Posted February 07, 2022 03:31
· last edited February 07, 2022 03:32
While I still think we're missing something at CM, I thought that was Rufer/Lewis' best game in quite a while.
We're missing a lot of quality but we're so drilled and used to the system that we're better than the sum of our parts.Outpost
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The midfield is still a question in my opinion. Clayton Lewis is probably the best player in the squad yet his performance yesterday barely deserves a mention, other than to say that he was "Solid". Against Melbourne City in the Cup, the debate was- who was MOTM, Lewis or Pennington. Lewis had 82 successful actions and Pennington 83 according to Wyscout. 165 between the two defensive midfielders, to anyone who looks at Stats, that was incredible. Those two worked together, one- twos, covering each other etc, it was like a well oiled machine. Add to that, Rufer was CB moving the ball forward to these two in midfield. The other solutions have not worked this well. Yesterday you had two defensive midfielders making reasonable individual performances.
Couldn't disagree more. I thought that was easily Lewis's most energetic and effective performance of the season, both defensively and with his distribution going forward. Not perfect but then he's not import level, not yet anyway.
Also it was great to see him and Rufer actually combining well, something they have often struggled to do. For once I barely noticed Rufer, which is kind of what you want from your defensive mid: someone who does all the covering, tackling, tracking and passing without the bells and whistles and without silly errors. It was the kind of quality performance you want from a leader.
Very encouraging I thought.
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While I still think we're missing something at CM, I thought that was Rufer/Lewis' best game in quite a while.Outpost
kungfu panda
The midfield is still a question in my opinion. Clayton Lewis is probably the best player in the squad yet his performance yesterday barely deserves a mention, other than to say that he was "Solid". Against Melbourne City in the Cup, the debate was- who was MOTM, Lewis or Pennington. Lewis had 82 successful actions and Pennington 83 according to Wyscout. 165 between the two defensive midfielders, to anyone who looks at Stats, that was incredible. Those two worked together, one- twos, covering each other etc, it was like a well oiled machine. Add to that, Rufer was CB moving the ball forward to these two in midfield. The other solutions have not worked this well. Yesterday you had two defensive midfielders making reasonable individual performances.
Couldn't disagree more. I thought that was easily Lewis's most energetic and effective performance of the season, both defensively and with his distribution going forward. Not perfect but then he's not import level, not yet anyway.
Also it was great to see him and Rufer actually combining well, something they have often struggled to do. For once I barely noticed Rufer, which is kind of what you want from your defensive mid: someone who does all the covering, tackling, tracking and passing without the bells and whistles and without silly errors. It was the kind of quality performance you want from a leader.