Jerseybean Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Genuinely wonder what NW will be thinking on the long coach trip back to Bristol. He has hardly seen the ball in the games he’s played for us and has gone from scoring for fun to snatching at scraps. At least Henriksen and Benkovic can escape at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Wells I think is a good striker but in the system way we play is going to get no service. He kept coming deep for the ball tonight trying to get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dicks Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 To a degree the move here was out of his hands, he would have allready knew Bristol City under Johnson do not create many chances in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_BCFC Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Another striker we will fail to get the best out of on the evidence shown so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 My opinion is he isnt good enough for top level Championship. Not great on the ball, quite lightweight and misses loads of chances. The one on Saturday was an absolute sitter. One 4 month purple patch at a lowly team but with 3 of the most creative young players behind him sadly doesnt make him the answer to what we need. I do hope not but I think given his age, wage and length of contract, this could turn out to be one of our worst signings in many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 25, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 I'm sure when he sees the increase in his monthly salary it will soften the blow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpcity Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: My opinion is he isnt good enough for top level Championship. Not great on the ball, quite lightweight and misses loads of chances. The one on Saturday was an absolute sitter. One 4 month purple patch at a lowly team but with 3 of the most creative young players behind him sadly doesnt make him the answer to what we need. I do hope not but I think given his age, wage and length of contract, this could turn out to be one of our worst signings in many years. Patterson, Palmer and Eliasson behind him wouldn't be too bad and create the chances for him. But that won't happen as long ball is the way we are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, paul_fox said: Patterson, Palmer and Eliasson behind him wouldn't be too bad and create the chances for him. But that won't happen as long ball is the way we are playing. No idea why LJ hasn't tried a 4-3-3 or variant this season. Solid back 4 with our best two CBs, Baker and Kalas. Nagy Smith Weimann/Pato Palmer Eliasson Wells Something to do with that team being bad at defending corners or some overexaggerated bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpcity Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 minute ago, cidercity1987 said: No idea why LJ hasn't tried a 4-3-3 or variant this season. Solid back 4 with our best two CBs, Baker and Kalas. Nagy Smith Weimann/Pato Palmer Eliasson Wells Something to do with that team being bad at defending corners or some overexaggerated bollocks Yeah he likes to play Diedhiou as he defends corners. With that team we've only really got 2 players who's got some height at defending corners. We've definitely got the players to help Wells it's just getting a team to accommodate them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Create barely any chances. Decide to sign a penalty box forward. Even in the Derby game which he scored and City won I was wondering whether Wells had ever had to chase so many channel balls or have to spend so much time trying to compete in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuber Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: My opinion is he isnt good enough for top level Championship. Not great on the ball, quite lightweight and misses loads of chances. The one on Saturday was an absolute sitter. One 4 month purple patch at a lowly team but with 3 of the most creative young players behind him sadly doesnt make him the answer to what we need. I do hope not but I think given his age, wage and length of contract, this could turn out to be one of our worst signings in many years. Or... LJ just has no idea how to use him and signed him as yet another club in the bag, as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Just want to see KP play behind Wells - think that's how we get the best out of him...... We are simply not playing to his strengths! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCulturalBomb Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Maybe if he had a manager that knew what the right system to play is, who to play in it, maybe we would actually be progressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, TheCulturalBomb said: Maybe if he had a manager that knew what the right system to play is, who to play in it, maybe we would actually be progressing. We don’t so don’t get your hopes up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 26, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, TheCulturalBomb said: Maybe if he had a manager that knew what the right system to play is, who to play in it, maybe we would actually be progressing. Surely even if LJ is blind to it one of his many minions presenting endless stats would see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cidre Monita Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Impressive how we turned him into Matty Taylor in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Red Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 8 hours ago, paul_fox said: Yeah he likes to play Diedhiou as he defends corners. With that team we've only really got 2 players who's got some height at defending corners. We've definitely got the players to help Wells it's just getting a team to accommodate them This is everything wrong with Johnson. He tries so hard to be a tactical magician and neutralise the other teams threats he is unable to put together a team to score or create down the other end. We dont build a team to play attacking and creative football utilising our best players, we play to nullify the opposition and then hope for the best with goofball football down the other end. He buys golf attacking players and stocks them on hoping their natural ability will see us through while staying tight at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 It’s very frustrating because even last night you could see in flashes that he has quality and could be very dangerous. If we bring in players of his standard.. we need to play a system that actually utilises his strengths and make chances for him. Paterson seems to have fizzled out again after a good couple of games when he first came back, give Palmer a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: It’s very frustrating because even last night you could see in flashes that he has quality and could be very dangerous. If we bring in players of his standard.. we need to play a system that actually utilises his strengths and make chances for him. Paterson seems to have fizzled out again after a good couple of games when he first came back, give Palmer a go. Agreed - KP needs a run of games......we’ve got nothing to lose but I think he could strike up a very good partnership with Wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 9 hours ago, paul_fox said: Patterson, Palmer and Eliasson behind him wouldn't be too bad and create the chances for him. But that won't happen as long ball is the way we are playing. Those 3 would not see the ball as they all struggle to get involved at the best of times, and would give our defence absolutely zero cover. Also, dropping our best striker is utterly ridiculous.Long ball is the only option as our midfield is so weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 It's early days and he's had little service but from what I've seen of him to date: His movement is nothing to write home about and rates no better than the 'surplus to requirement' Taylor; His first touch and hold up play are poor boarding on non-existant; Other than his header all chances he's had (with his feet) have been snatched at high & wide. Hopefully he's adapting to playing 'our identity'. Personally and given the lack of quality and attitude of the two who accompanied him in, I'm not so sure..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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