sackrobson2 371 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 7 hours ago, BoroSmoggie said: Sporar statistically the 2nd worst striker in the league, behind Hugill. Lol Well what about all the strikers who don’t even make it onto the chart? im not sure just being low down means that either as at least he’s getting shots in compared to the guys over to the left. but clearly he is too low down and Watmore is too far left. wonder what Piroe would cost, too much I suspect. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Foxtrot Oscar Colin 607 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Foogle said: I'd flip that round and ask you what makes him not a good CB? He wins his duels in the air and on the ground, he's mobile and has a good passing range. His role also requires him to move into midfield, not many CBs at this level could pull it off effectively. He doesn't win his duals when the ball is crossed into our box hes actually very weak against more physical forwards. His positioning isn't great and he gets caught out too much when teams attack the channels especially. His decions are poor especially in and around the box and his clearances often are weak and find the opposition he's been at fault for costing us a fair few goals with bad clearances. He often commits himself and doesn't win the ball when it's better to stay on his feet. He's been directly at fault for around 10 goals this season. Basically he looks like a midfielder who is filling in as a cb he doesn't have the nouse or experience to be a good cb at championship level. He's OK if your short for a week or two filling in but not for a full season playing there. Don't get me wrong when we play well and he plays well he looks good because he's good on the ball etc but that doesn't make him a good defender... he doesn't do the basics well defending our box. On the flip side he's good on the ball and has a decent range of passing. He's mobile and reasonable in the air when not defending close to goal against big strikers. He's got an eye for goal and a good strike. He's got a decent engine and he plays well for his national team in cm. All of his attributes for me point to him to play midfield not cb. Given games to settle there I'm confident he will do a really good job there. Link to post Share on other sites
Barnaby 954 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 13 hours ago, Neverbefore said: Charlie Goode. People were disappointed we didn't sign him 3 years ago. In the following 3 seasons he's started 11 games We went to South America flew Him over to show him around...He was met at Heathrow by another club and Signed for them instead...I think It was Diego Forlan and the club was Man UTD not the only Top club to have our pants down either...We all remember Christian Zieger was our player of the year, Went away to play for Germany whilst on International duty Was "Tapped up" by Liverpool and returned to Anfield to play for them AND being found guilty got a slap on the wrist and told to offer Boro some sweets as Compo(I think we got pear drops) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Barnaby 954 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 12 hours ago, Redcar Rioja said: Footballers have a relatively short career compared to us mere mortals. As professional athletes they need to be fully focussed in terms of training, dedication to their art and lifestyle. There are of course as with everything in life some notable exceptions like George Best or Gazza but even then their fire burns out far quicker than it should do. My beef with Connolly was that the opinions and stories from Brighton fans was that he was no Gazza or Best but he thought he was bigger and better than he was. Not unusual with many young lads generally who won't or don't want to listen but if I'm shopping for a Footballer it's something I'd steer well clear off as it's more likely to end in disappointment than exceed expectations. Arguably from a Boro perspective you could cite Souness as a troubled lad who did turn things around and perhaps now Spence could fall into that category. That I thought Connolly would be poor wasn't a surprise but that he was even worse than I feared did surprise even me. That Wilder/Scott or whoever couldn't see what to me was obvious before he came worries me. That Wilder kept playing him was of more concern in that he kept picking him but clearly expected a different outcome in a "doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results" madness. The lad came and bombed as many predicted but booing him was out of order but you have to ask how that situation arose and I have to point towards the dugout. Souness came in for some harsh criticism from my Late Father "All the lazy bugger does is stand in the centre circle passing the ball around" totally forgetting every ball landed at the feet of John Hickton who was homing on goal 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Barnaby 954 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Barnaby said: Souness came in for some harsh criticism from my Late Father "All the lazy bugger does is stand in the centre circle passing the ball around" totally forgetting every ball landed at the feet of John Hickton who was homing on goal See my dad was left handed and said everyone should be a "Lefty" and the world would be a better place He was also Ginger which compounded matters 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Foxtrot Oscar Colin 607 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 14 hours ago, Old Codger said: on the subject of transfers, was wondering which player that somebody hijacked us on, is the one that people think that " we dodged a bullet with him". Always hear about the one that got away, but there must be someone that we are glad they did. Waghorn Link to post Share on other sites
Barnaby 954 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 54 minutes ago, Barnaby said: We went to South America flew Him over to show him around...He was met at Heathrow by another club and Signed for them instead...I think It was Diego Forlan and the club was Man UTD not the only Top club to have our pants down either...We all remember Christian Zieger was our player of the year, Went away to play for Germany whilst on International duty Was "Tapped up" by Liverpool and returned to Anfield to play for them AND being found guilty got a slap on the wrist and told to offer Boro some sweets as Compo(I think we got pear drops) If that was a "small" club they would have been chucked out of the League Link to post Share on other sites
Leesider 1,069 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, Barnaby said: See my dad was left handed and said everyone should be a "Lefty" and the world would be a better place He was also Ginger which compounded matters Everyone should be left handed & the world would be a better place, He was correct.... I got some severe beatings at school about 50 years ago for being a lefty! Insane now when you think about how stupid that was. It was on the same level as having Leprosy🤣 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Foxtrot Oscar Colin 607 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Leesider said: Everyone should be left handed & the world would be a better place, He was correct.... I got some severe beatings at school about 50 years ago for being a lefty! Insane now when you think about how stupid that was. It was on the same level as having Leprosy🤣 Are you sure it wasn't your political leaning rather than your dexterity? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,931 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Barnaby said: We went to South America flew Him over to show him around...He was met at Heathrow by another club and Signed for them instead...I think It was Diego Forlan and the club was Man UTD not the only Top club to have our pants down either...We all remember Christian Zieger was our player of the year, Went away to play for Germany whilst on International duty Was "Tapped up" by Liverpool and returned to Anfield to play for them AND being found guilty got a slap on the wrist and told to offer Boro some sweets as Compo(I think we got pear drops) The thing that hurt the most about Utd stealing Forlan was him saying afterward that Utd are a bigger club, and offered him more money than us. I know both statements are true but even so it's still painful. At least his career didn't set alight until he went to Atletico Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites
estonpidge 1,442 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 He scored some big goals for UTD but could have done so much more here. Link to post Share on other sites
ManBearPig 1,833 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Brunners said: we were in for Ross McCormack, for ages - it was a whole big thing. Also, VB basically got verbally harassed off the forum after that and he never came back. Passed away last year 😞 Big RIP Oh what?? That’s horrible to hear. Rip VB Link to post Share on other sites
tmcc 583 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 two lads at recently relegated wimbledon, Ayoub Assal and Jack rudoni keep popping up all over the place when i look around at players. Both 20 and both got 8 (assal) and 12 (Rudoini) goals respectively. Also both appear in the top metrics for Midfielders across league 1. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bosco's Tuft 934 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Barnaby said: Souness came in for some harsh criticism from my Late Father "All the lazy bugger does is stand in the centre circle passing the ball around" totally forgetting every ball landed at the feet of John Hickton who was homing on goal Souness definitely didn't just stand in the centre circle passing the ball around. Are you sure your dad wasn't on about Murdoch? That was pretty much his job description. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,440 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Ben Mee set to leave Burnley on a free this summer. He is 33 in September but expect he might have lower end PL interest. He would be great as the LCB option along with being a leader. Although I accept there an argument that we should maybe look at someone younger and more long term longevity. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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