BackRow PE6
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Got to hope moyes moves him into the middle now until Branthwaite is back - will allow us to play higher / press higher
To be frank, he’s been utterly hopeless at right back for the majority of his time there. It’s a quite frightening indictment of our recruitment and the other options that we’ve persisted for so long on the basis of him being vaguely passable there a few times last season.
diggerdestroyer
Player Valuation: £40m
Our cejter backs got bullied today with thiago. Keane has been ok this season but is not capable of being near marking a physical player. JOB has been excellent when in there but poor recruitment means he keeps getting moved
ValBlue
Player Valuation: £35m
Despite all my criticisms of the full backs, still a big fan of Jake O’Brien and can’t wait for him to play consistently at CB. Hopefully with Branthwaite in the future (if he ever gets fit)
Mental how when hes got the ball in a central area he seems so much better on the ball. When he's out right its like he has blinkers on. 3 times today when he turned back with the ball there was a simple pass to Pickford but he turns on the outside again and panics. Same with Dibling in front of him, just doesn't have a picture of playing it off and moving. Looks absolutely shocking right back yet looks like he can drive out with the ball from central defence.
Tony Hibbert's Wife
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Presumably the manager thinks that, on balance, Jake at RB and Keane at CH is a stronger defence overall than Jake at CH and, say, Patterson at RB.
It's speculation but I can think of no other reason for that decision. If that is the reason it seems spurious as I'm not sure that Jake is a better RB than Patterson defensively and certainly not offensively.
Except in the absence of equivalent cover, players should be played in their best positionclearly more talented players can be equally effective in more than one position). Jake isn't a RB. (McNeill isn't a 10. Rohl isn't a winger.)
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
welshtoffee
Player Valuation: £30m
Blue Roo
Player Valuation: £20m
Blue Roo
Player Valuation: £20m
I'd say if Jake gets injured the defence is in bad way whether he's playing at CB or RB. Underrated at RB, have a look at the goals conceded if he does. With the option to take one the best CMs in PL and put him there.
He's better and more composed on the ball than Patterson and is night and day ahead of Patterson in defence and physicality.
A few times hes been skinned by elite wingers but its a rarity. And some of these same wingers have been completely bullied and outplayed by the end of the game.
I'd say hes probably hated in intense training. Good, someone to build a side around.
We need a RB and we need JOB at CB but reckon this frustration sees the bias against what he is actually doing
He's better and more composed on the ball than Patterson and is night and day ahead of Patterson in defence and physicality.
A few times hes been skinned by elite wingers but its a rarity. And some of these same wingers have been completely bullied and outplayed by the end of the game.
I'd say hes probably hated in intense training. Good, someone to build a side around.
We need a RB and we need JOB at CB but reckon this frustration sees the bias against what he is actually doing
Moyes got him into the team by playing him RB, he was happy enough about that
I think he should be ahead of Keane at CB too but it's nothing like mis-management, he clearly trusts him more at RB than he does Keane and rightly so
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
Keane is a 4th choice centre half, so should never be ahead of JOBrien.
I recall him bringing Keane on in a match instead of moving OBrien into CB and bringing on a RB.
Moyes should be fixing the RB slot and not by compromising the CB.
It’s madness, as the last 2 results clearly show.
I recall him bringing Keane on in a match instead of moving OBrien into CB and bringing on a RB.
Moyes should be fixing the RB slot and not by compromising the CB.
It’s madness, as the last 2 results clearly show.
