Digs Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, Raymie said: if he could get himself fit, he'd get into the team? In ahead of Breen surely? Not sure he's a better option than Comrie or Edwards at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Red Sox Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 How did the game go/Lewis get on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) A fit Martin walks into this team, he’s probably a fair bit away. But he’s so far in front of Edwards in particular in outright ability and has a very strong case for other positions. Edited December 14, 2021 by parsforlife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 39 minutes ago, Digs said: In ahead of Breen surely? Not sure he's a better option than Comrie or Edwards at the moment. Hard to judge how Martin will be after this injury, but left back is one of our weakest positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digs Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Grant said: Hard to judge how Martin will be after this injury, but left back is one of our weakest positions. Disagree with that. Edwards is nowhere near one of our weakest players. Nothing like it, and I say that as someone who was critical of him for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymie Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 Lewis was a good footballer and could play in a number of positions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Digs said: Disagree with that. Edwards is nowhere near one of our weakest players. Nothing like it, and I say that as someone who was critical of him for a long time. Would honestly have him down as our worst regular starter. Can give the likes of McDonald slack because he's playing out of position, but Edwards is at best at league 1/2 full back, his weight of pass is consistently awful, constantly puts the receiving man either under pressure, or having to take more touches than what's needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secure Par Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 At the end of the day a fit Lewis Martin who can play a number of positions would be a massive boost to the team….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digs Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Grant said: Would honestly have him down as our worst regular starter. Can give the likes of McDonald slack because he's playing out of position, but Edwards is at best at league 1/2 full back, his weight of pass is consistently awful, constantly puts the receiving man either under pressure, or having to take more touches than what's needed. I agree his passing isn’t the best and it was the main thing I criticised him for as he used to give the ball away ALL the time. I would also say though that if you’re a professional footballer that can’t control a ball fizzed into you, that’s your issue, not the passer. Indeed, it’s actively coached at any decent level that that is how you pass a ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Digs said: I agree his passing isn’t the best and it was the main thing I criticised him for as he used to give the ball away ALL the time. I would also say though that if you’re a professional footballer that can’t control a ball fizzed into you, that’s your issue, not the passer. Indeed, it’s actively coached at any decent level that that is how you pass a ball. If the ball was fizzed in accurately I wouldn't call it a bad pass. However if its to the wrong foot, if its bouncing and bobbling or if you're a winger and you're having to massively break stride... We're never going to get the finished article obviously at this level but his passing is comparatively poor from what you'd expect at this level... I'd love him to Shaun Rooney it, but I actually quite enjoyed watching Rooney cut about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secure Par Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, Grant said: If the ball was fizzed in accurately I wouldn't call it a bad pass. However if its to the wrong foot, if its bouncing and bobbling or if you're a winger and you're having to massively break stride... We're never going to get the finished article obviously at this level but his passing is comparatively poor from what you'd expect at this level... I'd love him to Shaun Rooney it, but I actually quite enjoyed watching Rooney cut about. Tbh if you can’t control a football that gets passed in on both feet then that’s worrying! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digs Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Grant said: If the ball was fizzed in accurately I wouldn't call it a bad pass. However if its to the wrong foot, if its bouncing and bobbling or if you're a winger and you're having to massively break stride... We're never going to get the finished article obviously at this level but his passing is comparatively poor from what you'd expect at this level... I'd love him to Shaun Rooney it, but I actually quite enjoyed watching Rooney cut about. Relatively speaking, I’m a diddy, and I can control, pass and shoot with both feet comfortably. I don’t accept the wrong foot nonsense from any footballer. If I can do it, anyone playing for a living should be able to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambo1885 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Digs said: Relatively speaking, I’m a diddy, and I can control, pass and shoot with both feet comfortably. I don’t accept the wrong foot nonsense from any footballer. If I can do it, anyone playing for a living should be able to do it. I thought Grant was meaning wrong foot for receiving players body shape/position, rather that strong/weak foot? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digs Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, lambo1885 said: I thought Grant was meaning wrong foot for receiving players body shape/position, rather that strong/weak foot? Actually, having re-read it, I agree. As I said, his passing was always my biggest criticism of his but it’s way better than it was. My point stands on the weak foot thing though. One of my pet hates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambo1885 Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 27 minutes ago, Digs said: My point stands on the weak foot thing though. One of my pet hates. Totally agree on that. We work on it with our 11 year olds, so anyone getting paid to play should be able to do it easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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