| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. 14:54 - Apr 6 with 701 views | SE1blue |
That was a game for going at them and we lacked that. |  |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 14:56 - Apr 6 with 676 views | bournemouthblue |
Burns was a big miss, he'd have given us a different outlet today |  |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 14:58 - Apr 6 with 661 views | Kievthegreat |
Burns was the biggest miss for me. Sainz had Hutchinson in his pocket at times whereas in December, Burns ran Sainz absolutely ragged. |  | | |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:11 - Apr 6 with 602 views | Clutch |
Burns I agree with - really miss him. Sarmiento, Harness and Hutchinson aren't as consistent.
Hirst I don't think as much, Moore is also very good. |  | | |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:11 - Apr 6 with 595 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Burns gives us the dynamism that we didn't show until the 85th minute.
We are too slow and one dimensional with Moore. I would start Al Hamadi.
Clarke for Tuanzebe too. |  |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:13 - Apr 6 with 580 views | Swansea_Blue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:11 - Apr 6 by Clutch |
Burns I agree with - really miss him. Sarmiento, Harness and Hutchinson aren't as consistent.
Hirst I don't think as much, Moore is also very good. |
Hirst is better suited to our game imo. He's got that option to run in behind and cause problems on quick counters, whereas Kieffer's a bit of a statue. Also Hirst is only going to get better, Kieffer's at the other end of his career on the way down (but that's not a problem thi season of course, only longer term if say we were looking to sign him). |  |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:13 - Apr 6 with 575 views | pointofblue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:11 - Apr 6 by Clutch |
Burns I agree with - really miss him. Sarmiento, Harness and Hutchinson aren't as consistent.
Hirst I don't think as much, Moore is also very good. |
Moore is good but think he was still bothered by his injury today. Says a lot about McKenna's faith in Al-Hamidi. |  |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:17 - Apr 6 with 551 views | Herbivore |
Definitely, we didn't really have a threat in behind until Al-Hamadi came on and both Burns and Hirst give us that. I'd have brought on Jackson rather than Harness at the end. Harness hasn't contributed much recently and looked lost (and fluffed a half chance too) whereas Jackson has had minutes and generally been playing well, and offers that direct threat in behind. |  |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:18 - Apr 6 with 541 views | Swansea_Blue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:17 - Apr 6 by Herbivore |
Definitely, we didn't really have a threat in behind until Al-Hamadi came on and both Burns and Hirst give us that. I'd have brought on Jackson rather than Harness at the end. Harness hasn't contributed much recently and looked lost (and fluffed a half chance too) whereas Jackson has had minutes and generally been playing well, and offers that direct threat in behind. |
I'd send on you ahead of Harness, but I've got a bit of a 'thing' about him lol. I don't see what other see, although he does seem like a good bloke. | |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:22 - Apr 6 with 522 views | Herbivore |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:18 - Apr 6 by Swansea_Blue |
I'd send on you ahead of Harness, but I've got a bit of a 'thing' about him lol. I don't see what other see, although he does seem like a good bloke. |
He's had some decent games this season but none for a fair while now. He spent his time on the pitch today miscontrolling the ball, misplacing passes, mishitting shots, and giving away soft freekicks. When he's at his worst like that he's a liability. | |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:25 - Apr 6 with 494 views | ReusersTown |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:11 - Apr 6 by Clutch |
Burns I agree with - really miss him. Sarmiento, Harness and Hutchinson aren't as consistent.
Hirst I don't think as much, Moore is also very good. |
Hirst gives us much more if a threat in behind which seems like it would have been useful against those cb's | | | |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:32 - Apr 6 with 439 views | SE1blue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:11 - Apr 6 by Clutch |
Burns I agree with - really miss him. Sarmiento, Harness and Hutchinson aren't as consistent.
Hirst I don't think as much, Moore is also very good. |
Hirst would’ve finished the chance Al Hamadi had around the back. | |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:41 - Apr 6 with 403 views | Churchman |
We miss Burns and Hirst desperately. Teams can play further up the pitch against us with Moore - he’s not going to run away from anyone. Done a great job for us though. The way we play is geared to Hirst though. Burns? More valuable than certain people give him credit for. We are struggling without him.
Omari has been brilliant. But at his age he will be inconsistent. He is learning the game and being asked to play in different positions. He’s going to be a smashing player for Chelsea.
Clarke or Axel? I’d have played Axel because the defence looks tighter with him in it. I like Clarke though and injury free he will be a heck of a player.
The keeper? I’ve kept quiet on this. Lladky has done well, but there are too many howlers and near howlers for me. A top keeper makes a huge difference (Brian Clough wasn’t wrong). Ok, he’s not the best but Walton is better than Lladky even if the distribution is poorer. On balance, Walton would be my choice.
But what do I know?
I get the disappointment. It’s darkened room time for me now. I’m gutted at the lost points more than the opposition but I’m sick and tired of being second best to them. I’m also gutted that should we face them in the play offs, we are going to struggle.
But despite everything, what a great season, what a smashing team. The club is getting stronger and that’s the crucial thing for me. The measure for that is how Plymouth and Wednesday have done this season, not being well beaten by parachute puffed with money year two Norwich. |  | | |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:53 - Apr 6 with 358 views | Vegtablue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:13 - Apr 6 by Swansea_Blue |
Hirst is better suited to our game imo. He's got that option to run in behind and cause problems on quick counters, whereas Kieffer's a bit of a statue. Also Hirst is only going to get better, Kieffer's at the other end of his career on the way down (but that's not a problem thi season of course, only longer term if say we were looking to sign him). |
He's a better blend of everything isn't he. I can't forget the West Brom away performance, in which we couldn't muster even a glancing blow through the 90' (xG of 0.23!). It was Hirst, Burns, Chaplin and Broadhead in attack that day. When we were torn apart in the Leeds away game, and somehow recorded even less attacking threat than in the West Brom encounter (0.12 xG!), it was again the quartet of Hirst, Burns, Chaplin and Broadhead. So maybe we're being overly optimistic here, but Hirst can run the channels where Hirst can't and Hutchinson, without lightning pace, is contained more often on the right side than we'd probably care to admit.
What I will say is that Moore's "big man" attributes are significantly ahead of Hirst's, so he'd remain my first choice for certain match-ups if not today (were everyone fit). | | | |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:56 - Apr 6 with 339 views | pointofblue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:53 - Apr 6 by Vegtablue |
He's a better blend of everything isn't he. I can't forget the West Brom away performance, in which we couldn't muster even a glancing blow through the 90' (xG of 0.23!). It was Hirst, Burns, Chaplin and Broadhead in attack that day. When we were torn apart in the Leeds away game, and somehow recorded even less attacking threat than in the West Brom encounter (0.12 xG!), it was again the quartet of Hirst, Burns, Chaplin and Broadhead. So maybe we're being overly optimistic here, but Hirst can run the channels where Hirst can't and Hutchinson, without lightning pace, is contained more often on the right side than we'd probably care to admit.
What I will say is that Moore's "big man" attributes are significantly ahead of Hirst's, so he'd remain my first choice for certain match-ups if not today (were everyone fit). |
Moore may have had had more of an impact at West Brom and Leeds, and Hirst more of an impact today. Different teams/styles suit different players. | |
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| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 16:04 - Apr 6 with 301 views | Vegtablue |
| We miss Burns and Hirst so much. on 15:56 - Apr 6 by pointofblue |
Moore may have had had more of an impact at West Brom and Leeds, and Hirst more of an impact today. Different teams/styles suit different players. |
That's it, and why hopefully everyone will be available again for our final three games. | | | |
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