| Ben Godfrey 22:35 - Feb 22 with 4792 views | Dubtractor |
That was a bit of a struggle first half wasn't it? His positioning was all over the place, and Son had him on toast. As soon as he was booked it was clear he'd get hooked at half time.
Really thought he'd be a decent addition for us, but he seems utterly lost in a league he used to be fine with. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 22:42 - Feb 22 with 4226 views | Vaughan8 |
Agreed. I thought he'd be a good solid premier league player.
Recruitment has not been great.
Despite him struggling, his main problem was lack of pace against Son. Did no-one think about this before he was considered? I mean he was poor, and we can't excuse that, but he can't do much about his lack of pace. [Post edited 22 Feb 22:48]
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| Ben Godfrey on 22:44 - Feb 22 with 4220 views | RegencyBlue |
He was left to play one on one against Son having barely played any first team football all season. Not sure tactically that was the best decision by McKenna. |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 22:47 - Feb 22 with 4155 views | Fixed_It |
| Ben Godfrey on 22:42 - Feb 22 by Vaughan8 |
Agreed. I thought he'd be a good solid premier league player.
Recruitment has not been great.
Despite him struggling, his main problem was lack of pace against Son. Did no-one think about this before he was considered? I mean he was poor, and we can't excuse that, but he can't do much about his lack of pace. [Post edited 22 Feb 22:48]
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I thought 'pace' was supposed to be one of his key assets. Was he carrying an injury? |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 23:00 - Feb 22 with 4059 views | LankHenners |
Had a stinker didn't he?
Son's a quality player but he'll have barely had an easier job all season.
The real damage done by having Tuanzebe sent off last week was having him unavailable today - he locked up Son pretty well at Spurs earlier in the season. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 23:12 - Feb 22 with 3948 views | buoyant |
Yeah
Would rather have Harry in there. At least there would be passion and aggression with a view to get forward.
Both Godfrey and Johnson are a bit meh. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 23:42 - Feb 22 with 3807 views | vinceg |
| Ben Godfrey on 23:12 - Feb 22 by buoyant |
Yeah
Would rather have Harry in there. At least there would be passion and aggression with a view to get forward.
Both Godfrey and Johnson are a bit meh. |
Harry got taken apart by Portsmouth a couple of weeks ago. Can't see how he would do any better than Godfrey against Son. If Tuanzebe had been playing, Son wouldn't have had it quite so easy. Godfrey was terrible at Everton, still got my backing whilst he wears ITFC blue, but he's not an upgrade |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 23:44 - Feb 22 with 3782 views | buoyant |
| Ben Godfrey on 23:42 - Feb 22 by vinceg |
Harry got taken apart by Portsmouth a couple of weeks ago. Can't see how he would do any better than Godfrey against Son. If Tuanzebe had been playing, Son wouldn't have had it quite so easy. Godfrey was terrible at Everton, still got my backing whilst he wears ITFC blue, but he's not an upgrade |
Which was my point, nor is Johnson. | |
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| Ben Godfrey on 23:47 - Feb 22 with 3761 views | SaffronWaldenBlues |
It was abject insanity that he and Clarke even started let alone played that fixture. Not just a mile off pace but a whole different time zone. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 00:07 - Feb 23 with 3652 views | Illinoisblue |
The first goal bothers me: O’Shea points to the byline as if he’s telling Godfrey where to go, but then O’Shea just completely stops himself and is left not covering the cross or anything. They both need to do a lot better there |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 01:33 - Feb 23 with 3499 views | warky_1970 |
He’s a shockingly awful player |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 02:06 - Feb 23 with 3467 views | BondiBlue |
| Ben Godfrey on 00:07 - Feb 23 by Illinoisblue |
The first goal bothers me: O’Shea points to the byline as if he’s telling Godfrey where to go, but then O’Shea just completely stops himself and is left not covering the cross or anything. They both need to do a lot better there |
It was sunday league stuff. You cover the line, i've got him if he chops inside. I said cover the line you twit. | |
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| Ben Godfrey on 03:14 - Feb 23 with 3375 views | FrankMarshall |
He's not had a great start. I have no doubt though that we will have a side that can strongly compete for promotion next season. Premiership and Championship are worlds apart. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 09:05 - Feb 23 with 2929 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Ben Godfrey on 00:07 - Feb 23 by Illinoisblue |
The first goal bothers me: O’Shea points to the byline as if he’s telling Godfrey where to go, but then O’Shea just completely stops himself and is left not covering the cross or anything. They both need to do a lot better there |
Oshea was perfect at that point. Postioned himself really well was ready to stop son if he turned inside. He literally tells as you say Godfrey to watch the outside. That's all godfrey had to do. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 09:19 - Feb 23 with 2881 views | BlueOura |
I'm actually shocked at how bad he is, and it can't be down to lack of games. He was training at high intensity with Atalanta and has had enough training / game time here now to find some sort of form. Utterly terrible yesterday, looked like a League 1 player. |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 18:14 - Feb 23 with 2549 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
Will quickly be forgotten that he played for Town.
