Press Conference : Gerrard and Middleton

[Ben10 2,272]

I fear we may not get the results we want in December and panic buy. I hope the squad stand up and dont capitulate. 

[Grundy 732]

Don't think they're will be any panic buying, pretty sure any targets will have been identified some time ago and it'll be down to availability and wages. Solanke and Davis are the obvious names to come to mind, but I suspect it will only be one.

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

5 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

Tavernier won't be moving to another position to accommodate Flanagan

Well done 

[willygers4life 1,031]

13 hours ago, WATP-FOREVER said:

I'd like to see Flanagan at rb and Tav r.mid. And Barasic, Wallace & Halliday r.back players. 

Tav needs space to go into, at him in right mid and he loses that space. Nullifying what he is good at 

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

55 minutes ago, willygers4life said:

Tav needs space to go into, at him in right mid and he loses that space. Nullifying what he is good at 

Agreed, and he does, which leaves space behind him - which is a problem that often results in conceding. I have no doubt that our loss to hivs in the Cup final was their strategy to target our weak point, down our righthand side.

If the idea, in an open game is to score more goals than we concede then Tav is ideal, but when we're playing against 11 defenders and we're conceding on the counter, then Tav is always going to be a problem.

A defender is exactly that in football - take a defender out of that position, continuously, then you're going to have a problem - unless you've got Roberto Carlos, where he can get back quick enough. 

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

2 hours ago, WATP-FOREVER said:

Agreed, and he does, which leaves space behind him - which is a problem that often results in conceding. I have no doubt that our loss to hivs in the Cup final was their strategy to target our weak point, down our righthand side.

If the idea, in an open game is to score more goals than we concede then Tav is ideal, but when we're playing against 11 defenders and we're conceding on the counter, then Tav is always going to be a problem.

A defender is exactly that in football - take a defender out of that position, continuously, then you're going to have a problem - unless you've got Roberto Carlos, where he can get back quick enough. 

Tavernier doesn't cost us every single goal you know. 

[Smile 26,600]

I thought the burd asking the questions of Middleton was a bit of a cow she could see as a young guy he was nervous and she took advantage of that.

[backup 4,724]

3 hours ago, willygers4life said:

Tav needs space to go into, at him in right mid and he loses that space. Nullifying what he is good at 

he needs to learn to defend.

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

19 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

Tavernier doesn't cost us every single goal you know. 

Give it up ffs. 

[BridgeIsBlue 66,606]

18 minutes ago, WATP-FOREVER said:

Give it up ffs. 

Nope.

[SuperLeeMcCulloch 2,330]

3 hours ago, WATP-FOREVER said:

Agreed, and he does, which leaves space behind him - which is a problem that often results in conceding. I have no doubt that our loss to hivs in the Cup final was their strategy to target our weak point, down our righthand side.

If the idea, in an open game is to score more goals than we concede then Tav is ideal, but when we're playing against 11 defenders and we're conceding on the counter, then Tav is always going to be a problem.

A defender is exactly that in football - take a defender out of that position, continuously, then you're going to have a problem - unless you've got Roberto Carlos, where he can get back quick enough. 

A cup final that was 2 and a half years ago, hes not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but take him out for flanagan and our already slim creativity declines even more.

[To Be A Ranger 4,032]

18 hours ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

We've tried Tavernier in midfield countless times and it hasn't worked. 

Agree. He's not a midfielder. He's not even a defensive fullback hardly. Attacking fullback is what he does and does it well in games where he can get forward.

[To Be A Ranger 4,032]

1 hour ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

Tavernier doesn't cost us every single goal you know. 

You're right. He seems to want to share that award with Flanagan.

[Hadron Collider 30,868]

Ok I’ve an idea, let’s just drop Tav and see how we cope. See how many goals we get. FFS yes he is not the best defender but he makes up for it with the goals and assists.