Mitch Ward's Minder
Player Valuation: £6m
Maybe he had to play in goal once? Or he's good at throw-ins when the ball is greasy. Anyone's guess
I'd rather have Shane Duffy back tbh, shouldn't have sold him in the first place
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I'd rather have Shane Duffy back tbh, shouldn't have sold him in the first place
Well it is, if your a number 9 leading the line.
RLC is the one I want, right age as well. Also adds height.
This is a fun game :
Ashley Williams Characteristics
+ Strengths
(Player has no significant strengths)
- Weaknesses
Discipline
Weak
Ashley Williams's Style of Play
Ashley Williams Characteristics
+ Strengths
(Player has no significant strengths)
- Weaknesses
Discipline
Weak
Ashley Williams's Style of Play
- Clears the ball out of defence often
- Commits fouls often
Yannick Bolasie Characteristics
+ Strengths
Aerial Duels
Strong
Key passes
Strong
Dribbling
Strong
- Weaknesses
Finishing
Very Weak
Holding on to the ball
Weak
Passing
Weak
Defensive contribution
Weak
Yannick Bolasie's Style of Play
+ Strengths
Aerial Duels
Strong
Key passes
Strong
Dribbling
Strong
- Weaknesses
Finishing
Very Weak
Holding on to the ball
Weak
Passing
Weak
Defensive contribution
Weak
Yannick Bolasie's Style of Play
- Indirect set-piece threat
- Likes to dribble
- Likes to cross
- Likes to cut inside
- Commits fouls often
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
But mate unless you think the injury proned McCarthy and Besic can make a difference.
Strengths
For a defender, he is very good with the ball and on average maintains an 84% successful pass rate and makes 30.58 forward passes per-game. Gibson is also very successful in beating his opponents with the ball and in 94.44% of occasions he manages to get past.
His physical strength is also remarkable as he can fight with bigger opponents and come out victorious.
The number of average clearances per-game (6.2) shows his decisive approach as he doesn’t take chances when it comes to to losing the ball. He is also good at reading the game and makes an average of 1.5 interceptions each match.
Weaknesses
For a defender just over 6″ in height, he tends to lose too many aerial duels and on average wins just 51.72% per-game.
He also makes very few tackles, less than 1 per-game but on a more positive note, he makes even fewer fouls – just 0.5 per-game – as he doesn’t have a tendency to dive into tackles and will try to dispossess his opponents in a more subtle way.
These are the only two parts of his style that need a bit more work. Gibson also lacks the much needed experience that comes with bigger teams to make significant improvement.
What has he got?
When Middlesbrough were relegated most scouts would have expected them to sacrifice their strong left-sided centre back.
After all, he had striven manfully with eye-catching defensive strength in their backs-to-the-wall struggle to stay up. Now in the Championship, Gibson has lost none of his qualities as a captain and leader.
As a local boy and nephew of the chairman, maybe it’s an attachment to the club that has stopped him from wanting away but watching him recently I was impressed.
Strong in the air, he is equally adept at reading the game and covering his colleagues or being the one to attack the ball with a strong clearance. I like the way he always tries to play constructively from the back.
Calm and mature, he is a steady influence. Boro’s defensive record is good and as a centre back, Gibson knows not to get pulled towards the touchline — his job is to defend the 18-yard box.
In the hurly-burly of the Championship, when facing dangerous free-kicks and corners, Gibson competes well and clears strongly, always trying to head high and wide.
What does he need?
Gibson likes to sit deep and this is sometimes a drawback for his team. If they played a higher line, they could push their midfield closer to their front men, be more compact and, as a consequence, create more goal scoring opportunities.
Gibson can also be caught for pace. He is not the quickest but his brain and positioning sense often compensate.
Maybe his value dropped a little after relegation but he still looks good value for any team who play in a similar counter-attacking style to Boro.
Importantly, he has leadership qualities and in the current game there’s not a long list of such players who play in that important position.
I am sure his chance to move has not passed him by and I would still expect him to emerge back in the Premier League, maybe at this season’s end.
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bullybeef
Player Valuation: £40m
Come on Eggs own up, how many Turkish themed twitter accounts do you own?
So as a CB he cant head a ball and he doesnt tackle.
He sounds wonderful, just what we need.
Him and Keane in the middle, what a pairing.
But with CBs, you only have to ask yourself, are they better than Jagielka, is Ben Gibson better than Jagielka?
Not even when Jags is 50 will he be better.
Not even when Jags is 50 will he be better.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Has Superkev already gone? Must have missed that. Martina is another who must never, ever, be seen in an Everton shirt again.
I noticed you didn’t mention Robles Kone Alcaraz or the one and only Mr Aidan McGeady
You either got to be for or against, i rate this boy highly after watching him a bit, i wanted him last season before Kenae, im quite suprised reading the aerial stats as i would have said that was one of his strengths, i suspect they are higher in the championship due to style of play of teams. I also think Keane gets a bad press. Id accept the pace argument, but Gibson has footballing intelligence to compensate.
Id be comfortable with both if im being honest, but i dont think pace at center back is essential to be honest, just my thoughts on the game.
Cant say ive ever really watched him play.
I recall him a little when Boro were in the Prem, he just looked a big useless lump to me.
Boro went full grock mode as a philosophy in my opinion, but i painfully watched them a bit, Gibson has football intelligence in my opinion both postionally and in teams of giving a foundation to start playing. That said we have rubbish midfield.
If we play with a deep six i cant see us holding a high line relatively, the midfield is key to everything really.
Im confident we can get a tune out of Kenae and there is a player there, Silva got one out of Kaboul. Gibson will be opinion based, i just rate the lid as a bit of an available gem, with far more quality then a lower half PL team.
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