by NewCorkSeth » 16 Dec 2020 22:57
by Marcus Crassus » 16 Dec 2020 22:59
WoodleyRoyalbcubedWoodleyRoyal If it had been at the other end. We would hands down been calling for a pen. No question. The ref had to give after a lunge like that.
Why he never touched him
Looked a pen in real time. Only replays showed it was minimal/no contact. And as I say if it had been at the other end we would have expected it.
by bcubed » 16 Dec 2020 23:02
Jack Celliers That was a horrible refereeing performance. It almost makes me hope we don't go up because it was just like trying to play twelve men every week in the premiership. It's not just the big decisions, it's the drip-drip-drip of the benefit of the doubt being given to the more illustrious side every time there is a 50:50. Despite his performance I still just assumed he was going to book the cheating Norwich bastard for diving when the penalty came.
Luckily we don't have VAR: they would have spent three minutes chalking off our goal for invisible handball then three minutes awarding the penalty because the complete lack of any contact whatsoever wasn't obvious from every angle.
by Notts Royal » 16 Dec 2020 23:04
WoodleyRoyalSnowflake RoyalWestYorksRoyal Baldock is stealing a living. Imagine if we could spend his wages on somebody useful.
No one who works as hard as Baldock does is stealing a living.
He’s being asked to play a role that he can’t do, that’s not his fault. Needs must at the moment. He needs to play as a part of a front 2. Certainly not a player who can play the lone striker role. He gets a lot of stuck on here I think unwarranted. He just doesn’t fit into what we are trying to do. Hopefully he gets a move in January and we can bring in someone more akin to our style.
by WestYorksRoyal » 16 Dec 2020 23:08
Notts RoyalWoodleyRoyalSnowflake Royal No one who works as hard as Baldock does is stealing a living.
He’s being asked to play a role that he can’t do, that’s not his fault. Needs must at the moment. He needs to play as a part of a front 2. Certainly not a player who can play the lone striker role. He gets a lot of stuck on here I think unwarranted. He just doesn’t fit into what we are trying to do. Hopefully he gets a move in January and we can bring in someone more akin to our style.
Would be interested to see if Noel Hunt or ALF would’ve got as much stick if they were asked to play as the lone striker when they were at the club...neither would’ve been very effective.
Yes he’s considerably weaker than both Joao & Puscas. But does it say more about Paunovic’s lack of flexibility to change the formation than it does about Baldock?
by CountryRoyal » 16 Dec 2020 23:11
by CountryRoyal » 16 Dec 2020 23:13
by Notts Royal » 16 Dec 2020 23:19
WestYorksRoyalNotts RoyalWoodleyRoyal
He’s being asked to play a role that he can’t do, that’s not his fault. Needs must at the moment. He needs to play as a part of a front 2. Certainly not a player who can play the lone striker role. He gets a lot of stuck on here I think unwarranted. He just doesn’t fit into what we are trying to do. Hopefully he gets a move in January and we can bring in someone more akin to our style.
Would be interested to see if Noel Hunt or ALF would’ve got as much stick if they were asked to play as the lone striker when they were at the club...neither would’ve been very effective.
Yes he’s considerably weaker than both Joao & Puscas. But does it say more about Paunovic’s lack of flexibility to change the formation than it does about Baldock?
Can't doubt his effort. But he's ultimately not very good and is unsuited to how we play. I stand by my view he's a waste of wages for us, and we can hopefully bring in a striker who offers more when his contract expires.
by Westwood52 » 16 Dec 2020 23:29
by bcubed » 16 Dec 2020 23:38
CountryRoyal Side note - what does Esteves offer? Because I don’t buy his “attacking threat”. Think there was one decentish ball into the box? Lost the ball in a dangerous area and they hit the post, then all he seemed to do was run on the ball a few yards and pass backwards. For all this supposed skill he’s basically a long haired Gunter.
by Zip » 17 Dec 2020 00:30
by Mr Optimist » 17 Dec 2020 05:49
Zip I would rather Melvin-Lambert was now given a chance rather than persevere with Baldock. He has no attacking instinct at all which isn’t great when he’s playing the line striker role.
by Stranded » 17 Dec 2020 06:58
Mr OptimistZip I would rather Melvin-Lambert was now given a chance rather than persevere with Baldock. He has no attacking instinct at all which isn’t great when he’s playing the line striker role.
I agree 100%.
We could’ve done with someone raw with a bit of pace up front as we were always going to be trying to hit Norwich on the break tonight. Would’ve scared the living daylights out of Grant Hanley. He looked really slow, just looked his age up and can’t believe he is still only 29, he runs like someone who is 59 and smokes 40 a day.
by Hendo » 17 Dec 2020 07:40
Westwood52 If we stood any chance tonight then Rino and Laurent were going to have to play out of their skins.Unfortunately they probably had their worst games of the season.Laurent’s lack of mobility was badly exposed by Norwich s sharp passing.Coupled with playing two inexperienced CB s in unfamiliar positions.
by Hound » 17 Dec 2020 08:10
by Snowflake Royal » 17 Dec 2020 08:33
CountryRoyal Side note - what does Esteves offer? Because I don’t buy his “attacking threat”. Think there was one decentish ball into the box? Lost the ball in a dangerous area and they hit the post, then all he seemed to do was run on the ball a few yards and pass backwards. For all this supposed skill he’s basically a long haired Gunter.
by Snowflake Royal » 17 Dec 2020 08:37
HendoWestwood52 If we stood any chance tonight then Rino and Laurent were going to have to play out of their skins.Unfortunately they probably had their worst games of the season.Laurent’s lack of mobility was badly exposed by Norwich s sharp passing.Coupled with playing two inexperienced CB s in unfamiliar positions.
Are you sure you watched the game? Laurent was probably our best player tonight... also Holmes and Gibson were perfectly fine and mostly untroubled. Gibson got done by an unreal touch for the penalty that probably 90% of left backs in this league also get done for.
by Snowflake Royal » 17 Dec 2020 08:40
StrandedMr OptimistZip I would rather Melvin-Lambert was now given a chance rather than persevere with Baldock. He has no attacking instinct at all which isn’t great when he’s playing the line striker role.
I agree 100%.
We could’ve done with someone raw with a bit of pace up front as we were always going to be trying to hit Norwich on the break tonight. Would’ve scared the living daylights out of Grant Hanley. He looked really slow, just looked his age up and can’t believe he is still only 29, he runs like someone who is 59 and smokes 40 a day.
To be fair, we put a pacey raw player on with 10mins to go. Unfortunately bar winning a free kick in injury time all Onen added was a yellow card.
by Snowflake Royal » 17 Dec 2020 08:40
StrandedMr OptimistZip I would rather Melvin-Lambert was now given a chance rather than persevere with Baldock. He has no attacking instinct at all which isn’t great when he’s playing the line striker role.
I agree 100%.
We could’ve done with someone raw with a bit of pace up front as we were always going to be trying to hit Norwich on the break tonight. Would’ve scared the living daylights out of Grant Hanley. He looked really slow, just looked his age up and can’t believe he is still only 29, he runs like someone who is 59 and smokes 40 a day.
To be fair, we put a pacey raw player on with 10mins to go. Unfortunately bar winning a free kick in injury time all Onen added was a yellow card.
by Zip » 17 Dec 2020 08:57
Hound Thought Gibson and Holmes were excellent generally
Laurent - I’d agree he wasn’t quite on top form - was passed around a bit at times, and we lost control of the midfield second half. But he also did some really good stuff
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