If Gary ******* Gardner and Joe barsteward Williams start one more game together

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  1. Sup

    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    We are ******

    Worst midfield pairing in recent history

    Marks out of 10: 2

    And that's combined
     
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    The crab twins, as someone who sits near me affectionately calls them. Only able to go side to side.
     
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    JUST THIS. 100% SPOT ON!!!!!!!! Absolutely abysmal the pair of them. They were garbage against Wednesday and worse tonight. SHOCKING
     
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    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    Side to side would be an improvement. All I see is backwards
     
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    7 of the starting 11 were defensive and we wonder why we can't score.
     
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    The worst thing is they're not even our players. We're building a midfield around 2 loan players.
     
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    Agree. Abysmal. Williams marginally better than Gardner as at least he put in a couple of tackles and had some effect on the game.

    I deliberately watched Gardner in first half and I swear every time we had the ball he'd go and stand on a man, or behind a man so he wasn't available to receive the ball.

    I genuinely am not usually overly critical of players but that was one of the most cowardly displays from a Barnsley player I've seen.
     
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    Kevin Donovan esque. Proper hide and seek champion.
     
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    BFCs version of the Chuckle bros....
     
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    Him, Bradshaw and Isgrove competing for the title tonight
     
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    The modern day Dawson/Perkins poluting the centre of the park. Jose has to take responsibility for that. They didn't work together for Heckingbottom or the Wednesday match and now for a third different bloke. If they start together Saturday.....
     
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    Agree. It's our downfall. WIlliams at least tries to go forward, so for me get rid of Gardner and put someone else in.
     
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    Bang on that. Watched them carefully tonight. Williams worst offender for me though. He really knows how to go sideways.

    He's like a space invader.
     
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    I agree with most of the comments but the worrying thing for me is I think we’d be even worse if you swapped either of them for Mallon, Moncur or Potts.

    It’s a shame but no surprise that Williams in his first season hasn’t been able to maintain his performance levels from August to December
     
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    The re-incarnation of Kevin Richardson.
     
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    Exactly right, I got some stick for suggesting this last night. Gardner is an appalling player, coasting on potential glories from 5 years ago. Williams marginally better for the defensive side, but requires an attacking midfielder next to him.
     
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    Potts is head and shoulders above Gardner/Williams and always has been. Needs to start the next few games. The number of times Potts gets into great positions only to be completely missed by his team-mates is bordering on farcical. And he has far more physical presence than Williams, who on last night's showing would struggle to shield the ball from my mother-in-law (80 and recovering from a hip op).
     
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    ^^^this^^^
     
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    Williams and Gardner have their individual merits. Collectively they are abysmal. In January we were crying out for 1 or 2 quality Central midfielders but recruited yet another no 10. Madness.
     
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    I agree about his movement, the problem is he’s the worst of our central midfielders on the ball
     

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