| By George! 16:52 - Mar 15 with 3288 views | Ryorry |
Why wasn't he on at least 25 mins earlier though?! |  |
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| By George! on 07:53 - Mar 16 with 688 views | Benters |
| By George! on 07:44 - Mar 16 by textbackup |
The issue with that is our recruitment was so poor we didn’t get in that 3rd striker, so if them two play, there’s no option to make a sub |
This. |  |
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| By George! on 07:54 - Mar 16 with 683 views | Benters |
True story.
Have a uppie. | |
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| By George! on 08:01 - Mar 16 with 655 views | Libero |
| By George! on 07:32 - Mar 16 by textbackup |
To play in the system we play, I also think Hirst is a better option.
Hes not a bull in a china shop. Hes very aware of the players around him and able to bring them into play.
Something I feel Delap lacks. He’s young and will of course learn. Likely not with us though. |
That’s a different point though- one which I probably agree with- I was questioning the idea that Hirst is a ‘more complete’ striker than Delap.
Hirst does what he does really well but he’s quite limited despite being disciplined, hardworking and not bad at finishing- the additional elements that make for a more ‘complete’ striker are all things that Delap is better than Hirst on. He’s so much more technically proficient, runs with the ball really well, very good finisher off both left and right foot- only thing Delap *really* needs to work on is selecting his passes/time to pass a bit better- other than that you won’t find a more ‘complete’ striker in Europe his age. |  | | |
| By George! on 08:05 - Mar 16 with 630 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
I'm usually loathe to criticise McKenna, he knows far more about football management than I ever will, but I was also baffled yesterday as to why he left it so late to bring the subs on. We were 3-0 down, what did we have to lose? |  |
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| By George! on 08:09 - Mar 16 with 597 views | hype313 |
| By George! on 08:05 - Mar 16 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I'm usually loathe to criticise McKenna, he knows far more about football management than I ever will, but I was also baffled yesterday as to why he left it so late to bring the subs on. We were 3-0 down, what did we have to lose? |
Yep, it's been a theme since the new year bringing on subs too late in the day.
Bit odd if you ask me. |  |
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| By George! on 09:06 - Mar 16 with 536 views | Exiled2Surrey |
| By George! on 07:44 - Mar 16 by textbackup |
The issue with that is our recruitment was so poor we didn’t get in that 3rd striker, so if them two play, there’s no option to make a sub |
If he really thought the two of them on the pitch at the same time would work I think he would have done it by now, despite the lack of subs. Given he brings subs on so late, you may as well have Delap and Hirst on the pitch together for 80 minutes with a view to being being 3-0 up and hanging on with a makeshift false nine for the last 15 minutes
Not saying that we could make that stick BTW, just that not having a third 9 doesn’t completely prevent us from doing that - but that is a huge risk to take |  | | |
| By George! on 09:21 - Mar 16 with 501 views | cbower |
| By George! on 07:38 - Mar 16 by OwainG1992 |
Kind of agree.
I think Hirsts link up play is better than Delaps.
That being said I actually think we have 2 good number 9s and id quite like to see them on the pitch at the same time. |
Not sure playing them both as 9s myself but I could certainly see Delap playing as one of the 10s off Hirst. We massively lack physicality and genuine pace in the three behing the striker. Hirst as the 9, Delap as one of the 10s would, in my opinion, give us more of what we're lacking. |  |
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| By George! on 09:33 - Mar 16 with 489 views | Libero |
| By George! on 09:21 - Mar 16 by cbower |
Not sure playing them both as 9s myself but I could certainly see Delap playing as one of the 10s off Hirst. We massively lack physicality and genuine pace in the three behing the striker. Hirst as the 9, Delap as one of the 10s would, in my opinion, give us more of what we're lacking. |
I’m surprised this hasn’t been utilised at points, I can only assume it’s due to a combination of…
1) wanting to protect Delap when he’s put a shift in, so taking him off instead of shifting him ‘out wide’
2) we’ve purchased so many wide forwards/attackers/shadow strikers/inside forwards/wingers and they all require minutes too!
I’d love to see Delap hanging on the fullback, ala Scowie/Walters [Post edited 16 Mar 9:34]
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| By George! on 09:54 - Mar 16 with 461 views | Ryorry |
| By George! on 07:29 - Mar 16 by Libero |
What?! |
I think he means that Hirst has more strings to his bow & experience than Delap's raw talent.
Yes Delap is brilliant at muscling up the pitch at a gallop & striking, but Hirst uses both brain and brawn; has a higher goals ratio to shots than Delap (56% to Liam's 46%) & as others have said, links other players in to increase the *team's* overall chance of a goal. Possibly one reason Delap isn't in the England manager's senior squad selection just now. | |
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| By George! on 10:15 - Mar 16 with 439 views | textbackup |
| By George! on 08:01 - Mar 16 by Libero |
That’s a different point though- one which I probably agree with- I was questioning the idea that Hirst is a ‘more complete’ striker than Delap.
Hirst does what he does really well but he’s quite limited despite being disciplined, hardworking and not bad at finishing- the additional elements that make for a more ‘complete’ striker are all things that Delap is better than Hirst on. He’s so much more technically proficient, runs with the ball really well, very good finisher off both left and right foot- only thing Delap *really* needs to work on is selecting his passes/time to pass a bit better- other than that you won’t find a more ‘complete’ striker in Europe his age. |
Ah ok sorry, I completely missed what you were saying in the post 👍
Always look forward to seeing you post, nothing against the posts, but just the chance to see Sir George’s face makes me happy. |  |
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| By George! on 10:19 - Mar 16 with 420 views | textbackup |
| By George! on 09:33 - Mar 16 by Libero |
I’m surprised this hasn’t been utilised at points, I can only assume it’s due to a combination of…
1) wanting to protect Delap when he’s put a shift in, so taking him off instead of shifting him ‘out wide’
2) we’ve purchased so many wide forwards/attackers/shadow strikers/inside forwards/wingers and they all require minutes too!
I’d love to see Delap hanging on the fullback, ala Scowie/Walters [Post edited 16 Mar 9:34]
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I could see him playing that role for one of the big boys if he gets that move in the summer.
Pure brute force, pace and power. No fullback EVER wants that running at them | |
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| By George! on 11:15 - Mar 16 with 366 views | Libero |
| By George! on 10:19 - Mar 16 by textbackup |
I could see him playing that role for one of the big boys if he gets that move in the summer.
Pure brute force, pace and power. No fullback EVER wants that running at them |
I do wonder if we’d landed a striker target like the Greek fella or Broja, if that’s where Delap would have primarily played this season and subsequent signings in ‘wide’ roles may not have been made. | | | |
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