I just posted in the FFP thread..... think there's a tactical decision to be considered for next year (should we stay up). Is MGW worth 3-6 points per season to us? If so, do we suck it up and accept another penalty to keep our best players while we do the hard work and start cleaning out the high earners and under performers?
You were dropping him into a deeper role last week because we needed a new beating heart at #10
Your still sore he proved you wrong on that one right.You were dropping him into a deeper role last week because we needed a new beating heart at #10
I had this very discussion last night. Do clubs in general now have to genuinely consider how many potential points a player is worth and balance that off against a points deduction. If a player is considered to be worth 15 points then 3 point deduction is a worthwhile hit.
As someone who I know has played at a pretty high level, no doubt with gifted players, I'm going to ask since I can't work out how he does it sone of the time...
Agree with what you say, but given my own play was all about anger and workrate I'd expect someone with a better understanding of technical skill to analyse it better than me.
Yes is the short answer. He's a visible example of players that see things before anyone else does and his awareness of what's around him and what's going to happen is split seconds before others. He's got the advantage of knowing what he's going to do so he can change his body shape to react quicker but he's got such an insane low centre or gravity that enables him to throw opponents off balance whilst being able to correct/change his own position in one swift movement.
Remember Eugene Bopp - massive things expected of him from an early age due to his technical level iirc. Didn't he have a good career after converting to full back?
I get the steps ahead thing, specifically I'm looking at the way he consistently sells his marker - is it body movement prior to receiving of just really good spacial awareness do you think?
I think we're both skirting around the same thing. It's what separates players. I've played with many lads who were easily good enough technically to play professionally and undoubtedly you have but what separated them is their speed of thought and ability to see the picture quicker.
He knows how to bring his defender towards him so he already has an idea about the space he can use to turn and break the lines.
Oh, I don‘t know; I reckon the Dog & Duck could have given this seasons‘ Sheff United a game!
Rotherham, Crewe, Carl Zeiss Jena and York City?
He's constantly doing two things, he sells the player with his body shape and also using what the opponent expects him to do against him. That leads to a half step where the opponents body weight is completely thrown the opposite direction to which MGW spins. As I mentioned, his centre of gravity is insanely low so he's able to counter it but it's the speed he's able to do it too.
In the Forza Garibaldi thread. Some great ones.
In fairness that's a decent career given the heights most reach, but clearly I'm thinking of a different player. Didn't we have someone who converted and played frequently in the BL?
The speed at which he does it makes it hard to analyse in real time too!