I’d honestly play him if everyone is available. Lots of players who on their day are lovely attacking players but can’t really be relied upon for even a 7/10 (Madsen, Andersen, Dembele). We seem to ship goals down our left more often than the right when he and Dunne are playing. I don’t mind him ****ing up the final ball most of the time as he’s trying to get the ball into the goal rather than playing safe. If he was a better footballer he wouldn’t be here. But I am president of the fan club.
If he was better then he really wouldn't be with us, not sure this is his level though but that could be said for the majority of our players. He defo gets the nod over MADSEN and Anderson, not Dembele though. The conundrum of two left footed centre backs really shouldn't be an issue if they're good enough. If It was such a problem then there were many options available to rectify it as Jimmy is a right footed centre back and we have a whole squad of people who could play at right back.
Agree. I like Dunne at right-back and I don’t mind Field at centre-half but with the players available it should be Ashby in for Fox. Don’t rate Ashby either mind. He’ll have to mix it up with games close together so we’ll be seeing more of MADSEN and Andersen and others.
I do agree Smyth struggled to find a decent ball for the first several games and it could be seen as desperation simply as our only chances were being developed down the right. But, I don't agree about Smyth now because I believe he is starting to find an end product. Like you mentioned he scored a wonderful goal against Bristol City, again as our only attacking outlet. But he also put in a great cross for Kohli to nod down for Field in the Norwich game plus got to the by-line pulling back for Kohli to score against Preston and another couple of by-line passes for Saito to narrowly miss the target. My concern is he is carrying a lot of weight on his shoulders which should not be the case and says more about our play and attacking capabilities. There is improvement and for me he is our most exciting player going forward.
I posted yesterday about the teams mentality and the fact there seems to be something lacking. Like you said we could have gone above Swansea with a win but it seems like nobody realised this and why were we not fighting to do so!!
