Dael Fry should be the first name on the team sheet.

sambaDTR

sambaDTR

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Is CW trying to motivate him to be more aggressive, more vocal, to be the Captain? Over to you Dael to prove you deserve a game as the best defender in the Championship. (y)(y)
 
Just a quick next game scenario: Leni is suspended and Fry comes back, only to get injured early on, who’s our backup now that Hall has been discarded?
 
Borehamwood_Boro said:
Fry is a dud aswell. People forget how important sol bamba was for us down the stretch last season. Need to find an experienced rock like that, again.
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I loved Bamba and thought he put in some top performances, but I am not sure he was 'important' to us. Valued yes. He was never first choice but when called upon due to circumstances such as injuries, suspensions and rotation, he was excellent.

As for Fry being a dud. If you think that, time to take up another sport mate.
 
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sambaDTR said:
Is CW trying to motivate him to be more aggressive, more vocal, to be the Captain? Over to you Dael to prove you deserve a game as the best defender in the Championship. (y)(y)
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Not according to our ‘breath of fresh air’ manager he isn’t

Chris Wilder = good manager my ass.
 
Wilder has to get the best out of the lot of them and to do that we need a LCB. So long as we remain unbalanced on that side it adds to pressures to the CB to not only cover his job but to be watchful of the LCB player. Once the position is filled it will settle down. Lets not forget our midfield is inferior to last season Tav has to be replaced somehow….. Styles is the best fit for me, not perfect, but the best we can afford probably.
 
TeaCider said:
Fry is coming back from injury, Lenihan didn't do anything deserving of being dropped against West Brom for me.
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the goal was entirely his fault aganist West Brom, I'll out it down to trying too hard to make an impression though
 
TeaCider said:
How was it entirely his fault?

Multiple players failed for that goal.
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Everything was under control until Lenihan decided to charge forward to try and press the midfielder. He left his man and once the ball was played past him it was a 4 vs 3 break. A chance on goal was inevitable at that point. He should have stayed with his man and conceded ground while McGree and others got back into position.

1) We have the situation under control. 4-vs-4 at the back, 3-vs-3 in midfield all our players goal side. Lenihan wins initial header.
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2)Lenihan allows the man he is marking to spin and makes the poor decision to leave him and press the ball, despite McGree being in proximity to the player and despite the ball being fully 65+ yards from goal.
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3) Lenihan is too slow to challenge and the ball is played beyond him. He has left Bola hung out ot dry, 2 vs 1, Howson and Dijksteel are exposed centrally as they have space behind to defend and two players to mark who are spread apart, so can't work together to cover them.
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4) Howson is forced to move over to support Bola because Lenihan is now 25 yard out of position. Lenihan should be where Dijksteel is and Dijksteel should be marking their number 10. The key though is Lenihan is 25 yards out of position because he went steaming into midfield for a ball he was never going to win.
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5) Dijksteel, Howson and Bola are all doing their jobs, but there is a free man from the 4-vs-3 break. Lenihan isn't even back in the box yet, on the edge of the frame. This was all preventable by Lenihan staying with his man and retreating in frame 2. It was a poor decision from an experienced player. Like I said though, I'll put it down to try too hard to impress on his debut. Without the ball this was his only mistake, with the ball he was a bit sloppy too.
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I'm not sure how that goal can be blamed on anyone other than Lenihan, maybe McGree could have challenged better for the initial ball, but he was back to goal and it dropped away from him, the defender had the run on him. so he would always be second best to that dropping ball. I wouldn't class that as a rick, just got beaten to it. No one other than Lenihan had an error of judgement.
 
Living abroad I admittedly haven't seen that much of Fry, clearly nowhere near as much as others on here but from what I have seen I don't really understand why he's rated so highly. He's good in the air but pretty poor on the ground. His distribution is non existent. What am I missing?

I also have not very positive views about McNair - other criticisms with him - so I can understand why they aren't nailed on starters. Here's hoping both prove me wrong!
 
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