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Steve Chettle
I like MGW. He has talent, just needs to restrain it at times, he has energy and enthusiasm and he's a good team man.
He tries hard and has a nice touch but I agree with all you’ve said. It’s a good job he got fouled when he did that funny turn thing because he left himself wide open again and the ball would have been taken off him. Gives the ball away far too much and I’d be looking to replace him in the summer which is easier said than done of course! Overall I just see an ineffective player wherever he plays on the pitch because his speed of thought doesn’t match up with his physical attributes and those of opposition players.My issue with MGW is I still don't know who he is as a player and what his defined role is - is he number 9 a striker, what? He has bags of talent and a great touch and worked well when he had fast support with Johnson but currently he appears to be a player that when he gets the ball he and the players around him are wondering what to do next.
What's that then?Wolves fans adopting the "Fox and the Grapes" argument over Morgan Gibbs-White.
It's an Aesop story about a fox that tries to eat grapes. Rather than admitting defeat and that he can't reach them he says they were disgusting and didn't want then.What's that then?
I think this is the only criticism of mgw I can make.I like MGW. He has talent, just needs to restrain it at times, he has energy and enthusiasm and he's a good team man.
Starting him as a false 9 might help tomorrow, unless we go with Gary f***ing Neville's idea of starting Origi and Wood in the same 11... A wonderful insight into his managerial credentials that.The issues between Gibbs-White and Nuno at Wolves - and how it must change at Nottingham Forest
Nuno Espirito Santo gave Morgan Gibbs-White his Wolves debut, but their relationship was not strong - now they are reunited at Foresttheathletic.com
Nothing new, Nuno and MGW didn't gel at Wolves as MGW is a pure #10 and there was no #10 in Nuno's 433 (sound familiar?), MGW made some silly life errors that yoing footballers do - nothing serious, e.g. going to a party during lockdown.
Now Nuno sees MGW has grown as a man, but needs to find a way of getting him into thr #10 role which we haven't done so far this season.
Perhaps a 3-4-3 is more likely - he went for that at Wolves.I don't think 433 is likely, Cooper abandoned it and Nuno favours a back 3. MGW's best hope of playing in his best position is probably a 3-5-2 of some description.
Yeah that seems to be his default, but as mentioned in the Athletic article that doesn't have an obvious slot for MGW. 3-5-2 would though.Perhaps a 3-4-3 is more likely - he went for that at Wolves.
Think Gibbs White behind a forward 2 might be a little too gung ho for now (unless they are Elanga and capable of tracking back) but perhaps once we establish a more solid foundation?Yeah that seems to be his default, but as mentioned in the Athletic article that doesn't have an obvious slot for MGW. 3-5-2 would though.
Oh agreed, I just don't think we are in a place to implement that kind of system now - suspect we will look to tighten up defensively first, given goals shipped recently and who we've appointed.It doesn't strike me as any more gung ho than a forward 3 in a 3-4-3?
Sangare can do that, in fairness. Not seen much of it yet.In the first half after a Bournemouth CM sprayed a 40 yard ball out to their LW for the 3rd time in the game, I thought whilst I like our midfielders, we don't have a CM that can do that.
Now if MGW were to play there, then we do have somebody that can stretch the play from deep. Furthermore, not many teams play with a no.10 anymore and it means we don't have to shoe horn him in.
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