sage Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thank you for changing that. My my point is that Buxton escapes censure for the most part. His shortcomings are dismissed by some as exuberance or someone else's fault or somesuch. I'm looking forward to the scapegoating of Hendrick thread, which seems imminent. Once people have finished their hatchet job on our captain of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Buxton/Keogh. Why isn't it working? What other center back combinations have worked well and why?Vidic and Ferdinand. One is aggressive, combative and likely to concede yellow cards. The other is a clever player, more tactical and better on the ball. Their contribution is more than equal to the sum of their parts. They have a symbiotic relationship. Bould/Adams. Different players, symbiosisLuiz/Silva. As above.I think Buxton and Keogh are too alike. They are each capable, and even expected, of delivering a couple of howlers each game, but neither covers the other for those eventualities. I've only seen Raul for half a game and I think he can play with either. My current preference would be for a Buxton/Albertosa combo, because of the mayhem Buxton can take to their box during set pieces and corners, and of course the headed goals he scores. He was man marked in the box for each corner but he still got his head to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I think I prefer screaming his head off and running to the crowd after he's scored Bucko to the Nonchalant, Balotelli-esq Bucko that we saw yesterday. Always a sign of a player getting too big for his size-nines when they act like that after scoring... One things for sure though, he should've just clattered Keane for their second. Miles from goal so either boot the ball or the player and take a clever yellow. I'm all for defenders trying to be like Bobby Moore vs Pele but so many times in the last few games just get it away from the goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inter politics Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Jake would never get too big for his boots. It was more he wasnt scoring the winner and defensively, he made some errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsdubs Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 We need Shotton for Christie, it makes Keogh and Buxton more comfortable as well. Christie's head has gone, what happened to the player we saw for the first half of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I think I prefer screaming his head off and running to the crowd after he's scored Bucko to the Nonchalant, Balotelli-esq Bucko that we saw yesterday. Always a sign of a player getting too big for his size-nines when they act like that after scoring... One things for sure though, he should've just clattered Keane for their second. Miles from goal so either boot the ball or the player and take a clever yellow. I'm all for defenders trying to be like Bobby Moore vs Pele but so many times in the last few games just get it away from the goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I think I prefer screaming his head off and running to the crowd after he's scored Bucko to the Nonchalant, Balotelli-esq Bucko that we saw yesterday. Always a sign of a player getting too big for his size-nines when they act like that after scoring... One things for sure though, he should've just clattered Keane for their second. Miles from goal so either boot the ball or the player and take a clever yellow. I'm all for defenders trying to be like Bobby Moore vs Pele but so many times in the last few games just get it away from the goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Buxton played well yesterday, as did Keogh. The full backs were poor, as was Hendrick, but apart from that there is nothing to worry about. Albentosa looks a bit away yet anyway and I can't quite grasp at the idea that Shotton is rated higher than either at CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 didn't you see him come to the south stand fist pumping after he scored.l think the calm celebration was more "we've still got a job to do" than nonchalance. And he was right. clatter a player? Not really an option when there are covering players and Grant should have done better too. Regardless had Hendrick not arsed up Bucko wouldn't have been in that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 A screaming Bucko, tear-arsing into the goal to retrieve the ball, sprinting back to the half way line and leaving an 8 inch deep crater on the centre circle shows there's a job still to be done. I just love the passion he's shown in the past after bagging one. Forest and last year against the same opposition springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Werent they late goals that won the match though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnram Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Forest yes, Weds no. Against Weds it was our first goal just before half time. I remember it well as it's the only goal I saw that day as my 4yo lad got bored/cold and insisted we go home. I was miffed that the two superb 2nd half goals were scored right in front of where we were sitting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I think I prefer screaming his head off and running to the crowd after he's scored Bucko to the Nonchalant, Balotelli-esq Bucko that we saw yesterday. Always a sign of a player getting too big for his size-nines when they act like that after scoring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 If anyone could have done better please let Steve know and stop wasting time posting on here and get your self down to Moor Farm, thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Forest yes, Weds no. Against Weds it was our first goal just before half time. I remember it well as it's the only goal I saw that day as my 4yo lad got bored/cold and insisted we go home. I was miffed that the two superb 2nd half goals were scored right in front of where we were sitting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I presume the little sod hasn't been permitted to return, and that you trod on his Scalextric 'accidentally' later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyDyer Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I think I prefer screaming his head off and running to the crowd after he's scored Bucko to the Nonchalant, Balotelli-esq Bucko that we saw yesterday. Always a sign of a player getting too big for his size-nines when they act like that after scoring... One things for sure though, he should've just clattered Keane for their second. Miles from goal so either boot the ball or the player and take a clever yellow. I'm all for defenders trying to be like Bobby Moore vs Pele but so many times in the last few games just get it away from the goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 So he should have gone cray cray, then taken a straight red with the game at 1-1.Interesting, I'll give you that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyDyer Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Wouldn't have been a straight red because at the point of likely contact Keane was facing the touchline and Keogh was covering. My point was, he was sufficiently far enough away to take one for the team. Saying that, he was certainly hung out to dry by Hendrick's crap touch and didn't expect Granty to dive out the way of the ball... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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