LCFCDannyB Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Maybe it is personal, after all. Maybe not between Albrighton and Pearson directly, but with a third party involved. Your guess is as good as mine - all I'm referring to is Albrighton's missus' tweet from a few days ago. what did she tweet?, can't find it on twitter
fleckneymike Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Still don't particularly see it. I take your point about no player being undroppable (that should be the case for any club in the world as far as I'm concerned) but how do you know putting others in won't make us even worse? The 2-1 defeats could turn to 3-0 defeats for all we know. I'd like to see more of Albrighton, not at the expense of Mahrez who's assist stats for example are clearly misleading. If the 2-1 defeats turn into 3-0 defeats we're no worse off, we still lose. Mahrez stats aren't misleading, his performances are. I like Mahrez, I enjoy watching him play, he's probably my favourite player but truth be told he has very little end product so dropping him actually doesn't negatively impact us (depressingly we beat Stoke, United and Villa without him). In fairness dropping anyone from the team doesn't massively affect us.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Pearson studies the free transfer list every year, he's just another one to add to Upson, GTF, Whitbread, Bakayogo, Kennedy, Neilson that end up being garbage. The fact we offered a four year contract should have been a sign of things to come. Upson has been injured, not garbage. GTF was very effective in most of the games he featured in last season and is very good for helping to see out games. Bakayogo never really had a chance (though granted he didn't look great in the only appearance I remember) then got a massive injury - he was clearly only brought in as cover/Cup play though, and was/is probably a low earner Whitbread... Yeah, no, I'll give you that one. Panic stations
Dan Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 If the 2-1 defeats turn into 3-0 defeats we're no worse off, we still lose. Mahrez stats aren't misleading, his performances are. I like Mahrez, I enjoy watching him play, he's probably my favourite player but truth be told he has very little end product so dropping him actually doesn't negatively impact us (depressingly we beat Stoke, United and Villa without him). In fairness dropping anyone from the team doesn't massively affect us. Don't agree he has little end product. Not in terms of creativity anyway. My biggest criticism of him is his shooting. Been guilty of blazing the ball over from a decent position on a number of occasions. His through balls are superb, definitely the sort who'll benefit from Kramaric's style of play as opposed to Ulloa's. It really frustrates me how unbalanced our squad is this year. We really are the polar opposite to last season in so many ways.
Babylon Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 I don't buy he should have been in above Schlupp or Mahrez of late. Yes he came in when Schlupp was injured and has done well, along with showing up well in a few sub appearances. But before Schlupp got the injury he'd had some fantastic games probably some of his best ever for us, he also had a great game when he came back against Spurs in the cup. So whilst it might have been harsh on Albrighton, it would have been equally as harsh to drop Jeff. If Jeff or Mahrez have a few poor performances then it would be fair for him to get a shot. The only times that I would agree are a bit of a mystery have been when subs haven't been made, subs have been made ahead of him like Lawrence, or Vardy has been on the wing over him. We just don't know what goes on half the time, as I've mentioned before we had all of this years ago with Mills, Danns, SSL and Beckford. Everyone on here thinking they knew better, thinking he was an idiot for not selecting them. He turned out to be right. Perhaps he just thinks he's shit and regrets signing him. Perhaps he doesn't follow instruction. Perhaps he's not a team player. We know how much emphasis Pearson puts on the players supporting each other even when they aren't in the team. If Albrighton is one of the those players that sulks and moans and tries to cause rifts (the sort of stuff Pearson has hinted at about the four mentioned previously) then Pearson could sideline him because of that. People might think it's cutting your nose off to spite your face, but we saw before the impact of getting rid of those sorts of players. Team spirit is a massive thing for Pearson, he knows how to create it in a team. That ability and the ability of his team in the transfer market often have made up for some of his lacking tactical ability. So it wouldn't shock me if it was something along those lines.
Dickov22 Posted 19 February 2015 Author Posted 19 February 2015 Even if he was in the top 5 performers, we're bottom, that means absolutely bugger all. I can't think of 5 players who have performed well this season. Nobody who has started regularly has been impressive, the only one who can really hold his head up is Ulloa since he has an acceptable goal return. Mahrez has had a good season.
