Nobby":pbxjcm10 said:I didn't go last night, i'll stress that first, but I am bored to the f*cking heavens of hearing about Nathan bloody Thomas!!!
The guy has done absolutely nothing in an Argyle shirt bar a few cameos last season. His only all round good performance was Newport away and that's it.
Just like Tyler Harvey, he's done nowhere near enough to justify a starting sport, regardless of what we do or don't see in training.
Part of me genuinely hope we give him a start on Saturday just so we can finally dispel the myths about his apparent Messi-esque ability.
It's embarrassing, our saviour is apparently someone who is yet to manage a full ninety minutes in professional football?!
Argyle's problem is we only have one player of real genuine quality - Reuben Reid* - and when he can't get in the game, we don't perform. We have no plan B, the team is unbalanced and there is a complete lack of cohesion in the midfield.
*ignoring McCormick because he's not really relevant to the point as a goalkeeper.
I agree with most of what you're saying there, although I do believe we have more than the one player of genuine quality. Truly believe that Lee Cox should start every time and that ability he has will come out, put Harvey in front of him as a genuine attacking midfielder (letting Cox get on with the defensive stuff) and just like Hourihane you will see a difference in the man's play.
I think it is a real problem of playing an unsettled team every week although I'm sure JS is trying his best with what he has available, but he lost me when he signed two left sided centre halves, a host of players who should be playing in the hole and Andrew O'Connor who has taken Cox' role or plays alongside him, which seems to make us a very negative long ball team. Slightly different from the all out attacking style we were promised initially.
This maybe unpopular, but I think we should drop O'Connor to the bench and put Cox back in his proper role. Too many defensive midfielders are buggering up the team performance. It has a feel of the Walton and Fletcher combo, which never worked cohesively and I don't think the Cox/O'Connor combo is working either.
The players need to learn exactly what the manager demands of them, where their position is and what is expected of them. Last night they were about as organised as a f@rt in a collander, but with less passion. IJN put more effort into his shaking it all about. Well done Mr Newell by the way