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Wiggins - Injury
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Not necessarily. Positional sense is half the battle and Jackson has got the experience. Granted he would need cover from his wide midfielder but that would be the same for Wiggins. Chris Powell and Mark Bowen weren't quick but their positional sense was excellent and they rarely got destroyed.Talal said:Jackson would be destroyed by any winger with the slightest bit of pace.
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Thought Solly played LB and Wilson RB for a large chunk of our first championship campaign a few years back. After Wiggins was injured v Palace?EpsomAddick said:
When Wiggins had to pull out of a game (home to Bury or Rochdale, can't remember which on) in our L1 promotion campaign at the last minute Solly played right back, and it really affected the balance of the team as we struggled to a draw.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Fair comment. But has he ever played left back since?cafctom said:
That was also four and a half years ago when he was 18/19 years old.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
I remember Solly playing left back at Millwall once.BR7_addick said:Wilson RB Solly LB for me
That was a disaster I would not want repeated in 2 weeks time.
I don't want to see Solly at LB again. Fox or Holmes-Dennis for me please.3 -
Also true. Still don't think it's the best solution though. We have one of the best RBs in the division, so why play him out of position?0
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Did Solly not play a handful of games at left back when Wiggins was injured before or am I imaging it, I thought he handled that quite well0
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I know what you're saying but Powell and Bowen were recognised full backs, Jackson has played there a number of times but not for a long while. Plus they both played at the top level for club and country. I'd rather see a natural left back or at worst a right back, than an (lets be honest) aging midfielder.Simonsen said:
Not necessarily. Positional sense is half the battle and Jackson has got the experience. Granted he would need cover from his wide midfielder but that would be the same for Wiggins. Chris Powell and Mark Bowen weren't quick but their positional sense was excellent and they rarely got destroyed.Talal said:Jackson would be destroyed by any winger with the slightest bit of pace.
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Solly is not a left back .. Fox and/or Lennon, if recalled, will do a job there, PROVIDED the crowd gives either a chance and forgives the odd mistake or three .... as for Brad the Lad .... get well soon1
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He did in our first season in the championship and did very well.paulie8290 said:Did Solly not play a handful of games at left back when Wiggins was injured before or am I imaging it, I thought he handled that quite well
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He did in our first season in the championship and did very well.paulie8290 said:Did Solly not play a handful of games at left back when Wiggins was injured before or am I imaging it, I thought he handled that quite well
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Surely we've got to give one of our recognised left backs a chance for a run of games.
If they don't get an opportunity now - and we try to fill the gap with someone playing out of position - then what is the value of having them in the squad?2 -
Even if Solly is picked to play Left Back, he'll need replacing each time there is a midweek game.
Seems more sensible to pick a young natural left back like Fox and give him the chance to settle into the role.
That at least keeps the team balanced, players play best in their best position, no square pegs in round holes, etc., etc.
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Solly at left back is round pegs and square holes, sure he'd do it and yes we'd save money in the short term, but we will drop points over a run of games if he stays there for a course of time, we've done it before and he wasn't great.2
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Have just looked up both matches... Do you not mean Solly pulling out of a game as when we played Rochdale (H) both Evina and Wiggins played?
Whoever it was I certainly remember it messing up our shape0 -
He was just coming into the team then though and has clearly developed a lot since then. He's also played at left back a few times since that game. That said, I'd leave him at right back and bring Fox or Coq in.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
I remember Solly playing left back at Millwall once.BR7_addick said:Wilson RB Solly LB for me
That was a disaster I would not want repeated in 2 weeks time.0 -
best players in their best positions. solly at rb and one of the young guns needs to step up at lb. if wilson lines up at left back it will be bone fide proof to one and all that there is no god2
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His ok, only done it so he dont have to play a international0
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Last season we had Poyet and Cousins coming through and yet Hughes and Gower were signed. If the youngsters are good enough, play them... If not loan them out.
If we were in a relegation battle or serious contenders then sure I'd say get the chequebook out. But squads need to be built and utilised to deal with run of the mill injuries and suspensions. Otherwise your losses go through the roof. Oh and you kill the development path from the academy. And that was what nearly killed the club five years ago!
