| My view on Jacob Greaves 18:45 - Sep 20 with 2395 views | cbower |
Positives : He can win a decent share of straight forward aerial duels. He (mostly) looks comfortable with the ball at his feet. He seems willing to drive into any space that opens up in front of him. He is (a bit of) a threat at attacking corners.
Negatives : Unfortunately he reminds of a more classy Matthew Pennington. By that I mean he is far too reliant on the last ditch tackle or block. This is the result of ball watching and / or getting caught under the ball. Whilst I said he (mostly) looks comfortable on the ball, this comes with a few caveats: 1 - his passing can be slack and 2 - he moves the ball too slowly at times. Finally, whilst winning his share of straightforward aerial duels, he ends up far too often for my liking on his ar$e in our box, nudged off the ball and looking for a foul. For a centre half, that's not a good sign.
Overall, he really does need to become far more consistent in lots of parts of his game in my opinion. |  |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 18:47 - Sep 20 with 2338 views | LeoMuff |
I was chatting to a WBA fan yesterday who can’t believe we have Kipre as back up, says he is better than Greaves and O Shea. |  |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 18:51 - Sep 20 with 2284 views | redrickstuhaart |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 18:47 - Sep 20 by LeoMuff |
I was chatting to a WBA fan yesterday who can’t believe we have Kipre as back up, says he is better than Greaves and O Shea. |
I think and hope there is a strong prospect that Kipre comes in to cover the ban and does well enough to keep the shirt. |  | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 18:52 - Sep 20 with 2266 views | BouncebackIpswich |
That's a good post. He looks ok 90% of the time but somehow doesn't inspire trust. He's also weak at times or at least struggles to stay on his feet. Good on the ball but moves it slowly. Think he's at his level and needs to keep it simple sometimes to avoid errors. |  | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 18:53 - Sep 20 with 2253 views | Simonds92 |
Was thinking of Pennington earlier as a comparison. Better footballer than him, but positionally similar frailties which result in what you're saying with the last ditch tackles.
As a partnership these 2 don't work at all and we need to accept that and change it early enough to stop it ruining our season. | | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 19:01 - Sep 20 with 2150 views | ArnieM |
When joined us I thought he was outstanding. Thfn he got injured, and I dont know where that commanding CB has gone. McKenna will probably ly play him again v Pomoey, but id like to see Kipre given his chance for a bit. Greaves just keeps making mistakes. There's a good player in there still, but maybe he just needs to come out of the firing line for a bit. |  |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 19:53 - Sep 20 with 1981 views | Fenland_Blue |
He is too lightweight for a big lad, and has done little to justify his very large transfer fee. |  |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 20:28 - Sep 20 with 1815 views | Guthrum |
That particular instance was down to him not being able to keep up with a pacey attacker bursting forward when caught out a long way up the field. Which is perhaps unsurprising for a CB. |  |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 20:50 - Sep 20 with 1685 views | cbower |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 20:28 - Sep 20 by Guthrum |
That particular instance was down to him not being able to keep up with a pacey attacker bursting forward when caught out a long way up the field. Which is perhaps unsurprising for a CB. |
My observations were general Gutters, not specifically related to one incident or today's game but I take your point. | |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 20:53 - Sep 20 with 1663 views | redrickstuhaart |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 20:28 - Sep 20 by Guthrum |
That particular instance was down to him not being able to keep up with a pacey attacker bursting forward when caught out a long way up the field. Which is perhaps unsurprising for a CB. |
He was caught wrong side of the guy. Which happens to him an awful lot. | | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 23:19 - Sep 20 with 1364 views | Everydayblue |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 19:01 - Sep 20 by ArnieM |
When joined us I thought he was outstanding. Thfn he got injured, and I dont know where that commanding CB has gone. McKenna will probably ly play him again v Pomoey, but id like to see Kipre given his chance for a bit. Greaves just keeps making mistakes. There's a good player in there still, but maybe he just needs to come out of the firing line for a bit. |
Won't he be serving a suspension for the Pompey game?
So Kipre will get his chance, I'm assuming? | | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 23:39 - Sep 20 with 1313 views | jas0999 |
Rightly banned.
Should be benched at best. Very poor player. | | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 00:04 - Sep 21 with 1222 views | DJR |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 19:53 - Sep 20 by Fenland_Blue |
He is too lightweight for a big lad, and has done little to justify his very large transfer fee. |
I don't think that can be said of Kipre.
He looked built like a brick sh*thouse when he came. |  | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 00:12 - Sep 21 with 1183 views | DJR |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 23:19 - Sep 20 by Everydayblue |
Won't he be serving a suspension for the Pompey game?
So Kipre will get his chance, I'm assuming? |
And presumably Baggott will be on the bench, which is good for the lad. | | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 08:04 - Sep 21 with 510 views | HighgateBlue |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 00:04 - Sep 21 by DJR |
I don't think that can be said of Kipre.
He looked built like a brick sh*thouse when he came. |
Or, dare I say it, a fridge.
(*wishing him a speedy recovery from injury, but reckon that being 4 points clear may just ease the pain slightly). |  | | |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 08:08 - Sep 21 with 485 views | textbackup |
He’s a sht defender
Only plays because of his transfer fee |  |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 08:34 - Sep 21 with 411 views | southnorfolkblue |
| My view on Jacob Greaves on 18:51 - Sep 20 by redrickstuhaart |
I think and hope there is a strong prospect that Kipre comes in to cover the ban and does well enough to keep the shirt. |
I think that’s likely tbh. Once Kipre is in, if he plays to his level, he will be hard to shift imho | |
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| My view on Jacob Greaves on 09:48 - Sep 21 with 203 views | franz_tyson |
Greaves is actually a proven Championship CB. That's what got him his move. Just over-priced and has been protected by Kmac. He should have earned his place back in the team last year and Burgess was hard done by. Time for Greaves to earn the right to get his place back. Might do him good. Kipre's a good CB at this level so I don't see any problem about him taking the CB spot. Having a supposed high ceiling shouldn't be enough to have a permanent spot in the starting line up.
Not writing Greaves off, but now it's Kipres shirt to lose and Kmac should not give it back to Greaves easily
And I want to see Nunez start alongside Matusiwa. This Cajuste drool obsession I don't understand. He's got to offer more to the team than a few fancy spins. | | | |
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