May be going a bit early here 11:57 - Aug 22 with 1909 views | Simonds92 | But I'm not having the goalkeeper. No improvement on what we had last season and I'd really like us to bring in someone who can just do the basics right. I'm also very unconvinced by Fraser, played central yesterday and still wasnt in the game at all. Not every signing is going to be fantastic I know that, but we've only brought in 1 goalkeeper and 1 no.10 so it's crucial they start performing. |  | | |  |
May be going a bit early here on 11:59 - Aug 22 with 1864 views | chrismakin | Hadlky, difficult to judge so early, but so far he's been mixed Fraser, hasn't really had time to play his preferred role, he's assist shows what you get from him though. He's an important player when used correctly. |  |
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May be going a bit early here on 12:04 - Aug 22 with 1839 views | OriginalMarkyP |
May be going a bit early here on 11:59 - Aug 22 by chrismakin | Hadlky, difficult to judge so early, but so far he's been mixed Fraser, hasn't really had time to play his preferred role, he's assist shows what you get from him though. He's an important player when used correctly. |
Got to give Hladky time. And Fraser I think will come good, I actually feel he looks like he's not 100% fit yet. |  |
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May be going a bit early here on 12:05 - Aug 22 with 1813 views | chrismakin |
May be going a bit early here on 12:04 - Aug 22 by OriginalMarkyP | Got to give Hladky time. And Fraser I think will come good, I actually feel he looks like he's not 100% fit yet. |
I think we're still about 4-5 weeks away from peak levels. |  |
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May be going a bit early here on 12:10 - Aug 22 with 1799 views | BlueNomad | Chaplin to come back as a 10 too. |  | |  |
May be going a bit early here on 12:17 - Aug 22 with 1779 views | jayessess | Fraser's got a goal and an assist in 4 games, and has created 2.8 chances per 90 for us in the league, the 2nd best in the division. If that's not "being in the game" enough, then christ I don't know what the bar is. I think he's still warming up too, which is ridiculous. Hladky's shot stopping has disappointed me. It's not that he's letting in howlers, just that he's not bailing us out at key moments either. His handling and distribution are an improvement on Holy though IMO. |  |
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May be going a bit early here on 12:30 - Aug 22 with 1732 views | RegencyBlue | To my knowledge that’s the first time Fraser has been played centrally, he’s been stuck out wide for the previous matches which isn’t his game. I thought he was OK until he tired later on. As someone else on the thread has said, the keeper hasn’t made any real howlers but on the other hand somethings not quite right. |  | |  |
May be going a bit early here on 12:31 - Aug 22 with 1721 views | Chrisd | We need to give the keeper longer, he's had so many changes in front of him it can't help him to feel settled. However, so far I'm not convinced he is an upgrade on Holy especially based on his whole round game, but hopefully he'll ram those words back down my throat over the coming weeks as we make a charge up the table. [Post edited 22 Aug 2021 12:33]
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May be going a bit early here on 13:07 - Aug 22 with 1601 views | CaptMickMills | Fraser 1 goal and 1 assist so not terrible and mostly played out of best position. Do have 2 or 3 other players who can play No 10. Agree re Hladky - yet to be convinced. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
May be going a bit early here on 13:30 - Aug 22 with 1507 views | DJR | Fraser received little service, as was the case with Chaplin in the first game, but when he did get it, he did pretty well. His pass for the second goal was sublime, and he set up the chance where Burns hit the post and should have scored. It makes me wonder if we're really set up for a player such as Fraser because we don't seem to like playing it down the middle and tend not to play the short ball to feet, partly because there is such a distance between the players. The result is that we often revert to the long ball which can be a bit hit and miss. As evidence of the problem, Dobra did not receive the ball once when he replaced Fraser. |  | |  |
May be going a bit early here on 16:12 - Aug 22 with 1295 views | RobTheMonk | Burns should have squared that ball to... Fraser. He's always in good positions. Good footballing brain on him. |  | |  |
May be going a bit early here on 17:22 - Aug 22 with 1142 views | Churchman | Not exactly impressing - he’s certainly no Bart. However, I think it needs time before he’s judged. He’s at a new club with a new team in front. It’s all a bit of a mess at the moment and there are others not looking too great at the moment too. If it looks this way at the end of Oct that will be concerning. |  | |  |
May be going a bit early here on 17:33 - Aug 22 with 1102 views | NthQldITFC | Fraser's got real quality; for the second goal he controlled the ball into space, quickly checked on Bonne's position and played a necessarily inch-perfect blind ball at something over 100 degrees off the way he was facing/travelling whilst being closed down by two defenders. It was really good awareness, rapid assessment and delivery. No, I am not his mum. |  |
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May be going a bit early here on 17:36 - Aug 22 with 1087 views | JDB23 | Tend to agree. Have to say regardless of gelling or tactics or whatever else is spoken of, I just don’t think many players have lived up to expectations so far. You don’t need to be in a fully functioning coherent team to show you are a good footballer. Only Bonne, Edwards, Penny and maybe Harper have really shown what we would expect of them up to this point. Hopefully a bit of confidence and more playing time will bring the best out of them, but we need to see a lot more from individuals. |  | |  |
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