Seelt played better at right back than Hume has for a while. Rigg hasn't looked out of place once at any time he has been on the pitch. Aouchiche doesn't play up front or wide right but Beale has used him there so he's proven he will use players out of position, plus based on the average positions against Huddersfield Jobe absolutely played as a 10. If he thinks Burstow is a physical presence he needs his badges removed. Hemir has produced the most xG per 90 out of any of our forwards, and joint most in the squad with Aouchiche which shows both of them get in great positions.
Yep, you are spot on ..I saw the same sort of players sat on the bench last season and look where that got us.
To be honest, I don't think anyone is scraping the barrel for support but things do get heated. From my point of view, there are people who don't like Beale who can put a sensible argument together and then there are people who aren't interested in a reasoned discussion. The second group come across as hysterical. In my opinion, of course.
All reasonable observations but Beale and the coaching staff are the ones that work with the players everyday and have access to the full data set. Therefore, their decisions are going to be made with a greater degree of accuracy than our observations as fans.
Correct, and it's a joke. If he's punishing him for a mistake I expect Jobe to be benched for the foreseeable for not passing to Clarke and Hume to be benched for conceding the free kick they scored from. O'Nien didn't get benched for conceding the free kick against Huddersfield so the punishment makes no sense.
Imo we have a slightly above average championship squad (there's credit to Speakman, Harvey and other recruitment bods centre forward situation excepting) We have a below average head coach with inexperienced and not his own, coaching support imo. Conclusion - going nowhere particularly positive any time soon if the above opinion is near the mark.
Well, then you should be able to provide clarity on a lot of the issues that are brought up on here. For instance, why was our right flank so narrow against Huddersfield? How did our average positions compare to Huddersfield's? Edit: and by full data set, I assume that means all of the data captured during training too.
Beale has absolutely shown the cold shoulder to AA. Played 20 mins since Jan. Unacceptable given our current midfield has been playing poorly for a while.
Not that argument again, explain what the data must say about Burstow, because in his case at least I trust my eyes rather than the data You be telling everyone on here they have no idea about the game as they are not employed as coaches, you dont have to be a qualified coach to identify that someone isnt up to it.
It's not just about data though. It's about observations made in training and knowing the player on a personal level. It's madness to think that the head coach doesn't know more about an individual player than a fan. It's also about the particular job the coach wants the player to do as well. You have to assume that Beale feels Burstow is better at a certain aspect of the gams that he wants for this match than either Rusyn or Hemir.
Are you suggesting the head coach and staff have got every decision correct about line up, tactics etc because of data, relationships and what they see in training?
We can stick or twist. The club are on record saying the expectations are play offs minimum. As we sit, that’s not happening so if we stick then the season will probably end up with us finishing around where we are now. If we twist and go for Cooper for example it shows ambition and intent, I’m sure a contract with well rewarded targets could attract the right man. That’s what I would do right now, say to Cooper right you’ve done it before here’s what we will give you if you do it with us ! I really need to stop drinking early on a morning though.
No. I'm saying that decisions that the coaching staff make, that might seem illogical to us as fans, are all made for a logical reason. Usually based on data, relationships, and what they see in training. It's not just incompetence. Especially not in the Championship. I've seen it dozens of times in non-league. The line-up is announced and I hear fans going "why the **** is he playing/not playing?". If it seems odd to me, I'll ask the manager (or the managers I have that kind of relationship with) later. There's always a well thought out reason. Sometimes it's the right decision sometimes it's not. And if it's not, they'll usually admit that, at least behind closed doors.
