Reeves is never going to make a difference when we persist with the very slow buildup down the wings.
Homes and DeSilva pull an extra defender out left. Good.
The gap is then down the middle and not via a long string of passes out the other side.
This is why I think KAG and Aribo are so effective when they come on as they attack the middle. Unfortunately, by then it is desperation time and Reeves is off.
Pass, pass, pass, out to the wing, cross doesn't beat the first man, repeat. That's our only tactic.
I was really pleased when he signed for us but also wondered why other clubs were not sniffing around,I have a feeling that it will be next season when he fulfils his potential with us
I was really pleased when he signed for us but also wondered why other clubs were not sniffing around,I have a feeling that it will be next season when he fulfils his potential with us
Reeves is never going to make a difference when we persist with the very slow buildup down the wings.
Homes and DeSilva pull an extra defender out left. Good.
The gap is then down the middle and not via a long string of passes out the other side.
This is why I think KAG and Aribo are so effective when they come on as they attack the middle. Unfortunately, by then it is desperation time and Reeves is off.
Pass, pass, pass, out to the wing, cross doesn't beat the first man, repeat. That's our only tactic.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
If we have to play 4231, which seemingly will be the case under Magennis, it has to be 3 out of Mavididi, Fosu, Holmes and Marshall behind KAG or a new forward
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
Personally yes, i feel Clarke is a good player and certainly more of a work horse. But i think Reeves can unlock teams and playing in a balanced squad (unlike Southend) he will offer more for us. Just think when he has played he has not been played often enough in the middle and in a side that is in poor form which has been very unbalanced due to injuries.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
Personally yes, i feel Clarke is a good player and certainly more of a work horse. But i think Reeves can unlock teams and playing in a balanced squad (unlike Southend) he will offer more for us. Just think when he has played he has not been played often enough in the middle and in a side that is in poor form which has been very unbalanced due to injuries.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
Disagree.
Clarke is the better player and better in the no.10 role as proved early season.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
Personally yes, i feel Clarke is a good player and certainly more of a work horse. But i think Reeves can unlock teams and playing in a balanced squad (unlike Southend) he will offer more for us. Just think when he has played he has not been played often enough in the middle and in a side that is in poor form which has been very unbalanced due to injuries.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
What is your faith in Reeves based on? Genuine question, not digging you out.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
Personally yes, i feel Clarke is a good player and certainly more of a work horse. But i think Reeves can unlock teams and playing in a balanced squad (unlike Southend) he will offer more for us. Just think when he has played he has not been played often enough in the middle and in a side that is in poor form which has been very unbalanced due to injuries.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
What is your faith in Reeves based on? Genuine question, not digging you out.
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
Personally yes, i feel Clarke is a good player and certainly more of a work horse. But i think Reeves can unlock teams and playing in a balanced squad (unlike Southend) he will offer more for us. Just think when he has played he has not been played often enough in the middle and in a side that is in poor form which has been very unbalanced due to injuries.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
Hate to say but Reeves unlock teams better than Clarke? - We've looked less likely to score partly because Fosu has been injured yet because Clarke is missing too... He was pulling the strings in Midfield most games up until October.
If Reeves can do that better then he needs start showing up in games to do it!!
I think he is useful but needs to be played CAM. Too unreliable to track back as a winger, too lightweight. Has the quality with the ball passing/ shooting but just doesn't offer alot else. would get in my first X1 personally but thats with a full strength side Fosu Right, Reeves Centre, Holmes.
Ahead of Clarke?
Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
Personally yes, i feel Clarke is a good player and certainly more of a work horse. But i think Reeves can unlock teams and playing in a balanced squad (unlike Southend) he will offer more for us. Just think when he has played he has not been played often enough in the middle and in a side that is in poor form which has been very unbalanced due to injuries.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
What is your faith in Reeves based on? Genuine question, not digging you out.
I have been twice this season, i cant claim to have watched him alot. 5 mins fleetwood, Southend away (he scored) but just looking at the bigger picture i didn't think he fitted the system and the whole side looked the same. I am basing it mainly on his qualities he has shown in those games, i completely agree he is too lightweight etc. i feel he would suit better in a more balanced team. I do think he has quality but up until now has not been fit and when used people have been missing, Clarke was playing in a team that was performing well and although he would have been a factor i just feel Reeves would get more goals/assists.
Just my two pennies really and i do feel he will be quality given the chance, certainly don't think he should be a winger.
Players usually do well in combination with others around them, who compliment their game.
I've said before, that to be truly effective I believe Reeves needs the team built around him. But then, with his injury record, maybe that's too great a risk.
Generally agree. But he was very decent in the second half at Blackburn. And also in the 2nd half against Southend plus a very neatly taken goal.
In both matches the team didn't show up in the first half. That seems to indicate that if the team performance isn't there, Reeves doesn't/can't perform either.
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Reeves has shown very little in the CAM role and even less wide.
There is alot more to come from him imo but needs to be played in the right team and CAM.
Clarke is the better player and better in the no.10 role as proved early season.
He's a lot tougher too. Reeves is lightweight.
Marshall is the one who shouldn't be near the team at the moment.
If Reeves can do that better then he needs start showing up in games to do it!!
Just my two pennies really and i do feel he will be quality given the chance, certainly don't think he should be a winger.
Players usually do well in combination with others around them, who compliment their game.
I've said before, that to be truly effective I believe Reeves needs the team built around him.
But then, with his injury record, maybe that's too great a risk.
And also in the 2nd half against Southend plus a very neatly taken goal.
In both matches the team didn't show up in the first half.
That seems to indicate that if the team performance isn't there, Reeves doesn't/can't perform either.