Dara O'Shea
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He’s constantly out of position. He has improved over the last couple of months but he’s not up to it. We’ve too many players just not up to it in the PL.
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Correct. Centre half’s shouldn’t always be running like hell back towards their own goal.boatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:04 pmFor me, O'Shea seems to get caught facing towards our goal, and goal line, rather too often.
Can't fault his commitment though.
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Is that what we call an "off the wall" comment?
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He certainly puts himself about!
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Just what I said on Saturday!Vegas Claret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:54 pmIt wouldn't surprise me if he is our Captain next season
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It’s absolutely nothing to do with organisation
It’s everything to do with Dyche playing with a deep defensive line and Kompany wanting the defence to push further forward. There are positive and negatives to both.
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Weird at City OShea got outpaced by Nunes.
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Wasn't Dyche playing a deep defensive line to do with organisation?
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Remember it says top speed not acceleration. I presume those with the low centre of gravity like Sterling etc have better acceleration but a lower top speed.
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Not sure about these stats and how they calculate speed to be honest.
It was reported last year that Darwin Nunez was the fastest player in the league - and looking at him you can see why.
Thought Al Dakhill was said to be second fastest at some point ? Possibly using the same metrics as O Shea.
The centre back at Spurs Van de Ven looks absolutely rapid - not sure where he is on the list but when it showed his highlights on match of the day he was eating up the ground and getting in some vital challenges.
It was reported last year that Darwin Nunez was the fastest player in the league - and looking at him you can see why.
Thought Al Dakhill was said to be second fastest at some point ? Possibly using the same metrics as O Shea.
The centre back at Spurs Van de Ven looks absolutely rapid - not sure where he is on the list but when it showed his highlights on match of the day he was eating up the ground and getting in some vital challenges.
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Like most of our squad he'll be excellent in the league below, not quite Prem standard.helmclaret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:24 pmHe’s constantly out of position. He has improved over the last couple of months but he’s not up to it. We’ve too many players just not up to it in the PL.
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They need to line them all up and have a sprint race against one another like they used to do years ago to determine who was the quickest.
Johnny Francis might still have a chance.
Johnny Francis might still have a chance.
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Van de Ven was first on the listBig Vinny K wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:46 amNot sure about these stats and how they calculate speed to be honest.
It was reported last year that Darwin Nunez was the fastest player in the league - and looking at him you can see why.
Thought Al Dakhill was said to be second fastest at some point ? Possibly using the same metrics as O Shea.
The centre back at Spurs Van de Ven looks absolutely rapid - not sure where he is on the list but when it showed his highlights on match of the day he was eating up the ground and getting in some vital challenges.
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Oh right - not seen the list.
Yep he looks a key player for Spurs if they can keep him fit.
Back in the Saint & Greavsey day they used to have a good old fashioned 100m race to determine the fastest player.
I remember a lad called Williams who used to play for Swansea winning it - problem was he was crap at football !
Also remember Malcolm MacDonald running around 10.5 seconds for the 100m in Superstars ! I doubt there are many footballers who could have done that.
Quickest Burnley player I thought I’d have ever seen was John Francis. Then one day I was at one of my many away disappointments at Edgeley Park and sat very near the pitch. There was a ball hit into the corner and John Francis was running towards it and we had just signed Junior Bent on loan - he ran past Francis like Francis was treading water !! That memory still sticks with me now.
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For all the excitement around Beyer and Al Dakhil (and the improvement that Ekdal made when not playing) O'Shea has probably been our best defender this season. He's improved a lot as he's settled but the others haven't got to that stage yet.
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He had a tough start, but without doubt he’s been our best and most consistent defender so far.
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Well that probably explains why we have only three wins then
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Is the deep defensive line and shape not all part of the organisation?
I'm not seeing many positives to how VK is currently setting us up at the moment
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I think in fairness to Dara more recently he's been running back to cover for Vitinho. So not always his fault.helmclaret wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:28 pmCorrect. Centre half’s shouldn’t always be running like hell back towards their own goal.
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To use your pace to your advantage, you need to think quick as well, plenty of anticipation.
Our team are sadly lacking in this department.
Our team are sadly lacking in this department.
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An element of this is experience- speaks for itself.Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:20 pmTo use your pace to your advantage, you need to think quick as well, plenty of anticipation.
Our team are sadly lacking in this department.
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My player of the season to date and I was VERY critical of him earlier in the season.
Would love to see him at right back with Beyer and Esteve and Taylor left back
Looks a lot more solid
Would love to see him at right back with Beyer and Esteve and Taylor left back
Looks a lot more solid
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O'shea, Esteve, Beyer, Delcroix, Al Dakhil, Ekdal, Mcnally.
That will be a hell of a list of centre backs for Championship level.
That will be a hell of a list of centre backs for Championship level.
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I seem to recall you saying he was the fastest in the whole squad.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:19 pmThe one quick defender in recent years was Michael Keane
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I think he has improved and, in my opinion, is better than Beyer. Be interesting to see, out of the three of O'Shea, Esteve and Beyer, which two Kompany selects. Unless he goes with a 3 of course.