Casey

There were rumours on here recently that Jordan G and at least one other player have had a fallout with NC. Maybe the 'other player' is Ollie.
I hope not, as I believe he's our best defender, who is is still developing.
IF the rumours are true, I know who I'd sooner leave the club!
 
hertfordseasider said:
I see you've changed your name again> Ready for your fantasist ITK knowledge. Well you did have a 100% record last season and last summer, 100% phuck all accurate I have no doubt you will be able to keep up that proud record!
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Damn I thought I held the record for my 99% complete bollox knowledge, pipped at the post :(
 
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For me we looked more solid with Casey playing. If he is in contract, we paid a decent fee for him, so can’t see us just letting him go.

I think we’ll be weaker next season than this, and that’s some doing as I don’t think we have a particularly strong squad now. So if both Casey and Gabriel leave, two of our best players, what does that say about our ambitions?
 
TangerineBayern said:
Wouldn’t blame him either if he left. His resurgence in form has been one of very few positives to come out of this season and he’s been a victim of the stubborn one’s insistence of playing a 3-5-2 system that suited no one.
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Eh? 3-5-2 includes three central defenders, surely that increases his chances of playing?
 
TangerineBayern said:
Wouldn’t blame him either if he left. His resurgence in form has been one of very few positives to come out of this season and he’s been a victim of the stubborn one’s insistence of playing a 3-5-2 system that suited no one.
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On a consistency level neither Marv or Pennington did enough to be picked ahead of Casey nearly every game. Unlike Ollie neither look comfortable on the ball.
 
585 = never give up said:
There were rumours on here recently that Jordan G and at least one other player have had a fallout with NC. Maybe the 'other player' is Ollie.
I hope not, as I believe he's our best defender, who is is still developing.
IF the rumours are true, I know who I'd sooner leave the club!
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I think he was involved. Smoking out and crushing any dissent in the environment is a massive priority for coach nil-cahones Critchley
 
Willie Mcgrotty said:
On a consistency level neither Marv or Pennington did enough to be picked ahead of Casey nearly every game. Unlike Ollie neither look comfortable on the ball.
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Marv is simply a better defender than Casey. He gets in more blocks, cuts out more crosses and wins more headers. Casey has certainly improved but he's not at the level Marv is as a defender. That said, Casey was harshly left out of the team but that was for Pennington.
 
20togo said:
Marv is simply a better defender than Casey. He gets in more blocks, cuts out more crosses and wins more headers. Casey has certainly improved but he's not at the level Marv is as a defender. That said, Casey was harshly left out of the team but that was for Pennington.
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Agree about Marvs form returning & the silly mistakes cut out. Pennington is steady at best & if I was Casey I'd be getting peed off being benched.
 
Casey is a central defender - head, tackle, positioning just like Marv. Pennington is more mobile (maybe more in the Baps than Evo vein but not as good of course).

So in a 3 ideally Casey and Marv compete for the central berth. As everyone has said all season. Revert to a 4 again and you could have had a bloody solid pairing of Marv and Casey with Penn and Hubby as cover.

I don’t expert him to leave unless it’s a sizeable fee
 
tangysider said:
Reading's first goal the scorer had the freedom of the box, so if they are all decent players something is sadly amiss.
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It's a fact that many forwards have free headers in the box at ALL levels. That doesn't make the defenders bad players. If one player was not marking his man on a regular basis then yes there'd be a problem but i don't see that as the case.
 
Marv is a solid defender but absolutely hopeless on the ball so simply doesn't suit our formation or way of playing. Casey and the defence as a whole always looked better when he was in the centre of the 3. Due to that he would be the future CB for me and I'd actually let Marv go.
If we changed formation to a 4 and could play them both in a pairing then clearly that would involve them both and I'd want to keep both but I don't see it happening.
It would be a shame if we have lost him but hopefully it's an extension maybe
 
TangerineBayern said:
Wouldn’t blame him either if he left. His resurgence in form has been one of very few positives to come out of this season and he’s been a victim of the stubborn one’s insistence of playing a 3-5-2 system that suited no one.
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Critchley seems to have upset a lot of the squad. No room for any criticism or you're dropped or out.
 
