murdering your darlings

[the_idiotb_stardson]

Are we a better team without Keiffer Moore? Yes we are.

What other instances in football can you think of when good players were left out of the team and the team improved as a collective?

[caytonmiller]

Different time in life.
Moore was playing well rest of team were inconsistent. Now team is consistent so no one players stands out...

[great_fire]

Are we a better team without Keiffer Moore? Yes we are.

What other instances in football can you think of when good players were left out of the team and the team improved as a collective?

I seem to remember Liverpool going through a good spell when Gerrard was injured, even though he was their best player.

[Silly-miller]

I think proctor and Moore worked well together but once proctor got injured (horrifically) Moore just didn’t get the same results I guess partnerships are important. I think we are also seeing ball and smith forming a partnership too that’s why we look so dam good now

[gwru]

Nobody is telling me Smudger is better than Moore. Barnsley would pay the fee + 3 times wages we would pay him. Wouldn't you like Moore on his own up front with 3 in midfield. We'd be awesome now we have Palmer.

[flourbasher]

6-3-1? err no. We'd never get the ball

No I wouldn't like Moore up front on his own. We tried that for 2 months and the opposition sussed us out.
Two up front (ooo err) is much more attractive to watch

[Silly-miller]

Nobody is telling me Smudger is better than Moore. Barnsley would pay the fee + 3 times wages we would pay him. Wouldn't you like Moore on his own up front with 3 in midfield. We'd be awesome now we have Palmer.

These are your games where you say having Moore up on his own would be awesome

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41703414

Was 0-2 down before we changed things which showed immediate improvement but by that time it was too late

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41315339 and against Blackburn

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41209855 and against Bradford away

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41951493 Shrewsbury here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41867476 And the donny match where we barely scraped a win

Now boys and girls what is the common theme in these losses and a barely drawn match?

Yes people you are right it was Moore up on his own lol

[gwru]

These are your games where you say having Moore up on his own would be awesome

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41703414

Was 0-2 down before we changed things which showed immediate improvement but by that time it was too late

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41315339 and against Blackburn

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41209855 and against Bradford away

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41951493 Shrewsbury here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41867476 And the donny match where we barely scraped a win

Now boys and girls what is the common theme in these losses and a barely drawn match?

Yes people you are right it was Moore up on his own lol

We had Potter & Frecks then in midfield. Got some legs now in midfield.

[Silly-miller]

We had Potter & Frecks then in midfield. Got some legs now in midfield.

Frecks only came on in Shrewsbury game in 72 mins and didn’t appear against donny or Gillingham after both games people said it was because frecks was out but when we went back to 2 up top the results showed it wasn’t just midfield it was Moore being marked by 2 CB and our wingers being closed down by their full backs

[Muchthemillersson]

Are we a better team without Keiffer Moore? Yes we are.

What other instances in football can you think of when good players were left out of the team and the team improved as a collective?

If my memory serves me correctly and it often doesn't these days, in 2000/01 we started with Leo Fortune West partnering Mark Robins up front. Like now, we lumped the ball up to him but we weren't doing all that well. He went to Cardiff after 5 or 6 matches and he was replaced by a rather diminutive player called Warne, I think. We had to change our tactics to play the ball on the floor to this little livewire and we finished up being promoted as Runners Up.