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Re: Retain and Release List

By Chuds6/5 18:55Tue May 6 18:55:16 2025In response to Re: Retain and Release List

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Bit of both, of course, but one thing that is very evident is our strikers don't play like they are goal hungry.

At the end of the match at Bolton for instance, somebody (may have been the chance that Bates created) had the ball by the byline and played a decent ball across but none of our strikers moved for it. None of them dropped off for the cutback, none of them jumped in front of the defender, they all just stood stationery next to the defender, hoping something may happen, without trying to *make* anything happen. And that always happens, they basically mark themselves. A proper striker would be gambling on the ball being played across and getting in front of the defender, even if just their foot. Look at somebody like Vardy and his runs in the box and his movement to make space. Our lot never do it so even if we have the ball there is nobody to pick out in the box, or nobody making a run to bury a good ball across the box.

The same also often happens when Harvey, or whoever takes them, plays a freekick across into a dangerous area, nobody is close to getting on the end of it.

This needs to be as much about hunger as anything Revs or the coaches may do on the training ground. If it isn't instinctive, they can work on it, but if the players aren't going to have the appetite for it in a game, we are in trouble.

Too many of our players are too comfortable and need to either seriously step up next season, or be shipped out. And none moreso than Roberts.

Edited by Chuds at 18:58:08 on 6th May 2025

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