by Jackson Corner » 09 Feb 2020 00:19
by URZZZZ » 09 Feb 2020 00:48
leonWestwood52NewCorkSeth Who is Alunde???
Yep sorry being lazy.The Brazilian half pint.
Hull were the worst team I’ve seen this season.
LOL at playing us off the park in the first half. They were shit.
by leon » 09 Feb 2020 01:45
URZZZZleonWestwood52
Yep sorry being lazy.The Brazilian half pint.
Hull were the worst team I’ve seen this season.
LOL at playing us off the park in the first half. They were shit.
Luton by far the worst team I’ve seen this season, followed closely by Cardiff
Hull were poor but I’m not sure they were like those two
by Jagermesiter1871 » 09 Feb 2020 09:44
by NewCorkSeth » 09 Feb 2020 09:57
URZZZZNewCorkSethURZZZZ
Aluko isn't lazy. He used to look lazy with Stam but that was more down to him not understanding his role rather than his attitude. It's a common misconception that Aluko is a lazy player
And he certainly isn't an awful player. He was no worse than Swift or Ejaria out there today and yet once again, after a poor 90 minutes, people are blaming a player who featured for 20 minutes of it
There's always got to be a scapegoat doesn't there? Why can't people accept this squad is massively overrated?
I'm not scapegoating him. If anything my criticism is aimed at Bowen.
Did you notice I only asked 1 question and your response didnt cover it? We could argue back and forth all day about his merits as a player but the question I asked was "why Aluko?". What did bringing him on at 63 minutes when he was our last sub offer us?
If I was to hazard a guess as to why Aluko was brought on:
1. Swift and Ejaria were playing awfully. Aluko, I suppose was the closest substitute to them in terms of what he can do
2. He changed the game on Tuesday and wanted to reward him for that
In hindsight, as I did say myself, bringing Baldock off was the wrong move as the energy was sucked out of the place. However the Aluko - Meite partnership actually looked slightly promising in the cup game against Cardiff so there was that too
I’m not sure Bowen will be doing it again in a hurry though. Perhaps when chasing a goal, it’d be a more logical sub as Aluko gets between the lines well and offers that certain option but when holding onto a lead, it wasn’t the best one to make
by 3points » 09 Feb 2020 10:03
by bcubed » 09 Feb 2020 10:09
3points Personally I’d have brought on Rino (as McCleary wasn’t on the bench) and got him to play a more right sided midfield role with Swift coming back into the centre and Ejaria playing off Meite.
With the Obita sub I can see the sense of a like for like switch, but agin I’d have been tempted to bring Rino on and move Ejaria to the left, where he’s done well in the past and brought Swift back into the centre.
by bcubed » 09 Feb 2020 10:12
leonURZZZZleon
Hull were the worst team I’ve seen this season.
LOL at playing us off the park in the first half. They were shit.
Luton by far the worst team I’ve seen this season, followed closely by Cardiff
Hull were poor but I’m not sure they were like those two
They were terrible. The fact we couldn’t beat them is damning.
by Jack Celliers » 09 Feb 2020 11:12
by Snowflake Royal » 09 Feb 2020 11:15
by Muskrat » 09 Feb 2020 11:17
by Millsy » 09 Feb 2020 11:28
by yuomi » 09 Feb 2020 11:49
by paultheroyal » 09 Feb 2020 11:56
yuomi Probably going to get battered for saying it, but increasingly feels like Ejaria is a waste of a shirt.
Yes, the show pony stuff makes for a great highlight reel, but it's getting difficult to see what he's actually contributing to this team that Adam or Olise couldn't in that both can actually pick a pass and move play forwards without >50% chance of having the ball taken off them.
I also think Swift's tendency to take an extra touch or try something half-baked and audacious (whatever the hell that was that killed the counter attack at 1-1 yesterday for example) is getting worse with Ejaria in the team to compete with. I just don't see how they compliment each other.
