Gas Go Marching In":2dhotl30 said:
the_corkscrew":2dhotl30 said:
Gas Go Marching In":2dhotl30 said:
Gashead here...
Nathan Blissett is not a league 1 footballer. Plain and simple.
He couldn't get in our conference team. I would have called him a nuisance at best and was surprised when you purchased him last season.
We've got a great record recently of taking players from lower league clubs like yourselves and Portsmouth, and making them better. Blissett will be the same.
He is not good enough for league one.
Good enough? We will see. Hard to judge when he is playing alongside players of constrained ability.
A bit like a mystery leg spinner in cricket, a target man with outstanding physical attributes, as Blissett undoubtedly has, could be something most L1 defences don't like a lot. Most are used to pacey, skilful frontmen, not dominating target men. Suddenly a nuisance, when playing with quality players like GC10, Jake and Sarcevic becomes a threat and makes all these space hungry players much more of a threat. And completes an attacking strategic jigsaw. Look at Akinfenwa too for further evidence of this phenomena. Charltons defence was clearly concerned by Bliss on Saturday, enough to keep two CDs on him.
As I said previously he's got things to learn on movement, positioning, ball control but Derek has improved most players he's signed and I dare say Bliss will be the same. He wasn't bought as first choice clearly and circumstances have thrust him into that position but I think we could do a lot worse.