Madine

What he does bring is the option of going longer and actually having a chance of keeping the ball.

This alone, when played in a mixed way of passing out and through and a few long balls, means teams don't want to press too much as we can just bypass it, so it should make it easier to pass through, but also to go long too.

Just doesn't get enough goals but tbf we don't exactly create a lot of chances for our strikers.
 
I'm also pleased he's available for selection again, and he'll be well rested
As JJP says, he gives us the long ball option because he's our only real target man.
The issue I have is that, rather than mix short and long passing, we tend to launch the long balls most of the time when GM is playing, which becomes predictable at times.
 
Dave62 said:
I'm also pleased he's available for selection again, and he'll be well rested
As JJP says, he gives us the long ball option because he's our only real target man.
The issue I have is that, rather than mix short and long passing, we tend to launch the long balls most of the time when GM is playing, which becomes predictable at times.
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It's predictable that he will always be beaten in the air because he only looks at the defender, never the ball.
 
Vince McLean said:
Worth playing him with Jerry close by to pick up the knock downs - both strong lads.
If we play Gaz - we've got to play to his strengths, and not expect him to play like Messi.
Jerry, Gaz and Theo if it's a 433 ... & spend the two week break hypnotising Theo to pass to a team mate in the box.
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So what are Madine's strengths as I haven't seen any ?
 
ItsGrimUpNorth said:
Who would you play* instead of him then? Because it’s been proven over the last 2 games that Jerry easily becomes isolated when playing upfront on his own.
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It's for the manager to work out this conundrum. You don't play high balls into players like Yates. You need to get wide and play low ball into the danger areas. Then Gerry will come into his own, as may Lavery.
Madine is usually just a passenger in my humble opinion.
 
The Catcher in the Rye said:
When he plays I never see him as a key component of the team and always seem to have him on my list of ‘could be replaced’, that is until he doesnt play and we seem to miss him badly!
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You will all be assimilated.

Gary IS goals.

Someone will mumble some baseless disagreement like "well, uh, I don't agree, cos my eyes don't see it" and to that, I say, you might as well opine that you don't like the idea of gravity and that in your view, its effects are overstated because you've seen a helium balloon.

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poolseasider said:
www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

Michael Appleton pinpoints one player who has been a big miss for Blackpool

Michael Appleton admits Gary Madine will be a big miss for Blackpool at Millwall today.
www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

Bang on the money anyone who thinks we play better without Gaz in the side is deluded he makes the side tick and until someone comes along better he must start.
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Did he play at QPR? I can't remember. If he did then fair play to him, I thought that was our best 90 minutes of this season, in terms of looking like an organised functioning team.
 
If we had defenders who could play it out from the back there would be no need for Madine. But we don’t we have to go long so that’s why at the moment we need him .
 
UTMPOOL said:
If we had defenders who could play it out from the back there would be no need for Madine. But we don’t we have to go long so that’s why at the moment we need him .
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Disagree. We could play the ball through the middle to his feet with his back to the defence and he can lay it off.
We could play the ball out to our wingers who put the ball into his head for a knock down to Yates et Al.
He can fend off in defence at free kicks and corners.
He can bully the opposition defence at our corners and set pieces into the box.
He can hold the ball in the corners to waste time.
He can do the gamesmanship stuff to gain free-kicks.
Gary Madine is an essential member of our squad. Even without the goals.
 
fcblackpool said:
Another thread saying the player needed is the player missing.
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Clutching at straws. The guy's dog shit. Hate to say it but the fanboy stuff is just a reaction to the obvious - he's gash. People get too attached to their view. He'll do some good physicality in the next game and I'll have a load of goons jumping up and down I'm sure, until he does the same in ten games time.
 
rockontommy said:
Clutching at straws. The guy's dog shit. Hate to say it but the fanboy stuff is just a reaction to the obvious - he's gash. People get too attached to their view. He'll do some good physicality in the next game and I'll have a load of goons jumping up and down I'm sure, until he does the same in ten games time.
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Completely insulting and unfair! But, it's your view so it's allowed.
 
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