No Pat Roberts

[Peppo]

Interesting to see that Pat Roberts is still stuck on the bench and not getting a run out. I wonder why?

[epsomraver]

have you seen the size of the Rotherham defenders? he will be fine for Friday

[Baszab]

Because KS knows the juniors really well and has spent a lot of his time developing and looking after them himself - he will know who and when to bring them in - he has been pretty successful so far - perhaps with the exception of Dembele who just doesn't look ready yet

[fulhamben]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

[fulhamben]

have you seen the size of the Rotherham defenders? he will be fine for Friday

nifty small players love taking on big oafs. look what frei did to laurent

[leonffc]

It's called 'managing players'.
The lad is 17 and is being eased in to professional football. I doubt he is fully developed as an athlete yet and I doubt Kit (or anyone) want to see him over used or kicked all over the shop.

I'm more concerned at the disappearance of Chris David.

[Me-ate-Live, innit??]

have you seen the size of the Rotherham defenders? he will be fine for Friday

nifty small players love taking on big oafs. look what frei did to laurent

Laurent is a wimp  when compared to the big oafs in Rotherham  :) ...........Pat's  being saved for Friday night

[Pie and mash]

Saving Roberts for Friday so he can turn it on in front of the cameras..... Thus upping his fee when he leaves in January  :54:

[fulhamben]

It's called 'managing players'.
The lad is 17 and is being eased in to professional football. I doubt he is fully developed as an athlete yet and I doubt Kit (or anyone) want to see him over used or kicked all over the shop.

I'm more concerned at the disappearance of Chris David.

eased in? the only time he plays football is when he joins up with england.

[MJG]

he was about to come on with Dembele when Woodrow scored and then they changed their mind.

[MJG]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

Zverotic needed help on the right and actually putting Roberts there would have left us more exposed than we already were. made sense to put McCormack there, and he actually produced some of his best stuff in that position.

[fulhamben]

he was about to come on with Dembele when Woodrow scored and then they changed their mind.

that says a lot. basically he will use him to rescue a game but not to try and win it

[MJG]

he was about to come on with Dembele when Woodrow scored and then they changed their mind.

that says a lot. basically he will use him to rescue a game but not to try and win it

I think that's readiing far too much into that, He brought him on against Bolton and we were winning.
Roberts is still young, but the game was too tight to bring him on at 2-2 as I explained.

[fulhamben]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

Zverotic needed help on the right and actually putting Roberts there would have left us more exposed than we already were. made sense to put McCormack there, and he actually produced some of his best stuff in that position.

so would you start him as a right winger then?

[MJG]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

Zverotic needed help on the right and actually putting Roberts there would have left us more exposed than we already were. made sense to put McCormack there, and he actually produced some of his best stuff in that position.

so would you start him as a right winger then?

No, but hes an option if you want to make those type of changes and have two forwards and Ross on the pitch, especially when its a 442 and not a diamond.

[fulhamben]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

Zverotic needed help on the right and actually putting Roberts there would have left us more exposed than we already were. made sense to put McCormack there, and he actually produced some of his best stuff in that position.

so would you start him as a right winger then?

No, but hes an option if you want to make those type of changes and have two forwards and Ross on the pitch, especially when its a 442 and not a diamond.

but this is my point. the only reason you would drop ross to midfield and bring another striker on is if ross isnt having a good game up top. if eisfied wasnt having a bit of a mare, do you think he would have swapped dembele for ross? i dont

[MJG]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

Zverotic needed help on the right and actually putting Roberts there would have left us more exposed than we already were. made sense to put McCormack there, and he actually produced some of his best stuff in that position.

so would you start him as a right winger then?

No, but hes an option if you want to make those type of changes and have two forwards and Ross on the pitch, especially when its a 442 and not a diamond.

but this is my point. the only reason you would drop ross to midfield and bring another striker on is if ross isnt having a good game up top. if eisfied wasnt having a bit of a mare, do you think he would have swapped dembele for ross? i dont

Ross can be having a good game up top, but if he thinks Ross can offer more than Elsfeld in that position then you make the change. Also Ross has shown he can play deeper and affect the game.

[fulhamben]

i found it a little weired tonight. granted i was only listening to jim, but kit swapped one of our goal scorers for dembele and moved the other over to the wing to accomidate smith. surely we would have been better off swaping eisfield for pat.  and i dont get the constant moving around of mccormack. i personally dont believe he is better on the wing than either george or pat, and ive not seen too much from him from behind the strikers. i feel like we are just moving him around to keep him on the pitch cos he cost so much. if he is not doing it up front, just replace him like for like. dont just fit him somewhere where we have as good if not better options

Zverotic needed help on the right and actually putting Roberts there would have left us more exposed than we already were. made sense to put McCormack there, and he actually produced some of his best stuff in that position.

so would you start him as a right winger then?

No, but hes an option if you want to make those type of changes and have two forwards and Ross on the pitch, especially when its a 442 and not a diamond.

but this is my point. the only reason you would drop ross to midfield and bring another striker on is if ross isnt having a good game up top. if eisfied wasnt having a bit of a mare, do you think he would have swapped dembele for ross? i dont

Ross can be having a good game up top, but if he thinks Ross can offer more than Elsfeld in that position then you make the change. Also Ross has shown he can play deeper and affect the game.

but if he was having a good game up top, why would you change it?

[ffc73]

We were struggling up top and defensively with the physical nature of Rotherham's game and they were getting a lot of joy down our right flank. Personally I would have made the Ross switch for reasons MJG has said but brought on Smith instead of Dembele.

The latter does not look ready to me and Smith has more experience at this level and I have yet to work out why or how Dembele has leapfrogged Trotta

[fulhamben]

We were struggling up top and defensively with the physical nature of Rotherham's game and they were getting a lot of joy down our right flank. Personally I would have made the Ross switch for reasons MJG has said but brought on Smith instead of Dembele.

The latter does not look ready to me and Smith has more experience at this level and I have yet to work out why or how Dembele has leapfrogged Trotta

and heres my point. how many times has ross been moved from striker to midfield because it is not happening for him. kit should stop picking him upfront and just start him in midfield so we can find a decent strike partnership.