| Negative alert: Young as a RB 08:45 - Jan 11 with 2069 views | franz_tyson |
A tad surprised no-one has mentioned Young getting caught out quite a few times at RB. Not saying his overall game was bad ..... but he really did look vulnerable pace-wise and the ball over the top. We nearly conceded from him getting caught out and he took a reddish yellow early on as well. Quality player but not sure he's still got the legs for a full back. I do wonder if he's better off as back up in centre-midfield.
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:51 - Jan 11 with 2015 views | bazza |
I’m not quite sure why we would let Harry Clarke go? Furlong has been solid, but Clarke is a very capable right back. Who links up well with burns., and we miss his fist pumps !! |  | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:54 - Jan 11 with 1986 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
It's definitely been mentioned. Weeks ago. |  |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:59 - Jan 11 with 1942 views | NthQldITFC |
I can't see why we're playing him personally. Looks incredibly vulnerable to pace and his touch has looked poor at times too. You'd think his experience would help but he's still getting caught out too often. If we were bringing on a young right back you could understand him helping with that, but Furlong is solid and Johnson can do a job.
Was his signing to do with his son or to try to get Clarke's positional sense up to speed? One thing; the squad seems more together now than it did two or three months ago - perhaps Young has had a big part to play in that? If so, he's done a good job, but I'd rather see Johnson (< edit: not Young) or Clarke backing up Furlong now, by a long way. [Post edited 11 Jan 13:38]
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:01 - Jan 11 with 1936 views | Dubtractor |
It was mentioned in a couple of threads after the game, including by me.
It was a big issue and I'd be a bit concerned if we saw him starting a league game at FB tbh.
Good with the ball, and great corners, but hugely vulnerable to a simple ball over the top. |  |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:05 - Jan 11 with 1887 views | Churchman |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:51 - Jan 11 by bazza |
I’m not quite sure why we would let Harry Clarke go? Furlong has been solid, but Clarke is a very capable right back. Who links up well with burns., and we miss his fist pumps !! |
I like Harry. A passionate player with loads of energy and a fair bit of ability. But he needs to be playing. You only get one career and spending too much time shining your rear on the bench is not a good thing.
Clarke is not going to get in the side in front of Furlong, who is a much better defender and all round player. He also is less injury prone than Harry so I can see the logic of letting him go.
Not sure what we have as back up and where do we get those fist pumps from without him?. |  | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:14 - Jan 11 with 1826 views | franz_tyson |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:05 - Jan 11 by Churchman |
I like Harry. A passionate player with loads of energy and a fair bit of ability. But he needs to be playing. You only get one career and spending too much time shining your rear on the bench is not a good thing.
Clarke is not going to get in the side in front of Furlong, who is a much better defender and all round player. He also is less injury prone than Harry so I can see the logic of letting him go.
Not sure what we have as back up and where do we get those fist pumps from without him?. |
Clarke needs to go.
I'd rather see O'Shea as a backup RB than Young or Clarke. Maybe Johnson .... but wouldn't be surprised to see Johnson leave, too.
We have 3 good CBs and, for me, O'Shea can do a solid job at RB if required with Kippers and Greaves in tbe centre.
Such an odd situation that we have 1 RB who can do a decent job, yet 3 more who aren't really up to it. We accumulate RBs once we realise the last one isn't up to it.... and then can't get rid of them. | | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:53 - Jan 11 with 1664 views | Blue_Uprising |
His pace is certainly a major hindrance. They looked most likely to score through exploiting that opportunity. His forward play and passing range however is good for releasing burns / McAteer to run beyond their men. I don’t think we will see him in many league games any more at RB however.
I am a little surprised that Johnson has not been given more opportunities as the backup for furlong or an alternative where a more progressive right back is an option vs certain opposition. |  | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 10:08 - Jan 11 with 1582 views | Wickets |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:51 - Jan 11 by bazza |
I’m not quite sure why we would let Harry Clarke go? Furlong has been solid, but Clarke is a very capable right back. Who links up well with burns., and we miss his fist pumps !! |
Problem with that is both players Clarke and Burns are coming back from long injury so both will be off the pace for a while as Wes displayed recently. Not trying to knock either player it's just a fact of life. |  | | |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 10:27 - Jan 11 with 1471 views | bazza |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 10:08 - Jan 11 by Wickets |
Problem with that is both players Clarke and Burns are coming back from long injury so both will be off the pace for a while as Wes displayed recently. Not trying to knock either player it's just a fact of life. |
We’ve had plenty of Players in the past come back from major injuries, straight back in the team.. I just find it a little bizarre how some players have been released or Loaned out, and replaced by players who imo are no better, and with no real affection towards the club.. maybe I’m just too sentimental. | | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 10:37 - Jan 11 with 1423 views | FrimleyBlue |
a 40 year old fullback is an incredible risk with us imo, as you said he on occasions was getting caught out with that ball over the top, which is what we face on a weekly basis |  |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 10:43 - Jan 11 with 1399 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:59 - Jan 11 by NthQldITFC |
I can't see why we're playing him personally. Looks incredibly vulnerable to pace and his touch has looked poor at times too. You'd think his experience would help but he's still getting caught out too often. If we were bringing on a young right back you could understand him helping with that, but Furlong is solid and Johnson can do a job.
