Robert Snodgrass

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Mr. Hat said:
As said prior, in his 3 appearances Snodgrass has only played 20 minutes on the wing. He's been mainly used centrally which IMO is the position Brucey signed him for given the fact that's where he's played most and last season we were probably about as effective at attacking through the middle as a team of road cones. Wasn't there a stat posted on here the other day that we only played 7 through balls through the middle all season? Just to put that into context the average premier league side will play 7 through balls per match, never mind per season.

Its my opinion that we drastically need to replace Snodgrass, not only because we are more than desperate for some guile and attacking threat in the middle but we're now left with a whopping great total of four players capable of playing central midfield - less than we had last season - with even more games to play. If we're planning on playing 3-5-2 predominantly that's at least 2 less than the bare minimum we need.
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Agreed, we should attacking through the middle and out wide, keep teams on their toes. We just seem to lack the capability to play balls in behind defenders, but I think signing a playmaker like Snodgrass was a great step forward. That Moralez lad on the other thread looked cracking, but as has been said before, I think a loan would be better, so maybe a youth player from a bigger club.
 
Even with Long in the team we still didn't play balls through the middle, and he was the perfect striker for that in my opinion as he always made really good runs. Are we scared of being offside or something? I'd get another defensive midfielder and push Huddlestone further forward, he's the best passer of the ball we have and I think he'd do well as a playmaker. We should try it at Lokeren and play Livermore and Meyler as defensive midfielders with Huddlestone as a playmaker behind the striker/s.
 
Patches O'Houlihan said:
Even with Long in the team we still didn't play balls through the middle, and he was the perfect striker for that in my opinion as he always made really good runs. Are we scared of being offside or something? I'd get another defensive midfielder and push Huddlestone further forward, he's the best passer of the ball we have and I think he'd do well as a playmaker.
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Not mobile enough I don't think. Also his effortless and almost infinite range of precise passing is very helpful from further back when trying to launch a quick counter attack or relieve pressure. Not to mention he's excellent defensively and at breaking up play which often gets overlooked for some reason. He's a real asset sitting deep.
 
Mr. Hat said:
Not mobile enough I don't think. Also his effortless and almost infinite range of precise passing is very helpful from further back when trying to launch a quick counter attack or relieve pressure. Not to mention he's excellent defensively and at breaking up play which often gets overlooked for some reason. He's a real asset sitting deep.
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I know he is, but it wouldn't hurt playing him further forward to see how he'd do. We've played Corry Evans as a playmaker before so Thudd playing there can't be any worse. What about Ince or Aluko as a playmaker?
 
Mr. Hat said:
Not mobile enough I don't think. Also his effortless and almost infinite range of precise passing is very helpful from further back when trying to launch a quick counter attack or relieve pressure. Not to mention he's excellent defensively and at breaking up play which often gets overlooked for some reason. He's a real asset sitting deep.
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This^ I think his defensive work is excellent, but no one seems to notice. He's not about crunching tackles, but he's always just getting a toe to in,to dispossess,which means he's still on his feet so can do something with the ball.
 
Hull city afc(Kempton) said:
This^ I think his defensive work is excellent, but no one seems to notice. He's not about crunching tackles, but he's always just getting a toe to in,to dispossess,which means he's still on his feet so can do something with the ball.
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He's one of our best for breaking up play, there's no doubt about that. Ince, Aluko or even Brady could play as a playmaker, I think the away leg against Trencin is a good time to experiment in this area.
 
Patches O'Houlihan said:
He's one of our best for breaking up play, there's no doubt about that. Ince, Aluko or even Brady could play as a playmaker, I think the away leg against Trencin is a good time to experiment in this area.
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Alternatively if we had a time machine we could just leave Snodgrass out of the QPR game and avoid this problem entirely.
 
Mr. Hat:6934334 said:
Patches O'Houlihan said:
He's one of our best for breaking up play, there's no doubt about that. Ince, Aluko or even Brady could play as a playmaker, I think the away leg against Trencin is a good time to experiment in this area.
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Alternatively if we had a time machine we could just leave Snodgrass out of the QPR game and avoid this problem entirely.
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nope, it doesn't work like that

if he hadn't of played, hed have either injured it elsewhere or someone else would be injured,
 
While you will have to spend some money to replace Long. You will probably be best of waiting til the end of the window when everyone has to finalises squad and take someone on loan for Snodgrass

Scott Sinclair was decent not too long ago and I'm guessing he would be available.
 
Could Brady do a similar job in the middle I've been thinking for a while he still doesn't have a proper position. Robertson looks like nailing the LWB spot. He has all the attributes to play in the middle like Snodgrass does. I wouldn't pick him ahead of Quinny at the moment anyway but just a thought. Brady is talented but wasted at the moment.
 
Patches O'Houlihan said:
Could this potentially ruin his career?
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While theres a decent chance it will, but theres a decent chance it won't. Some players have had the careers ruined by little things like weak hamstrings while some have recovered from major injuries and had no problems.

No one will really know how he will cope until about a year down the line when he has fully recovered and had a run of games
 
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