[Albion] Webster Fan Club

[WATFORD zero]

Don't we know it.

Thankfully the team has been unshackled, wouldn't you agree?

It was another overlapping centre back's mazy run that set up Trossard for the 3rd yesterday

 

[Bold Seagull]

Don't we know it.

Thankfully the team has been unshackled, wouldn't you agree?

Yes. I am happily now in realisation of what a fresh flexible evolving approach can bring. Even though we were average yesterday we were still pleasing on the eye at times and always looking to get forward even though it was a struggle against what I thought was an Everton side starting to play really well.

The tactical changes we make as a game progresses are engrossing in their own right. If it’s not working we chnange and it is fascinating to watch.

 

[Stat Brother]

Yes. I am happily now in realisation of what a fresh flexible evolving approach can bring. Even though we were average yesterday we were still pleasing on the eye at times and always looking to get forward even though it was a struggle against what I thought was an Everton side starting to play really well.

The tactical changes we make as a game progresses are engrossing in their own right. If it’s not working we chnange and it is fascinating to watch.

As fortunate as we were to have CH at exactly the right time, I think we are even better off now getting Mr Potter for this season.

Some of last seasons NSC squabbles have been rather conclusively beaten down and it's still only October.

 

[BensGrandad]

Yeh. Shame he can't defend as well as Duffy though.

In fairness they can work on his defending easier than try to improve Duffy's ball skills. His defending is a concern at the moment and I do not think that Dunk looks as comfortable in the middle of Webster and Burn.

 

[trueblue]

Was my first though reading the OP post. I think both Webster and Burn are not good enough in the air, partly due to where they stand. I can't see Everton scoring from that corner with Duffer on. That said, swings and roundabouts and we are overall gaining from the change.

Shame about the faffing about at the back and the slowness at actually getting it forward, yesterday, though, before Leo came on....

I’d sure he’ll get better and in the long term has more potential than Duffy, so I was being slightly harsh. I just think it’s a bit early for some of the rave reviews - they’re based on potential, rather than reality at this point.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

As fortunate as we were to have CH at exactly the right time, I think we are even better off now getting Mr Potter for this season.

Some of last seasons NSC squabbles have been rather conclusively beaten down and it's still only October.

Really?
In what respect in relation to squabbles?

Locadia / AJ ?

Edit. What I’ve learnt.....

Burn is better than I thought, not great but better.
Propper was hamstrung by a more defensive formation.
Hughton was hamstrung by poor offensive signings.
Stephens is excellent regardless of manager.
Successive managers haven’t considered AJ/Locadia to be good enough.
We are more exciting to watch.
We are also more fragile defensively.

There won’t be many 0-0’s.




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[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Shame about the faffing about at the back and the slowness at actually getting it forward, yesterday, though, before Leo came on....

Might have had something to do with the very high press from Everton. And Potter knew it was coming, hence our plan to play that ball over the top again and again in the first half. Good plan, not executed with any precision. But really promising.

 

[Stat Brother]

Really?
In what respect in relation to squabbles?

Locadia / AJ ?

Edit. What I’ve learnt.....

Burn is better than I thought, not great but better.
Propper was hamstrung by a more defensive formation.
Hughton was hamstrung by poor offensive signings.
Stephens is excellent regardless of manager.
Successive managers haven’t considered AJ/Locadia to be good enough.
We are more exciting to watch.
We are also more fragile defensively.

There won’t be many 0-0’s.




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'Unshackled' was the key word in mine and Bold's conversation.

He knows I was gently digging at him for being very much #TeamWhatDoesUnshackleEvenMean.

Which was as I'm sure you remember, at the time, an uber NSC squabble.

 

[Wardy's twin]

The problem with no Duffy is that every set piece coming into our box is now a lottery as to whether we win it and clear it away.
Duffy’s head is a magnet to the ball and I rarely felt worried when we conceded a corner.

also missing Murray as well.

 

[Sheebo]

He wasn’t at fault for the first goal as Richarlicunt was Montoya’s man (odd decision btw - height difference!). But for the second it was his fault and very, very basic - Ryan’s fault too. Should have tracked the man. Love his forward play though.

 

[London Irish]

Webster stepping out with the ball into midfield and beyond has added a real dynamic to our play. Couple of times he did it yesterday, while a bit of risk, it completely opened up the opposition and our options. He had me purring a couple of times. With his stepping out with the ball and Lewis’s long passes, we really do carry a threat right from our centre backs.

The reason why people love Lewis Dunk is that he can do all that and not be a defensive liability. Steep learning curve for Webster at the moment, it may well have the talent to get there but at times yesterday he looked a rabbit in headlights

 

[London Irish]

He wasn’t at fault for the first goal as Richarlicunt was Montoya’s man (odd decision btw - height difference!). But for the second it was his fault and very, very basic - Ryan’s fault too. Should have tracked the man. Love his forward play though.

He got outmuscled for the first and out-thought/out-paced for the second, that's the imperfect hat-trick for a central defender

 

[Icy Gull]

He got outmuscled for the first and out-thought/out-paced for the second, that's the imperfect hat-trick for a central defender

On that basis I am guessing you are “out” on the Webster fan club discussion

 

[Sheebo]

He got outmuscled for the first and out-thought/out-paced for the second, that's the imperfect hat-trick for a central defender

He wasn’t outmuscled at all - it wasn’t his man, it was Montoya’s and Richarlison had a run on him.

 

[Machiavelli]

Actual defenders is so 2018.

You say this because we weren’t doing it in the first half of 2019? And this, despite being set up to do so.

 

[London Irish]

On that basis I am guessing you are “out” on the Webster fan club discussion

Outlier on player bubble stocks, for sure

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Has given away 3 goals already this season. As much as I love his attacking prowess he really needs to sort out the defensive side of his game.

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I suspect this may be due to the fullback cover he receives from Montoya. (This is pure speculation from my own anti Montoya bias.)

 

[BensGrandad]

Has Montoya became the latest which hunt player. How can Richarlason, a central striker, have been his man when Webster a CB jumoed with him for the cross but was out jumped or out muscled.

 

[martin tyler]

Has Montoya became the latest which hunt player. How can Richarlason, a central striker, have been his man when Webster a CB jumoed with him for the cross but was out jumped or out muscled.

Webster was with Keane. Watch the highlights he had Keane Richarlison lost Montoya and Webster attempted to make the challenge fraction of a second to late as the ball comes off his cheek. Is pretty clear tbh. Montoya was unfortunately about 5 yards away after a little block and was no where near

 

[BensGrandad]

Webster was with Keane. Watch the highlights he had Keane Richarlison lost Montoya and Webster attempted to make the challenge fraction of a second to late as the ball comes off his cheek. Is pretty clear tbh. Montoya was unfortunately about 5 yards away after a little block and was no where near

Which begs the question why was Webster, who has shown to be poor in the air, marking Keane who is known to be good at set pieces.