| Mings at Centre back 22:41 - Oct 14 with 7049 views | Vic |
Old Git was right after all then! He always maintained that would be his best position and moaned that Mick wouldn’t play him there. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:44 - Oct 14 with 4558 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
I think most observers always saw that Mings would end up as a CB. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:49 - Oct 14 with 4524 views | sparks |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:44 - Oct 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think most observers always saw that Mings would end up as a CB. |
No. One or two posters who suggested it were roundly ridiculed and abused for it. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:50 - Oct 14 with 4519 views | judespiveyg |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:44 - Oct 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think most observers always saw that Mings would end up as a CB. |
Really? He was arguably our best player other than Murphy in the play off season, playing at left back. His best attribute was his attacking ability which was unlike anything I've ever seen from an Ipswich full back, which is why I'm surprised he's such a quality centre half. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:50 - Oct 14 with 4512 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:49 - Oct 14 by sparks |
No. One or two posters who suggested it were roundly ridiculed and abused for it. |
Yes, I was probably one of those few.
As usual. | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:51 - Oct 14 with 4506 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:50 - Oct 14 by judespiveyg |
Really? He was arguably our best player other than Murphy in the play off season, playing at left back. His best attribute was his attacking ability which was unlike anything I've ever seen from an Ipswich full back, which is why I'm surprised he's such a quality centre half. |
Tall, good on the ball. Many a third party, including Eddie Howe saw him as a long term CB | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:53 - Oct 14 with 4502 views | Guthrum |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:44 - Oct 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think most observers always saw that Mings would end up as a CB. |
It's a different position at Prem/International level, requiring a mobility and ball control more suitable to full-back in the Championship (where CBs rarely, if ever, do that). He was too useful to play at CB for us. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:54 - Oct 14 with 4487 views | judespiveyg |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:51 - Oct 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Tall, good on the ball. Many a third party, including Eddie Howe saw him as a long term CB |
Very true, it's just that he easily could have been a Premiership full back as well, guess that shows what a great player he is. | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 22:55 - Oct 14 with 4478 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:53 - Oct 14 by Guthrum |
It's a different position at Prem/International level, requiring a mobility and ball control more suitable to full-back in the Championship (where CBs rarely, if ever, do that). He was too useful to play at CB for us. |
Seemed to do well at CB for Villa in the champ. | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 23:01 - Oct 14 with 4449 views | Guthrum |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:55 - Oct 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Seemed to do well at CB for Villa in the champ. |
Not saying he couldn't do it, more that a player of Mings' ability and style is wasted at CB in most Champ sides, being faster and more agile than the average FB (certainly than ours).
Villa last season were not quite a bog standard Champ squad. | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 23:01 - Oct 14 with 4444 views | LankHenners |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:49 - Oct 14 by sparks |
No. One or two posters who suggested it were roundly ridiculed and abused for it. |
That’s mainly because one poster who used to bang on about Mings as CB did it amongst banging on about nonsense like playing Ambrose at full back. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 23:05 - Oct 14 with 4419 views | BlueBadger |
| Mings at Centre back on 23:01 - Oct 14 by LankHenners |
That’s mainly because one poster who used to bang on about Mings as CB did it amongst banging on about nonsense like playing Ambrose at full back. |
...and buying houses in Burnley. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 23:13 - Oct 14 with 4383 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Mings at Centre back on 23:01 - Oct 14 by Guthrum |
Not saying he couldn't do it, more that a player of Mings' ability and style is wasted at CB in most Champ sides, being faster and more agile than the average FB (certainly than ours).
Villa last season were not quite a bog standard Champ squad. |
Prob right that he was more useful to us as LB | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 23:30 - Oct 14 with 4334 views | bournemouthblue |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:49 - Oct 14 by sparks |
No. One or two posters who suggested it were roundly ridiculed and abused for it. |
I am one but mainly because I thought he had great potential as a left back
Obviously I think a few things have happened which have accelerated that process, firstly a bad injury and secondly, Daniels preventing him from getting much of a look in. He still had to move on to really flourish.
