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  1. Posted

    4 hours ago, Feedthewolf said:

    Came here to say this. Yep, we can extend to 2025. Would imagine Dimi's agent is already lining something up for him, he'll be gone in the summer. Probably back to the continent, I'd guess.

    McCallum is a more interesting one. Still young, still improving, but only starting due to Dimi's injury. Good in the air for a full-back, good going forward, strong in the tackle although has a tendency to get caught upfield. I'd be surprised if we hadn't offered him a new contract, although the other feasible scenario is that the club won't guarantee him a starting berth next season because they don't think he's good enough, and his agent is trying to find him a first-choice role elsewhere. I'd hope we can keep him on.

    Agree but also lacks pace though so when he pushes on (which I think he does well) , he really struggles to get back.

    Long throw is dangerous too.

  3. Posted

    30 minutes ago, It's Character Forming said:

    Stupid reaction by Sainz, but players vary in how they respond to that sort of thing and Howson has just gone down in my respect for his poor reaction.

    Thank god it wasn't on Bruno, they'd have had to call and Air Ambulance and Sainz would in front of the judge on an assault charge 😬

  4. Posted

    8 hours ago, Fen Canary said:

    Anybody who thinks that’s worthy of a card of either colour wants their head testing!

    Agree, he's spun around holding the leg that Howson has just studded, it's the spin (bit of play acting) that then catches Howson, not a violent act 

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  5. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

    Agree entirely. Howson’s tackle on the other hand is a red card offence, as possibly was the earlier one by Ayling which didn’t get a card. 
     

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    It's that image that gets Sainz off his red card 

  6. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Feedthewolf said:

    I thought the same until I saw it from this angle.

    Still not a red, after Howson has cheated Sainz's legs are still not straight until after Howson has moved on.

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  8. Posted

    1 minute ago, Feedthewolf said:

    doesn't exonerate him for planting his studs on an opponent's thigh out of frustration/petulance.

    Could have been deemed a yellow on another day, but he's had a brain fade and it's cost us big time.

    That's a bit of a stretch, he's not kicked out or even thrust his leg forward. Yes he could have probably placed his legs differently but his legs remained the same position for the whole movement so never a red!

    It's barely a yellow let alone a red, what it is is really poor from Howson who got a fellow pro sent off for what was the tiniest of touches.

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  10. Posted

    54 minutes ago, hogesar said:

    He's conversely the only midfielder we have who seems to regularly be able to drive into midfield space and play defence-splitting balls for Sargent, too.

    Agree, and he's not able to do that kind of stuff on the edge of our 18 yard box sitting between our CB's, which is the point I was making about him being too deep.

    It's playing in the hole in front of the CB's where he is most effective when he's playing in midfield rather than CB.

  11. Posted

    35 minutes ago, BigFish said:

    Errant nonsense, that is deliberate tactics and has been working exceptionally well. It draws opponents into the press and opens up space for Sara. When it works our shape is perfect.

    Errant nonsense, get you with the big words.

    Guess we all see things differently but having a midfield player in between the CB's in unnecessary and causes us problems and didn't work so well on Saturday did it.

    Wagner wants him on the ball and it's so obvious and makes our game style easy to counter against, playing in the hole in front of the back 4 does add value but he can't do that as his speed of play isn't good enough for tight spaces.

    He likes time and space to try and influence the game and that's not errant nonsense, more actual fact.

     

  12. Posted

    12 minutes ago, hogesar said:

    Of course he has faults he plays for Norwich.

    And of course he could have done something about the goal but so could Stacey who's man it was to cover and Hanley was..Well im not sure what he was trying to do.

    Ultimately the tackles and interceptions from Kenny far outweighs any other midfielder we have so ultimately he's likely saved us a lot more than a bit part role in a set piece goal conceded.

    I'm sure it does outweigh.

    As for Stacey and Hanley, poor defending but at least they tried to win the ball, that can't be said for McLean. 

    As I said before some will never see his faults and had that been Stacey or others there would be plenty on here hammering him for not trying to do something.

    People can't have it all ways

  13. Posted

    7 minutes ago, hogesar said:

    Haha, it's not one stat though, it's six or seven.

    McLean sitting deep is tactical as Nunez does the same if McLean isn't in that position.

    As for the goal there are at least 2 more players far more culpable for that goal but again some posters have a particular focus 😃

    Guess in the same way that some will never "see" or admit to him having faults.

    Didn't say it wasn't a tactic, although it's less of a tactic when McLean plays as CB, which I've already said he's better suited to.

    As for the goal, great, let's avoid giving King Kenny any kind of blame as it's everyone else's fault before it got to him, just a shame that he had the ability to try and do something but decided ducking was the best defensive option available to him in front of goal.

  14. Posted

    1 minute ago, hogesar said:

    With Barnes not fit enough to start I thought it was the opposite of shoe-horning.

    As for McLean, he was our statistically highest rated player (again) but there is certainly a tendency to notice when McLean loses the ball but ignore when Nunez does it.

    Yesterday, Nunez pass success % was lower than Kennys and they both lost possession the same amount of times. The difference is McLean actually played more progressive passes, won the ball back 2.5x as much as Nunez hence the higher rating despite the amount of value put towards goals.

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    Love a stat 😬

    Do you think that him playing centre midfield as opposed to centre back is better for the team?

    Because of the way in which we now play and everything going through him, him dropping so deep every time is a problem for us, we lose shape, we become exposed and we sit far deeper than we need to.

    Maybe Nunez does give it away as much, but less likely to be areas that will hurt us as much as if McLean does because of how deep he sits. 

    He had a part to play in the goal we conceded, thought at the time he ducked away from the header that went in so watched it again today and he does. Why drop to the knee, he should be making himself big and try and get something on it, if it then goes in via a deflection then so be it.

