Colin Warnek
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Agreed, our best performances have been with him up top this season fully fit.
He reminds me a bit of Ross Stewart ex Sunderland. Let's hope they don't end up with similar injury records.
Is Josh Coburn the man for the striker's job?
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He reminds me a bit of Ross Stewart ex Sunderland. Let's hope they don't end up with similar injury records.
He isn't good enough to get us to the play offs in my opinion. I dare say, a bottom half Championship club or top half League 1 club is about his level.
He gives his absolute all, that is clear to see and he can win the ball in the air but often loses it as soon as he brings it down. Despite his height, is heading from crosses, corners and free kicks towards goal are poor in terms of hitting the target. Unfortunately because of this, it highlights his lack of pace.
Its a shame, he is a likeable lad but for me not good enough if we are trying to make the play offs
He gives his absolute all, that is clear to see and he can win the ball in the air but often loses it as soon as he brings it down. Despite his height, is heading from crosses, corners and free kicks towards goal are poor in terms of hitting the target. Unfortunately because of this, it highlights his lack of pace.
Its a shame, he is a likeable lad but for me not good enough if we are trying to make the play offs
newyddion
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Who is? What is good enough?
Glover_elbow
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Disagree entirely our press was terrible early on this season with latte. Latte is poor at holding the ball up and retaining possession. Coburn holds it up well and plays simple lay offs to our wide players latte doesn't bring others into play.
Ian Bairds Ears
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I agree with that point
It's his strength definitely
I just think if he was from Scotland or somewhere down south we would be lot more critical
He rightly is being given time as a young.local lad and I like that he's on board
However....right now...Feb 24.....he isn't going to get us the goals to get us to the playoffs....
We will have to be patient with him ....if we can afford to do that
Latte might but injured
Greenwood seems to up up his game massively for Sunderland and hasn't performed that well in other games
It's frustrating that we didn't bring a goalscorer in from.lower league In january
I hope we go for langstaff in the summer....
I think he has the potential to be involved. He was very good earlier in the season and contributed a lot to our good run. He only very recently scored an excellent goal away at Huddersfield. He can't be benefitting at the moment from a few minutes here and there and it does sound like he has an injury.
He's a natural finisher and has always shown that at any level. He is outperforming his xG this season which shows he knows where the goal is.
But he needs to continue developing. When we have everyone fit does he even get in our 20? If we are still looking for another striker is he happy being 3rd choice next season?
So yeah, not sure at the moment. Certainly happy to have him in and around the squad as an option.
He's a natural finisher and has always shown that at any level. He is outperforming his xG this season which shows he knows where the goal is.
But he needs to continue developing. When we have everyone fit does he even get in our 20? If we are still looking for another striker is he happy being 3rd choice next season?
So yeah, not sure at the moment. Certainly happy to have him in and around the squad as an option.
Glover_elbow
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If it was a striaght choice of who to keep. It would be coburn.
If a question of who is more likely to play at a higher level again it would be coburn
Some very high opinions on latte but i dont really see any improvement in finishing, the guy just belts the ball straight at the keeper nine times out of ten and will continue to miss chances
And even more recently against Coventry. Plus he had what appeared to be a good goal disallowed against Rotherham. Looks unfit to me and still doing a decent job for the team. He's in danger of becoming a scapegoat for those disappointed the club didn't buy a striker in the window.
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Agree
The lad has just about stopped growing this year, was bullying seasoned professionals and integral to our best 1/3rd of the season.
Best team in the division last year?
see Ashley Barnes.
Hardly a prolific scorer anywhere, but the glue up top, and hard work to play against.
Judging Coburn abilities by his appearances in the last six weeks or so is borderline pointless, due to the obvious differences in his mobility.
Agree
The lad has just about stopped growing this year, was bullying seasoned professionals and integral to our best 1/3rd of the season.
Best team in the division last year?
see Ashley Barnes.
Hardly a prolific scorer anywhere, but the glue up top, and hard work to play against.
Judging Coburn abilities by his appearances in the last six weeks or so is borderline pointless, due to the obvious differences in his mobility.
I think he is a decent player but probably not at the level required for a team who want to be promoted, at least at the moment. I don't see a lot of other strikers his age out there that are doing much better though. I think he is probably a striker that is a bit of a throw back to be honest, reckon in years gone by he would have been a good big man in a big man little man strike partnership, but times have changed now and strikers need to be able to run in behind and put defenders on the back foot. I do think he has potential though, would hate to see us sell him and then him come good elsewhere.
Jonny_Rondos_Disco_pants
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There are plenty of fully fit players performing well below par.
J_Boro_Clock
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No the only championship side he could get a game at is Rotherham, lump it football, hugill is useless yet has more ability than Coburn says it all really
Robborevolution
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I think if we could have a fully fit Latte Lath and Josh Coburn for the remaining games then we have reasonable options rather than outstanding ones. The problem is we don’t and we just can’t rely on them. Carrick is quite obviously nursing Coburn through the season and Lath still not fit. Lath has pace and can hold ball up but as others have said, his finishing is inconsistent. He would be a better starting option than Coburn at the moment for me. I don’t feel Coburn is anywhere near good enough at the moment to be our lead striker, he just looks off the pace to where he was. I’m not sure he will ever be good enough to lead a promotion attack but I agree he is still young and too soon to properly judge that. I did feel we desperately needed a striker in the window but I get why we didn’t go there. Suspect there were few options at level we wanted and probably would need us to push the boat out when 2 of the 4 play off places are gone.
BoroMart
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Statistically Lath is disposed less
and Coburn has less unsuccesful touches
There isn't a great deal between them in that ball retention.
As for pressing, Coburn is terrible at this, it's not his fault, he just isn't built for it, Lath has plenty of energy, our press was poor at the start of the season, because pressing is done in units and the units didn't even know each others name yet.
BoroMart
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I'm certainly not scapegoating, he's got his strengths, and has a future int eh game, probably at this level, but I don't feel his abilities suit the tactics. Maybe when he doesn't have a hernia he will do better, but he really struggles for me.
BoroMart
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With strikers being so expensive, we really need to unearth a diamond or two in this area, and it might take time for them to really come good. I put Lath and Coburn in the same position, Coburn is young and will improve (but still not probably get th skills we need), Lath has gone up a level in standard, and has struggled to stay fit. I think they will both be better next year, but we need to really do our homework between now and the summer to identify pacey, technical young strikers. Hopefully two of them