The Hermit Kingdom
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[Albion] Centre Backs
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POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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As I mentioned. Some opinions don’t count for **** all.
junior
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He put in one heck of a shift tonight.
Nobby Cybergoat
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I had Van Hecke as Man of the Match tonight. But the fact that Webby has been rotated in from time to time will stand us in good stead if he has to come in for the next euro game
phoenix
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Graphic said "misses next game" but i expect Dad is getting on a bit old like myself .
Milano
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Pervis, Lamptey & Milner all likely out on Sunday. Go to 3 at the back again?
Which is the whole point of RDZ's rotation strategy. It's not just about stopping players from getting tired - but keeping as many as match ready as possible.
Clive Walker
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Don’t know. Im of the opinion that rotation causes start/stop physicality which caused risk of injury.
Nobby Cybergoat
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That could be one explanation for the bad luck we seem to be getting
Yes. I must admit I'm torn on this. I can see why we're doing it - but I'm not sure I like us doing it!
Still, I'm not a manager - and I'm pretty sure I could not have engineered back-to-back wins against Ajax....
They do train during the week. Rotation does not cause injuries.
Bullied - but stood up to it all, and never actually let him past. That's good defending.
I'm just envisaging seven teams in Sheffield, one for each day of the week.....
Nobby Cybergoat
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That Brobbie will be a physical test for any defender to be fair
Totally because outside of Lukaku thise strikers are going nowadays… I’m not having a go against him ….,, zits been a long day
Farehamseagull
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He did, in fact I would say Brobbey had the better of him for longer than 40 minutes, Brobbey just didn’t have any support and JPVH had excellent support from the imperious Dunk and Igor plus Veltman and the midfield.
I will get shot down for this I’m sure but I think his performance against a very average attack is being a bit over rated on here in all honesty. He only won 1 out of 4 aerial battles and 4 out 7 ground battles tonight. He was rash at times and his positioning can be an issue. He does worry me in most games he plays.
Clearly he’s developing and turning into a good player for us and he’s young for a centre half so will only get better but he was a long way from being my MOM today - certainly not when Adingra, Gross, Pedro, Veltman and Fati were all better IMO.
Thought Igor was very good again. Really like him.
Van Heck is in our strongest team. Was very good again tonight. No wobble when he didn’t have Dunk alongside him.
