Corbeanu is not a team player

Ollygon said:
How many times did he have the ball and go for a shot when he could have laid it off to someone in a better position.

Gary Madine was going mad with him as well, trying to get him to move further up the field and pick up his headers.
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Only like Bowler was, especially at the start.

Theo takes a touch too much and half a second too long, but it'll come.
 
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I get what the op is saying. Was swapped wings cos he wasn't working back and helping Connolly and Gaz was bollocking him 2nd half for not helping him either so to a point I do think he is playing for himself rather than the team. That's not a dig at him though as he's learning his trade. On the ball he can be really dangerous but needs to work on his off the ball game. Was not surprised he was taken off but that's the point of his loan isn't it. To learn in a fully competitive game
 
rockontommy said:
Gary might be the senior player but he isn't as good as Theo.
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Apples and Oranges innit.

He was slow on the press, and they got out. Appleton then immediately called Lavery back from his warm up and he got subbed.

Not a dig at Theo btw as I thought he was ok today, we just needed something different at that moment, and as it happened it worked out.
 
I don't think he is the most popular player in the squad, but he is arguably our most potent attacking threat. He has composure in front of goal and often creates opportunities out of nothing. Definitely needs to work on his decision making though - especially when to pass - but that will come once big Gaz has a 'word' with him....😀
 
Yes he holds on to the ball for too long some times, but I’d rather him have a shot than not, don’t shoot don’t score, simple
 
He works hard, he can beat people and he does take shots ,which is nice , but going off todays performance I would not play him because as this post says he does not seem to be making the right discissions and passing at the right time . I'm not sure that he should be called a none team player ,but until he starts passing he will be ineffective.
 
Thatseasider said:
He’s possibly our most talented player going forward, needs to polish his final decision making. But if he was the finished article he wouldn’t be playing for us.

Offers nothing defensively but that’s not why he’s in the team.

He’s a classy player.
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He doesn't need to defend as Jerry does it all
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He’s very one footed like Bowler was.
I watched him shooting pre match and his right foot pinged in some crackers.

His left foot attempts were woeful and unfortunately the one he screwed wife was on his left foot.

However, his pace and willingness to get involved is valuable as hell. Just like Josh, give the kid time, he’s raw but probably has more natural talent than our other speedster CJ.

As a side note. Patino looked so much more comfortable in the second half pushed into the left sided 8 role. Some lovely passing and he didn’t shirk the tackles even if his pipe cleaner legs almost snapped off…. I do enjoy him
 
OK I'll start with a negative. He's poor defensively and that's why he was swapped with Jerry because we were get murdered down our right against a cleary unfit Connolly who must have swallowed a packet of Ibroprofen pre-match.
BUT as for decision making show me a player in team that can't be criticised for that.
He's come here on loan to learn the game so that's what he's doing and we have to accept that.
I like a player with confidence in his own ability to "take it on" which Theo does and obviously its sometimes to the teams detriment.
Not his best today but he was one of an 18 man squad that won 3-1.
That will do for me.
UTMP
 
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Their threat was down our right side for the majority of the half and they exploited his weakness in tracking back. Did no one else see Appleton boot something over in the dugout, in sheer exasperation at him not doing his job. Few minutes later they swopped him over with Yates, who went on to give the ultimate team player performance.
Corbeanu has bags of ability, but needs to learn to make the right choices and it's not all about when you have the ball. Josh Bowler probably started the same way, but look how much he improved.
 
A few agree, and more than a few disagree.

Yes it's good when he shoots, but he needs to hone his decision making and all round game.

I think the fact that Appleton brought him off when he did reflects what the manager thought of his performance.
 
If you mean the one where Madine ran the length of the pitch and Theo shot then I agreed with what Theo did. Madine had two defenders in front of him who wouldve just intercepted the square pass.If Gaz had come near post id agree Theo should have squared it but on that occasion he was right to shoot.

Im not going to pretend there are times when he should make a pass but I quite like him cutting in and getting a shot on goal.The cutting back and checking back before whipping a cross over annoys me far more tbh. Liking Theo though,exciting player.
 
A bit worrying that his teammates and his manager give him pelters every game and he seems to pay no attention whatsoever. He is awesome gong forward when on song, if he had a brain he'd be a regular matchwinner.
 
Ollygon said:
How many times did he have the ball and go for a shot when he could have laid it off to someone in a better position.

Gary Madine was going mad with him as well, trying to get him to move further up the field and pick up his headers.
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Ollygon…he was the only one for a large part of the game to actually drive at their defence…as usual one comes along to have a go at him….maybe Ollygon should be Ollygon too.
 
He's got potential but needs to work on his end product and his defensive role. Appleton went mad because they always had a man free on his side. Straight after Appleton kicked out at something in frustration he switched Jerry over to that side to sort the situation out.
 
