Oldham Athletic and Coventry City Supporters' Thoughts on Reece Brown Written by HarryfromBath on Thursday, 13th Jun 2013 10:44 I have had a look on Oldham and Coventry forums to get their thoughts on Reece Brown, with whom we recently have been linked. Although a Manchester United player, he has been loaned out to several clubs, including ourselves. Brown has had little first team experience, but 15 of his 25 starts came in a loan spell at Oldham from March 2nd to the end of the 2012/12 season, and six came in a run of Coventry games in August and September of this season, so these seemed the most suitable places to look. Oldham supporters liked what they saw. “A big ladâ€. “Released by United today, I'd have him back in a heartbeatâ€. “I'd like to see him back here. I guess he'll be aiming for a Championship club thoughâ€. “I would really like to see him back. He's one that will be worth money in a few years tooâ€. “A Manchester United fan I work with says he would be a good signing. No chance of him making at United but good enough for Championship he reckonsâ€. They were unequivocal about where to play him. “He was good at centre-back, but was absolutely horrendous in midfieldâ€. “I would snap up Brown no questions asked, but to play as a centre-back and nothing else. Although he is versatile to play anywhere along the back four, he certainly isn't a midfielder from what I saw of himâ€. “Didn't we play him left back at some point and he was poor, then moved him central and he played really well?†“We played him in midfield he was rubbish. As centre-back he was good. I recall he played right-back as well and was goodâ€. “His touch and passing were off at times, but he wasn’t scared to put a foot him and tried to spread play when he had spaceâ€. “I think Brown has been excellent. Good to have his height in there, wins plenty of headers and likes a tackle. He will only get betterâ€. They were disappointed when he signed on loan for Coventry last summer. “Gutted isn’t the word! Quality centre-backâ€! Paul Dickov started him in midfield in his early games, but Latics were quick to spot his defensive strengths after his first home game against the Iron: “Reece Brown looked like a defender playing midfield." “A lot of his good work might have gone unnoticed by some, but when the other midfielders bombed forward it was usually Reece Brown filling in behind themâ€. “I thought he had the best footballing brain in the midfield that nightâ€. His lack of experience in midfield found him out, as fans pointed out in his next game against Yeovil. “Reece was another who was shocking today. He was at fault, directly, for both goals (in a 2-1 home defeat). His insistence (or is it the manager's?) on sitting so deep meant that we were playing with three centre-backs; not twoâ€. “Brown was way too deep at times. It made the centre of midfield useless for us today because there was no-one there. If he pushed up then we would have passed it more. He played well against Scunny getting forward but staying back enough to let his partner forward. He needs to push up more and stop playing the holding role, doesn't work in a 4-4-2â€. Brown scored for England U19s against Russia in a friendly in 2009, and it is at 3 minutes 15 seconds on this clip, which Oldham fans unearthed. As set pieces go, it is not especially memorable, but it did go in, and is the only video action I could find:
Some Latics haven’t given up hope of signing him. “He looked very solid at centre-half. He wasn't first-choice at either Coventry or Ipswich, so his sights might be a bit lower than we're expecting. He’s local, knows the club and was a regular when he played here. It's feasible, you knowâ€. Coventry fans were altogether less forgiving, judging by their reaction when we signed him on loan in February. “He was dog ****, one of the worst defenders I've seen in a long, long time. I think I would have done a better job. Every ball he kicked was either given straight to an opposition player or into the crowd. Think he's living off his brother's name a bitâ€. “Possibly the worst defender I have seen play for us. One of the goals we conceded against Arsenal (a 6-1 defeat in the Capital Cup) was a prime example (the first maybe?). He looked totally uninterested, unrepentant of mistakes, slow to make a decision and totally lethargicâ€. “He was played out of position at right back for usâ€. “He was billed as a right back who can play central defenceâ€. “I thought he was poor tooâ€. “Has he learned how to trap a ball yet?†“He really was terribleâ€. “I can't believe a Championship club has come in for himâ€. “If McCarthy starts Reece Brown (in what was our dour 0-0 draw at the John Smith’s Stadium), that could be the transfer that sadly saves Huddersfield from relegation. The two websites I referred to were OWTB for Oldham Athletic, and Sky Blues Talk for Coventry City. Please report offensive, libellous or inappropriate posts by using the links provided.
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