Gloucester Saint Posted October 2 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, Lighthouse said: The biggest problem in defence, this season and last is Wood, not the keeper. Peretz first league game last season was a 2-1 home defeat to Hull, where we were still playing the back five with Wood in the middle. Then we drop him and revert to a back four, with the added advantage of a proper target man in the team in Larin, and suddenly we’re defending properly and winning games. Then at the end of the season Wood comes back into the team, suddenly we’re shipping bags of crappy goals again, as in the 2-2 draws with Bristol and Ipswich. This season Wood is regularly in the team and we’ve not kept a clean sheet in eight games, nine if you count that West Ham sh*t show. Even the game he didn’t start, up at Lincoln, we brought him on in the 85th minute and conceded three minutes later. That variety of Wood hasn’t been very solid in Hampshire or South Wales.
Disco Stu Posted October 2 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, Lighthouse said: The biggest problem in defence, this season and last is Wood, not the keeper. Peretz first league game last season was a 2-1 home defeat to Hull, where we were still playing the back five with Wood in the middle. Then we drop him and revert to a back four, with the added advantage of a proper target man in the team in Larin, and suddenly we’re defending properly and winning games. Then at the end of the season Wood comes back into the team, suddenly we’re shipping bags of crappy goals again, as in the 2-2 draws with Bristol and Ipswich. This season Wood is regularly in the team and we’ve not kept a clean sheet in eight games, nine if you count that West Ham sh*t show. Even the game he didn’t start, up at Lincoln, we brought him on in the 85th minute and conceded three minutes later. Agreed he's a bang average Championship defender and shouldn't be starting in a team hoping for promotion. Unpopular opinion but I still think Jack Stephens is a better option than Nathan Wood although it was clear we needed to sign someone better 5
thesaint sfc Posted October 2 Posted October 2 10 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Agreed he's a bang average Championship defender and shouldn't be starting in a team hoping for promotion. Unpopular opinion but I still think Jack Stephens is a better option than Nathan Wood although it was clear we needed to sign someone better Agreed. We are incredibly lucky Schlotterbeck has come in and made such a great impact. We would have had Stephens and Wood otherwise 😳
hypochondriac Posted October 2 Posted October 2 (edited) 7 minutes ago, thesaint sfc said: Agreed. We are incredibly lucky Schlotterbeck has come in and made such a great impact. We would have had Stephens and Wood otherwise 😳 You've forgotten about the forest youngster. Edited October 2 by hypochondriac 2
SaintNewForest Posted October 2 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Agreed he's a bang average Championship defender and shouldn't be starting in a team hoping for promotion. Unpopular opinion but I still think Jack Stephens is a better option than Nathan Wood although it was clear we needed to sign someone better No doubt Stephens had a poor start to the season and probably deserved to be dropped, but people forget how solid he looked during the unbeaten run last season, and we looked far less secure when he got injured (Bristol City at home, I think?) and Wood came in. And don't get me started on the people who chime on about how Wood starred during the unbeaten run, and we should have never broken that for shoehorn Stephens back in 🤣 3
saintwbu Posted October 2 Posted October 2 People have been talking about how we’ve made slow starts to games since the tail end of last season and it’s continued into this. You can pinpoint it as almost exactly the time Wood came in for Stephens last season, it’s not a coincidence. I was really hoping Abbott would be a partner of Kev, but not sure that’s going to happen. 1
Sheaf Saint Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Been some question marks over him this season, but he just earned legendary status with that performance today. Some outstanding saves, often throwing himself in harms way to make them. Can't ask for more than that from your keeper. 3
saintant Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 19 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Been some question marks over him this season, but he just earned legendary status with that performance today. Some outstanding saves, often throwing himself in harms way to make them. Can't ask for more than that from your keeper. He's been back to his best since the international break. 2
Colinjb Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 21 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Been some question marks over him this season, but he just earned legendary status with that performance today. Some outstanding saves, often throwing himself in harms way to make them. Can't ask for more than that from your keeper. Said it in the match thread, our best goalie since Niemi. 1
Lord Duckhunter Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago (edited) 8 minutes ago, saintant said: He's been back to his best since the international break. Remember he was a bit rusty when he first signed, maybe he’s a guy who needs a run of games to hit his top form. Bree has been the same, perhaps they’re slow starters after a few weeks without playing Edited 6 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter
coalman Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago What I don't understand is that I haven't seen any comments here about how he's just like Grobbelar since Bolton signed their new keeper.
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