4 appearances so far. Will probably feature against Forest in the FA Cup, then can't see him starting again ahead of Tuanzebe or Johnson. Woeful yesterday. | | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 08:30 - Feb 24 with 2114 views | ArnieM |
Whilst I agree with the OP, in Godfreys defence, I'd say he's hardly played any football of note in a year. He was a very good player prior to his move yo the States, and he's not going to suddenly become a bad player. I do wonder if McKenna himself is still here next season, that we don't try and sign him permanently. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 08:36 - Feb 24 with 2083 views | Herbivore |
I thought he was really poor. Couldn't live with Son at all and seemed to be constantly in a no man's land position where he couldn't cut out the ball to Son nor get tight enough to him to make life difficult. That meant Son then had possession and a bit of space to run at him and he couldn't defend that either. Pretty embarrassing that someone with his experience at this level got done so easily time and time again. With hindsight, we should have started Woolf and moved O'Shea over to that side as we did second half. Frustrating because those individual errors from Godfrey completely undid what had been a decent start for us. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 08:42 - Feb 24 with 2052 views | gsoly |
| Ben Godfrey on 00:07 - Feb 23 by Illinoisblue |
The first goal bothers me: O’Shea points to the byline as if he’s telling Godfrey where to go, but then O’Shea just completely stops himself and is left not covering the cross or anything. They both need to do a lot better there |
They also showed a replay on the international feed of the build up to the goal. Godfrey wins a 50/50 on halfway and stands and watches it, with Son stood 15 yards behind him. Eventually it breaks to Gray who spots the colossal gap behind Godfrey and pops it over his head into Son. Yes, Godfrey gets back (then makes another mistake) but it looked so lazy. Agree with a point made above: we will very quickly forget he ever played for us. |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 08:46 - Feb 24 with 2012 views | Dennyx4 |
| Ben Godfrey on 08:30 - Feb 24 by ArnieM |
Whilst I agree with the OP, in Godfreys defence, I'd say he's hardly played any football of note in a year. He was a very good player prior to his move yo the States, and he's not going to suddenly become a bad player. I do wonder if McKenna himself is still here next season, that we don't try and sign him permanently. |
He moved to Italy and only played once as wasn’t good enough.
I doubt very much that we would pay what Atalanta want for him, if relegated. |  | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 08:54 - Feb 24 with 1978 views | PioneerBlue |
In hindsight the Godfrey signing looks more curious each week unless there is a longer term deal to do there, this also leaves a question mark around Ben Johnson by not persisting with him in the hybrid centre/right back role or even more as a conventional right back. These two players in themselves raise questions over what we have been thinking in this side of the pitch, add to that the unfortunate injuries for both Ognene and Burns and the whole right side of the pitch is not stable. Everything will always look worse in a relegation season, but you can start to see some of the underlying problems that could not be solved while the plane is flying. | |
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| Ben Godfrey on 08:59 - Feb 24 with 1946 views | artsbossbeard |
| Ben Godfrey on 22:44 - Feb 22 by RegencyBlue |
He was left to play one on one against Son having barely played any first team football all season. Not sure tactically that was the best decision by McKenna. |
Thought the same - he was provided with no protection from Philogene against a world class (yes, happy to use this phrase here) player who is lightning quick to boot.
Unjustly losing Axel without the ability to appeal the decision hurt us here. |  |
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| Ben Godfrey on 09:12 - Feb 24 with 1894 views | rattram |
| Ben Godfrey on 08:59 - Feb 24 by artsbossbeard |
Thought the same - he was provided with no protection from Philogene against a world class (yes, happy to use this phrase here) player who is lightning quick to boot.
Unjustly losing Axel without the ability to appeal the decision hurt us here. |
Although Godfrey was easily beaten by Son, when the ball was crossed Davis was watching the ball and had no idea that Johnson was behind him (twice) and I blame him for both goals | | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 09:27 - Feb 24 with 1818 views | IPSWICHFANITFC |
I thought it was a good signing when we got him. The type of mould that we look for and a good like for like player in a position where we were lacking in quality. The only negative was the lack of minutes he had played in the first half of the season.
Sadly, I think the lack of match sharpness/fitness is getting the better of him. Whilst he may have been fit and training, the match sharpness/fitness is different. Your brain isn't as sharp at reading the play etc if your minutes are limited before you're thrown in to play.
Son played well, but Godfrey didn't have a good game. A shame, but it just highlights how valuable Tuanzebe is. We will be lucky to hold on to him next season if we go down. [Post edited 24 Feb 9:28]
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| Ben Godfrey on 09:36 - Feb 24 with 1750 views | weepingx2018 |
| Ben Godfrey on 22:42 - Feb 22 by Vaughan8 |
Agreed. I thought he'd be a good solid premier league player.
Recruitment has not been great.
Despite him struggling, his main problem was lack of pace against Son. Did no-one think about this before he was considered? I mean he was poor, and we can't excuse that, but he can't do much about his lack of pace. [Post edited 22 Feb 22:48]
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yeah that is what I thought. If pace was always an issue, and knowing he would have Son against him, why was he picked??? | | | |
| Ben Godfrey on 09:41 - Feb 24 with 1714 views | CobboldCrusty |
| Ben Godfrey on 23:12 - Feb 22 by buoyant |
Yeah
Would rather have Harry in there. At least there would be passion and aggression with a view to get forward.
Both Godfrey and Johnson are a bit meh. |
I'd like to agree but it honestly reminded me of watching Harry Clarke tbh - he was dreadful against Brentford..
Thought JD might have fared better than Godfrey did though
Johnson has struggled to get tight to his man when playing there but I think he'd have done better than Godfrey |  | | |
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