Ekpiteta

Watching it today for some reason my commentary changed somewhere in the first half from Brabin as the co-commentator to the home commentatot and whoever his co commentator was. They weren't particularly enamoured about how good Ekpiteta was.
 
He has all the attributes to be a top class player apart from one...his distribution when passing the ball forward is shockingly bad. That can be coached and if he can improve that area of his game he could go right up to the Premier League...he is a great signing
 
Most of his passes, about 90% seemed to be to Ballard today. His distribution isn’t always great but he needs to be a little braver
 
If his distribution was good, he wouldn't be playing in league one. I think he's probably the best signing of the summer aside from Hamilton. And arguably he's been just as effective at keeping clean sheets as Hamilton has been at creating goals.
 
He has all the attributes to be a top class player apart from one...his distribution when passing the ball forward is shockingly bad. That can be coached and if he can improve that area of his game he could go right up to the Premier League...he is a great signing
Eky's passing stats today with Ballards in brackets:
Total passes 50 (81)
Own half 41 (49)
Pass success 85% (83%)
Long balls 12 (8)
Accurate long balls 5 (4)
Touches 65 (84)
Interesting comparison particularly with Ballard playing on his wrong side.
 
Yes and if it were up to a lot of people on this forum he'd be picking up a P45 by September instead of opposition centre forwards....he's a young kid making his way in the game and came from non-league recently which is who we sign, unfortunately we can't and won't sign ready made Franco Beresi's or Cannavaro's!!
 
He has all the attributes to be a top class player apart from one...his distribution when passing the ball forward is shockingly bad. That can be coached and if he can improve that area of his game he could go right up to the Premier League...he is a great signing
His hesitation can also be an anxiety but he’s doing well
 
Yes and if it were up to a lot of people on this forum he'd be picking up a P45 by September instead of opposition centre forwards....he's a young kid making his way in the game and came from non-league recently which is who we sign, unfortunately we can't and won't sign ready made Franco Beresi's or Cannavaro's!!
He's not a young kid, he's 26 in August!
 
It was his mistake for the Hull goal today.
No it really wasn’t.

He got caught the wrong side of his man, but that was because we were moving forward, Kai Kai (I think) tried some stupid shit and lost the ball, Husbands out of position so gets torched by their winger and the ball comes across.

Marvs in a shitty position behind their man but still manages to use his physical skills and was determined to get that ball away. He did just enough to stop his man scoring. The ball drops in the area, just for Turton to watch it, pretend to run over to it and then still watch Wilks slam it home.

Not Marvs fault at all.
 
Yes and if it were up to a lot of people on this forum he'd be picking up a P45 by September instead of opposition centre forwards....he's a young kid making his way in the game and came from non-league recently which is who we sign, unfortunately we can't and won't sign ready made Franco Beresi's or Cannavaro's!!
I agree, except he’s not a “young kid” he’s 26 this year.
 
No it has to be Turtons fault.
Turton even got the blame when Maxwell lost the toss and slated off the kit man that the kits were 'slightly' dirty.
And itll be Turtons fault if it rains tomorrow 🤦‍♂️
Rumour has it Turton told Maxwell tails never fails to be fair.
 
I think it is strange that we are focusing on the negatives after getting a point away from home against a team I feel is nailed on for promotion.
I said on the match day thread at 2.27 I'd take a point in the circumstances ( no kemp, Anderson or Hamilton)
So I'm very happy with the result.
Critch now has two weeks to sort out recruitments.
There is still a long way to go this season
 
No it really wasn’t.

He got caught the wrong side of his man, but that was because we were moving forward, Kai Kai (I think) tried some stupid shit and lost the ball, Husbands out of position so gets torched by their winger and the ball comes across.

Marvs in a shitty position behind their man but still manages to use his physical skills and was determined to get that ball away. He did just enough to stop his man scoring. The ball drops in the area, just for Turton to watch it, pretend to run over to it and then still watch Wilks slam it home.

Not Marvs fault at all.
If you want to be picky Dougal should have been tighter and not allowed their man to turn and split our defence with a great pass
 
Not just Ek, but If you can’t find a direct pass out of defence, welly it as far upfield as you can. We seem to be trying too many 20 yard lobs in the hope that one of our guys wins the next ball. Invariably it comes straight back to us.
 
No it has to be Turtons fault.
Turton even got the blame when Maxwell lost the toss and slated off the kit man that the kits were 'slightly' dirty.
And itll be Turtons fault if it rains tomorrow 🤦‍♂️
If it was anyone's fault it was Husband's for being in a poor position then failing to stop the cross. Marv half cleared it only for Turton to turn his back on the incoming player.
 
It was a series of errors. But if Turton rushes to close down the strike and actually try and put a tackle in he doesn’t score.
 
The goal was Husband's fault, Marv has been excellent this season, come on leaps and bounds from the start of the season, for all the Turton criticism, I think it's harsh, we'd be worse off without him, there are players before him that aren't good enough, Husband is more of a liability, and KaiKai is on borrowed time, so frustrating !
 
The goal was Husband's fault, Marv has been excellent this season, come on leaps and bounds from the start of the season, for all the Turton criticism, I think it's harsh, we'd be worse off without him, there are players before him that aren't good enough, Husband is more of a liability, and KaiKai is on borrowed time, so frustrating !
Totally agree @StevieBanksDiscoPants - both Husband and Kaikai can be shipped out if we're to progress whilst Turton has not done much wrong. Marv is our most improved player.
 
Watching it today for some reason my commentary changed somewhere in the first half from Brabin as the co-commentator to the home commentatot and whoever his co commentator was. They weren't particularly enamoured about how good Ekpiteta was.
If it happens again, go to the settings button bottom right, choose audio and then away.
 
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