golfaddick said:

Will be a quiz question in the future..   .

"What player got knocked out of the FA Cup at the 3rd round stage but still played in the semi final"

paulsturgess said:

What happened to the old rule of being cup
tied?

Simonsen said:

Some fans don't understand the concept of "form" 

Bree went out of form but now he looks to have rediscovered his mojo. It was a good loan for him, Southampton and Charlton. Everybody gained out of it.

Good luck to him and to Southampton. They've been the best watch I've had this season...even if it was at our considerable expense. 

RC_CAFC said:

The funny thing with Bree was that it was his set pieces that seemed to fall off a cliff.

He was excellent for a spell with us and has been excellent since returning to Southampton.

I hope Southampton do go up because I think they’ll be more chance he signs for us in the summer. He obviously likes to be wanted.

NabySarr said:

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Crispywood said:

Scoham said:

killerandflash said:

Scoham said:

AberystwythAddick said:

He was always a good player and will have much better options than us if he does go for free in the summer. Some fans deluded themselves into thinking he wasn’t a good player. Glad he’s proved those people wrong 

Isn’t he playing as a RB rather than a RWB at Southampton, which I think suits him more. They’re also a better team than us, that means he gets on the ball more and has better teammates to link up with.

I don’t think there was ever doubt he’s Championship standard, but if we could choose an ideal RWB in our system I’d want them to have some strengths that Bree doesn’t offer.

Bree is a very capable rwb as well, as his attacking and crossing is good. 

Amusingly he could face Chelsea for 2 different clubs in the FA Cup this season, which would be a nice quiz question. 

His crossing is good, but he didn't add pace or anything that made him unpredictable, him coming in for Apter made us an even blander, slower team.

It was fine when it worked, but we could be so poor going forward when it didn't.

For me it’s a problem when fans want to  prioritise aesthetics over results. 

Bree is far better than people make him out to be but because he’s a boring player he gets put down. 

I think the sheer entitlement that some think we’re above a player with 250+ champ games half a season in the prem, as a newly promoted side is very dangerous 

That’s not what I’m saying. It’s about the balance of the team and seeing the downsides of all players, including in good ones.

We went on the run that got us promoted last season once we had TC drifting left and Small on the right. They were young, frustrating and often lacked end product, but their pace and ball carrying added width, created space and made us far less predictable and more difficult to defend against.

We’ve had the same problem at times this season and it often means we’re very limited going forward.

Bree signing permanently could be a big positive, but less so if we go with Edwards (or a similar) on the left and don’t add pace and skill in midfield and/or up front.

Having 11 boring players wouldn’t make an effective team, and neither would having 4 or 5 pacey flair players in the starting 11.

When Bree was fully fit we probably played our best football of the season with him and TC on either flank when we were attacking

Ideally we can add a pacey wing back that’s good 1v1 going forward and can also defend. Finding that player is going to be very difficult though, a player with all of those attributes is not going to be cheap. I think Asiimwe could be that player but next season might be one year too soon for him at championship level 

aso914 said:

I wonder if southampton offers him a new contract if they get promoted.