Great player, he’s just what we needed, started out as a headless chicken but he’s just got better and better, sometimes he’s a bit greedy but the best players tend to be, my main worry is that the goal machine may end up twating him
 
I can’t help but feel that in Appleton’s pre-match the advice ‘shoot when you can’ probably rang in the players ears - we need some results under our belts, steady the ship and then we might start to relax in to our football which even yesterday still felt a bit kick and rush like a 7 year old team.
 
Bamber said:
A bit worrying that his teammates and his manager give him pelters every game and he seems to pay no attention whatsoever. He is awesome gong forward when on song, if he had a brain he'd be a regular matchwinner.
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He strikes me as someone who didn't play football as a kid & hasn't therefore got the nouce in certain situations rather than being purely selfish. Doubt his team mates dislike him probably more frustrated with his decision making at times. I'm always glad to see his name in the starting eleven.
 
Theo and Gaz were having a heated debate on the bench after they’d both been subbed.

I love that he follows his instinct and goes for it, he’ll learn to get his head up more in time. It’s great to still have one of those players that will really put fear into defenders.
 
TheRealKingKenny said:
Theo and Gaz were having a heated debate on the bench after they’d both been subbed.

I love that he follows his instinct and goes for it, he’ll learn to get his head up more in time. It’s great to still have one of those players that will really put fear into defenders.
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That is a positive, Big Gaz wants more from Theo.
Josh had the same criticisms at the start of last season of being greedy and not knowing when to pass and not tracking back.
He went on to become our most influential player
 
I like Theo but it was the correct decision to sub him the team had been told by MA to get higher up the pitch and press(post match interview) at half time and Gaz was looking around and Theo was nowhere to be seen and it was doing his nut in.

It doesn't matter if one is better than the other their is a reason senior players are on the pitch(Bridcutt a classic example)and he was doing his own thing not carrying out the MA plan.

In his position he should have been looking to pass now and again not doing everything on his own all the time all about a learning curve for a young lad.
 
Have slept on it. Completely missed the needle between GM and Theo yesterday but honestly didn't spot an occasion where he should have obviously passed.

Theo constantly driving at the Watford defence played a big part in us turning up the heat on them from 70ish minutes. Before that, the game could've gone either way. I thought Theo being subbed was a bit wacky at the time and Lavery came on and did nothing. That said, it all worked out.

So yeah, sounds like GM was being a bit of a dick. It's not as if he's in a rich vein of form. More than happy for Theo to keep beating defenders and getting shots off. Maybe miss the odd pass, so what.
 
Ollygon said:
A few agree, and more than a few disagree.

Yes it's good when he shoots, but he needs to hone his decision making and all round game.

I think the fact that Appleton brought him off when he did reflects what the manager thought of his performance.
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There's no doubt his decision making could be improved, I'd agree but he is inexperienced and learning. Often though he is often one of our biggest threats.
 
rockontommy said:
Have slept on it. Completely missed the needle between GM and Theo yesterday but honestly didn't spot an occasion where he should have obviously passed.

Theo constantly driving at the Watford defence played a big part in us turning up the heat on them from 70ish minutes. Before that, the game could've gone either way. I thought Theo being subbed was a bit wacky at the time and Lavery came on and did nothing. That said, it all worked out.

So yeah, sounds like GM was being a bit of a dick. It's not as if he's in a rich vein of form. More than happy for Theo to keep beating defenders and getting shots off. Maybe miss the odd pass, so what.
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Appleton subbed Theo not Madine .
I presume for not carrying out the plan you'd expect Gaz as one of the senior players to be a leader on the pitch he wasn't being a dick.
 
Eternaloptimist said:
............and no doubt if Theo passed the ball then the O/P ( and others ) would criticise him for not shooting when he had a chance.
Leave the lad alone, he is coming along very nicely thank you and he has bags of confidence
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I don't think we are talking about 1 incident, I think it was over the last 3 or4 games.
 
poolseasider said:
Appleton subbed Theo not Madine .
I presume for not carrying out the plan you'd expect Gaz as one of the senior players to be a leader on the pitch he wasn't being a dick.
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I know he subbed Theo. Completely reject the idea that GM gets to 'coach' some of our young talented players with his seniority. In fact, there's a very clear rationale for a smart defender-beating player - good with the ball and who knows where the onion bag is - not to pass to GM. I'd back a sprinting and pivoting Theo to score from 25 yards vs the goal machine with a clear cut chance from 15 yards all day long. It would be a ** travesty if Gary Madine of all players gets to run Theo down. He didn't do it with Bowler so what's his game?
 
TheRealKingKenny said:
Theo and Gaz were having a heated debate on the bench after they’d both been subbed.

I love that he follows his instinct and goes for it, he’ll learn to get his head up more in time. It’s great to still have one of those players that will really put fear into defenders.
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Maybe Gaz has been given the job of mentoring him
 
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