| Enciso 15:01 - Feb 27 with 2434 views | DJR |
I think we were banking on Enciso to make all the difference, but sadly he has got injured before he has had a chance to make much in the way of an impact, and at a crucial part of the season. Certainly from what I have seen of him is that he has a huge amount of talent as well as a great deal of drive.
Were he fit, I imagine we would be playing Hutchinson right with Philogene on the left.
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| Enciso on 15:21 - Feb 27 with 2301 views | FromReuserWithLove |
Crikey, I had already forgotten about him. |  | | |
| Enciso on 15:25 - Feb 27 with 2279 views | badadski |
Looks like he could have been the missing link, the number 10 that has the strength and ability to hold the ball, turn and get past the defender to then shoot or play a decisive, splitting pass, kind of like a Counago or even if you like a Morsy further up the pitch.
Hutchinson is not the player we need for that position and its no coincidence that we are bullied more with him as a number 10. Team looks disjointed, Philo looked better on left against Liverpool for the period he played, looks lacking on the right regardless of the goals he scored, Hutchinson looks better coming in off the right to get a left foot shot away and no doubt Philo on the opposite wing as his shot in the second half at the keeper when he had the whole of the other angle of goal to aim for is im guessing because it was his weaker foot. Clarke ironically looked really good first half when he was picking up loose balls in midfield, dribbling past a couple of players and then playing it forward, more dangerous than on the left wing.
Just a few observations but i think our lack of pace and options due to injuries and maybe Mckenna playing players because of the money spent on them, even out of position, rather than actual ability is our downfall at the moment. But hey ho, im not paid 6m a year to coach so what do i know. |  | | |
| Enciso on 15:48 - Feb 27 with 2158 views | tonybied |
I think he would've really been the one to help break the lines and actually test Onana last night. |  | | |
| Enciso on 16:29 - Feb 27 with 2042 views | dirtyboy |
lol same...
Just made a post and would have mentioned him for sure.
Looks like we've well and truly run out of luck. |  | | |
| Enciso on 16:38 - Feb 27 with 1999 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
Enciso, Szmodics, Ogbene - three new signings, three absolutely needed and we haven't got what we needed due to injury. It's the same with Phillips. Even Muric at the start, had he come in the first game, was fit and ready and had a good game against Liverpool, he'd have been more settled to play City, and he may have had a better season too.
If you add injuries to regulars like Burns, Chaplin, Broadhead, and Axel T, we have had disgustingly bad luck in that area. [Post edited 27 Feb 16:39]
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| Enciso on 18:03 - Feb 27 with 1751 views | ibbleobble |
Completely agree. He’ll be back in 3-weeks but it could well be a near impossible task by then. Real shame as I’d love to see more of him in a Town shirt beyond this season. | | | |
| Enciso on 18:13 - Feb 27 with 1694 views | JeanManuelThetis |
There is just no way that one player can keep us up.
It often feels like there is a missing link, but in reality it usually involves a huge collective improvement from the entire squad, or a major change of direction as is sometimes seen with a new manager bounce (not something I'd suggest btw!!) |  | | |
| Enciso on 18:13 - Feb 27 with 1692 views | Illinoisblue |
The fact we are again relying on a loan player to make a substantial season-defining difference says a lot about our recruitment. |  |
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| Enciso on 18:44 - Feb 27 with 1581 views | MK1 |
Think we were hoping more from all our new recruits. Muric (obviously). Greaves isn't any better than Burgess. O'Shea has been ok. Thought Johnson would have been our RB answer. Townsend hasn't had a chance. Godfrey has been bad. Phillips and Cajuste haven't been the midfield engine I was hoping for, with neither seaming to be able to last 90 mins every week. Hutchinson has been ok. Clarke has been disappointing. Delap has obviously been the stand out. Ogbene injury a huge blow. Szmodics injuries have meant a start stop to his impact here. Philogene, Enciso & Palmer haven't been here long enough to judge properly, although Enciso looked good before his injury.
Overall, I was hoping our new signings would be a major step up on what we already had here. Walton is better than Muric. Think Burgess and Woolfy would have been no worse. Taylor, Morsy & Luongo maybe a step to high for them. Broadhead should have started more when fit. Chaplin ? Burns was doing ok before injury. Axel fine, but injury prone.
We rolled the dice and it hasn't really worked, but would rather we tried than not I guess.
We will have a strong Championship squad with a few addition to midield and a couple of strikers. No point in crying over spilt milk. |  |
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| Enciso on 18:47 - Feb 27 with 1556 views | Vaughan8 |
We seem very shot shy and he seemed willing and capable of taking shots so for sure he's something different and from the little I saw him, looked a very good player. | | | |
| Enciso on 19:30 - Feb 27 with 1418 views | textbackup |
Not having a striker to bring on for a tired Delap when Hirst was out has killed us in many aspects too.
