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« Reply #210 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10:41:06 » |
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yeah it is a tough one, hes currently a half decent L2 player but he promises much more.
And stats show he’s had a half decent season, I think he gets unfair criticism at times. If you take his stats in isolation he has 7 assists which is the 5th best in the league, he’s also in the top 10 for number of key passes made. His defensive contribution seems to ignored almost always, we are a small team and his heading ability is invaluable when defending set pieces and I can remember him making a number of key headers in our own box. I’d argue that other than for a short period he’s been more effective than Isgrove who seems to get a free ride at the moment.
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« Reply #211 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10:41:41 » |
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I don't see that much improvement in Woolery.
For me the improvements are not in his general attacking game its in his new found ability to jump and head the ball and his throw ins.
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« Reply #212 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10:43:14 » |
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I’d argue that other than for a short period he’s been more effective than Isgrove who seems to get a free ride at the moment.
I would agree with that.
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« Reply #213 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10:48:24 » |
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I don't see that much improvement in Woolery.
For me the improvements are not in his general attacking game its in his new found ability to jump and head the ball and his throw ins. He is pretty handy in the air and defending set pieces. didn't really take much notice of how he did on that last season, so you could be right.
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« Reply #214 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10:51:07 » |
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Jordan Henderson is one of the best players in the world in his position, yes.
And yet he never got nominated for the Ballon d'Or unlike a raft of other Liverpool players. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ballon_d%27Or
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« Reply #215 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10:58:47 » |
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And yet he's consistently been picked by successive managers who had other, more pundit friendly, choices available. Maybe the actual professionals who work with him know he's a better player than the pundits and journos like to think?
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« Reply #216 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:14:32 » |
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And yet he's consistently been picked by successive managers who had other, more pundit friendly, choices available. Maybe the actual professionals who work with him know he's a better player than the pundits and journos like to think?
Completely agree.. I think the other thing is he's known for doing the ugly work.. most of the players on that list do the Gucci, more fashionable jobs.. players like Henderson don't get enough respect for clearing up the shit.
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« Reply #217 on: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:37:30 » |
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Talking about Woolery, Some interesting stats as of this week in L2.
Most accurate key passes 34 - Danny Mayor 34 - Randell Williams 30 - David Worrall 30 - Charlie Kirk 28 - Nicky Law 28 - Harry Pickering 26 - Tommy Lowery 25 - Nathan Thomas 25 - Bez Lubala 23 - Kaiyne Woolery
Most crosses 157 - Nicky Adams 131 - David Worrall 122 - Ibou Touray 110 - Randell Williams 101 - David Amoo 96 - Reece Grego-Cox 88 - Chris Hussey 86 - Luke Hannant 85 - Jordan Maguire-Drew
Most assists 10 - Charlie Kirk 9 - Randell Williams 8 - Nicky Adams 7 - Nicky Law 7 - Kaiyne Woolery 7 - George Cooper 6 - David Worrall 6 - Joseph Mills 6 - Craig Conway 6 - Chris Hussey
Most successful tackles 91 - Jay Harris 87 - Josh Sheehan 81 - Mike Jones 77 - Jake Hessenthaler 76 - Ebou Adams 74 - Mohamad Sylla 72 - George Tanner 70 - Connor Wood 67 - Alex Gilliead 64 - Anthony Grant 63 - Perry Ng
Most aerial duels won 265 - James Hanson 242 - Jordan Tunnicliffe 241 - Rory McArdle 229 - Luke Waterfall 224 - Leon Legge 217 - Fiacre Kelleher 216 - Scott Wharton 210 - Nathan Smith 201 - Ben Richards-Everton
Highest shots on target %* 63%: Vadaine Oliver, Joe Ironside 59%: Lee Novak 58%: Daniel Powell 53%: Eoin Doyle 51%: Luke Norris 50%: Nicky Maynard
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« Reply #218 on: Friday, January 24, 2020, 09:44:54 » |
