Shinbreath
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We have two reserve games this week, he's down to play a half in one of them. If all goes well he should be available for Saturday.
Fingers tightly crossed then !!!!!!!!
We have two reserve games this week, he's down to play a half in one of them. If all goes well he should be available for Saturday.
El-Abd has no pace and therefore cannot play at right back. But he can play well in midfield as a defensive holding player as Wilkins proved. But if you employ him as such you CANNOT then play Virgo in the same midfield 4 or 5.El-Abd is not a midfielder...............fact, not even opinions, look how many games we have won with him in midfield this season ?...............one that was against Swindon away, where i could have played there and we would still have won as they were awful that day. Virgo is not a midfielder either, nor a forward, he is a center back full stop. If El-Abd plays anywhere I still think the only position he can play is right back as a back up to Whing. Again his record at center back is pretty bad aswell.
And how does having El-Abd and Virgo in midfield help with this plan when neither are midfielders?
Unsurprising to see people now defending him putting these two in midfield compared to slating Adams for doing it. All I've heard since Slade has been here is, 'we've now got a manager who knows what he's doing' none of this nonsense of putting players in strange poisitions, he'll put them in their rightfull position' blah blah.
Why no Birchall in his best role,i.e centre midfield? the only midfielder we've got at moment who can pass the ball forward that ive seen,
stop defending adams
Yes but Adams was making the same mistake 8 months after getting the job. Slade is getting the benefit of the doubt because he's only been in charge for about 5 games.I'm not defending Adams, I actually don't agree with putting Virgo and El-Abd in midfield (I don't think El-Abd should be playing full stop, but that's another matter). I'm just saying what I find laughable is, everybody was slating Adams for doing this, now Slade has done it they're now justifying it.
I'm absolutely gutted that Slade has now resorted to playing El Abd and Virgo in midfield, two of our players with limited ability on the ball, I really thought Slade was going to play players in their rightful position. Jarrett overall has been poor but i,d rather see him in midfield than these two. This needs sorting out otherwise we are definitely going down. Virgo at centre back or don't play him at all.
Our last hope is throwing Murray and Forster together now and see what we can muster.
I'm not defending Adams, I actually don't agree with putting Virgo and El-Abd in midfield (I don't think El-Abd should be playing full stop, but that's another matter). I'm just saying what I find laughable is, everybody was slating Adams for doing this, now Slade has done it they're now justifying it.