Maxwell

[ForsolongaRover]

Because almost every post you have made over the last 20 months or so is tinged in negativity towards him.
It’s a pretty obvious observation

As this is a forum dedicated to Doncaster Rovers, it is of no value to readers to hear your opinion of me, even less so when it has no evidential basis whatsoever.

[dickos1]

Because almost every post you have made over the last 20 months or so is tinged in negativity towards him.
It’s a pretty obvious observation

As this is a forum dedicated to Doncaster Rovers, it is of no value to readers to hear your opinion of me, even less so when it has no evidential basis whatsoever.

You asked me a question, two questions in fact!
If you didn’t want to know the answer you shouldn’t of asked the question

[Goole Rover]

Senior is better as a LCB, particularly in a back 3, as evidenced at Bradford.

He's excellent in the air.

What at 5'- 8"  and that's being generous.

[scawsby steve]

Senior is better as a LCB, particularly in a back 3, as evidenced at Bradford.

He's excellent in the air.

What at 5'- 8"  and that's being generous.

Exactly, which just shows how good his technique is. Some players have an uncanny ability to leap high. Kevin Keegan was one of the best headers of a ball I've ever seen, and how tall was he?

Were you at Bradford, our best performance of the season?

[Lesonthewest]

Because almost every post you have made over the last 20 months or so is tinged in negativity towards him.
It’s a pretty obvious observation

As this is a forum dedicated to Doncaster Rovers, it is of no value to readers to hear your opinion of me, even less so when it has no evidential basis whatsoever.

He has history of making things up, & throwing out petty insults.

[drfchound]

Senior is better as a LCB, particularly in a back 3, as evidenced at Bradford.

He's excellent in the air.

What at 5'- 8"  and that's being generous.

Exactly, which just shows how good his technique is. Some players have an uncanny ability to leap high. Kevin Keegan was one of the best headers of a ball I've ever seen, and how tall was he?

Were you at Bradford, our best performance of the season?

Denis Law was a player of no great size but he got up so high (and appeared to hover there) to head the ball into the net.
It always amazed me.

[DearneValleyRover]

Copps wasn’t bad in air either

[dickos1]

Because almost every post you have made over the last 20 months or so is tinged in negativity towards him.
It’s a pretty obvious observation

As this is a forum dedicated to Doncaster Rovers, it is of no value to readers to hear your opinion of me, even less so when it has no evidential basis whatsoever.

He has history of making things up, & throwing out petty insults.

Yawn

[DonnyOsmond]

Tim Cahill is an inch taller than Senior and is on the top 10 list for most headed Premier League goals ever.

[ncRover]

Tim Cahill is an inch taller than Senior and is on the top 10 list for most headed Premier League goals ever.

Argh you beat me to it! Unbelievable header of the ball.

[GazLaz]

Gary Speed was class in the air as well.

[scawsby steve]

Come to think of it, Owen Bailey isn't all that tall, and he's a good header of the ball.

In fact, if Woody and Jay are both injured, which some people are fearing they may be, then either Bailey or Senior will have to slot in alongside Tom.

[drfchound]

You just beat me to it (about Bailey) mate.
He has been stand in CB this season and been very good there.

[sedwardsdrfc]

A bit different been dominant in the air as a centre half than a midfielder making runs into the box. Much harder to get clean contact when a centre forward is trying to pin you.

On that front Butler is probably the best I’ve seen for a long time despite been not that tall. Won so many clean headers. 

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Centre halves don't always have to be tall.  Some great ones in these lists;

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/short-at-the-back-the-5-greatest-centre-backs-59-or-under

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lisandro-martinez-fabio-cannavaro-best-13-centre-backs-under-6ft/blt206ef91b81c53284

[GazLaz]

Centre halves don't always have to be tall.  Some great ones in these lists;

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/short-at-the-back-the-5-greatest-centre-backs-59-or-under

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lisandro-martinez-fabio-cannavaro-best-13-centre-backs-under-6ft/blt206ef91b81c53284

I did a piece of work recently for a Prem team regarding centre half profiles within high possession, high pressing teams. Mobility and the ability to defend 1v1 certainly more important than size that’s for sure.

Timber and Martinez when they were at Ajax were outrageously good essentially acting as two sweepers for the midfield, if that is an easier way of visualising how they played.

Certainly an area of the pitch that may be thought about differently in years to come.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

I think it'd be interesting to see the differences for the levels.  In league 2 you certainly need at least one big dominating in the air centre half for when you play a team like Walsall.  I actually think long ball and direct football will become more fashionable as a way to counter the passing from the back.

I do wonder aswell (and I saw Gary Neville discussing this last week) if they should reconsider the short goal kicks in the box rules.  I feel it's adversely affected the entertainment value.  He made the point that centre halves are touching the ball most nowadays and do we really want that?  Surely it's more entertaining if the ball is up the pitch in midfield?  Matter of opinion though.

[GazLaz]

I think it'd be interesting to see the differences for the levels.  In league 2 you certainly need at least one big dominating in the air centre half for when you play a team like Walsall.  I actually think long ball and direct football will become more fashionable as a way to counter the passing from the back.

I do wonder aswell (and I saw Gary Neville discussing this last week) if they should reconsider the short goal kicks in the box rules.  I feel it's adversely affected the entertainment value.  He made the point that centre halves are touching the ball most nowadays and do we really want that?  Surely it's more entertaining if the ball is up the pitch in midfield?  Matter of opinion though.

Certainly. The style of play for your own team and the other teams in your league key.

The evolution of the way strikers play these days (at the top level) was my starting point. A lot of them have traits that align more with wingers than your traditional centre forward. More pace and technical ability. If that’s the case you need a different solution to deal with that.

If you are a team that spends more time defending your box than the half way line, then fair enough, have blockers and big lumps. If you are mainly defending 1v1 on the half way line then the profile needs to be different.

[Jimmydee]

Local lad David Speedie could leap like a salmon, he wasn’t very tall.

[ChrisBx]

Looks like Senior starts at CB tonight.

[ncRover]

Looks like Senior starts at CB tonight.

Masterclass incoming. The ginger Cannavaro

[Chris Black come back]

He's generally really effective there. Don't know why we don't go to three at back as an option more often.

[Lesonthewest]

Because almost every post you have made over the last 20 months or so is tinged in negativity towards him.
It’s a pretty obvious observation

As this is a forum dedicated to Doncaster Rovers, it is of no value to readers to hear your opinion of me, even less so when it has no evidential basis whatsoever.

He has history of making things up, & throwing out petty insults.

Yawn

Great comeback, no opinion on that? No thought not.

[dickos1]

Opinion on what

[Lesonthewest]

Opinion on what

On you making things up & making petty insults?

[Padge_DRFC]

Looks like he's definitely playing injured

[Move DRFC]

Looks like he's definitely playing injured

Love Maxwell but didn't look at it tonight. Not himself.

[andyst79]

Looks like he's definitely playing injured

He's not been at it for a while has he , like you say he's definitely carrying an injury.

[roversdude]

Could tell he’s missed a few games ran himself into the ground last night, passing was generally poor be great to get him fit going forward

[ncRover]

Come to think of it, Owen Bailey isn't all that tall, and he's a good header of the ball.

In fact, if Woody and Jay are both injured, which some people are fearing they may be, then either Bailey or Senior will have to slot in alongside Tom.

Owen Bailey won 13/13 headers today playing at centre back.