I went back to edit.
He explains it himself:
https://www.facebook.com/BatTheMusic...0343302101139/
I'm sure Brunt has more in his locker than he's shown us to date, so I've got nothing against him as a young loanee trying to find his feet at the club, but the fact is that Frank Vincent had to work to earn his place in the team, and when he did, he was a major catalyst behind an upturn in form. He really adds energy to the team as well as ability and an eye for goal. He reminds me a tiny bit of Alan Judge.
I don't think Brunt has done anything yet to justify stepping ahead of Vincent in the queue for a first-team place, and even if it was a 50/50 call I'd still pick the player we actually own, rather than developing someone else's player.
I’m glad you’ve said this because to me not starting with Vincent is mind blowing. In the games I’ve seen Francis brings nothing, and when we were ambling through most of the second half the other night we looked exactly like we did before Vincent got in the side.
As far as I know he’s had one dodgy half against Wealdstone and hasn’t had much of a sniff since.
Agree with both of the last two posts.
I hope IB doesn't think that going to a back 4 means we have to have two holding mids (who will contribute about 1 goal a season between them). We need Vincent back in the mix
The last 3 games we've played some of the best football in Burchnall's time here and should have scored 5 goals per game, obviously we didn't but you can't say we performed badly. This is coming after losing to Bromley, Grimsby and drawing against Wealdstone, we changed to a 4231 with Palmer and Francis as the 2 deeper midfielders and have looked brilliant. I like Vincent but I'm not sure you can complain too much as the switch to 4231 and Palmer and Francis has clearly worked.
Not sure why the argument is Brunt vs Vincent either, Francis has taken Vincent's spot and imo deserves to keep it for now, Brunt came off the bench ahead of Vincent on tuesday and I think i'd have done the opposite but Brunt was probably a safer attacking change whereas Vincent would have been more all out attack so I can understand why Burchnall went with Brunt at that point in the game.
With how high our fullbacks like to get you absolutely need two holding midfielders, Richardson was playing on the last man at times in the past couple of games. Then you have Roberts and Sam who aren't really known for much defensive effort, it would be a recipe for disaster asking Palmer to cover even more than he already does imo
Last edited by DelroyFacey22; 25-02-2022 at 02:42 PM.
With one of those full-backs being Chicksen and the ability we have for the 3 of Brindley, Cameron and him to slide over it's not so bad...
I still say we don't need as much insurance as Palmer + Francis...
I saw us easily get 0-2 up at Halifax playing 4-2-3-1 with Palmer and O'Brien in the 2. Pity we don't have a player like that for one of those spots.
Blunt about as popular as Putin, big cheer when Vincent came on Tuesday.