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Miles Leaburn - Signs New 3 Year Contract (p77)
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I can't recall a cross we've made for him this season4
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I feel sorry for Miles. My son was saying he just doesnt score enough goals and Kelman needs to be given a run.... but then again, I said I cant remember him missing a sitter or anything this season.3
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I think we'll look to get Macca back in the January window!Chunes said:
I swear if he played for any other club, they would be pinging floated crosses for him to nod down over and over again.Athletico Charlton said:The evolution seemed to be about getting wingers good on 1v1 situations and I assume getting.crosses over, but if that was the plan it hasn't really worked so far.1 -
He's missed a few headed chances tbf. A really really good one in the first minute against QPR, one slightly harder one against Portsmouth. Think the QPR one was him anyway0
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Excluding the goal tally Leaburn looks better in every other department than he has last season.One thing we criticised Leaburn for was consistency and besides him, TC and Okonkwo I think he’s the only player to have not put in a really bad performance this season8
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He needs good crosses or balls to feet 15-20 yards out so he can shift it and shoot. With us he gets neither2
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He’s having to scrap and fight alone to win a flick on ball or intercept something … then have to scrap and fight again for the second ball after doing the initial work himself… poor bastard3
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NJ please play Kelman off the shoulder of Leaburn…please don’t play Grant4
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Anyone of a certain vintage on here will see the parallels with his Dad at about the same age. Took a long time for Carlo to start scoring but it came eventually. He was never prolific but when the dam finally broke he was a consistent scorer. He also did a ton of dirty work and because of it wasn’t always in the box to finish the moves he helped start.
For sure we’ve had a couple of particularly bad showings at Stoke and Cardiff, but in all
other games, even those we had minimal possessions didn’t score, we have created chances and more so than we would have done last year.
I think NJ has been true to his word about how he wants us to play and what we were going for with the summer signings, but there are pieces missing, currently.TC has stepped up and Grant, while he isn’t perfect, is an improvement on what we had last season - a Championship level player and solid pickup on a free. Grant is probably okay on the right most of the time, in the absence of anyone else, but he’s isn’t a long term solution at No. 10.
Early days on Alli still but the early signs aren’t great.
Carey not starting the season well, and the JRS deal collapsing has created an issue. In think a lot was riding on JRS being the marquee signing of the summer. There doesn’t appear to have been a backup option, probably partly because we were in a position to get a bit of a deal on JRS that meant other similar quality players weren’t within reach.
I know Carey tailed off last season, and it’s debatable if he’ll ever the right kind of 10 for this system anyway, but I don’t think anyone saw him starting the season this poorly. I don’t know why Knibbs hasn’t been given an opportunity yet, but I also don’t particularly feel
he’s the solution either as we need guile, vision, and creativity in there, not just more hard running and an occasional goal.
That inbalance in the three behind Miles is where a lot of the issues are and until we fix that it’ll be scraps only for Miles.
Not sure how we fix it either. None of the injured players are going to come into that position and everyone else who’s had a go has struggled.I thought Kelman’s movement yesterday added something but a game like that isn’t really the one for judging individuals and I’m not sure Kelman is a 10 or ever will be, but how else do you get him, TC and Miles in the same team? Certainly not TC at wing back (please stop doing that, NJ). TC hasn’t had a go at 10 yet but that would risk blunting out best attacker.
NJ has a problem here. Let’s hope he finds a solution soon.4 -
But he created a lot of goals for other people.Exiled_Addick said:Anyone of a certain vintage on here will see the parallels with his Dad at about the same age. Took a long time for Carlo to start scoring but it came eventually. He was never prolific1 -
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Yeah he did. I’m not knocking Carlo or Miles.aliwibble said:
But he created a lot of goals for other people.Exiled_Addick said:Anyone of a certain vintage on here will see the parallels with his Dad at about the same age. Took a long time for Carlo to start scoring but it came eventually. He was never prolific0 -
While all that people are bringing up is true, part of the reason that he doesn’t miss any sitters is that he doesn’t get in good positions to score. He rarely makes a run to the near post or drops back for a cutback cross. His default seem to be to be behind the defender and to use his height on an aerial cross. The problem is that is a fine line that requires a very accurate cross. That being said part of the issue has been he has to drop deep to control the ball and can’t get into the box in time for the wingers. That is not Miles fault that is a problem with the system.DamoNorthStand said:I feel sorry for Miles. My son was saying he just doesnt score enough goals and Kelman needs to be given a run.... but then again, I said I cant remember him missing a sitter or anything this season.2 -
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Miles is an absolute quality player; however,we seem to have no one capable of playing him in.
