Players

Eh? If there's one thing you couldn't say about Berrett is that he's good in the air. I'll agree he's done more of the way of tackling this season but one thing he certainly ain't is good in the air.

Quoted from chaos33

For me, not one of our centre midfielders are good enough if we want to get out of this league. Full stop. Berrett and Summerfield are the very definition of average, and the writing was on the wall when they were retained and selected during the early games. I think Rose has some good attributes, and, on balance, is about our best CM, but we'll never get anywhere until we improve the quality in these positions. This is where we are most lacking IMO.

Osborne has promise and McAllister is perpetually injured so.....

They weren't retained, they were under contract.

Yes I know that. I meant - we kept them instead of paying them off, or getting them out on loan.

Quoted from Maringer

Eh? If there's one thing you couldn't say about Berrett is that he's good in the air. I'll agree he's done more of the way of tackling this season but one thing he certainly ain't is good in the air.

He wins quite a lot of headers. I would say he's decent in the air.

Berrett won plenty of aerial challenges on Tuesday. He isnt Craig Disley but certainly wins his fair share

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

There's been such an anti berrett campaign from the moment he was signed by hurst because 1. he was seen as another York cast off that he's fighting a losing battle to gain the respect of the majority of town fans .
From what I've seen of him this season he's a different player 2. since being given a run in the team in his best position and as it looks like sladey isn't likely to drop him I wouldn't be surprised to see him become one our most consistent performers this season and prove a lot of fans wrong

1.  Paul Futchers signing was met with derision when he signed..How old ?!?? etc etc....however a few games in and it was clear what he was capable of and that he was a class act with plenty still to offer. Can we say the same for Berrett ?

2. second season in....two managers have thought he wasnt good enough to command a centre midfield spot....the third manager is at least playing him in what may be his natural position to give him a fighting chance of proving one way or the other.  Caldicott/ Hunt are just a couple of examples of players who didnt set the crowd alight at first and after difficult starts to Town careers won people over.

Personally he is not what i would want in the ideal centre mid but it maybe Slade has a wider vision for the system we are playing and see's JB as the answer. (Not sure on the question though )

When we play Sam Jones we seem to look a better team .

Playing Sam behind Matt is a much better option than the other strikers who I don't think are good enough to start .

Quoted from jonnyboy82

When we play Sam Jones we seem to look a better team .

Playing Sam behind Matt is a much better option than the other strikers who I don't think are good enough to start .

This. Although maybe Asante is, but we'll probably never see him play more than about 73 minutes.

Also, I was wondering how many games Berrett had played in league 1 a few years ago. I can't find any mention of the figure anywhere  

Quoted from Abdul19

This. Although maybe Asante is, but we'll probably never see him play more than about 73 minutes.

Also, I was wondering how many games Berrett had played in league 1 a few years ago. I can't find any mention of the figure anywhere  

Over 200 for Huddersfield and Carlisle combined.

Sam Jones is probably our best player on balance and a threat from the correct position (ie,  not left mid).
I agree that he's at his best just off a main striker. Like Jonny I'm not sure if any of the others are of high enough quality to get us competitive yet. Give them a bit more time. Other than Dembele, and one or two others in little flashes, I'm not sure if we've seen too much of anything higher than decent quality.

We need to pose a greater threat and play more football to get best use out of these players. If we don't pass it a bit more, it'll be more about channel balls, crosses, enforced errors and set pieces. Fair enough to a point, but quite tedious to watch and a recipe for inconsistent lower mid table wallowing IMO. I don't think Slade has got the balance right yet, but let's see today......