Central midfield

[Albion Dan]

It's a long time since I can recall a more lightweight line up than JFC, Gardner, and Tex in the middle. Sami dodged a bullet big time tonight. If Wigan hadn't been so dire and had got what they deserved we'd be in meltdown right now.

 

[portslade seagull]

Tex had his 1 good game in 6 on Saturday against B'Muff ... Apart from scoring which was very welcome did Gardner actually do anything else

 

[Giraffe]

Agreed re Tex. Not good enough or at least not consistent enough.
Actually thought JFC did okay given he had absolutely no support.

 

[Marshy]

Agreed re Tex. Not good enough or at least not consistent enough.
Actually thought JFC did okay given he had absolutely no support.

JFC is the only player who can keep the ball ! Glad Ince came on to stiffen it up a bit, Tex is better of wide I think at present.

 

[somerset]

JFC is the only player who can keep the ball !.

What?...only when he isn't under pressure..... in a congested midfield he doesn't cope well, he is muscled off the ball easily,....

 

[Marshy]

Our best player in there again

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

And this for me is the biggest problem this season, not the strikers or the admittedly dodgy defence. We are outplayed and out muscled in midfield in virtually every game.

I would like to see all 3 plus Holla dropped for a period of time and Kemy, Ince, Toko given a regular go at it or even Elliot in the middle. Stephens and March can't come back quick enough either.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Had I been compiling the Players scores:

Gardner scored tonight so I gave him a point for that.

Which would give him a total of ............ 1.... total for the last three games

Surely Villa have a deal with the Albion that he has to play while on loan.

Dreadful

 

[London Irish]

Disagree, the changes in midfield were part of the reason why we won the game. Glad we don't play a third centre-back any more, the midfield two is a much more flexible system that allows players to get forward (first half) and defend when need be (second half).

Well done Sami

 

[Quinney]

I thought JFC had a good game. Tex had a great 1st half but faded in the 2nd. Thought Ince should have come on 15 mins earlier to bolster the midfield which was over run in the 2nd half.

 

[Hugo Rune]

It's a long time since I can recall a more lightweight line up than JFC, Gardner, and Tex in the middle. Sami dodged a bullet big time tonight. If Wigan hadn't been so dire and had got what they deserved we'd be in meltdown right now.

Wigan were not that bad. Plenty of poor teams have got at least a point off us this season - if you can't beat them, join them. I'll take the 3 points over the performance anytime.

 

[Bwian]

Had I been compiling the Players scores:

Gardner...

Surely Villa have a deal with the Albion that he has to play while on loan.

Dreadful

Maybe one of our lot can, ahem, have a word with him in training where he needs to go back to Villa for treatment?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Harsh assessments of Gardner. He actually wasn't too bad tonight. Actually seemed to be TRYING a bit.

 

[Bwian]

Disagree, the changes in midfield were part of the reason why we won the game. Glad we don't play a third centre-back any more, the midfield two is a much more flexible system that allows players to get forward (first half) and defend when need be (second half).

Well done Sami

Well done Sami? Seriously? Elliot Bennett must be awondering what the hell has happened to the team he left. We were shockingly bad tonight. Apart from the goal I'm struggling to remember if their goalkeeper had to make a save?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Disagree, the changes in midfield were part of the reason why we won the game. Glad we don't play a third centre-back any more, the midfield two is a much more flexible system that allows players to get forward (first half) and defend when need be (second half).

Well done Sami

Your posting know no bounds......................................of stupidity.



We were so weak in the middle the only reason Wigan lost was due to them passing out wide. If they carried on in the middle they could have walked it in. We were terrible and they slightly, oh very slightly worse.

 

[London Irish]

Well done Sami? Seriously? Elliot Bennett must be awondering what the hell has happened to the team he left. We were shockingly bad tonight. Apart from the goal I'm struggling to remember if their goalkeeper had to make a save?

Yes seriously - we should have gone two up, LuaLua laid on two really good chances after the first goal.

The second half was a slog but defending well is also part of the game.

Well done Sami.

I understand there will be those who have totally given up him and I don't have any big argument with those people, he's still on very thin ice. But if you couldn't enjoy the progress we've made tonight, then that's a shame

 

[Albion Dan]

Disagree, the changes in midfield were part of the reason why we won the game. i

From where I was sitting the only reason we won was Wigan are hopeless up front. We were woeful in the middle and completely overrun for 80 mins.

 

[London Irish]

Your posting know no bounds......................................of stupidity.

Sorry Sami spoiled your night - bet you were praying for Wigan to score

 

[London Irish]

From where I was sitting the only reason we won was Wigan are hopeless up front. We were woeful in the middle and completely overrun for 80 mins.

Agree they were hopeless up front but that was their tactical choice, they chose to pack the midfield and ournumber us there and leave their average striker isolated. They had a lot of possession in the second half but never really got through a more solid defensive shape, the fullbacks stayed back and did their primary job, the other defenders did their job and the midfielders didn't allow them to walk through either. This is genuinely better than what we've seen recently.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Sorry Sami spoiled your night - bet you were praying for Wigan to score

Sami did spoil my night by being a clueless manager for the club I've followed for 40 years home and away.

He finally played some in their correct positions but then left such a powder puff midfield in the middle it was laughable.