Simonized
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After the team was announced yesterday he was played up front at the expense of Kaddy (our least physical player replaced by the physicality of a Popperdom) I was very disheartened but hoped to be proven wrong which alas I wasn't.
My view on him last season was he was weak in the challenge/tackle and on that basis, Critchley has deemed him the best choice at wing-back which does mean you have to do that on a regular basis and to be honest if it wasn't so serious it would be very funny.
He has had some funny moments in crossing into his own box tackling himself more than once and the ball control of a pub player.
I said he had one decent game in ten and his fans(conspicuous by their absence for a long time) have laid into me but he has started every league game this season and has not had 1 good game since the new contract was trousered (there wasnt that many before either).
That is not counting good spells in games and in most games he has not even managed that but is rarely hooked but moved to another position where he is equally ineffective.
Until the cup games got to the latter stages he was rested and we looked like a more balanced team with actual wing-backs for me so why is Critchley persisting with him when better players can't even get on the bench?
1. Has he dug himself into a hole and it will highlight how much better we are without him which again I think we have been in those cup games.
2. He is not seeing what is happening right in front of him (his two lap dogs also missing it or dare not say).
Remainder of post removed. Thank you to those posters who have brought this to our attention, we agree that it amounts to a serious breach of board rules.
My view on him last season was he was weak in the challenge/tackle and on that basis, Critchley has deemed him the best choice at wing-back which does mean you have to do that on a regular basis and to be honest if it wasn't so serious it would be very funny.
He has had some funny moments in crossing into his own box tackling himself more than once and the ball control of a pub player.
I said he had one decent game in ten and his fans(conspicuous by their absence for a long time) have laid into me but he has started every league game this season and has not had 1 good game since the new contract was trousered (there wasnt that many before either).
That is not counting good spells in games and in most games he has not even managed that but is rarely hooked but moved to another position where he is equally ineffective.
Until the cup games got to the latter stages he was rested and we looked like a more balanced team with actual wing-backs for me so why is Critchley persisting with him when better players can't even get on the bench?
1. Has he dug himself into a hole and it will highlight how much better we are without him which again I think we have been in those cup games.
2. He is not seeing what is happening right in front of him (his two lap dogs also missing it or dare not say).
Remainder of post removed. Thank you to those posters who have brought this to our attention, we agree that it amounts to a serious breach of board rules.
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