Dickov22 Posted 19 February 2015 Author Posted 19 February 2015 I'd go with: Hamer Simpson - Huth - Upson/Wasyl - RdL Albrighton - Cambiasso - James - Schlupp Mahrez (free ish role in hole, linking up with striker) Kramaric Worth a punt. I'm surprised you'd go with that team. For me you just can't play two wingers in this league. Especially not away. In almost every single game I've seen, we've been overrun in midfield because of Pearson's insistence on playing just two centre mids.
CosbehFox Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 People are largely missing the point - he plays Schlupp and Mahrez because in essence we are a counter-attacking team. Without the majority of the possession, Albrighton is largely redundant. Similarly Knockaert. Hence when we played Villa and Newcastle at home, it worked. Similarly Man U had dropped off when Albrighton came on.
Silverdaz Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Nah. Went on a good run a few games ago and I don't believe it's beyond him to rediscover that but he hasn't looked a better player for the amount of time played than Albrighton has. Not entirely convinced by Mahrez on the left either. It's a shame Knockaert's fallen so much out of favour. He didn't turn crap overnight. No he has always been crap
NotTheMarketLeader Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Is this the same player you were all Bigging up and describing him as a steal from Villa. Many saying they couldn't believe Villa never offered him a new deal. Seems that you all now know. Average at best, not helped that he has fallen foul of our clueless manager, yes the tactical genus that gave Albrighton a four year deal! I'm now even boring myself btw, but I have to agree with the last sentance - 4 year deals thrown around like confetti to players unproven at the top level ( I refer to others - as at least Albrighton has played in the PL). I would be interested to know, is there anything Pearson has done right in the last 6 months? Off the top of my head I would say, the signing of Ulloa, was not too bad. The list may fit on the back of a stamp.
fleckneymike Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 People are largely missing the point - he plays Schlupp and Mahrez because in essence we are a counter-attacking team. Without the majority of the possession, Albrighton is largely redundant. Similarly Knockaert. Hence when we played Villa and Newcastle at home, it worked. Similarly Man U had dropped off when Albrighton came on. How many counter attacks have we scored from?
Babylon Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 What I am saying is that essentially no player is 'undroppable' in our current squad. Even our 'better' players, the 'five who've had a good season' as some describe them, haven't contributed enough to make them secure. The excuses given by some for not playing Albrighton just don't bare close scrutiny, our creative wide men have directly contributed to 5 points. Ben Hamer has actually directly contributed more points on account of his 3 clean sheets in 3 of our wins than ANY of the midfield, in fact in his seven games we've taken 10 from 21 points. If we play Albrighton and we lose we're no worse off because we always lose. We're in hail Mary territory now, we need to do something dramatic to escape the situation we're in, we can continue to persist with failing formulas or actually take a risk. What? So that's all to do with him and nothing to do with the other 10 on the pitch.
Silverdaz Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 I'm now even boring myself btw, but I have to agree with the last sentance - 4 year deals thrown around like confetti to players unproven at the top level ( I refer to others - as at least Albrighton has played in the PL). I would be interested to know, is there anything Pearson has done right in the last 6 months? Off the top of my head I would say, the signing of Ulloa, was not too bad. The list may fit on the back of a stamp. Another reason why we got rid of Robinson he was the one who did the deals and how long the contracts should be
CosbehFox Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 How many counter attacks have we scored from? Man U home, Stoke away, Everton home (2nd), Tottenham away (2nd), Villa home, Hull away, Liverpool home, Arsenal home. All quick attacks - mostly from the wing, crossing into the box during a quick break from deep. Countless chances at Anfield and Emirates on the counter. And that chance at Chelsea which Nugent missed breaking from a corner. Newcastle as well James 1 on 1 what a chance. It's fundamentally been our downfall when playing the lesser sides as we've set up to counter-attack against teams we can't afford too.
