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It’s all very well being good in the air but directing the ball that’s won in the air is pretty vital. Just winning it isn’t enough at this level, well at any level really, heading it aimlessly forward normally results in the ball being picked up by opposing midfielders who are coming forward facing your goal. Flint and to a certain extent Morrison get caught out like this frequently, they win the aerial duel but are then caught flat footed when the ball is moved quickly forward by the opposing player who’s picked the loose ball up. An opposing coach’s dream, especially if he’s got a decent midfield, our centre backs are in effect starting an attack against us. Christ, I’m also saying our midfield isn’t up to it here as well as they aren’t making themselves available from clearances.......perhaps the best clearance would be the one of personnel.
Agree about the headed clearances, they're random. Also nobody there to pick them up if they did have some aim on them.
The midfield needs to protect the defence it gets walked through at times making it that much harder for the defenders, but yeah you are also spot in with your assessment of the defenders, it needs to get better, but they still need better protecting as well.
We're shit with the second ball, and even when we do anticipate the clearance it can take our midfield three touches before the ball is under control. There's a severe lack of cohesiveness in our team. I don't think that Harris knows what he's doing, i've been quite concerned over some of our displays. I don't care that he hasn't had a transfer window or two, by now it should be evident what he is trying to implement on the field. I can honestly say that i haven't got a clue.
Having watched the game highlights and goals I do have some sympathy as a Bamba was nowhere to be seen on many of the highlights where we are defending. However, he is one of the “liked” players so does not come in for much criticism.
I thinkFlint is a good back up should Morrisson or Nelson become injured.
He would be my replacement before a Bamba every time.
On the first goal i don't know what Flint was doing, wrong side of the carlisle player, he didn't make things difficult for him then a midfield player wasn't picking up the guy who scored, second one was richards getting done and Coxe ball watching, third goal the whole team switched off.
Fair comment .
He is one of those players who doesnt catch my eye , either positively or negatively .
The commentators were savage , to the point ,I wondered how bad was he?
I dont tend to write a player off after a couple of games , I always hope they will improve and be an asset to the team .
I may be wrong but weren't you quite critical of Coxe last week ? To me that is shocking , I saw him charging up and down the wing in the second half and got hauled off when he was being a positive force on the game, that was poor management , Harris took the wind out of our sails.
I had £50 on us at 4-1 at half time , Harris went down in my estimation
Morrison recently came back from injury and he was shocking , I thought it would be a while before we saw him again . He played next game, he was fantastic and has been very good since.
Most of the comments on here regards our players are knee jerk , heroes one week , duds the next . Truth is, its a right few games before we should be slating players .
Unless, of course, we are judging Tomlin who is a genius at this level.
I am not blind enough to see he lost the ball a couple of times against Swansea that cost our defense a problem , still he is a genius in my eyes .
I did have radio commentary and they were extremely critical of both a City fullbacks, particularly Coxe.
If you check previous posts I have been very supportive of giving Coxe a chance but in both games against a Carlisle he has missed the chance to claim a spot.
This is a big difference to the year we got promoted, then we seemed to win every 2nd ball so a headed clearance became a chance to push forward whereas you’re right, this season a headed clearance is a chance for the opposition to attack. The midfield have a lot to answer for, it will improve with Joe Ralls fit again
Slow centre backs always are an easy target because if u stick a quick player behind and give them space theres little that can be done.
However it rarely happens in a game where its 1 ball into 40 yards of space.
Flint can do somethings well.others not so.
Some people are never going to be happy with him as want a different styld of football but he has a track record of being competent at this level.
He's not as bad as some are making him out to be in my opinion, it's his style and demeanour that singles him out on occasion. He does have deficiencies, as have been raised in other posts, but with a player like flint and to a lesser extent Morrison, you can't leave them exposed, the fullbacks need to tuck in and help them. Bennett has improved over the past couple of games but i think it's fair to say that he's been terrible this season and hasn't helped Flint out when needed.
True enough but I also threw in a few facts.
One of the worst sides in division 2, who have failed to average a goal a game, managed 5 goals (and a missed penalty) against us over 2 games. I did see the home game and Coxe disappointed.
Then commentators were saying that our full backs were getting “skinned” by their Carlisle attackers, then Harris subbed Coxe.
I am afraid I didn’t really need to be there to make a valid comment.
I remember the same thing happened with Mark Hudson.
We had Roger Johnson and Glenn Loovens, two of our finest CH's in recent times IMHO, preceding him and he took some terrible flak.
After a period of time people warmed to him as although he was different compared to the previous two, perhaps not as quick and mobile, he had other attributes (his reading of the game and leadership).
Hudson was no spring chicken when he joined us either, a similar age to Flint.
Maybe Flint's best is to come?
It's good to be positive but that's some top too wishful thinking, I don't think he's going to grow any faster overnight and I don't think he will suddenly get the sharpness that would stop him being turned by faster players when they at the ball around him.
He's definitely takes some stick on here (guilty) that may seem unfair but I don't think it's ever got personal, just simply pointing out his flaws, which will always be a part of his game.
Not sure why people (in general) get so precious over fans having an opinion on a player.