philthesaddler wrote:I think people need to watch a few videos of a proper right winger because this over-rating of Mark Wright is spiralling out of control!
On the Ball
Running past people
On the ball mark is very nervous. He has pace, but doesn't use it, he never ever knocks it past his man, he nearly always turns inside his man and then tries to cross, which in turns creates an easier-to-defend situation for the defenders. His crossing is tediously average and terribly inconsistent. He's capable of placing the ball on someones head, but rarely looks up - most of his crosses today were catching practice for the keeper.
Passing
Marks passing has improved over the past couple of seasons, but he still has a poor passing range
First Touch
He's got an awful first touch - see today when he let the ball just slide past him - thats terrible, its basic football. He gave the ball away several times in todays game because his touch let him down.
Off the Ball
Making Runs
Rarely makes a burst forward, mostly because he's asleep most of the time.
Making Tackles
Non existant, he wimps out of any physical contact.
General awareness
He's comotosed if he isn't on the ball, so many times today, their left back had gone walk about, Wright, instead of giving Keates or Dobson an option by bursting down the right wing, just stands square of the ball and to the right.
All in all, he's average at best - but to give him the Man of the Match because of the hyperbole that is surrounding him at the moment is quite ridiculous - why people can't see how poor a footballer he is - is completely beyond me, but I suspect it has something to do with us not having had a decent winger for a long long time, thus making Wright look decent. Don't people remember Matias, Ainsworth, Peron? They were proper wingers, they knew how to beat their man, they knew that crosses coming in behind a defender were much harder to defend than crosses coming in infront of defenders, they knew how to find space, they tackled hard - Mark Wright just can't do any of these things.
I think people see Mark Wright as a good player because he is, essentially our only outlet from midfield - almost all of our attacking play comes through passing the ball to him and letting him do his thing - that doesn't mean 'his thing' is any good. But because all our attacking play comes through him he seems to get a lot of plaudits. The reason the attacking play goes through him is because 95% of the time Dobson and Keates are sitting very deep, and having Fox on the left is like having two left backs playing - so you see what I mean, Wright sees the ball a lot, but it doesn't mean he's the best thing since sliced bread.
I just can't stand to see a player pussy out of 99% of challenges like him, get one half decent cross in per game, never beat his man, and lay off one pass when 3-on-2 ... and get man of the match!! Get a half decent right winger playing for us, and you'll really see why I'm right.
Don't get me wrong, he's had one of his better games today, but technically, tactically, mentally and physically he's no better than a standard conference player - just because we haven't had a decent winger for ages don't over estimate Wright.
I'll give him credit for laying the ball off the Sam today - but I could have done that, so why does that make him Man of the Match.
I'm sorry, but a player that pussys out of challenges doesn't deserve to be a footballer, add to that his poorness all round, then compare to a proper winger...and you'll see Wright in a different light. Just please see Wright for what he is.
If you didnt know Car's existed, and some one presented you with a 1979 Yugo, you'd probably think "Wow, this is a great thing", its the same with Wright, it's been years since we've had a winger of any description, so we all think Wright is the dogs balls. It's a similar situation with strikers, for years, we hadn't had a decent striker, we'd had to make do with dross, then Martin Butler comes along, and shows us what a proper striker is - soon a winger will come along and show us what a proper winger is.
Mark Wright has got ability, he's got pace and skill and can cross a ball - just like Ish - the difference is, Ish knows that a wingers job is to beat his man, get to the byline and swing one in, and as a result, Ish will cause a defence more trouble in 10 mins that Wright will in an entire 90!
Anyway...
Decent match, still not playing that well, doing a little too much long ball stuff for my liking, I'm losing faith in Keatesy, I'd much rather see Kinsella - he may be much older, but his classyness shines through.[/u]
I hear what you're saying, Phil, and to me it sounds like "whine whine, he's not great, whine whine moan, I could pass better, moan whine moaan it's not like the old days whinge moan cry why did he get man of the match instead of my favourites cry moan whine"