Critchknows said:
Marv is a solid defender but absolutely hopeless on the ball so simply doesn't suit our formation or way of playing. Casey and the defence as a whole always looked better when he was in the centre of the 3. Due to that he would be the future CB for me and I'd actually let Marv go.
If we changed formation to a 4 and could play them both in a pairing then clearly that would involve them both and I'd want to keep both but I don't see it happening.
It would be a shame if we have lost him but hopefully it's an extension maybe
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this lazy urban myth has grown about Marv on the ball. It's an absolute age since he had his bad spell by giving the ball away with his passing. And that's why fans get nervous because they remember that so assume it's gonna happen every time he gets the ball. Fact is, he hasn't had a bad game on the ball for a long time now and his passing is just as good as all those other defenders. And as the central one of the three he's on the ball more than the others. And Marv is a better defender than all the others too.
 
Casey is assured on the ball but I still think he lacks that nasty streak of defender first. For the size of him he's not as dominant in the air as you'd like.

Still a work in progress I'd say but if he stays he can hopefully carry on improving.
 
20togo said:
this lazy urban myth has grown about Marv on the ball. It's an absolute age since he had his bad spell by giving the ball away with his passing. And that's why fans get nervous because they remember that so assume it's gonna happen every time he gets the ball. Fact is, he hasn't had a bad game on the ball for a long time now and his passing is just as good as all those other defenders. And as the central one of the three he's on the ball more than the others. And Marv is a better defender than all the others too.
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20togo said:
this lazy urban myth has grown about Marv on the ball. It's an absolute age since he had his bad spell by giving the ball away with his passing. And that's why fans get nervous because they remember that so assume it's gonna happen every time he gets the ball. Fact is, he hasn't had a bad game on the ball for a long time now and his passing is just as good as all those other defenders. And as the central one of the three he's on the ball more than the others. And Marv is a better defender than all the others too.
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It’s not a lazy urban myth. He cannot pass it accurately or quickly enough and with enough consistency to be reliable. Watch how Peterborough’s defenders move the ball into midfield. He’s a very good defender though.
 
DreadPool said:
It’s not a lazy urban myth. He cannot pass it accurately or quickly enough and with enough consistency to be reliable. Watch how Peterborough’s defenders move the ball into midfield. He’s a very good defender though.
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Of course it's a myth. You are making things up. You talk about quickly enough. Name another player in our defence who passes it quicker. There isn't one. Peterboro may pass it quickly to their midfield because perhaps what's what their manager wants them to do. Our manager wants them to retain possession and so we have slow laboured possession along the back line which involves ALL the players. Don't lay the blame at Marvs door for following instructions.Like i said name the last game when Marv had a bad game on the ball? Just because you get nervous watching him on the ball doesn't mean he's getting his passes wrong!
 
20togo said:
Marv is simply a better defender than Casey. He gets in more blocks, cuts out more crosses and wins more headers. Casey has certainly improved but he's not at the level Marv is as a defender. That said, Casey was harshly left out of the team but that was for Pennington.
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Big Marv has got a very serious flaw,
He is constantly caught ball watching.
 
20togo said:
this lazy urban myth has grown about Marv on the ball. It's an absolute age since he had his bad spell by giving the ball away with his passing. And that's why fans get nervous because they remember that so assume it's gonna happen every time he gets the ball. Fact is, he hasn't had a bad game on the ball for a long time now and his passing is just as good as all those other defenders. And as the central one of the three he's on the ball more than the others. And Marv is a better defender than all the others too.
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Spot on . Fully agree.
 
20togo said:
this lazy urban myth has grown about Marv on the ball. It's an absolute age since he had his bad spell by giving the ball away with his passing. And that's why fans get nervous because they remember that so assume it's gonna happen every time he gets the ball. Fact is, he hasn't had a bad game on the ball for a long time now and his passing is just as good as all those other defenders. And as the central one of the three he's on the ball more than the others. And Marv is a better defender than all the others too.
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It's usually "one touch and pass" Marv now. He rarely brings it out and so doesn't get caught out. It is limiting if you want to build from the back but , to my mind, I'll take that to have him in the team.
 
20togo said:
this lazy urban myth has grown about Marv on the ball. It's an absolute age since he had his bad spell by giving the ball away with his passing. And that's why fans get nervous because they remember that so assume it's gonna happen every time he gets the ball. Fact is, he hasn't had a bad game on the ball for a long time now and his passing is just as good as all those other defenders. And as the central one of the three he's on the ball more than the others. And Marv is a better defender than all the others too.
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We will agree to disagree on this then. I don't think it's a myth at all. I think he's really poor on the ball. Good defender but certainly not good on the ball.
 
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