| For those who were there 17:39 - Jan 12 with 1035 views | GlasgowBlue |
Most of our goals conceded this season have been from defensive or midfield mistakes.
Did the presence of Collins help in that department? And were we more solid as a defensive unit? [Post edited 12 Jan 2019 17:44]
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| For those who were there on 17:41 - Jan 12 with 998 views | connorscontract |
Do you mean "Most of the goals we have conceded" rather than "Most of our goals"? |  | | |
| For those who were there on 17:43 - Jan 12 with 970 views | Herbivore |
Collins was immense and we generally looked much more solid. On the whole we weren't great but our defending, which we did lots of, decent today. |  |
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| For those who were there on 17:44 - Jan 12 with 966 views | GlasgowBlue |
| For those who were there on 17:41 - Jan 12 by connorscontract |
Do you mean "Most of the goals we have conceded" rather than "Most of our goals"? |
Yes. Edited. | |
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| For those who were there on 17:45 - Jan 12 with 949 views | Garv |
One word answer: Collins. |  |
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| For those who were there on 17:48 - Jan 12 with 919 views | Garv |
| For those who were there on 17:45 - Jan 12 by Garv |
One word answer: Collins. |
But also Pennington, as much as no one really wants him playing full back, he was immense. I lost count of the times he flicked a header out the other side or for a corner. Better positionally than Spence and braver too. | |
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| For those who were there on 17:52 - Jan 12 with 874 views | Burwell_Blue |
He was good and I like having him in the side but ‘immense’ he was not. |  | | |
| For those who were there on 18:14 - Jan 12 with 798 views | bluefunk |
Defensively we benefited from having Pennington at RB as well as Collins at CB, given that Rotherham conducted an aerial bombardment in the second half. Our inability to retain the ball is a huge concern, and numerous occasions we lacked composure when we did get the chance to break (Sears, I’m looking at you particularly) but perhaps a little more time wotking with new teammates will see that improve. - let’s hope so |  | | |
| For those who were there on 18:17 - Jan 12 with 787 views | wkj |
| For those who were there on 17:52 - Jan 12 by Burwell_Blue |
He was good and I like having him in the side but ‘immense’ he was not. |
I find it hard to see how anyone who has seen our defence before and after today could see Collins' impact as anything but immense |  |
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| For those who were there on 18:20 - Jan 12 with 759 views | 3_5_2 |
| For those who were there on 18:17 - Jan 12 by wkj |
I find it hard to see how anyone who has seen our defence before and after today could see Collins' impact as anything but immense |
This
different class to what we have had before
He is not even match fit yet, proper tough CB, just what we needed |  |
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| For those who were there on 18:26 - Jan 12 with 724 views | Burwell_Blue |
| For those who were there on 18:20 - Jan 12 by 3_5_2 |
This
different class to what we have had before
He is not even match fit yet, proper tough CB, just what we needed |
Oh he was good, on par with Chambers but not at the energy and tempo of Pennington.
He will get better, hurt his back second half which he struggled with but did great. [Post edited 12 Jan 2019 18:29]
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| For those who were there on 18:29 - Jan 12 with 709 views | wkj |
| For those who were there on 18:26 - Jan 12 by Burwell_Blue |
Oh he was good, on par with Chambers but not at the energy and tempo of Pennington.
He will get better, hurt his back second half which he struggled with but did great. [Post edited 12 Jan 2019 18:29]
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Tempo is not always an important skill with CBs, for through and through defensive centre halves it is more about positioning than pace - Collins has tempo and energy, though has proven he's not consistent for us in that role. | |
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| For those who were there on 18:38 - Jan 12 with 675 views | Cuffy81 |
| For those who were there on 17:48 - Jan 12 by Garv |
But also Pennington, as much as no one really wants him playing full back, he was immense. I lost count of the times he flicked a header out the other side or for a corner. Better positionally than Spence and braver too. |
This is bang on. The amount of times a Spence gets caught out of position is just painful, that combined with being slow to close his man down and let crosses come in is a lethal combination.
Whilst Pennington isn't going to provide much attacking threat with him and Collins in the team will we definitely be better defensively | | | |
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