TeaCider
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What did he say
Carrick on Fry: "He just took a knock in training the other day, Dael, so we're assessing it as it is, we'll have to make a call on it when we get back tomorrow."
What did he say
I agree its a fineline but its not the rub of the green which has changed McNair playing instead of fry and ramsey playing add to that a dip in Hackneys form and we are much weaker defensively . Hopefully fry will be fit soon. The balance is completely wrong in the team at the moment. To finish on a positve great fighting spirit today we just need to be a much tighter defensive unit.Our defence is picked for our attacking play and defensively are being found out. They have played on that fine line of success and failure since Carrick came in, they have lost that fraction of concentration/confidence and we've been royally punished for it.
We are not alone in that, but that rub of the green just hasn't gone our way either, unlike say, Sheffield United who have had huge slices of luck recently that have gained them at least 8 points.
Why doesn’t drury just ask the next question and say, what’s the injury, calf, hamstring, groin. Knee and just get a bit more knowledge for the listening boro fans.I'm worried by Carrick's answer to Drury on how Fry is. I think this might be him for the season.
0r why didn't they play the ball and clear it instead of fannying about.Why doesn’t drury just ask the next question and say, what’s the injury, calf, hamstring, groin. Knee and just get a bit more knowledge for the listening boro fans.
So frustrating!
Just to pick up on the lack of a leader.
When fry was in the team we were purring about smith and lenihan as they were touted as excellent leaders.
Since McNair has been consistently in the team (and this is subtle) I think players like smith and lenihan use up more mental energy playing with a McNair rather than a fry who they can fully trust and relax and concentrate fully on their own game when fry is there and allow their leadership qualities to come out so much more whereas alongside McNair they are unconsciously more nervous (if that’s the correct word)
Does anyone get what I’m saying ??
Yes. When I used to play, the hardest defenders I faced were those who never crossed the halfway line - they lived to defend, to stop me, or whoever the centre-forward was. McNair is not a born defender, he doesn't have that mentality. Fry does.Just to pick up on the lack of a leader.
When fry was in the team we were purring about smith and lenihan as they were touted as excellent leaders.
Since McNair has been consistently in the team (and this is subtle) I think players like smith and lenihan use up more mental energy playing with a McNair rather than a fry who they can fully trust and relax and concentrate fully on their own game when fry is there and allow their leadership qualities to come out so much more whereas alongside McNair they are unconsciously more nervous (if that’s the correct word)
Does anyone get what I’m saying ??
Steffen was brilliantGazette player ratings gave Steffen a 7.
Worth more than that today, I don’t think he did a thing wrong all game