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by Bluemike » Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:54 pm
I rest my case LOL.
Mach, all joking aside we are never going to agree on Cole Skuse and that is fine, a lot of people agree with you, I don't. What I don't enjoy is our fans using him as a scapegoat week after week for our poor standard of play because for me that is totally wrong. The run of games you listed where we were unbeaten saw the whole team play well to secure results none of us saw coming, it wasn't a case of Ten good performances and Cole Skuse, that is unfair on the guy. Stats can be used in many ways and as I have said numerous times they are crap, for instance we won our opening Five games of this season and played some good stuff, Skuse played every minute of all five games, on that basis alone does that make him a vital part of the team ? To be fair I dont think I have ever said he is a "vital part" of the team, I have often said he is definitley a neccesity and one I am happy with when we have so many attack minded players on the pitch.
I think I have missed 2 or 3 games in the last couple of years and have had to suffer many things I am not happy with in our team, Skuse has rarely been one of them, steady at best I grant you but the cause of many of our shortcomings ? No not for me.
Jonas Knudsen....Two bloody years of watching him getting ripped to pieces time after time, his positional play is woeful at times and he regularly gets draged out of position all too easily, I can remember hallam at several games bemoaning the way he ambles back when teams attack us and he is caught upfield, numerous fans have wanted him dropped too.
Grant Ward.....Offers what exactly ? Hardly scores, can't tackle, creates occasionally with crosses and free kicks but that defence splitting pass etc ? Never see it. For me he bring s afraction to the team that Skuse brings.
Freddie Sears.... Good old Freddie, a fans favourite who i ahve had to watch play 40 games or something at one time without finding the net, please don't anyone tell me that it's cus of MM and all that crap cus it's bollocks, sears has been in goalscoring positions many times and f*cked it up every single time, at any other club he would have been ditched but MM stuck with him, Waghorn has porved you can be played wide and still score goals, you have to be good enough and have the desire to do so, Sears doesn't.
Tommy Smith..... When fit a liability of the highest order, ball control pitiful, passing non existent, hoof ball all day long.
McGoldrick, Bishop, Huws, Adeyemi.... all highly talented players but when are they ever fit and available ? ok Didsy has had a decent run for him but the rest of them ? Skuse may be limited but is always dependable to be available and nobody can say he doesn't get stuck in because that is one of his strong points. I do agree that everyone should fight for their place and not be a cert to play but f*ck me without Skuse we would have been stuffed for Midfielders at times with those sicknotes, yes Downes & Nydam have emerged in recent weeks and they are being handled correctly by MM.
Hyam & Bru.....Let's not even go there, One I have had to endure every time he plays and the other is about as fit and reliable as a Donkey with Ricketts.
The point I am making is that there are many more reasons why things are not great at times than just Cole Skuse being defensive, that to me is very narrow minded and is just what I said at the start, a scapegoat when we lose or play poorly or negatively. Johnny Douglas got it too and that was shocking, all this crap about it was aimed at MM is bollocks, Im there every week and I hear it close up, in fact I often got close to arguments because of it.
I remember ploughing a lone furrow regarding Daryl Murphy, nobody rated him except me and lo and behold a couple of seasons later, when played in the right position he was a god but again a scapegoat in the making, fans with short memories who change with the wind. I could go on and on and on, we are all entitled to an opinion and we have had many laughs about this Cole Skuse thing when we meet up and will do so again at Hull on saturday but the serious side of me says it is often way OTT and from my point of view actually totally incorrect.