Because he isn't convinced by Rutter probably.andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:23 pm Wonder why Javi left him on until the 92nd minute? Obviously he sees him as more than a warm body.
Yeah on the BBC it had Firpo getting an assist. I agree with you Roca deserves an assist for Harrison's goal far more than Firpo deserves an assist for Sini's yet won't get it.
I was surprised by that, prior to the match I expected that PB would liekly be subbed off for Rodrigo around the 6o minute mark. I certainly wasn't expecting to see PB given 90+ and him and Rodrigo to play together (unless the match situation saw us desperately trying to get a goal). Hopefully Bamford getting the full 90 is a big step toward him getting back to full sharpness as I hope he is still able to get back to his best and we are jsut seeing a very pale version of him at present as he gets used to trusting his body again.andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:23 pm Wonder why Javi left him on until the 92nd minute? Obviously he sees him as more than a warm body.
Pretty much nails itDDB220 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:37 pm As a 9 I am not Bamford’s biggest fan. He is too one footed, lacks pace particularly from a standing start and tends to be a bit static and predictable in the 6 yard box, but right now with what we have available he starts for me, work rate and intelligence is often under-rated but it is a huge part of his game and you need someone like him to create the space for runners to exploit.
If we stay up I would not lose sleep if he was replaced, but right now I think he essential.
Ayling like Cooper has to set the tone as the captain, which means being brave with the ball and trying to push the team on. They never hide and try to play progressively, you need the captain to be willing to get the mentality of the team right on the pitch. Whilst it may not always come off you need that in the team. Can be hard to watch but as a leader others follow by the example you set.
McKennie was accused by many of being over weight, that lad has one hell of an engine, he is improving within the set up game after game.
What stood out for me about Roca today was his coming out of defence with the ball on one particular occasion whilst surrounded by florist players, he took it on the chest and rather than looking to just get rid as he has a tendency to do he looked up and was trying to play a purposeful ball. Shelley managed to nick it off him, but Roca’s intent was spot on for me.
I never witnessed any panic in the team at any time and that is a huge sea change since Gracia came in, very similar to Bielsa in that we played with purpose and had a new found confidence across the team in possession.
Oh ffs, you think he only run a lot, jeez give me strength.
Exactly this ^weasel wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:04 pm The stat that I really hate is assists when someone gets an assist just because they were the last player to pass to the scorer. Firpo got credited an assist for Sini's goal today and it is just a joke as Sini had so much to do after he received the pass. For me an assist should only be an assist if you play the pass/cross and the player who scores basically hits it into the net fromt hat cross with a maximum of two touches (or if someone plays a great through ball for the striker to run onto and score even if they take a few touches). If a player has to get the ball and take it past a defender before shootingit isn't an assist in my eyes, nor is it an assist if you get the last touch to a player who smashes it in from 30 yards, it is all about the finish not the last pass (i.e. Wallace got the last touch towards Yeboah when he smashed it in against Liverpool for 'that' goal but it is hardly like Wallace's pass set it up on a plate for Yeboah).
Your example Faaip reminded me of a goal I scored many years back. Our striker hit a cracking shot, hit the post, went accross the line, hit the other post and rolled back to me to smash it home from inches out in the centre of the goal. Under the law of stats he'd have hit a shot off target whereas my stats were 100%, 1 shot, 1 on target,1 goal. He though was the better striker by a country mile.
The game PB was having i wouldn't have liked to have seen him removed at 60mins unless we were losing, i'm surprised he didn't come off around 85mins but it's got me thinking why Javi left him in there, great tactics from Javi in these last two games, speaks volumes and i'm impressed, PB was dragging and working their defense to death, well done.weasel wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:01 am I was surprised by that, prior to the match I expected that PB would liekly be subbed off for Rodrigo around the 6o minute mark. I certainly wasn't expecting to see PB given 90+ and him and Rodrigo to play together (unless the match situation saw us desperately trying to get a goal). Hopefully Bamford getting the full 90 is a big step toward him getting back to full sharpness as I hope he is still able to get back to his best and we are jsut seeing a very pale version of him at present as he gets used to trusting his body again.
Full kudos to Gracia for not simply trying to protect the lead but actually trying to get the third goal.
weasel wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:01 am I was surprised by that, prior to the match I expected that PB would liekly be subbed off for Rodrigo around the 6o minute mark. I certainly wasn't expecting to see PB given 90+ and him and Rodrigo to play together (unless the match situation saw us desperately trying to get a goal). Hopefully Bamford getting the full 90 is a big step toward him getting back to full sharpness as I hope he is still able to get back to his best and we are jsut seeing a very pale version of him at present as he gets used to trusting his body again.
Full kudos to Gracia for not simply trying to protect the lead but actually trying to get the third goal.
I think it's just a case of Javi saying our system works a lot better with Bamford on the pitch. I'm sure we were all looking at the clock after 60 minutes and expecting Bamford to get subbed. I'd bet that Javi would have been considering that too. But, contrary to what cjay might say, there's an overall acknowledgment that we're better team with Bamford. Nobody does what he does. That he played 92 minutes tonight is a huge bonus.weasel wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:01 am I was surprised by that, prior to the match I expected that PB would liekly be subbed off for Rodrigo around the 6o minute mark. I certainly wasn't expecting to see PB given 90+ and him and Rodrigo to play together (unless the match situation saw us desperately trying to get a goal). Hopefully Bamford getting the full 90 is a big step toward him getting back to full sharpness as I hope he is still able to get back to his best and we are jsut seeing a very pale version of him at present as he gets used to trusting his body again.
Full kudos to Gracia for not simply trying to protect the lead but actually trying to get the third goal.
Wober would be the only possible change - if fit
CanI correct you there.... he played for 80 minutes, and dragged his bollocks around for the other 12andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:25 am I think it's just a case of Javi saying our system works a lot better with Bamford on the pitch. I'm sure we were all looking at the clock after 60 minutes and expecting Bamford to get subbed. I'd bet that Javi would have been considering that too. But, contrary to what cjay might say, there's an overall acknowledgment that we're better team with Bamford. Nobody does what he does. That he played 92 minutes tonight is a huge bonus.
Against better sides, like Wolves, we might have scored 4
Sinisterra dragged his bollox around for 60 minutes at Arsenal (and got slated for it). It won us the game today. Trust the process. There are smarter men in football than us. Javi is a much smarter man than anyone on this forum.
