Match thread

[Birdman1811]

Absolutely this.

Birdy... You're better than that.

He's decent. Too good for the Championship, but pretty much every full back this season apart from Reece James has had him under control.

He's not a winger though. he's a wide playmaker who relies on runners giving hm passing options. This is what's letting us down.

He's passing isn't that good though.

Great ability to split a defence but his general passing seems dodgy way too often.

I find this is when he get frustrated and tries forcing passes through the lines. We need to get him into positions where hes closer to Grady as they are weirdly in sync. Having them on separate sides is doing nothing but make them both isolated.

This is how any footballer like them will be used at this level. There isn't a way to give us defensive stability and play them close together. They both have talent, but far, far too easily bullied and they panic too quickly.