  15. Posted

    3 minutes ago, DraytonBoy said:

    I think there are several players that are clearly not up to full fitness and being 'managed' (Hanley, Barnes and Sargent), Duffy will likely join the list when he returns. 

    I thought fitness was a big thing for Wagner.

    Are they overdoing it and that's the cause of injuries, you can do too much as much as you can do not enough.

  16. Posted

    8 minutes ago, lake district canary said:

    Even with four defenders in the team we often see him or Nunez in the cb position with the central defenders on either side, when the team is in possession.

    Which makes us very deep and exposes gaps for other teams to use.

    With a CB who can pass there is no need for him or Nunez go drop so deep, there are times when he is deeper than the CB's which maybe isn't a problem if both full backs push on but there are times when they don't so we end up with 5 at the back for no reason.

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  17. Posted

    4 minutes ago, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

    Indeed...he's neither one of our best 2 central midfielders nor is he one of our best 2 central defenders (yet people are pushing him for POTS?!) and on the occasions where we opt for Sargent/Barnes it is Nunez who is the fall guy ,which is just plain wrong.

    He's done well at centre half when called upon but on the whole , not particularly in midfield this season bar the odd occasion. 

    The first third of the season ,when we had the worst defence in the league ,shipping 2 goals a game, he was as culpable as any for a porous midfield. It was only when we took him out of there and moved him back in the second third of the season did our midfield/defence improve.

    Duffy when fit will play, Wagner then has a straight choice between Gibson and McLean ..but it shouldnt be both if its at the expense of either Nunez in midfield or a second striker when its required

     

    100% agree with all of this.

  18. Posted

    1 minute ago, Well b back said:

    Drop him or he gets injured Ala last season, we can kiss goodbye to the play offs. 
    POTS by a country mile, but won’t win it as your post confirms

    He probably will win it as he's one of those players that is busy and fans love that.

    In the first 5 mins yesterday he gave the ball away 4 times and kicked it out of play with a simple pass. 

    He drops so deep as a midfield player we lose shape and expose the gaps in the formation, he's doing a job that a centre half should do. 

    He's a weird one we a midfield player, he's certainly not a defensively minded midfielder as he can't tackle so centre back is his best position but he needs to play there with a centre back who has pace as McLean has none and can tackle as McLean can't.

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  19. Posted

    1 hour ago, canarybubbles said:

    This has worked well on the whole, so I don't really get why we abandon it. It seems to increase our creative options out from defence without notably weakening us as a defensive unit.

    Having said that, this might be a moot point now if Nunez has a serious injury, since a large part of why it worked was how well Sara and Nunez play together as a pair.  

    Yesterday was a classic example of trying to show horn him into the team. Our best central midfield pairing is Nunez and Sara and yesterday we were far to deep as a team, he naturally wants to go deep to get the ball and that affects our shape.

    As a CB we play much further forward and play through the lines far quicker.

    He's either. CB or not in the starting 11 (for me) but I suspect with Nunez now injured he becomes Sara's partner. Which now exposes us in a different way.

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  22. Posted

    30 minutes ago, Badger said:

    I can never quite get my head around the arguments of those that suggest that,

    1. Webber was a terrible DoF + we've got the worst owners. Yet somehow...

    2. We have one of the best squads in the division and should be comfortably in the play offs.

    I'm not sure how both points can be true at the same time?

    Different people have different views, if the same people said both then clearly they're only here for a wind up.

    Although all of those can be true and false depending on which angle you come from. 

    Webber was a great DOF but then lost his way and therefore left not looking that great 

    Owners have been amazing for the club but like Webber have stayed too long and have helped drag this club down.

    We do have one of the best squads, but not playing to their best so some will think they are poor etc etc

  23. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Indy said:

    I don’t know? The reality is we only really know our own squad as we watch them week in week out, we see highlights of other teams and comment on their players!

    For me we lost a skilful squad and tried to replace it with old pros and our own players who previously were sent out on loan to get them out the door! Hernandez & Placheta!

    It’s been a massive readjustment last summer and you can’t play the brand and style of football we’ve become used to with this squad, we look far better when we get McLean at the back and Numez with Sara because there’s an outlet and a player who can see that at the back! Lose key players and we lose our shape and threat! No Rowe, possibly no Numez, is we lose Sargent or Sara were a very ordinary team!

    That's why I said on paper, if we take Ipswich as the example they are doing what we did, team spirit, consistent approach and a bit of luck on the way, they seem to have that feeling about their season.

    Agree it's a worse squad, but still should be good enough.

    If you don't have the players to play the style you want, you either get the players in who can...or change the style.

    I'm not a McLean fan in midfield, think we get more from him and a better balance with him as a luxury centre half. Today he was pushed back in to midfield and was poor again, gave the ball away cheaply and kicked it out of play twice in the first 5 mins and add to that ducking out of the way for their goal. 

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  24. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Fen Canary said:

    So why was everybody calling for Webbers head if we have a squad that should be easily sat in the play off places? I thought we’d got rid of Webber because his signings had been awful leaving us with no hope of promotion? 

    Who said that, I certainly didn't.

    My point is that this squad should be in the Top 6 comfortably, at the moment it's by no means guaranteed we'll finish the season there and that will be a failure for the club.

  25. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Indy said:

    See this is where I disagree, we have a very average squad bar five players, Sargent, Sara, Nunez, Rowe & Gunn. McLeans been very solid, Duffy OK, but the rest just about championship mid table level!

    Peopke forget the quality of players we lost last season and replaced with very average players.

    Given the injuries to the key players and quality he’s had to deal with I think Wagners done OK, far higher than I anticipated in terms of league position.

     

    Don't disagree but this squad is better (on paper) than Ipswich, Hull and West Brom, or at least should be.

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