Not. Good. Enough. We need to move on from Beesley being the answer to anything.
Good luck with that!
Can we make our minds up, please?
Thought Casey was excellent and is rapidly becoming our best defender.
He’s not the problem.
Actually you can. What about Apter or Holmes? Surely they couldn’t do worse???
Two players who have never played in the EFL.
Yes they have!
Nicer way of saying it
Apter isn’t a striker. I would like to see him get minutes, though.
We can, it's just unfortunate that Beesley is currently the only option if we want to play 2 up front!
Beesley doesn't look to be either but he's getting picked! At least give Brad a chance.
Absolutely give Brad a chance if and when he is ready.
How do we know if he's ready if we don't give him a chance to prove it? Some people look like world beaters in training yet are garbage on the pitch, and vice versa. Striking is more about instinct than anything else, you can't coach instinct and it only really shows in games. Give him some minutes at least!
While you make some good points, I’m going to have to disagree again. If you have a strong natural instinct as a striker, it shows in both training and games.
Do we know that it's not showing in training? Captain careful doesn't appear to be one for taking a punt, does he? He may be crap, who knows!
He returned to Blackpool, I’d say that is taking a punt!
Well, getting a decent goalkeeper in on a budget like ours is tough, as they are a lone position so there is a much smaller Pool to choose from!If Beesleys showing more in training than Brad, we should probably let Brad go as well as Beesley!
I appreciate the Moore scenario but then fans called for the bang average Grimshaw to replace the bang average Maxwell when I was calling for a keeper that was better than both of them!
They have both played under Critchley towards the end of the promotion season. Dobbie also used them at the end.
They've both played in the championship and made their respective EFL debuts in 20/21
yep, well said. Midfield is very poor at the moment. No one seems to be capable of wanting and getting on the ball and carrying it forward. There is no link up play between midfield and forwards. Inverted wing backs isn't working especially Hamilton. Yet Critchley seems obsessed with bringing midfield players in but seemingly doesn't know how to use them properly. So many fans seem to be on Mrvs back for his passing but when you see how little choice he's got it's no wonder he's making too many mistakes.
He’s poor. I personally think, and may be wrong, but the main issue is that he’s not a target man. I think he sees himself as more of a Lavery type player - playing on the shoulder of the last man and poaching. When you think of his goals for us, a clever finish against Derby, two poachers goals against Brum.. no towering headers or anything like the sort. When Husband played that long diagonal ball first half yesterday Beesley and Lavery made identical runs and Beesley got a foot to it when really Shayne was in a better position due to being that bit quicker. He probably does a good job at that sort of role in League 2 but in this league he’s miles off it.
Completely agree 20s, I feel a bit sorry for Marv. He's waiting for the midfielders to give him an option and it rarely comes, meaning he either loses it or hits it long. Both Port Vale and Leyton Orient passed it from defence into midfield much more successfully than we did. We desperately need at least a couple more in before the end of the window.
This.
You give them a chance to prove it at a lower level, like National League North, if they can do that then you move them up a level and repeat until they've proved it at a level at least close to where we are today.
