| A straight line speed winger and striker 21:24 - Nov 4 with 1650 views | bournemouthblue |
would add so much to this side
We massively lack that in our armoury |  |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:32 - Nov 4 with 1578 views | RobTheMonk |
We've missed Burns' power runs. |  | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:34 - Nov 4 with 1555 views | badadski |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:32 - Nov 4 by RobTheMonk |
We've missed Burns' power runs. |
I Got slated for saying that last game - we don’t have any pace without burns or ogbene and seem to have become a slow build up team with not much end product |  | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:35 - Nov 4 with 1539 views | FrimleyBlue |
Wasn't that why we brought mcateer? |  |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:47 - Nov 4 with 1481 views | bournemouthblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:35 - Nov 4 by FrimleyBlue |
Wasn't that why we brought mcateer? |
Possibly but he doesn't quite have that pace that Burns has, few do to be fair
McAteer looks a more classical winger but we have paid quite a lot for him and don't seem to fancy him
We looked better when Greaves came on, he at least balanced the left wing a bit better [Post edited 4 Nov 2025 22:25]
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:24 - Nov 4 with 1379 views | badadski |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:35 - Nov 4 by FrimleyBlue |
Wasn't that why we brought mcateer? |
Mcateer doesn’t have pace - the same as Clarke and philogene / all have quick feet to get past a player but no speed to progress any further - they are just slightly faster but similar attributes to Darren curry when he used to play. Pace we have been crying out for all season and without we will be relying on a few of these players leaning how to score or will be destined to not do a lot. | | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:27 - Nov 4 with 1350 views | SWLondonBlue93 |
I'm really hoping that Azon can score soon and that puts him on a run, because right now it looks like we'll need to go back into the market in January. Burns would solve the other problem, would have been great to bring him on after 70 minutes today. | | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:28 - Nov 4 with 1347 views | bournemouthblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:24 - Nov 4 by badadski |
Mcateer doesn’t have pace - the same as Clarke and philogene / all have quick feet to get past a player but no speed to progress any further - they are just slightly faster but similar attributes to Darren curry when he used to play. Pace we have been crying out for all season and without we will be relying on a few of these players leaning how to score or will be destined to not do a lot. |
Clarke of the three has the most, Philogene probably has the most technical ability but lacks out and out pace and is featherlight
McAteer is a better player than we have seen so far in my opinion but seems unwilling to take players on or go down the line and just whip a ball in
Egeli is growing and tonight Furlong supported him better, he really needs runners around him to get the best out of him | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 00:04 - Nov 5 with 1186 views | cressi |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:34 - Nov 4 by badadski |
I Got slated for saying that last game - we don’t have any pace without burns or ogbene and seem to have become a slow build up team with not much end product |
Ogbene I never saw any pace they spoke about him and McAteer absolutely a waste of 20 million. | | | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 00:17 - Nov 5 with 1131 views | bournemouthblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 00:04 - Nov 5 by cressi |
Ogbene I never saw any pace they spoke about him and McAteer absolutely a waste of 20 million. |
Ogbene also had a big injury which may have effected him
I don't thunk McAteer is a bad player, we just haven't seen him at his best currently and Kieran also doesn't seem to fancy him which isn't ideal to get that out of him
McAteer looks like a hard worker, probably better suited to away games. Philogene looks the opposite to me, he looks far better for home games where we have most of the ball. | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 06:37 - Nov 5 with 1026 views | Blue_Heath |
100% agree we are so slow and don't hit teams on the break which is the best way to defeat teams who sit back. | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 16:22 - Nov 5 with 864 views | bournemouthblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 06:37 - Nov 5 by Blue_Heath |
100% agree we are so slow and don't hit teams on the break which is the best way to defeat teams who sit back. |
You either need to thread through balls or break the lines with some dribbling
The alternative is getting bodies in the box and bombarding a side aerially, which most sides are better at dealing with, if you aren't physically bless or used to playing with knockdowns etc
We seem hell bent on persisting with long throws even though we seemingly habe little strategy to make them effective | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 16:24 - Nov 5 with 856 views | FrimleyBlue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 16:22 - Nov 5 by bournemouthblue |
You either need to thread through balls or break the lines with some dribbling
The alternative is getting bodies in the box and bombarding a side aerially, which most sides are better at dealing with, if you aren't physically bless or used to playing with knockdowns etc
We seem hell bent on persisting with long throws even though we seemingly habe little strategy to make them effective |
What bugs me is why have we literally stopped the clever set piece taking, corners being fed to a player to wack it top bins for example
