by Don Sholeone » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:36 pm
biggeordiedave wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:39 am
Don Sholeone wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:33 am
At least Gayles miss gave Joelinton the weekend off from over the top criticism.
On a more serious note I think he looked really good again when he came on yesterday, seemed to work hard and tried to make positive things happen, made room for himself and others but never got the right pass, one occasion I remember was him dribbling out from the back passing a couple city players and taking all the pressure off, lays the ball off and makes a bursting run, then one of the Longstaffs just played the ball back to the defence again putting man city back on our 16yd box.
Hopefully he can keep it up for the rest of the league games.
Is criticism of Joelinton really that over the top?
. He cost £40m and has scored four goals, two of which came against Rochdale and Oxford. He really is hopeless, although he has improved slightly (only very slightly) since the season resumed.
Imo yes, I think the system has been as much at fault as he has, the problem is we created maybe 1 clear cut or half chance for him a game and you could see frustration setting in, thats when he stopped running the channels and getting in the right positions. Since the switch to 4231 he's been a lot more involved just he still lacked in confidence, since restart he's played really well imo and started doing the right things again.
We need to remember he's a young lad, who came with so much expectation because of the fee, new league new country/culture, a system that isn't designed for a player like him. It became clear he hit rock bottom in confidence pretty early on. He hadn't even had half a season and practically the whole fanbase got on his back. He's had a rough hand delt for his first 6 months and had little to no support or encouragement from his own fans, so I have a lot of sympathy for him.
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[quote="Don Sholeone" post_id=874166 time=1593426803 user_id=188]
At least Gayles miss gave Joelinton the weekend off from over the top criticism.
On a more serious note I think he looked really good again when he came on yesterday, seemed to work hard and tried to make positive things happen, made room for himself and others but never got the right pass, one occasion I remember was him dribbling out from the back passing a couple city players and taking all the pressure off, lays the ball off and makes a bursting run, then one of the Longstaffs just played the ball back to the defence again putting man city back on our 16yd box.
Hopefully he can keep it up for the rest of the league games.
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Is criticism of Joelinton really that over the top? <scratch>. He cost £40m and has scored four goals, two of which came against Rochdale and Oxford. He really is hopeless, although he has improved slightly (only very slightly) since the season resumed.
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Imo yes, I think the system has been as much at fault as he has, the problem is we created maybe 1 clear cut or half chance for him a game and you could see frustration setting in, thats when he stopped running the channels and getting in the right positions. Since the switch to 4231 he's been a lot more involved just he still lacked in confidence, since restart he's played really well imo and started doing the right things again.
We need to remember he's a young lad, who came with so much expectation because of the fee, new league new country/culture, a system that isn't designed for a player like him. It became clear he hit rock bottom in confidence pretty early on. He hadn't even had half a season and practically the whole fanbase got on his back. He's had a rough hand delt for his first 6 months and had little to no support or encouragement from his own fans, so I have a lot of sympathy for him.
