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Ben Close, “ I’m not too bothered if I make a mistake.”In an interview earlier in the season, “I’ve never experienced a promotion.”Mate. Do you think there could be a link between those comments?He’s creeping into Dodoo, Jackson, Chimbonda territory. Wet, useless mercenary
Quote from: pigeonhole on March 26, 2023, 02:07:33 amBen Close, “ I’m not too bothered if I make a mistake.”In an interview earlier in the season, “I’ve never experienced a promotion.”Mate. Do you think there could be a link between those comments?He’s creeping into Dodoo, Jackson, Chimbonda territory. Wet, useless mercenary A footballer not concerned about making a mistake is exactly how it should be, if a player walks out onto a pitch scared to death of making a mistake that’s a player that never gets involved in a game
And I think Molyneux is worse! His pass completion rate must be less than 10%. I wouldn’t pass to him if he was playing for my senior team. Stop giving the ball away and do something constructive. Awful. Just rubbish. And these are our marquee signings of the past few summers. Who does our scouting? Chris McCausland? Louis Braille? Some Rotherham fans?Yeah no, moments, processes, first contacts, phases, pockets. That’s football. B0110cks. Tackles, crosses, shots, saves...ATTACKS. That’s football.
Quote from: dickos1 on March 26, 2023, 07:08:09 amQuote from: pigeonhole on March 26, 2023, 02:07:33 amBen Close, “ I’m not too bothered if I make a mistake.”In an interview earlier in the season, “I’ve never experienced a promotion.”Mate. Do you think there could be a link between those comments?He’s creeping into Dodoo, Jackson, Chimbonda territory. Wet, useless mercenary A footballer not concerned about making a mistake is exactly how it should be, if a player walks out onto a pitch scared to death of making a mistake that’s a player that never gets involved in a game As the saying goes, you shouldn’t drink and type... I was focussing on the ‘not bothered’ bit rather than mistake. Of course I agree that players should play without fear but not without professional integrity. In the second half yesterday, Close gave the ball away, cheaply, in a dangerous position and made the most feeble half hearted attempt to win the ball back. It might be that he is just painfully slow but it reeked of not being bothered. He gave the Crawley player a free shot for their equaliser. He politely pauses to allow players to run past him, like he’s queuing in Asda. This cost us a goal against Harrogate. Maybe I’m nit picking because I’m frustrated and angry but Close epitomises the whole ethos of the team for me at the moment.
The game has moved on from players like Close .He is no technically or physically better than Bostock and latter couldn’t get another football league contract.