Not done the maths, but I’d guess we didn’t gain any points extra when Delap had gone off in this games |  |
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| Enciso on 20:19 - Feb 27 with 1314 views | ibbleobble |
| Enciso on 18:13 - Feb 27 by Illinoisblue |
The fact we are again relying on a loan player to make a substantial season-defining difference says a lot about our recruitment. |
Worked fine with Sarmiento. | | | |
| Enciso on 20:30 - Feb 27 with 1248 views | redrickstuhaart |
| Enciso on 18:44 - Feb 27 by MK1 |
Think we were hoping more from all our new recruits. Muric (obviously). Greaves isn't any better than Burgess. O'Shea has been ok. Thought Johnson would have been our RB answer. Townsend hasn't had a chance. Godfrey has been bad. Phillips and Cajuste haven't been the midfield engine I was hoping for, with neither seaming to be able to last 90 mins every week. Hutchinson has been ok. Clarke has been disappointing. Delap has obviously been the stand out. Ogbene injury a huge blow. Szmodics injuries have meant a start stop to his impact here. Philogene, Enciso & Palmer haven't been here long enough to judge properly, although Enciso looked good before his injury.
Overall, I was hoping our new signings would be a major step up on what we already had here. Walton is better than Muric. Think Burgess and Woolfy would have been no worse. Taylor, Morsy & Luongo maybe a step to high for them. Broadhead should have started more when fit. Chaplin ? Burns was doing ok before injury. Axel fine, but injury prone.
We rolled the dice and it hasn't really worked, but would rather we tried than not I guess.
We will have a strong Championship squad with a few addition to midield and a couple of strikers. No point in crying over spilt milk. |
Agree about greaves v burgess. Burgess would have attacked those set pieces.
However, i really question o shea. All goals come that side. 3 relegations. Looks good at times but is a consiatent feature in bad defences. Burgess and wolf for me. Improves our midfield as well... [Post edited 27 Feb 20:36]
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| Enciso on 21:05 - Feb 27 with 1147 views | Smoresy |
| Enciso on 19:30 - Feb 27 by textbackup |
Not having a striker to bring on for a tired Delap when Hirst was out has killed us in many aspects too.
Not done the maths, but I’d guess we didn’t gain any points extra when Delap had gone off in this games |
Think we've scored 3 goals after Delap has come off, 2 goals before he's come on (Brentford shudder).
1 point gained against Southampton, Morsy's lovely deflection in the 95th or so. Hirst sub game.
2 points gained when Clarke put it on Taylor's head against Wolves in the last moments. Al-Hamadi sub game.
1 consolation goal against Liverpool, Greaves' header, guessing Hirst came on then.
Points lost after he's gone off include Bournemouth, Fulham and Leicester. Can't remember others off the top of my head.
Delap's played 84% of minutes and we've scored 26 goals, so unless my numbers above are wrong, we average 0.93 goals per game with him on the field, 1.16 goals per game without him. Offsetting that is how diabolical we were against Newcastle, when neither he nor Hirst were available. I'd say the most important takeaway is how few goals we score in every scenario. | | | |
| Enciso on 21:06 - Feb 27 with 1143 views | Swansea_Blue |
People talk about us not getting luck in games, but apart from the odd dodgy decision we’ve made our own bad ‘luck’ by not being good enough at key moments. We’ve been really unlucky with injuries though. They hurt every team of course (see Spurs), but we don’t have the depth to cope. |  |
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| Enciso on 21:28 - Feb 27 with 1035 views | textbackup |
| Enciso on 21:05 - Feb 27 by Smoresy |
Think we've scored 3 goals after Delap has come off, 2 goals before he's come on (Brentford shudder).
1 point gained against Southampton, Morsy's lovely deflection in the 95th or so. Hirst sub game.
2 points gained when Clarke put it on Taylor's head against Wolves in the last moments. Al-Hamadi sub game.
1 consolation goal against Liverpool, Greaves' header, guessing Hirst came on then.
Points lost after he's gone off include Bournemouth, Fulham and Leicester. Can't remember others off the top of my head.
Delap's played 84% of minutes and we've scored 26 goals, so unless my numbers above are wrong, we average 0.93 goals per game with him on the field, 1.16 goals per game without him. Offsetting that is how diabolical we were against Newcastle, when neither he nor Hirst were available. I'd say the most important takeaway is how few goals we score in every scenario. |
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