as you mention long throws... make it look like we're hitting the box, no we throw it short, its philogene boom top bins. | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 17:03 - Nov 5 with 827 views | cbower |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 16:22 - Nov 5 by bournemouthblue |
You either need to thread through balls or break the lines with some dribbling
The alternative is getting bodies in the box and bombarding a side aerially, which most sides are better at dealing with, if you aren't physically bless or used to playing with knockdowns etc
We seem hell bent on persisting with long throws even though we seemingly habe little strategy to make them effective |
Furlong's throws are actually decent but you're right. No discernible strategy to flick the ball on, indeed often absolutely no challenge at all. Our attacking set pieces are, to be Frank, appalling. |  |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 17:19 - Nov 5 with 804 views | bournemouthblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 17:03 - Nov 5 by cbower |
Furlong's throws are actually decent but you're right. No discernible strategy to flick the ball on, indeed often absolutely no challenge at all. Our attacking set pieces are, to be Frank, appalling. |
They were much more creative in the promotion season when McKenna suggested we didn't even train them, the plays just improvised in games which I found very hard to believe
We seemed to be able to pull jedi mind tricks with Davis and Chappers, we almost pulled one off against Liverpool too but these crafty free kicks and corners soon started to die a death | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 18:23 - Nov 5 with 748 views | blueoutlook |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:27 - Nov 4 by SWLondonBlue93 |
I'm really hoping that Azon can score soon and that puts him on a run, because right now it looks like we'll need to go back into the market in January. Burns would solve the other problem, would have been great to bring him on after 70 minutes today. |
With the injury Burns has had he may well lose that pace. It’s something that happens with the type of problem he has had. So I wouldn’t bank on him speeding down the wing either. |  | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 18:46 - Nov 5 with 720 views | Nutkins_Return |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:24 - Nov 4 by badadski |
Mcateer doesn’t have pace - the same as Clarke and philogene / all have quick feet to get past a player but no speed to progress any further - they are just slightly faster but similar attributes to Darren curry when he used to play. Pace we have been crying out for all season and without we will be relying on a few of these players leaning how to score or will be destined to not do a lot. |
They are much quicker than Currie and I think pretty different players. | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 18:55 - Nov 5 with 703 views | Juggsy |
Even with the speedy players we rarely play to that kind of system. Slow, methodical, predicatable gameplay tapping it around before either crossing it low and hitting first man or shooting poorly from range. We have lots of chances but they are not created through any kind of speed or vision to put through a speedy player. |  | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 19:27 - Nov 5 with 674 views | ReusersTown |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 18:46 - Nov 5 by Nutkins_Return |
They are much quicker than Currie and I think pretty different players. |
The comparison to Currie is pretty funny tbf. | | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 20:02 - Nov 5 with 634 views | mellowblue |
We can't buy any more wingers surely. Another striker for sure. | | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:28 - Nov 5 with 596 views | southnorfolkblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 22:27 - Nov 4 by SWLondonBlue93 |
I'm really hoping that Azon can score soon and that puts him on a run, because right now it looks like we'll need to go back into the market in January. Burns would solve the other problem, would have been great to bring him on after 70 minutes today. |
It’s a bit of a Catch 22 with Azon. He needs game time to get up to speed, but he isnt showing enough in the minutes he has to justify starting ahead of Hirst. I really don’t know the solution. | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:32 - Nov 5 with 579 views | BouncebackIpswich |
Wes Burns and Kieffer Moore! |  | | |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:39 - Nov 5 with 567 views | bournemouthblue |
| A straight line speed winger and striker on 18:23 - Nov 5 by blueoutlook |
With the injury Burns has had he may well lose that pace. It’s something that happens with the type of problem he has had. So I wouldn’t bank on him speeding down the wing either. |
As someone who has had an ACL rupture, i can totally believe that but we will see just how good our medical care has been | |
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| A straight line speed winger and striker on 21:40 - Nov 5 with 565 views | ArnieM |
OP: we could have world class versions of those two player types you speak of, and it wouldn't change a thing to how we currently play the game ....."build SLOWLY out from the back".
I noticed when Walton first game back into the side, he was constantly looking for the quick pass out to get the ball forward. Not a single Town player was looking for that early forward pass. Last night I noticed he was no longer looking to that anymore. Obviously hes had some " coaching" during the week that put a stop to that!
Nunez 2nd half went on a run into aches of space and was looking for that quick forward pass. Nope, we passed the ball backwards... Watford players all got back into to a defensive position waiting for us as we ...."build SLOWLY out from the back" ..... |  |
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