So Solly right back, normal back five except with Fox and play Coquelin, Gudmundsson and Vetokele and we should start getting some wins.4 -
I know your joking... but I can't believe that.. by a few things he has said he is desperate for his first international cap! He's been in Wales squads for years but never made a cap!charltonsteve21 said:His ok, only done it so he dont have to play a international
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Seeing Simon Church with all his caps must really rub in in!cantersaddick said:
I know your joking... but I can't believe that.. by a few things he has said he is desperate for his first international cap! He's been in Wales squads for years but never made a cap!charltonsteve21 said:His ok, only done it so he dont have to play a international
With the likes of Neil Taylor and Ben Davies ahead of him, perhaps it's not so surprising though1 -
With the situation as it is Fox is the realistic replacement. When he came in last season the circumstances were similar and Fox did well.1
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I bet Solly didn't mind left back this day:
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Could it be that Rhoys wiggins Mum and Covered end are trying to help ? Surely if your a pro footballer and have a weakness with your feet, you would try to use some extra padding of some sort. The club should insist on it.Covered End said:
I told him on Thursday that his boots weren't giving him sufficient protection & he said that he's always worn them.Redvalleyeast said:Says on OS that it's possibly a metatarsal injury again
I thought "precisely", but didn't say it, as he said I was nagging like his mum :-)
Sport science is all well and good but what about basic common sense as displayed by Mrs Wiggins and Covered End.
My last words to Rhoys last thursday at Bromley as he was leaving was keep attacking and stay fit !
He managed to do the former but not the latter.0 -
The metatarsal injury has become much more common in recent years because if the boot.. players have been asking for them to be thinner and thinner thus losing protection.. its because it allows for better ball control..soapboxsam said:
Could it be that Rhoys wiggins Mum and Covered end are trying to help ? Surely if your a pro footballer and have a weakness with your feet, you would try to use some extra padding of some sort. The club should insist on it.Covered End said:
I told him on Thursday that his boots weren't giving him sufficient protection & he said that he's always worn them.Redvalleyeast said:Says on OS that it's possibly a metatarsal injury again
I thought "precisely", but didn't say it, as he said I was nagging like his mum :-)
Sport science is all well and good but what about basic common sense as displayed by Mrs Wiggins and Covered End.
My last words to Rhoys last thursday at Bromley as he was leaving was keep attacking and stay fit !
He managed to do the former but not the latter.
I can understand why players do it but if you have a recurring injury surely you would ask for more protection even just on the one foot!0 -
Don't want to see Coquelin at full back. He only plays full back in the sense that Arsene Wenger can't ever be bothered to buy cover for his players and shoved him there in an injury crisis. Like how United's defence had Carrick and Valencia in defence on Sunday and Monreal is playing centre half for Arsenal at the moment. He's an emergency full back and I'd much rather see Fox, a natural left back, play there. Shame a number seem to have written him off based on one fairly average performance against a Fulham attack that cost well over £20 million to put together7
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cantersaddick said:
The metatarsal injury has become much more common in recent years because if the boot.. players have been asking for them to be thinner and thinner thus losing protection.. its because it allows for better ball control..soapboxsam said:
Could it be that Rhoys wiggins Mum and Covered end are trying to help ? Surely if your a pro footballer and have a weakness with your feet, you would try to use some extra padding of some sort. The club should insist on it.Covered End said:
I told him on Thursday that his boots weren't giving him sufficient protection & he said that he's always worn them.Redvalleyeast said:Says on OS that it's possibly a metatarsal injury again
I thought "precisely", but didn't say it, as he said I was nagging like his mum :-)
Sport science is all well and good but what about basic common sense as displayed by Mrs Wiggins and Covered End.
My last words to Rhoys last thursday at Bromley as he was leaving was keep attacking and stay fit !
He managed to do the former but not the latter.
I can understand why players do it but if you have a recurring injury surely you would ask for more protection even just on the one foot!
Probably just as much to do with the fact that before Beckham broke his, the less media worthy players were just said to have broken a bone in their foot.
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so how bad is the injury then ?0
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He did yes.paulie8290 said:Did Solly not play a handful of games at left back when Wiggins was injured before or am I imaging it, I thought he handled that quite well
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Fox played well when he covered last year---dont feck around playing people out of position play Fox---end of
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http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20141106-wiggins-fracture-2066790.aspx
'After undergoing a scan it has been confirmed that Rhoys Wiggins has fractured a bone in right foot and is expected to miss at least six weeks of action.'
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