What difference will Brady make to our away form?

[Spijed]

There seems to be a feeling among some that we won't get a win away from home, thus putting enormous pressure on our home games.

Where can Brady make a difference in that respect?

[nonayclaret]

He has already started making a difference. He looked a class act on Saturday second half.
Also, accurate crosses into the penalty box for Voksey or Barnes to head home.
Good buy.

[ksrclaret]

Better set piece deliveries, better quality from open play and the ability to carry a real goal threat, hopefully. Crucially I don't think that will be tempered by a poorer defensive shape because he seems to have that to his game already.

I fancy him to grab a goal against his old club Hull in a few weeks.

[Quickenthetempo]

He might possibly run with the ball instead of chasing it.
He might cross the ball to one of our players instead of theirs.
He might take the ball down/hold it up with a nice first touch.
He might score a free kick.
He might tire out the opposition player with being quicker than him.

All these will give the defence a break which will help with cutting out mistakes.

[Sidney1st]

He's an unknown quantity to a degree, whereas our wingers, possibly Gudmundsson aside, were becoming predictable.

Defour is the same, a bit more unpredictable due to his quality.

[NRC]

isn't there a built-in contradiction in defining something as quality, yet unpredictable? To Brady, I certsinly hope he single-handedly improves our pass-completion rate. If he does that it means we're doing OK

[claretspice]

He's a better player who gives us a potentially better option than the players we've had before. He's a bit quicker, which might help us counter attack better, he takes a better set piece, which always help, he's probably got a better final ball and general quality, all of which helps, and he should also be the sort of player who offers all this without us compromising defensively.

I think that's it really, no point in overcomplicating this one.

[MACCA]

Set piece specialists are worth 10+ points a season easily.

I think Brady will earn us 5/6 points between now and the end of the season purely because of the quality of his delivery ( not all the time ) but he is far better than Arfield who may aswell kick it for a goal kick instead of taking the free kick/corner.

[box_of_frogs]

Well the away form can't get any worse with him in the side......!

[Sidney1st]

isn't there a built-in contradiction in defining something as quality, yet unpredictable? To Brady, I certsinly hope he single-handedly improves our pass-completion rate. If he does that it means we're doing OK

Not really.

Defour can do stuff you won't see from our other players.

Wasn't it Hull where he took the ball down, turned and left their man for dead?
That was unpredictable, certainly was to everyone on here who were raving about it afterwards.

The better quality the player the harder they are to predict or deal with effectively.

[dibraidio]

isn't there a built-in contradiction in defining something as quality, yet unpredictable? To Brady, I certsinly hope he single-handedly improves our pass-completion rate. If he does that it means we're doing OK

Surely our pass completion percentage is down to our style of play? Pass completion surely means possession where our style of play is more about moving quickly through the units and getting the ball up front. If we pass the ball around the back four for half an hour we'd have a much better pass completion percentage but it wouldn't help us make more chances. Even shots of goal don't tell the whole story, Leicester had five shots on target to our three last Tuesday but does that mean that they were the better side?

The one stat that we need to improve is our goals for away from home. 5 goals in 11 games just isn't enough. Hopefully with his delivery and set pieces he'll be able to help us improve that. Of the last 5 away games, Arfield has been our main set piece taker for 3 of them.

[wilks_bfc]

It means we have more variety on our free kicks around the area, which can keep the opposition guessing.

Too many times we've had same player doing same thing. With Defore, Barton, JBG, Brady (and to lesser extent, Arfield & Boyd) we can mix it up a bit

[beddie]

I don't know but if he fancies taking corners and getting the ball past the oppositions first man then he will do for me.

[NRC]

Sidney - ah, now I get the context - unpredictability in terms of being fanciful rather than being unreliable

[Sidney1st]

Sidney - ah, now I get the context - unpredictability in terms of being fanciful rather than being unreliable

Yeah, sorry I jumped straight to the answer with no decent explanation.

[Vegas Claret]

anytime we get good delivery from set pieces we are a real threat, the problem is the delivery. If Brady can get his deliveries right that alone should pick us some points up.

Other than that I expect him to bag a minimum of 4 goals per half

[claretgimmer]

I agree with most of the things mentioned but he won`t make a difference if he`s sat on the bench watching Boyd and Arfield. We know our Sean is reluctant to change things.

[claretspice]

I think we've been a threat from set plays all season. Brady's deliver will have to go some to be better than Arfield's v Leicester, which were consistently excellent. JBG and Defour (plus Barton) all offer very good delivery. If Brady's the best of the bunch, then that is a bonus.

But I agree that, if nothing else, having a left footed set piece taker on the pitch is a real asset.

[lucs86]

I think we've seen generally very good set piece delivery, especially corners, this season. We beat the first man loads compared to other teams, based on my unscientific analysis of watching other teams on TV.

No doubt the direct free kicks will be improved with Brady on the pitch though. And if Westwood's as Jones-esque as the Villa fans made him out to be then maybe we'll be able to control possession a bit better when needs be too.

[cricketfieldclarets]

I think we've been a threat from set plays all season. Brady's deliver will have to go some to be better than Arfield's v Leicester, which were consistently excellent. JBG and Defour (plus Barton) all offer very good delivery. If Brady's the best of the bunch, then that is a bonus.

But I agree that, if nothing else, having a left footed set piece taker on the pitch is a real asset.

Brady is ten times better than Arfield at corners. Every one he took saturday was dangerous.

We have consistently failed to beat the first man at corners for years. Brady is as good as Taylor who we didnt see enough of. In fact Brady will look like Beckham compared to most of our previous corner takers.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Set piece specialists are worth 10+ points a season easily.

I think Brady will earn us 5/6 points between now and the end of the season purely because of the quality of his delivery ( not all the time ) but he is far better than Arfield who may aswell kick it for a goal kick instead of taking the free kick/corner.

Agree

[grapidianclaret]

His first 3 corners on Saturday were all quality and created scoring chances. We have not scored enough from corners this season , as our corner takers rarely seem to beat the first defender. That in itself, without all the other qualities Brady seemed to have on Saturday, will mean more goals away from home, as well as at home.