Was his signing to do with his son or to try to get Clarke's positional sense up to speed? One thing; the squad seems more together now than it did two or three months ago - perhaps Young has had a big part to play in that? If so, he's done a good job, but I'd rather see Johnson (< edit: not Young) or Clarke backing up Furlong now, by a long way. [Post edited 11 Jan 13:38]
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I think his signing was to replace Morsy tbh with the experience and leadership behind the scenes. | |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 12:01 - Jan 11 with 1218 views | Smoresy |
Was the consensus of the first half on here but quickly disappeared off the main page. It doesn't worry me greatly because we own a troop of RBs. I hope McKenna only plays Young in the league to go up against the Darren Curries of the world, or at least nobody above medium pace.
Clarke looks soon to leave, either because he's below Johnson in McKenna's pecking order, or because Johnson is the hardest to shift on account of wages and contract length. Was Johnson underutilised earlier in an effort to dissuade him from seeing out his time here or is that conspiracy guff? Whichever answer, likely the latter, he's a very handy replacement for this level imo, above most teams' backups.
Edit: just seen your O'Shea mention and agree, he could be very solid there too if injuries call on it. I think McKenna values Young's PL qualities with the ball at his feet and plays him when he believes we'll get away with the pace problem, rather than because we're short in that position. [Post edited 11 Jan 12:20]
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 12:39 - Jan 11 with 1101 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:59 - Jan 11 by NthQldITFC |
I can't see why we're playing him personally. Looks incredibly vulnerable to pace and his touch has looked poor at times too. You'd think his experience would help but he's still getting caught out too often. If we were bringing on a young right back you could understand him helping with that, but Furlong is solid and Johnson can do a job.
Was his signing to do with his son or to try to get Clarke's positional sense up to speed? One thing; the squad seems more together now than it did two or three months ago - perhaps Young has had a big part to play in that? If so, he's done a good job, but I'd rather see Johnson (< edit: not Young) or Clarke backing up Furlong now, by a long way. [Post edited 11 Jan 13:38]
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Didn't you mean Johnson or Clarke in your last sentence? |  |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 13:29 - Jan 11 with 991 views | gsoly |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:53 - Jan 11 by Blue_Uprising |
His pace is certainly a major hindrance. They looked most likely to score through exploiting that opportunity. His forward play and passing range however is good for releasing burns / McAteer to run beyond their men. I don’t think we will see him in many league games any more at RB however.
I am a little surprised that Johnson has not been given more opportunities as the backup for furlong or an alternative where a more progressive right back is an option vs certain opposition. |
Why on earth would we play Johnson over Furlong? He’s had countless opportunities. Isn’t good enough. |  | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 13:37 - Jan 11 with 965 views | NthQldITFC |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 12:39 - Jan 11 by LegendofthePhoenix |
Didn't you mean Johnson or Clarke in your last sentence? |
Yes, young Johnson.  Thank you. | |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 13:39 - Jan 11 with 962 views | _CliveBaker_ |
Looks like he should be playing vets football if you ask me. Not a great surprise given he would be older than even most of them, hopefully his influence off the pitch and experience around the ‘group’ is valuable in the run in, but I don’t think he’ll be getting too many league minutes from here on in tbh. You can see his quality but yes the legs aren’t what they used to be. Blackpool clearly targeted that direct ball in behind him, it yielded their best couple of opportunities and wasn’t a bad plan. |  | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 16:20 - Jan 11 with 771 views | Radlett_blue |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 09:05 - Jan 11 by Churchman |
I like Harry. A passionate player with loads of energy and a fair bit of ability. But he needs to be playing. You only get one career and spending too much time shining your rear on the bench is not a good thing.
Clarke is not going to get in the side in front of Furlong, who is a much better defender and all round player. He also is less injury prone than Harry so I can see the logic of letting him go.
Not sure what we have as back up and where do we get those fist pumps from without him?. |
Harry Clarke has been unlucky with injuries but he's not even getting on our bench so a loan makes sense for him & he should probably move on in the summer, as should Humphreys & Baggott. What was the point in bringing him on after 89 minutes yesterday? |  |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 18:12 - Jan 11 with 651 views | bournemouthblue |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 08:51 - Jan 11 by bazza |
I’m not quite sure why we would let Harry Clarke go? Furlong has been solid, but Clarke is a very capable right back. Who links up well with burns., and we miss his fist pumps !! |
Clarke seems well out of the picture sadly, I guess we have Ben Johnson still here for the timebeing also |  |
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| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 19:32 - Jan 11 with 539 views | Bluespeed225 |
Aluko against Maidstone. Great player, most skilful since McGoldrick, but he knew when it was time. | | | |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 20:22 - Jan 11 with 465 views | Blue_Uprising |
| Negative alert: Young as a RB on 13:29 - Jan 11 by gsoly |
Why on earth would we play Johnson over Furlong? He’s had countless opportunities. Isn’t good enough. |
My post says backup for Furlong. When furlong has not played we have played Young. | | | |
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