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5 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Two really good finishes today. The second one was an absolute belter.

 

Looking forward to MOTD in the morning. 


Eh? It starts in ten minutes - you about to head out on an all-nighter? 

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So, he’s finally had a run of games in the first team. On paper, he’s been out most dangerous finisher this season.

 

However….

 

When everyone is fit, does he start in his favourite position? I think Gordon is our best option at left wing. He fits the way Howe wants to play in terms of pressing intensity. Barnes is a great finisher but has looked best coming off the bench and going at tired defences. Sometimes when he starts games he doesn’t seem to do much when he isn’t scoring. However I do think the decision to sub him on Saturday was weird given the main thing he does offer is a goal threat when we were struggling to break Everton down. 
 

Shame neither Gordon or Barnes look as good on the right wing. We have two great options on the left - in an ideal world the same would be said for the right wing as I don’t think Barnes or Gordon want to play there. Both look better on the left but if I had to pick one it would be Gordon. 

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4 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

So, he’s finally had a run of games in the first team. On paper, he’s been out most dangerous finisher this season.

 

However….

 

When everyone is fit, does he start in his favourite position? I think Gordon is our best option at left wing. He fits the way Howe wants to play in terms of pressing intensity. Barnes is a great finisher but has looked best coming off the bench and going at tired defences. Sometimes when he starts games he doesn’t seem to do much when he isn’t scoring. However I do think the decision to sub him on Saturday was weird given the gnome thing he does offer is a goal threat when we were struggling to break Everton down. 
 

Shame neither Gordon or Barnes look as good on the right wing. We have two great options on the left - in an ideal world the same would be said for the right wing as I don’t think Barnes or Gordon want to play there. Both look better on the left but if I had to pick one it would be Gordon. 

 

Barnes is arguably our best finisher especially amongst the midfielders however I don't think his tank is as robust as the others which is why Eddie has probably used him as a sub or taken him off when starting. 

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When he saw the team on Saturday one of our lot said in the system Eddie plays he’s definitely better as an impact sub. I don’t usually give a lot of credence to this individual’s opinions but it’s difficult to argue after what we saw during the game :cuppa:

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1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

However I do think the decision to sub him on Saturday was weird given the main thing he does offer is a goal threat when we were struggling to break Everton down. 

 

The problem is, he had an hour in which Gordon quite often occupied two or three defenders creating a shit load of space and did absolutely nothing. It's pointless having him on the pitch if he's not doing the one thing he does well - threatening goal.

 

You may as well have Miggy and Murphy on the pitch doing absolutely fuck all in the final third but stretching their defenders to bits.

 

I completely understood the logic in taking him off as he was playing shite IMO, however at that point I'd probably have hooked Murphy for Osula as well and put Gordon out left. For me, it would have made more sense having a big lump up top who is also insanely quick - Tarkowski and the other slouch would have no doubt threw a few more dodgy tackles in and won us some dangerous free kicks, maybe a red card and perhaps another stonewall pen (that someone else could have actually scored).

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