SmogDane 4,057 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Could Fletcher be our best finisher? I deffo think he should be a part of the first team.. Would love to see him given 3-4 starts, to show, IF he is better than Britt. He for sure is better than the 2 huge donkeys. Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,057 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Would be crazy if Fletcher turned out very good .. Remember what peopke thought of Traore in the beginning. He turned out allright, when someone believed in him. Maybe Fletcher is the same. Link to post Share on other sites
Dan1234 1,056 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Would be crazy if Fletcher turned out very good .. Remember what peopke thought of Traore in the beginning. He turned out allright, when someone believed in him. Maybe Fletcher is the same. It's the price that screwed Fletcher tbh which wasn't the lads fault tbf. If he was signed up at say 2-3m as a bit of a prospect he wouldn't get half the grief he does. Strikers are a weird breed though, sometimes it just clicks after a bit of faith is shown in them. Harry Kane was a perfect example, had a few loans and looked very very poor even in the championship. Arguably the best 9 in the world now. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Every time I've seen Fletcher in our first team he's looked really bad, but even on last season's terrible form I think he's still better than Hugill and probably no worse than Britt. Maybe it's time to give him a chance again, I'm not sure he can be any worse than what we've seen in the first team so far this season. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Tony Pulis: 'Nobody can accuse us of not being creative' "But if you have a look at our midfield, I think Besic and Howson are the best in the Championship in terms of their touches in the final third. "People say, 'You've only got Britt up there' or whoever, but no, we're actually playing with five attacking players up there. There's Howson and Besic, the two wide players or the two wing-backs, and whoever is playing up-front. "We specifically looked at Besic and Howson this week to see how many touches they were getting in and around the centre-forwards, and those two are the best in the league." He added: "If Martin (Braithwaite) takes that chance, the game opens up. The whole thing changes. The longer the game goes on with us scratching trying to get a goal, we become more uptight and they grow in confidence. I've been in loads of those games in my life. "Even the one Martin pulls back for Britt that goes behind him, if Britt stays and holds his ground, he scores. He doesn't have to go in there. "There's two goals and it changes the game. We need those sort of breaks." Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Tony Pulis: 'Nobody can accuse us of not being creative' "But if you have a look at our midfield, I think Besic and Howson are the best in the Championship in terms of their touches in the final third. "People say, 'You've only got Britt up there' or whoever, but no, we're actually playing with five attacking players up there. There's Howson and Besic, the two wide players or the two wing-backs, and whoever is playing up-front. "We specifically looked at Besic and Howson this week to see how many touches they were getting in and around the centre-forwards, and those two are the best in the league." He added: "If Martin (Braithwaite) takes that chance, the game opens up. The whole thing changes. The longer the game goes on with us scratching trying to get a goal, we become more uptight and they grow in confidence. I've been in loads of those games in my life. "Even the one Martin pulls back for Britt that goes behind him, if Britt stays and holds his ground, he scores. He doesn't have to go in there. "There's two goals and it changes the game. We need those sort of breaks." That's a strange quote about our creativity, surely being creative is measured in quality of touches rather than quantity! Besic is a good player but there are times when he actually holds onto the ball too long and takes too many touches. Would Paul Scholes have been less creative because he had the ability to play one touch football? I do agree with his quote about the Braithwaite miss though, that chance should have been put away and then I think we probably win the game comfortably. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 He’s living in cloud cookoo land. Touches mean nothing if you have no idea what to do. We’re beyond doubt the best defensive team in the league but the seventh worst team in the attacking department. For such an expensive team to be so dire attacking wise falls back on the manager. Link to post Share on other sites
sackrobson2 371 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 He clearly walked into the press conference with this complete rubbish pre planned. He’s obviously heard all the talk of our lack of creativity but instead of considering it may be true he’s got his blinkers on and persuaded himself this is all true. He’s blind to it which unfortunately means the problems will not be addressed. Link to post Share on other sites
