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[The Bedlington Terrier]

Probably needs a goal and he will crack on after that.A lot of it is in the head.Flemming and Anthony are just as bad-in fact Anthony is also greedy he could have passed to Foster on Saturday but chose to try and be the hero and missed by a mile.

Pass to Foster? I'll bet he'd rather chew his own thumb off without anaesthetic.

[army88]

If Foster was setting the world on fire playing at number 9 do you not think Parker would be playing him there?

Kindest thing right now is to give the lad a break and let Edwards, Flemming, Brownhill & Anthony strut their stuff.

Well according to you he?s not doing it at left wing and he doesn?t get a go at no 9 so how we can judge him I don?t know, I don?t know if you do it just to try and wind people up but I saw Saturday and the last home game Anthony and Fleming missing from point blank range but they?re not slagged off like foster

Imo Fleming needs a front man and to play behind him and he?s the only one of any quality we have so Parker should play him at no9 how can he be any worse than playing left wing - he?s bobbins according to you anyway.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Benson is a natural winger and proven goal scorer. Sarmiento too# Edwards looks lethal and already matches Foster's season long total after just one game. Redmond, Koleosho & Banel are natural wingers, Anthony the pick of the bunch, so why Parker persists playing Foster out of position on the left wing is beyond me.
You can't blame Foster, blame Parker for playing him.

[army88]

Benson is a natural winger and proven goal scorer. Sarmiento too# Edwards looks lethal and already matches Foster's season long total after just one game. Redmond, Koleosho & Banel are natural wingers, Anthony the pick of the bunch, so why Parker persists playing Foster out of position on the left wing is beyond me.
You can't blame Foster, blame Parker for playing him.

There is no argument is there - Benson good impact player - injured a lot lightweight for this league when we don?t retain possession in the oppositions final third like under Kompany ( hence if we don?t have the ball enough in those areas he?s surplus to requirements as his strength isn?t any thing other than cutting inside and bending one ) ie he only goes one way.
Sarmiento - if he was proven he wouldn?t be on loan at Burnley he?s also lightweight imo.
Edward?s is tricky but looks similar to benson imo anyway ( without injuries yet ) he?s def a decent player
Koleosho is slagged off by you and others for trying to beat 3 men on his own at regular intervals.

Redmond twilight of career but injured A lot

Foster should have scored Saturday - for me he was in the right spot and it will come soon enough

You say he?s useless but he hasn?t featured for a large part of the season and injuries do take some getting over - I also think the criticism isn?t entirely fair due to him playing out of position in the last few weeks.

[mnrht]

Anthony has been poor the last two games apart from one assist. He almost never cleanly beats a man and his crosses have not been productive. It would be poor man management imo to drop Foster at this stage. It's not as though we have anyone significantly better to replace him. I don't think we have many who could make the move he made to give himself the opening to miss the second chance, if you know what I mean.

[sinkov]

Be interested to see a bit more of this Edwards chappie, not been impressed so far.

[army88]

Be interested to see a bit more of this Edwards chappie, not been impressed so far.

I agree Sinkov - watched him for Lisbon and he was v good player.

My points above though Sinkov is player s like him and Benson and Sarmiento are only affective when we have the ball in and around the oppositions box.

Under kompany we soent as much time as we could in that area , under the current regime not so much so the flair ( let’s call them ) players have much less impact hence Bensons demise ( apart from injury ) he didnt just become bad at what he does - under VK he was brought on to tired legs and we were generally camped in the oppositions box.

[ballcock]

Be interested to see a bit more of this Edwards chappie, not been impressed so far.

Give him a chance he's only had a couple of minutes

[sinkov]

Give him a chance he's only had a couple of minutes

Seen about 90 minutes of him so far, he could have been impressive but he wasn't, not much different to what we have already. Replacing Foster tonight, like I said, it'll be interesting to see what he has to offer.

[kritichris]

Seen about 90 minutes of him so far, he could have been impressive but he wasn't, not much different to what we have already. Replacing Foster tonight, like I said, it'll be interesting to see what he has to offer.

He's getting there, he has to get used to the other players but so far 2 goals in 3 appearances, a slightly better return than lyle. Brownhill and benson on the scoresheet, our options are opening.