I don’t know if he will ever be prolific; however, there is goals in him that’s for sure.I echo what Ct Addick posted and let’s see Kelman alongside Leaburn, it may work it may not.
in saying that NJ has said we have to go back to basics. I fear I know what that means.3 -
It's rare that a young player is dominant in the air. The average age on that list is 30. Miles is 8 years younger. He's still got a lot of room to improve aerially so I can't imagine what he's going to be like when he's older.
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The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof6
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Won 61.4% of his aerial duels. Puts him in the top 9% of the league.shine166 said:
Yeah you'd hope hes winning a lot in the air, with our style of play. Id be interested to know what % of aerial duels hes winning.Leuth said:The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof
Interestingly, he is top of the entire league for non-aerial Duels Won.3 -
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You couldn’t even get Haaland scoring in this team the way we supply our strikerpettgra said:Miles is an absolute quality player; however,we seem to have no one capable of playing him in.
I don’t know if he will ever be prolific; however, there is goals in him that’s for sure.I echo what Ct Addick posted and let’s see Kelman alongside Leaburn, it may work it may not.
in saying that NJ has said we have to go back to basics. I fear I know what that means.5 -
We're not wedded to it, we just aren't able to pass our way out from the back when under any sort of pressure so it's the only option. It's a shame because Leaburn looks so much better when he's running on to balls that are played to his feet.3
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Or "tackles", as they used to be known before football decided it needed to sound more like an American boardroom. Non-aerial duels, honestly...Chunes said:
Won 61.4% of his aerial duels. Puts him in the top 9% of the league.shine166 said:
Yeah you'd hope hes winning a lot in the air, with our style of play. Id be interested to know what % of aerial duels hes winning.Leuth said:The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof
Interestingly, he is top of the entire league for non-aerial Duels Won.2 -
Not every duel is a tackle thoughExiled_Addick said:
Or "tackles", as they used to be known before football decided it needed to sound more like an American boardroom. Non-aerial duels, honestly...Chunes said:
Won 61.4% of his aerial duels. Puts him in the top 9% of the league.shine166 said:
Yeah you'd hope hes winning a lot in the air, with our style of play. Id be interested to know what % of aerial duels hes winning.Leuth said:The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof
Interestingly, he is top of the entire league for non-aerial Duels Won.0 -
Tackles has its own stat. A duel is apparently classed as: "Any direct, one-on-one physical contest between two opposing players to gain or retain control of the ball."Exiled_Addick said:
Or "tackles", as they used to be known before football decided it needed to sound more like an American boardroom. Non-aerial duels, honestly...Chunes said:
Won 61.4% of his aerial duels. Puts him in the top 9% of the league.shine166 said:
Yeah you'd hope hes winning a lot in the air, with our style of play. Id be interested to know what % of aerial duels hes winning.Leuth said:The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof
Interestingly, he is top of the entire league for non-aerial Duels Won.0 -
Fair enough, still a wanky way to describe it (not your fault, or course), but I'm getting old and in a grumpy mood today so I'll not wang on about it.Chunes said:
Tackles has its own stat. A duel is apparently classed as: "Any direct, one-on-one physical contest between two opposing players to gain or retain control of the ball."Exiled_Addick said:
Or "tackles", as they used to be known before football decided it needed to sound more like an American boardroom. Non-aerial duels, honestly...Chunes said:
Won 61.4% of his aerial duels. Puts him in the top 9% of the league.shine166 said:
Yeah you'd hope hes winning a lot in the air, with our style of play. Id be interested to know what % of aerial duels hes winning.Leuth said:The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof
Interestingly, he is top of the entire league for non-aerial Duels Won.3 -
Out of interest what word or phrase would you pick?Exiled_Addick said:
Fair enough, still a wanky way to describe it (not your fault, or course), but I'm getting old and in a grumpy mood today so I'll not wang on about it.Chunes said:
Tackles has its own stat. A duel is apparently classed as: "Any direct, one-on-one physical contest between two opposing players to gain or retain control of the ball."Exiled_Addick said:
Or "tackles", as they used to be known before football decided it needed to sound more like an American boardroom. Non-aerial duels, honestly...Chunes said:
Won 61.4% of his aerial duels. Puts him in the top 9% of the league.shine166 said:
Yeah you'd hope hes winning a lot in the air, with our style of play. Id be interested to know what % of aerial duels hes winning.Leuth said:The bigger story in that list is how wedded we truly are to the hoof
Interestingly, he is top of the entire league for non-aerial Duels Won.0 -
Surprised LFJ isn't on the list tbh.Chunes said:1 -
Top of league for non -ariel duels won you say? Runs everywhere, closes everything down? Can win knock ons yet there is no1 in front of him?
I standby that we should play him behind the striker2 -
Lee Farvey Joswald?cantersaddick said:
Surprised LFJ isn't on the list tbh.Chunes said:2
