Morrison, by some distance.
Hence why he's covering the wing as he's the only one good enough to take a hit on his bread and butter and still do well
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Each has been reasonably criticised in the past for being slow, for poor distribution, for being slow to move forward and we were leaking goals.
All three are now playing well as a unit. Undoubtedly they prefer dealing with high balls rather than players running at them.
The much maligned Flint is doing better than most of us might have expected. Nelson has improved under MM.Morrison is doing his usual good job as a stopper but as the one most likely to move forward his distribution isn’t good.
What are your thoughts?
Morrison, by some distance.
Hence why he's covering the wing as he's the only one good enough to take a hit on his bread and butter and still do well
Think Nelson is defending the best at the moment.
On Tuesday's showing:
Flint
Nelson
Morrison
I think Flint and Nelson's jobs have become easier and Morrison's job has become harder since going to three at the back. I'd give Flint and Nelson higher scores out of 10 for each game but Morrison can do the job they're being asked to do whereas they cannot, imo, do what Morrison is being tasked with.
There is only one of them that would get into any other Championship side or be wanted by any of them and thats Morrison.
They’re all decent ‘defenders’ in the traditional sense. Morrison is the only one that can play a bit though.
Nelson ,then Flint not far behind at the moment.
I think if Mozza was in the middle he would be the best, but he is doing a job that allows Flint to start. Nelson has been performing the best.
Harsh!!
I’d like to see Bennet given a go in a back three to see how he goes,he done ok when he played ther in a back four.
I'm not his biggest fan but to say he wouldn't be wanted by or get in other championship teams is demonstrably not true.
Flint was wanted by, and played for, Wednesday.
Additionally, he has played Over 10 seasons of championship football.
I think there would be some takers for Nelson. He's been good since MM arrived.
Morrison is out best central defender though.
Would love to see brown on the left and nelson on the right. More balanced and more ice in wider areas.
Brown is left footed I believe.
I'm sure I read Ng has played on the right of a 3 as well.
For me Morrison is our best defender.
None of them are what you'd call outstanding, but they do seem to play well together, and are getting good at covering each other's mistakes. Nelson has a bit of pace, Flint is great in the air, Morrison can play a bit. We have a ready made replacement in Ciaron Brown, so I can't see Bennett getting any sort of a run at centre-back.
What I found most encouraging about the new system was MM saying the players (especially the 3 CBs but also the wing backs and goalkeeper) were working things out between themselves - on and off the training ground and pitch. MM and TC are coaching, but they trust the players to use their experience and intelligence to sort themselves out too, and get over the initial problems. That seems to have happened. Morrison still looks the least comfortable with his role (he's got more to think about and do than Flint and Nelson) but they are all much better than 5 games ago.
We're surely going to see Brown get a run of games in the side before his contract finished at end of the season (is transfermarkt right with that one?) to help decide whether he can cut it in the league or not.