I wish Jasper was a bit braver with the ball at times though. The last two games, I think the vast majority of his passes have been backwards to Low/Franco - would love to see him take a risk, drive with the ball etc. Perhaps he is under instruction from MB to be safe, especially with Harvie on the left regularly marauding forwards, but I think Jasper could be really good if he was a bit braver when he does have the ball. Agree he has been excellent defensively, he put Barry in his back pocket at Stockport.
I’m still not 100% convinced that any of our goalkeepers are better than Stryjek, let alone all three of them. It seems especially odd to be so confident in George given his limited game time.
I'm still expecting Bishop to be the best of the lot, but that's probably simply based on being part of a premier league squad, rather than anything he's shown so far.
Pattenden evidently is. He’s done well this season. I would be surprised if Hartridge starts in the league more than another five times this season, even if Harvie gets injured you’d imagine Leahy plays there.
It's a difficult position for Hartridge. He played those first few games when we really hadn't got going, and made a few mistakes, and just didn't look right at centre back.
Arguably he looks better at left back, but outside of cup games he's not going to get in much, as like you say Leahy would be a better option.
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I think Pattenden has been outstanding. Getting increasingly difficult to identify our first choice right back
I wish Jasper was a bit braver with the ball at times though. The last two games, I think the vast majority of his passes have been backwards to Low/Franco - would love to see him take a risk, drive with the ball etc. Perhaps he is under instruction from MB to be safe, especially with Harvie on the left regularly marauding forwards, but I think Jasper could be really good if he was a bit braver when he does have the ball. Agree he has been excellent defensively, he put Barry in his back pocket at Stockport.
I’m still not 100% convinced that any of our goalkeepers are better than Stryjek, let alone all three of them. It seems especially odd to be so confident in George given his limited game time.
I'm still expecting Bishop to be the best of the lot, but that's probably simply based on being part of a premier league squad, rather than anything he's shown so far.
Will be interesting how it unfolds.
Pattenden evidently is. He’s done well this season. I would be surprised if Hartridge starts in the league more than another five times this season, even if Harvie gets injured you’d imagine Leahy plays there.
I'm fairly confident that none of them would deliberately fall over and hand the ball to a striker.
Yeah, and he won't get better if we buy someone else and never play him.
It's a difficult position for Hartridge. He played those first few games when we really hadn't got going, and made a few mistakes, and just didn't look right at centre back.
Arguably he looks better at left back, but outside of cup games he's not going to get in much, as like you say Leahy would be a better option.
Hartridge had a great game against Villa. A bit of a rotten start to Wycombe life for him, but he's hardly a clogger.
I think Obita has a good shout for this too tbf. Fantastic crossing and free kicks
Plenty of decent and near decent ones before JJ.
Mickey Bell, Chris Vinnicombe, Scott Golbourne, Tony Craig, Craig Woodman
@Kim_il_Swan always used to give Bell a hard time