Shang Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 We need to FREE George Thorne. Let him pass forward. Take the risk. Trust the defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBE Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 A real example of how we all see it differently. From day one I have felt GT has been hugely over rated or indeed played in the wrong place in the wrong formation. Yes he can look good on the ball jogging around in front of the back four tippy tappying it about forever passing it back and sideways, he gets in this nothing position that rarely influences play. Our midfield needs to play in their half of the pitch, Bryson, Hendrick and Hughes any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thierry Ennui Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Nigel, is that you? That's a very weak midfield. Thorne is a defensive midfielder who makes more tackles than Eustace did. He also happens to have passing, dribbling and shooting ability to go with it. It's not his job to be creating chances, we have two advanced midfielders and three forwards who need to increase their output. Thorne seems to be a victim of his own success judging by some on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 1 hour ago, CBE said: A real example of how we all see it differently. From day one I have felt GT has been hugely over rated or indeed played in the wrong place in the wrong formation. Yes he can look good on the ball jogging around in front of the back four tippy tappying it about forever passing it back and sideways, he gets in this nothing position that rarely influences play. Our midfield needs to play in their half of the pitch, Bryson, Hendrick and Hughes any day. Here's were you lose all credibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBE Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I actually preferred Eustace, at least he played the ball forward, could head, defend and tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, CBE said: I actually preferred Eustace, at least he played the ball forward, could head, defend and tackle. I give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I thought Thorne played a lot better last night, the main question should be do we need a defensive midfielder all the time? We need to win the ball in midfield with options to pass quickly and accurately, Thorne could easily help the team where Johnson has been standing! In fact we really have a six million pound pudding/question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thierry Ennui Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 13 minutes ago, CBE said: I actually preferred Eustace, at least he played the ball forward, could head, defend and tackle. Talk about rose-tinted. Thorne has better stats for EVERYTHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Opinions are weird. Thorne was probably my MOTM last night! Didn't set the game a light but I certainly think he played well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I thought he played well, for anyone to be saying they would prefer eustace, whilst they have their opinion, in my opinion is madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnsley ram Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 thorn is obviously a class act but has too many touches where as a early pass would give the forwards more time fast ball through the middle is what scares defenses and george can do this so is he playing short balls or wide balls ? is he playing to orders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 It's alright saying he doesn't release the ball fast enough.. but if there's no movement ahead of him, then he has no option to do this. If no one moves, he gets closed down, and one of two things happen - he loses it, or he is forced backwards. Fortunately, most of the time, its the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 29 minutes ago, AnimalisaRam said: It's alright saying he doesn't release the ball fast enough.. but if there's no movement ahead of him, then he has no option to do this. If no one moves, he gets closed down, and one of two things happen - he loses it, or he is forced backwards. Fortunately, most of the time, its the latter. This….We don't have the movement we used too, I feel this is largely down to tactics and confidence. However you can see when Thorne get's the ball he usually looks up for a forward pass, but see's it's not on and has to go sideways or back. I imagine this leads to him being increasingly cautious with his forward passing (which creates a vicious circle), as he doesn't want to lose the ball, hence why we often see the trio of Thorne, Shack and Keogh passing amongst themselves whilst the opposition sits back and get's themselves into their defensive positions to shut up shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 5 hours ago, Penelope Pendrex said: Ridiculous thread. Burnley scored 3 goals without registering a meaningful shot on target. How you can blame Thorne for any of this is beyond me. I texted my brother at half time to say how utterly immense Thorne was in the first half. He was a big part of the reason we were so dominant. Thorne was at fault for the first goal, he turned his back on the ball and waved a lazy leg at it like you tell a 7 year old not to do but people are blinded by this because after all its George Thorne and he is the best player in the league etc etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryram Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Can't blame thorne, I admit that little camp jump before the first was quite bad but keogh still should have dealt with it a lot better. Other than that bossed the first half. Maybe a bit too much is put on george after all it's like playing with a two man midfield with BJ god knows what has happened to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbyram1 Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Injured AGAIN..... getting a bit silly now, great player but play 2, miss 3 is not what we need right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t'oldu Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 He must have some underlying problem.....................back?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 30 minutes ago, toldu said: He must have some underlying problem.....................back?? Bad side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t'oldu Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 There was an interesting radio discussion last week about recurrent injuries - particularly hamstrings , calfs, etc and Warnock recalled a Forest sufferer being whistled across the river unbeknown to Cloughie to be examined by the Notts County Physio who had unusual theories. He diagnosed a back problem and manipulated it 3 times during the week and the player had no further problems. The conversation came out of discussing Daniel Sturridge..........nephew of 2 hours ago, eddie said: Bad side our own hamstring sufferer. How has Thorne got a bad side??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 2 hours ago, toldu said: our own hamstring sufferer. How has Thorne got a bad side??? At the moment, he plays in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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