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My view is that RW has done an excellent job so far. If we ignore the 0-4 loss to Carlisle the day after he was appointed, on the basis that he had no time to shape and influence how we set up for that one, it was clear from his first game that he had a clear idea of how he wanted to set the team up and play. It took a bit of time as some of the players signed by Flitcroft and Brown didn’t suit this style and had to be moved on. He has had two full transfer windows and in both of those the squad was stronger at the end of it. We haven’t finished this window, and Level of success achieved by Yates and Doyle make this one a bit more tricky, but McGlashan and Diagoraga have gone, and Caddis, Grant, REG and Hope have come in or become permanent signings, with a week to go. We play attractive football (the neck strengthening exercises we had to do to watch Flitcroft’s farmyard football are no longer necessary), and are top of the league wit 53 points from 28 games. This despite losing 3 defenders to season ending injuries - Ballard, Conroy and Iandolo - plus a number of other long term casualties. He has improved a number of players - Anderson, Woolery and Iandolo come to mind - plus got incredible performances from Doyle and Yates. I also sense he is attempting to build a squad which can not only get us promoted, but compete in League 1. Negative points - poor cup results, and the lack of additional revenue from a good run / TV exposure, which could be helpful. We should also remember that the club has a budget, and that does restrict our ability to sign some players, but I for one would prefer that to going down the Bolton / Southend / Bury or Macclesfield route - we have endured that too often in the past. We need not only to win promotion but have enough money to get a competitive team in league 1 next season. On that point, I saw Akinde suggested as an option on the transfer rumour thread. My view is that if he isn’t up to League 1 (and the fact that Lincoln want to move him on suggests this is so) we should avoid him). Based on the fact that some teams have recently tended to yo-yo between L2 and L1 suggests a difference in standard is needed. I am happy that RW has us on track - keep the faith!
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« Reply #219 on: Saturday, January 25, 2020, 18:46:57 » |
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He's fast becoming one of my favourite managers of all time. To lose your top 2 strikers and then win 3-0 is quite something. It puts an end to the negativity and has people looking at the top again.
I've a hunch that a bigger team will come in for him in the summer, but let's enjoy it while it lasts. If he keeps this up then he's got big things ahead of him.
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« Reply #220 on: Saturday, January 25, 2020, 19:31:51 » |
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I've a hunch that a bigger team will come in for him in the summer, but let's enjoy it while it lasts. If he keeps this up then he's got big things ahead of him.
Think you're right, if he resists those siren calls to instead take on the challenge of pushing us up to the Championship, I will get his face tattooed on my arse* * I fucking won't, obviously. But I will be dead chuffed.
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« Reply #221 on: Saturday, January 25, 2020, 22:34:47 » |
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All you have to bet is that you'll have your face tattoed on Audrey's arse. job done.
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« Reply #222 on: Sunday, January 26, 2020, 11:08:14 » |
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I think Wellens has done an excellent job, which was confirmed for me yesterday with the win against PV, despite several key players not available. There should hopefully soon be good competition for places, even if GP and Yates don't return, and Donahue is not signed.
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« Reply #223 on: Sunday, January 26, 2020, 13:06:30 » |
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I think Wellens has done an excellent job, which was confirmed for me yesterday with the win against PV, despite several key players not available. There should hopefully soon be good competition for places, even if GP and Yates don't return, and Donahue is not signed.
3 signature wins for me this month which tell me Wellens has what it takes and that we are going up... Plymouth (A) Crewe (H) Port Vale (H) Keep knocking us down mother fuckers and we'll just bounce back again...
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« Reply #224 on: Sunday, January 26, 2020, 19:30:56 » |
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3 signature wins for me this month which tell me Wellens has what it takes and that we are going up...
Plymouth (A) Crewe (H) Port Vale (H)
Keep knocking us down mother fuckers and we'll just bounce back again...
Or to quote another manager of recent vintage "You can take all our strikers and we will weeen thees league anyway"
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