fka dagest Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 I know the Skuse fan club don't like any form of criticism being directed at him at all, but after receiving compliments over recent weeks (myself included) for some decent performances, has anyone been impressed by his form over the last two or three games? He was at fault for one goal last week and today I thought he was dreadful. He doesn't seem to understand that the role of a right-back is to close down the opposing winger to stop him crossing the ball. Skuse seems to think that standing off the winger and allowing him to pick a cross is doing his job. His positional sense in the second half was all over the place. When he receives the ball he puts his foot on it, dwells on it for what seems like a lifetime before stroking it back to Fontaine. When he did try something else more often than not it seemed to go out of play or to an opposition player. His free-kick back to the half-way line with 5-10 minutes left was unforgivable. 3 weeks ago, I thought he'd finally found his position, but now I'd rather see Ribeiro or Edwards and Skuse back on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex#40 Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 I have been Skuse's biggest critic over the years as I just don't think he is good enough but I do admit he has been better at right back. However he was dreadful today and I'd still rather see a proper right back playing there. As he appears to be in the plans at the moment though I hope he gets to where he was 2-3 games ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Cole didn't have his best game, but we were not at the races today.When teams press and stop us playing we don't seem to have the answer. It goes to show the weakness in our squad when Del had to chuck Marv up front as a targetman last 5 minutes. Personally i would of liked Cisse sat deep with Killkenny pushed forward. It's very difficult for him to dictate the game from deep when away sides have ten behind the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betelgeuse Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Pretty much every player was poor today, Skuse included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melksham Red Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Seems harsh to single out Skuse today when the majority of the team were poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Skuse was particularly, excruciatingly poor. He couldn't do anything right, the worst performance I've seen from him in any position, ever. That atrociously unadventurous free kick in the last minute of normal time probably sent a thousand utterly frustrated fans heading for the exits several minutes early. He's an experienced professional with almost seven seasons behind him now yet that was the performance of a tremulous novice - what the hell was the matter with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Was his worst performance in a long while, Albert was shite too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Skuse was poor today, but as a stop-gap rightback I don't think he's been too bad. I wouldn't want to see him anywhere near the midfield again though. In fairness to Albert, if he beat the first 2 defenders, he then struggled to beat the third ! Playing another forward would mean teams couldn't stick 3 defenders on him all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Skuse was poor today, but as a stop-gap rightback I don't think he's been too bad. I wouldn't want to see him anywhere near the midfield again though. In fairness to Albert, if he beat the first 2 defenders, he then struggled to beat the third ! Playing another forward would mean teams couldn't stick 3 defenders on him all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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