ladyspite 385 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And till I trust him more than all you keyboard warriors in here.... Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,301 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And till I trust him more than all you keyboard warriors in here.... Am I a keyboard warrior just because I have eyes in my head and don’t like what I see. Jebus. Good for you that you are enjoying watching the football Pulis puts on. I wish I could but I just don’t like it. Link to post Share on other sites
ladyspite 385 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And till I trust him more than all you keyboard warriors in here.... Am I a keyboard warrior just because I have eyes in my head and don’t like what I see. Jebus. Good for you that you are enjoying watching the football Pulis puts on. I wish I could but I just don’t like it. enjoy when we get the points needed to go out of this *** league. I dont care how the football look. I am not a very shallow. I know men are so no surprise there :-P Ill let you guys moan in here, maybe that will prevent you from doing other stupid things when you build up your steam, so better you get it out here :) ll just stop listning. If we go down to place 12 or something and all hope is lost Ill start and moan with you.... Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And till I trust him more than all you keyboard warriors in here.... Am I a keyboard warrior just because I have eyes in my head and don’t like what I see. Jebus. Good for you that you are enjoying watching the football Pulis puts on. I wish I could but I just don’t like it. enjoy when we get the points needed to go out of this *** league. I dont care how the football look. I am not a very shallow. I know men are so no surprise there :-P Ill let you guys moan in here, maybe that will prevent you from doing other stupid things when you build up your steam, so better you get it out here :) ll just stop listning. If we go down to place 12 or something and all hope is lost Ill start and moan with you.... And if this football does get us up, somehow - you realise it's going to be more of the same, possibly even worse in the PL? Link to post Share on other sites
ladyspite 385 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And till I trust him more than all you keyboard warriors in here.... Am I a keyboard warrior just because I have eyes in my head and don’t like what I see. Jebus. Good for you that you are enjoying watching the football Pulis puts on. I wish I could but I just don’t like it. enjoy when we get the points needed to go out of this *** league. I dont care how the football look. I am not a very shallow. I know men are so no surprise there :-P Ill let you guys moan in here, maybe that will prevent you from doing other stupid things when you build up your steam, so better you get it out here :) ll just stop listning. If we go down to place 12 or something and all hope is lost Ill start and moan with you.... And if this football does get us up, somehow - you realise it's going to be more of the same, possibly even worse in the PL? If we get the points needed to stay up then Ill be happy too. Gibon will get money and he will be happy too. Even if we go direct down. or maybe he can sell to saudi Arabia if we go up? I doubt Pulis will stay here next season even if we get up though, not saying the next manager will be better though, it will probably be Woodgate, atleast if Gibson still is owner.... Link to post Share on other sites
Essuuaitch 330 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And till I trust him more than all you keyboard warriors in here.... Am I a keyboard warrior just because I have eyes in my head and don’t like what I see. Jebus. Good for you that you are enjoying watching the football Pulis puts on. I wish I could but I just don’t like it. enjoy when we get the points needed to go out of this *** league. I dont care how the football look. I am not a very shallow. I know men are so no surprise there :-P Ill let you guys moan in here, maybe that will prevent you from doing other stupid things when you build up your steam, so better you get it out here :) ll just stop listning. If we go down to place 12 or something and all hope is lost Ill start and moan with you.... And if this football does get us up, somehow - you realise it's going to be more of the same, possibly even worse in the PL? i think that outcome is what Gibson has pinned his hopes on. accept and trust TP and what he brings and if we srcape up we find ourselves in a tough league to survive in but with the survival specialist at the helm....if it doesnt come to fruition and we fail to get up theres the pre set walk away excuse with Pulis as his 18 month contract is up anyway. Gibson says this was always the plan and Woodgate or someone else takes over with a fresh start .. big problem being thousands of fans have been disillusioned with the lack of entertainment and need enticing back , we wouldnt be a cash cow and the whole system would need revamping with more creative squad. So its a huge gamble on scraping up . Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Yeah, I'd hate to survive the PL, like. Link to post Share on other sites
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