theessexfox Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Looked promising early on but then was dropped during our bad run and never put back in... do you rate him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Going to Charlton, I've heard. But I do rate him. He can be quite pivotal on his day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 He's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFC_FAN_1995 Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 He's good, people slate him because he "Doesn't attack with the ball", which annoys me because he keeps hold of the ball and waits for more support. I like him, and hope he stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Never badly performed - I'm sure he'll improve, but James and King are better with the ball and both should start in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Too lightweight and can go missing. Other than that I think he's a more than useful squad player. Don't know what sort of player some on here expect us to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_Le_Don Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 How quickly it can change on this board though. One week it can be James and King ahead, following week, King should be dropped and everyone would be raving for drinkwater to be in. I think he's young and will only improve... Keep for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLM Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Suppose he's only young. Decent player, put in some good performances this year. I think we should give him another year to prove himself in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Undecided still. His form dipped at the end of the season, like others to be fair, but earlier in the season he was looking to be a vital part of the team. On his day, at his best, he can dominate games (Sheffield Wednesday away as an example). I'm looking forward to seeing more of James/King, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsell1976 Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Steady player without setting the world alight, he sums up the team, inconsistent. Wether after a full season here he could improve his inconsistencies, looks like we won't find out, as he is part of the surplus. I would like to see him stay as a squad player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickm Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 HE'S CRAP, NO PASSION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Bentley Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 For the first half of last season, he was arguably our second best player after Wes. Then, something went badly wrong. Either he lost confidence big-time or opponents started working out how to get on top of him and stop him playing - with a significant adverse effect on our team as a whole...maybe even the most important factor in our post-January decline. I hope he - with the coaching staff - can work out what suddenly went so badly wrong. If so, he can still be a top player for us. If they can't resolve the problem....well, that could be that. I'd still like to see a 3-man central midfield (King-James-Drinky and/or a new signing) with Knockaert either playing in the hole or having a free role roaming left, right and centre behind the strikers and 2 fast attacking full-backs (De Laet + 1, don't think Konch is quick enough for that sort of a role now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickov22 Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Undecided. Thought we played a lot through him during our good spells and he was pivotal. Then he struggled but to be fair, so did the majority of them. Sometimes he gives possession away too cheaply, and can be lightweight. But when he's playing well, he drives us on and I do think he's a little battler. He's young. King and James ahead for me, but I'd like Drinkwater to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuliasz Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Seems to suffer from fluctuations in form and confidence more than most. Tends to have a month or two where he is pivotal, and then a month or two where he goes missing. There does seem to be a significant correlation between his own performances and the team's results though. He's never one you pick out as having played well when we lost or having played badly when we've won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Great signing... Puzzling final third of the season though. Ran Wes close for PotS from August until Feb, but final third of the season his performances were poor & the rise of James cemented Drinkwater's place on the bench. Needs to get back to being pivotal again, but he's young enough to grow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Great signing... Puzzling final third of the season though. Ran Wes close for PotS from August until Feb, but final third of the season his performances were poor & the rise of James cemented Drinkwater's place on the bench. Needs to get back to being pivotal again, but he's young enough to grow this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom17LCFC Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 I'd say yes, when he plays well, we play well and generally win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Like most of the team he was ok until the poor run started. His form fluctuated as it did for others like Knocky, Nugent etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 I can only go on what ive seen, which isnt alot. I'm not impressed with him. However i dont think we would struggle to get rid, so he cant be that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 For the first half of last season, he was arguably our second best player after Wes. Then, something went badly wrong. Either he lost confidence big-time or opponents started working out how to get on top of him and stop him playing - with a significant adverse effect on our team as a whole...maybe even the most important factor in our post-January decline. I hope he - with the coaching staff - can work out what suddenly went so badly wrong. If so, he can still be a top player for us. If they can't resolve the problem....well, that could be that. I'd still like to see a 3-man central midfield (King-James-Drinky and/or a new signing) with Knockaert either playing in the hole or having a free role roaming left, right and centre behind the strikers and 2 fast attacking full-backs (De Laet + 1, don't think Konch is quick enough for that sort of a role now). Basically this. He was consistently good to very good until the end of January. Then, from the Peterborough game until he finally got dropped about 7 or 8 games paper he played like he'd never seen a ball before. More than anybody, he embodied the exciting style of play we had for the first couple of months of the season. He moved the ball quickly and accurately and was the starting point of so many attacks. But as our season faltered so did he (or vice versa, who knows). Right now I'd have him a pretty distant third behind King and James in the pecking order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 When he plays well he's one of the best dictators of a game we've had since the O'Neill days. Pings the ball about beautifully. Looked bereft of confidence and fitness second half of the season, surprised he's on the sell list as I can't imagine we're paying him THAT much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickov22 Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 When he plays well he's one of the best dictators of a game we've had since the O'Neill days. Pings the ball about beautifully. Looked bereft of confidence and fitness second half of the season, surprised he's on the sell list as I can't imagine we're paying him THAT much. So, just because some journalist said he's transfer listed this is gospel? I don't believe it for a second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brockmyster Posted 30 June 2013 Share Posted 30 June 2013 Well over rated was never a fan of him, rather he went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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