He always has the physical attributes to play any position to be quite frank, he's tall, fast and agile [Post edited 14 Oct 2019 23:32]
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| Mings at Centre back on 01:25 - Oct 15 with 4201 views | wkj |
Old Git was not always crazy with his ideas, but god was he crazy on how he delivered them. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 01:28 - Oct 15 with 4199 views | wkj |
| Mings at Centre back on 23:05 - Oct 14 by BlueBadger |
...and buying houses in Burnley. |
I still like the day he concluded it was benefit cheats in McDonalds drive through on a BH Monday when there were big queues because of some offer or another. | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 06:55 - Oct 15 with 4021 views | BloomBlue |
Remember when some fans not only gave Old Git abuse for suggesting it but also claimed Mings was the worst LB in the history of the club. They also claimed it demonstrated how far this club had declined buying basically non league standard players and our scouting network was broken; we only buy players who play a few good minutes against us. |  | | |
| Mings at Centre back on 06:57 - Oct 15 with 4013 views | Pinewoodblue |
For the record Benters also had the vision to see Tyrone as a centre back. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 07:29 - Oct 15 with 3941 views | Plums |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:44 - Oct 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I think most observers always saw that Mings would end up as a CB. |
Not me, I always thought he’d be a useful marauding CM. Whatever our opinions, the lad done good! |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 07:48 - Oct 15 with 3894 views | Herbivore |
I seem to remember the issue at the time was more the claim that Mings should play centre back 'because he's tall' rather than because of superb insight into his all round footballing talents. At the time Mings was playing very well for us at left back and his marauding runs forward were a much more positive feature of his game than his defending, which was a bit naive at times as he was still somewhat raw and learning his trade. Many didn't think that was the time to be converting him to a centre back as (a) he didn't look ready for that defensively and (b) he was a major asset for us at left back. That opinion was and is still valid and isn't undermined by him growing into a very capable centre back some 4 years down the line. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 07:57 - Oct 15 with 3880 views | DanTheMan |
| Mings at Centre back on 22:53 - Oct 14 by Guthrum |
It's a different position at Prem/International level, requiring a mobility and ball control more suitable to full-back in the Championship (where CBs rarely, if ever, do that). He was too useful to play at CB for us. |
This was what I criticised. He wasn't as good defensively as he seems to be now and at centre back for us he would have been utterly wasted as he has great attacking attributes.
In sides where you have the freedom to play out from the back then it's an entirely different discussion. Still stand by what I said. |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 08:09 - Oct 15 with 3843 views | itfcjoe |
He's been unbelievable since signing for Villa - funnily enoug though, without that loan move he was going absolutely nowhere at Bournemouth, it certainly worked out for all parties! |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 08:13 - Oct 15 with 3820 views | StuartBrett8 |
| Mings at Centre back on 08:09 - Oct 15 by itfcjoe |
He's been unbelievable since signing for Villa - funnily enoug though, without that loan move he was going absolutely nowhere at Bournemouth, it certainly worked out for all parties! |
I think one of the big boy's will go in for him after last night.... Spurs maybe? |  |
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| Mings at Centre back on 08:20 - Oct 15 with 3800 views | Herbivore |
| Mings at Centre back on 08:09 - Oct 15 by itfcjoe |
He's been unbelievable since signing for Villa - funnily enoug though, without that loan move he was going absolutely nowhere at Bournemouth, it certainly worked out for all parties! |
Been a great move for him. Villa's form after he signed for them was ridiculous and he's done very well there. He'll still have a mistake in him as he's still learning his trade as a CB, he's not played 50 games in that role yet. Last night though showed he had the composure and temperament to play at a very high level. | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 08:22 - Oct 15 with 3795 views | itfcjoe |
| Mings at Centre back on 08:13 - Oct 15 by StuartBrett8 |
I think one of the big boy's will go in for him after last night.... Spurs maybe? |
He'd be £100m now if he were to leave - needs to play like he has for at least 18 months to be worth buying for a big team | |
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| Mings at Centre back on 08:24 - Oct 15 with 3793 views | itfcjoe |
| Mings at Centre back on 08:20 - Oct 15 by Herbivore |
Been a great move for him. Villa's form after he signed for them was ridiculous and he's done very well there. He'll still have a mistake in him as he's still learning his trade as a CB, he's not played 50 games in that role yet. Last night though showed he had the composure and temperament to play at a very high level. |
His career has definitely gone the long way round, had he not gone to Villa in January he'd have likely been dropping into the Championship permanently in the summer - little decisions and chunks of luck define careers | |
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