Also:
- Swift to RM is something that should never be tried again. If he *has* to bring on Aluko, why not put him out there and move Swift back into the middle
- On Aluko, I wish I could see what some folks on here can. Thought he was dross yesterday and that stupid yellow card summed it up.
- 2/3 subs were enforced, can't do anything about that, but Aluko for Baldock made no sense and that's on MB
- Trying to sit on a 1-goal lead with this team in this division with more than half an hour on the clock completely *deserves* to fail. We had the momentum, we had them on the back foot, they were beaten. Again, that's on Bowen.
by Bigtimmeh » 09 Feb 2020 12:46
paultheroyalyuomi Probably going to get battered for saying it, but increasingly feels like Ejaria is a waste of a shirt.
Yes, the show pony stuff makes for a great highlight reel, but it's getting difficult to see what he's actually contributing to this team that Adam or Olise couldn't in that both can actually pick a pass and move play forwards without >50% chance of having the ball taken off them.
I also think Swift's tendency to take an extra touch or try something half-baked and audacious (whatever the hell that was that killed the counter attack at 1-1 yesterday for example) is getting worse with Ejaria in the team to compete with. I just don't see how they compliment each other.
Also:
- Swift to RM is something that should never be tried again. If he *has* to bring on Aluko, why not put him out there and move Swift back into the middle
- On Aluko, I wish I could see what some folks on here can. Thought he was dross yesterday and that stupid yellow card summed it up.
- 2/3 subs were enforced, can't do anything about that, but Aluko for Baldock made no sense and that's on MB
- Trying to sit on a 1-goal lead with this team in this division with more than half an hour on the clock completely *deserves* to fail. We had the momentum, we had them on the back foot, they were beaten. Again, that's on Bowen.
Ejaria is the one piece of entertainment. I want to be entertained.
by URZZZZ » 09 Feb 2020 13:02
by Jack Celliers » 09 Feb 2020 13:17
paultheroyalyuomi Probably going to get battered for saying it, but increasingly feels like Ejaria is a waste of a shirt.
Yes, the show pony stuff makes for a great highlight reel, but it's getting difficult to see what he's actually contributing to this team that Adam or Olise couldn't in that both can actually pick a pass and move play forwards without >50% chance of having the ball taken off them.
I also think Swift's tendency to take an extra touch or try something half-baked and audacious (whatever the hell that was that killed the counter attack at 1-1 yesterday for example) is getting worse with Ejaria in the team to compete with. I just don't see how they compliment each other.
Also:
- Swift to RM is something that should never be tried again. If he *has* to bring on Aluko, why not put him out there and move Swift back into the middle
- On Aluko, I wish I could see what some folks on here can. Thought he was dross yesterday and that stupid yellow card summed it up.
- 2/3 subs were enforced, can't do anything about that, but Aluko for Baldock made no sense and that's on MB
- Trying to sit on a 1-goal lead with this team in this division with more than half an hour on the clock completely *deserves* to fail. We had the momentum, we had them on the back foot, they were beaten. Again, that's on Bowen.
Ejaria is the one piece of entertainment. I want to be entertained.
by South Coast Royal » 09 Feb 2020 13:19
Muskrat There are not enough flat mouthed emogies on the Internet to express the meh-ness of yesterday's match. Two poor teams playing out a poor game in a half empty stadium in February. Has to be the most uninspiring match day experience ever. We have become less than the sum of our parts and Bowen is going to have a hard task to keep the players motivated for the rest of the season.
Wednesday could be embarrassing but equally I wouldn't be surprised if we upped our game against them. Also I'm sorry to join the Aluko bashers but what does he actually bring to the team? Personally I would have had the G-Mac on the bench but what do I know.
URZZZZ Interestingly enough, we haven’t conceded a first half goal in the league under Bowen since the 7th December IIRC (Birmingham H)
by Lower West » 09 Feb 2020 14:19
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