Magic Man Fan wrote:LancsSaddler wrote:because hes the most overated player ever, he might run at people but when does he ever run past them??
Lancs, I'll say the same thing to you that I did to Rob and Leamore last week. Why does Wright need to beat anybody and get to the byline, his crossing has been excellent from deep and is finding his man 9/10 at the moment. He even came out with a couple of short crosses (which I heard people moan at!) even though it was clear he was picking out Butler on the edge of the box who applauded him for it.
So, back to my original point, how many times have you seen David Beckham beat a man with his pace or skill and get to the byeline before crossing? And has he or has he not been the best right winger in this country in the last 10 years?
So shut it. ;)
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I swear I have de ja vu...I'm sure I heard that exact same thing about 15 hours ago!
But its spot on, and I agree with you every week on every match thread. Name me 10 'tough tackling', 'hard as nails' right wingers in the modern game, and I will never, ever praise Mark Wright again. They simply are not around. Wright is there to create goals - he's done that 5 or 6 times this season at least.
And the myth he doesn't beat players? I'm sorry, but that is quite simply untrue. He did in the first half yesterday, he did in the second half yesterday. He did on Saturday. He did the week before. How I can be confident in saying that he beats his man is that in the first half I sit about 15 yards from the corner flag of the end we attack in the TXT999 stand - he beats his marker, as Sheff would say *but not about Mark Wright*, its a FACT.
He was man of the match by a mile, and the sooner people realise that the Mark Wright Appreciation Society are God's chosen people, the better it all gets for everyone.
As for everyone else, I have never seen us play 90 minutes at such a full tempo in my life. Total credit to Whitney and Money, because they lasted the pace with a Premiership team who I thought looked capable of being fantastic. Yes they play long ball, but they always find their man and they are played with such pace. Roper and Westwood were immense at the back...I'm just waiting for the next person to say "Ian Roper is slow", because you can now add £50 million man Nicolas Anelka to the list of pacy strikers that Ropes has more than matched.
I thought Kris Taylor had a fantastic game, and covered a lot of ground. He was flying in to tackles, and the partnership with Fox makes us look so solid down that left flank. Pead is still suspect, but he did well going forward and never stopped working.
Dobson did well. Last night he did the sensible job, and let Keates do all the chasing around. Keates, by the way, played the total replica of his game in the Play-off final. Thank God we didn't go to extra-time, because he would have had to crawl off. He was out on his feet.
Butler and Sam worked very hard and did all the chasing you'd expect of them. Butler's positional play nearly created a couple of clear cut chances, and he put the goal away well.
Whilst I'd have liked to have seen him brought on earlier, Ishmel's first touch summed him up and turned Nick Hunt inside out. He plays without fear, and I think we'd have really stretched them more than we did if we'd have had Wright with Ishmel on the other flank for longer.
A superb game - I can't think of a game of football I've enjoyed that much in years. It even had a haircut of yga proportions in the guise of Ian "Where is Suzi?" Walker.
