Quote Originally Posted by Chick A Saw View Post
I dont think anyone is saying this is a must do, just discussing an option to try, and its not that we would be entertaining the thought if the likes of Niskanen and Pawlett were showing as good enough for their place in the team.

In that vein, its not taking him away from that position, its trying a very good player a bit more forward with a quite good option behind him who will need some game time to complete his comeback, in a similar way that some excellent players did in the past.

Yeah, he will never be CCFFS or GMS, but you know who he is, our Sheep! And while McNulty, Pawlett, Niskanen, Levitt, Fuchs, Harkes and before the goals, Clark were getting pelters from the Dode FFS crew, there was always a wave of excitement coming through the area that for second half we were both in.
I'm not sure I've ever suggested anyone is saying it's a must do?

If I can put it a simpler way (since Watt played in front of Freeman for large parts) .....do you think Freeman could've played the Watt role in the second half last night? I don't. We'd be asking him to play with his back to goal half the time. It's not his game. His game is running onto the ball, always having play ahead of him. He reads the game a certain way as a full back. It's a different proposition playing further forward. This 'moving full backs into midfield' seems to have been an obsession with Utd fans for a while, moreso on the left however. I can't really think of any full backs who have progressed to middle of the park come to think of it.

Anyway, it's a bit of a pointless debate as it's not going to happen imo so I'll leave it there. Back to the OP....... Freeman over Smith every day of the week. 👍🏼