CosbehFox Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 4 year deals thrown around like confetti to players unproven at the top level 4 years - the exact length of the parachute payments. The contract length was counter-attacking that the wages are not as big as the going rate and no doubt the club will have clauses through the deals (suspect anyone whose signed a contract in the past 12 months will have a heavy relegation wage drop and a bonus for staying up). You think the owners would let massive wages on a 4 year deal given the FFP worries?
Ollie93 Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 I want to see Knockaert play, or at least given a chance. Lets face it, things can't get any worse and IMO he performed extremely well at villa at home, defensively and on the attack, just a shame players like him and Albrighton aren't given the game time to prove themselves.
fleckneymike Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 What? So that's all to do with him and nothing to do with the other 10 on the pitch. I've not said that, I've simply highlighted how many points we've acrued with him in the team when keeping a clean sheet. We've only won four times and three of those occasions saw us both keep a clean sheet and saw Ben Hamer play. I'd say he had a fairly key role in those clean sheets as he was in goal. However my argument is, and has always been, that any belief that we can't play X beause Y is playing well is a fallacy. I doubt anything can save this season but we can at least be offered hope (no matter how futile). The Villa game was a perfect example of how we didn't gamble, how we meekly surrendered and accepted defeat both during and after the game. This thread reflects a mindset where we dare not try anything because we might ruin the good thing we have going, sadly we have no good thing going. Albrighton might well be shit, we might well go from losing 2-1 to losing 3-0 but if that happens we've lost nothing. Lets take some risks, lets try NOT making substitutions at 65 minutes every single ****ing game, lets try attacking, lets try crossing, lets try something.
Silverdaz Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 I've not said that, I've simply highlighted how many points we've acrued with him in the team when keeping a clean sheet. We've only won four times and three of those occasions saw us both keep a clean sheet and saw Ben Hamer play. I'd say he had a fairly key role in those clean sheets as he was in goal. However my argument is, and has always been, that any belief that we can't play X beause Y is playing well is a fallacy. I doubt anything can save this season but we can at least be offered hope (no matter how futile). The Villa game was a perfect example of how we didn't gamble, how we meekly surrendered and accepted defeat both during and after the game. This thread reflects a mindset where we dare not try anything because we might ruin the good thing we have going, sadly we have no good thing going. Albrighton might well be shit, we might well go from losing 2-1 to losing 3-0 but if that happens we've lost nothing. Lets take some risks, lets try NOT making substitutions at 65 minutes every single ****ing game, lets try attacking, lets try crossing, lets try something. yeah lets try making our goal difference even worse as it may you never know come down to goal difference
filbertway Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Could imagine Pearson blowing his top about it. Is that why Top decided to get out of the country for a bit and be alone?
fleckneymike Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 yeah lets try making our goal difference even worse as it may you never know come down to goal difference Again you are missing the point, our goal difference is going to be completely immaterial because we aren't winning and aren't close to winning. We're 5 points off safety currently, by the time the Hull home game rolls around I imagine we could be a minimum of 8 points from safety unless we take points from Everton or Man City away. We don't need more narrow defeats we need wins.
hackneyfox Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 I'd go with: Hamer Simpson - Huth - Upson/Wasyl - RdL Albrighton - Cambiasso - James - Schlupp Mahrez (free ish role in hole, linking up with striker) Kramaric Worth a punt. I don't want to see Simpson again, he's getting poorer game by game.
Silverdaz Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 I'd go with: Hamer Simpson - Huth - Upson/Wasyl - RdL Albrighton - Cambiasso - James - Schlupp Mahrez (free ish role in hole, linking up with striker) Kramaric Worth a punt. I dont think this owuld work because Karamric likes to drop deep as he seems to be more of a number 10 than a number 9 so Mahrez andKramaric would get in each others way, Id rather see Kramaric just behind a main striker whoever that would be
AyewJoking Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 Pearson is criticised for never admitting his mistakes but Albrighton was a shít signing to begin with so the fact he has hardly featured is kind of proof Pearson knows he signed the wrong player.
the messenger Posted 19 February 2015 Posted 19 February 2015 The only good thing about him, from what I've watched, is that he always looks to put the ball in the box. Other then that he looks average.
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