Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
Second paragraph of the above is rubbish. The first 3 months of the season we weren't negative or boring at all. If we tried to play tippy tappy passing football against teams like Millwall we would get kicked off the park. We have had to play the type of football we have over the last two months because of the loss of form we suffered and also because half the team were out injured. By criticising players like Patterson, you totally ignore the fact that he is a good footballer who can play in a number of positions and was the best player on the pitch for the Sunderland and Leeds games. He is filling a hole created by the loss of Gunnerson and Bryson. If you think that Madine is just a 6' battle ram you are totally mistaken - he can actually play and scores most of his goals on the deck. You see what you want to see I guess.
I didn't say anything against Madine. Patterson is a good player but he is not a good midfielder and one good game against Sunderland does not make him one. He's a full back and for me the best one we have at the club. The fact Warnock continually picks the likes of Patterson, Bamba in midfield when we did have midfield players available speaks volumes of the managers mindset. He wants physicality over technique and as long as we're doing well who am I to argue but my god its getting increasingly turgid with every game.