footballer and will manage to get a few decent moves yet off an impressive highlights reel, but anyone who watches him week in week out will realise that he doesn't have the physical attributes to succeed as a modern midfielder.
If we can get shot of him (and better still, possibly get money for him) then we should.
There seems little point in hanging around waiting for Agyepong to be fit, we're waiting for the day that will never come.
Mackie is very encouraging indeed, and he's probably only been given a chance through necessity, not unlike Kevin Thomson was. I can't believe a kid thrown in from the reserves can make an impact over a handful of games that the Australia captain, a USA internationalist and a Scotland under 21 cap cannot.
I'm hesitant to point much blame at the strikers, the defence, or anyone else, because the midfield is so far short of being acceptable it is hard to assess whether or not they are up to scratch, other than the fact that they most certainly were acceptable in the first half of this year.
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29-12-2018 06:59 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-12-2018 07:02 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-12-2018 07:03 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
For the whole game.
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29-12-2018 07:07 PM #15
Mallan is a good player who currently has no confidence.
Before this season he has never played as a deep lying playmaker, a role that you need to be full of confidence to play and continuously keep getting on the ball
Once we get a settled midfield of other good players around him we will again see the Mallan from the start of the season.
There is nothing wrong with his physicality.
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29-12-2018 07:10 PM #16
Was grim watching Djoum and Haring stroll around like they owned the place in the first half. Midfield needs major surgery but Lennon seems set that kamberi’s the problem
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29-12-2018 07:21 PM #18
Malian seems to have enjoyed the luxury of a 'Free role prior to his move South. I've rarely seen a midfield player with such a lack of positional sense..he is constantly caught wrong side of his opponent. He's too easily nullified in a game and leaves huge gaps meaning others are pulled out of position. His passing isnt great imo either. He can strike a ball tho..maybe we can just bring him on for free kicks. The rest of the midfield all look like they're terrified to get on the ball. Horgan gets in decent positions but lacks a final ball..Slivka has flattered to deceive for too long and Milligan just looks like he's gone a season too far. All pretty depressing after the sublime midfield we enjoyed last season. Whole midfield needs rebuilt still.
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29-12-2018 07:23 PM #20
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29-12-2018 07:24 PM #21
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29-12-2018 07:25 PM #22
Every single one of them is happy to just plod around the edges of the game other than Bartley. Michael Stewart summed it up on the radio, players like Scott Allan have a big impact on games on a regular basis. None of our midfielders can come close to saying that.
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29-12-2018 07:34 PM #24
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i'd have all injured players in 9-6 every day (assuming they are not already) . Would not fancy many of them in the trenches.
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29-12-2018 07:36 PM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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29-12-2018 07:41 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He has signed a good few of the injury-prone players.
I like Lennon and still back him, but scouting players, signing them knowing their injury histories, conditioning them then blaming them for getting injured a lot doesn't sound like someone taking responsibility - it sounds like a poor workman blaming his tools.
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He strikes a nice ball.
Nearly every week he's a passenger, and he's the number 1 problem in our team right now.
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29-12-2018 07:46 PM #28
The midfield is the glaring difference between last season and this, as I suspect most of us feared it would be. SJM has thus far proven to be irreplaceable, Mallan & Hyndman are presumably supposed to be filling the boots of Dylan & Allan but are failing miserably.
It is difficult to properly analyse the performance of the strikers, all 3 of whom were banging in goals last season, without taking into account the disparity between the midfield we had and the one which has replaced it. There is no creativity or drive from the middle of the park.
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29-12-2018 08:49 PM #29
The current midfield is simply not good enough. It's unbalanced and too lightweight, lacks height, strength and guile. Neither Mallan, Hyndman or Horgan, while each having certain qualities, can tackle.
The midfield is definitely the area of the squad that needs urgent strengthening.
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29-12-2018 08:58 PM #30
None of our current midfield (that gets regular game time) takes any responsibility whatsoever. They are happy to give the ball back to a defender for distribution rather than take the ball and make things happen.
Mallan is a passenger and was in the last derby also, never asks for the ball from the back 3 and quite happy to hide and point. He was shocking tonight but wasnt the only one, Hyndeman needs ahipping and a managers decision needs taken on Slivka.
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