CMS Must Start Against Yeovil

[twickers]

He was the only one who showed a bit of pace and passion today when he came on.
Lua Lua's one trick failed time after time and Lingard was like Bambi with a hernia. Was March on the pitch?

I'd play CMS, Lopez and Buckley(legs permitting) from the off on Friday. Maybe this is not the time for the young uns.

Not convinced he is fit enough to start. When fit he made good runs, but to be fair struggled to make much of them.

 

[C1 BHA]

Meh. He was typical CMS. Lots of running, no brain.

This .... With knobs on

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

From what I've seen of CMS in his recent cameos he certainly gets into more advanced and dangerous positions than Lingard.

Unfortunately CMS is coming back into the side at a time when we have no outstanding playmaker capable of supplying the sort of incisive passes that take advantage of his instincts. Maybe only Lopez and Orlandi in our squad are capable of this but are now only fringe players themselves.

So I fear that CMS will continue to get flack on here - when he just does not get the service and support he needs. Plus he also needs a bit more pitch time.

I for one will be delighted when CMS gets on the score sheet, hopefully in the next two games!!

 

[Arkwright]

CMS will get a start in the next two games for one simple reason, so Oscar can watch him over 90 minutes before making a decision about this future at the club.

 

[Weststander]

The blokes behind me call him 'unlucky Craig' and, between us we said 'unlucky Craig' at least six times in those 20 minutes, starting with when the ball hit the back of his head.

sums CMS up. Tries his heart out, bless, the crowd love him smiling and waving back, also his attempts in vain to chase defenders down, but not up to the class of a quality Championship striker. Alas.

 

[hybrid_x]

the problem with CMS starting, is that then there is more chance he may score, and then we may have to witness the cringy seagulls flap hands celebration.......no promotion to the EPL is worth that.

;-)

 

[nwgull]

What had he had since his injury? 60-70 mins at most. He certainly gave us something different when he came on against Huddersfield.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

CMS will get a start in the next two games for one simple reason, so Oscar can watch him over 90 minutes before making a decision about this future at the club.

His contract has got another year to run.

 

[Machiavelli]

-------------PIG-------------
Bruno---Greer--Upson---Ward
------------Ince-------------
----------Stephens----------
Buckley----Lingard-------KLL
------------Ulloa------------

Ince has been one of our best three players this season, and should be starting every match.

Agree with this especially about Ince, but would start Orlandi or Lopez instead of KLL.

 

[Brighton Mod]

He was the only one who showed a bit of pace and passion today when he came on.
Lua Lua's one trick failed time after time and Lingard was like Bambi with a hernia. Was March on the pitch?

I'd play CMS, Lopez and Buckley(legs permitting) from the off on Friday. Maybe this is not the time for the young uns.

Lopez for his creativity, Buckley for his pace and potential goalscoring and CMS because he always has passion and worries big defenders. Its not over yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Brighton Mod]

Agree with this especially about Ince, but would start Orlandi or Lopez instead of KLL.

Lopez for KLL everyday, there was no creativity in the team on saturday, no point having two up front if we have no one capable of supplying them, excepting hoof from the back, which is now becoming very boring, tedious, inefficient and wasteful.

 

[mattislost]

i think people are forgetting that CMS wasn't particularly good previously. he's just been out injured for a year. he's not going to come back and be amazing

 

[Mellotron]

Lopez and Buckley in for KLL and March for me.

 

[Brighton Mod]

The decision to play Lua Lua surely depends on the opposition. They can either handle him (in which case he is completely ineffective) or they can't (in which case he's a match winner). There really doesn't seem any middle ground.

KLL has shown to me across this season that he has reached his best, Saturdays display was probably the poorest I have seen and he was lucky to start the second half. He shows no awareness of what is happening around him, his input is sporadic, he fades in and out of the game, his crossing is dreadful, he has only one trick, his shooting is woeful and the incessant diving shows him to be somewhat of an ameteur. The decision to play Lua Lua depends on the manager, what an earth is OG thinking about when he selects him, he's a waste of Brighton shirt atm.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

His contract has got another year to run.

Which is why he needs to know now, so he can sell him if he's not part of his plans

 

[Brighton Mod]

i think people are forgetting that CMS wasn't particularly good previously. he's just been out injured for a year. he's not going to come back and be amazing

Eleven goals in half a season under the Poyet regime is pretty good and transposed to this season would make him top scorer, how many goals in half a season makes him good?

 

[Machiavelli]

KLL has shown to me across this season that he has reached his best, Saturdays display was probably the poorest I have seen and he was lucky to start the second half. He shows no awareness of what is happening around him, his input is sporadic, he fades in and out of the game, his crossing is dreadful, he has only one trick, his shooting is woeful and the incessant diving shows him to be somewhat of an ameteur. The decision to play Lua Lua depends on the manager, what an earth is OG thinking about when he selects him, he's a waste of Brighton shirt atm.

I think you're being a little harsh. What frustrates me most is precisely this lack of awareness, he seems so bound up with what he can do to such an extent that I never expect him to play a devastating pass. He can cross occasionally: his one against Leeds was one that springs to mind. And his shooting is good; zero goals this season says a lot about him, but this is one area where he's been unlucky, he's hit the goalframe on multiple occasions.
Agree entirely with your earlier point about needing the creativity of Lopez (or, if fit, Orlandi) to unlock defences.

 

[El Sid]

A shameless