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Brobbey. An absolute nightmare for defenders.


SAFC Wilks said:
That’s a yellow card offence imo, so he’s lucky in that sense.

The first yellow was soft so it evens out though. :cool:
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I don't think that push on Romero was a yellow as you see it loads when a striker gives a defender a shove like that. but the 1st one below I wouldn't complain if was given as a yellow. Gifs below may take some time to load but most of this below is Thor'd from the ref thread.

As for the actual yellow he got, given the ref's position I can see why he thinks it's a yellow as Brobbey's elbow does catch Porro's chin, albeit not that hard. It was initially a free kick to us as Porro was all over the back of Brobbey but Brobbey is taking that ball all day long anyway. However yet again Brobbey grabs the shirt of a defender and then pushes his body back and moves his arm and his elbow must brush Porro's mush but nowt much in it but then helps shove Porro to the deck. Given the ref's position, viewing angle and watching in real-time speed then it's understandable how he can mistakenly see it as an elbow.

Brobbey ideally needs to cut down on shirt pulling as refs can see this more clearly unlike his strength of holding a player off. I think this is why he doesn't get as many fouls as some think he should. It's clear here that Brobbey has the strength even though Porro's is clambering all over him to get to the ball, unable to even move Brobbeyand Brobbey has the option of playing the ball as Porro is nowhere near.

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Out of the 3, this is the one I'd book him for. Romero knows Brobbey is coming and tried to jump but Brobbey catches the side of Romero's left leg at the knee and also possibly hooks his foot. After he got booked he did seem to he keep a cool head the rest of the game and enjoyed Van de Ver getting booked.

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I used to really dislike Heskey, I always thought it was daft sven took him to the SA world cup over Bent when he scored all those goals. There were goal keeps attending that tournament that had scored more goals than him.

Was Heskey like Brobbey with his physicality and caused so much trouble to defenders?

🤔wondering now if I got him wrong and misunderstood why he was picked this whole time.
 
Ohnonotagain said:
we don’t play to his strengths though.

He needs somebody running off him.

The wide players should be cutting in running off him, the midfield need to be getting up there, supporting him more.
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Don't think we were watching the same game today ..This happened around 6 or 7 times, but a duff touch, over hit pass, or defender block snookered the move. Think it was very clear today this was a plan, it just didn't quite come off in a way that resulted in much of a clear chance.
 
Ohnonotagain said:
we don’t play to his strengths though.

He needs somebody running off him.

The wide players should be cutting in running off him, the midfield need to be getting up there, supporting him more.
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That's Diarras role really. He was a lot more involved today and really looked to have a good connection - shame the final ball wasn't there or we could have had a hatful. Diarra caused massive problems and we need to see that more. I also prefer the two cut-in playmakers wide and let Mukiele and Reinildo offer the width, gets more players nearer Brobbey which is a bonus.
 
Whey said:
This lad is an absolute machine. Today again, he played with his back to the defence and held up the ball superbly, seemingly always with an eye to play the ball on. Lovely link up play with Sadiki especially. He has an eye for goal aswell.

He causes defenders so many problems, the lad never stops. He's catching the eye of many because of his play and it's no suprise. I can't think of any other striker/forward in the league as physical as this lad. What a signing.
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We signed him in the last hour of the summer window amazing
 
I am not an armchair fan and today I witnessed something I missed regarding the big man.
I had not realised the turn of speed this blokes has from a standing position. I bet he does well in the training sprint challenges.
 
ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK said:
I don't think that push on Romero was a yellow as you see it loads when a striker gives a defender a shove like that. but the 1st one below I wouldn't complain if was given as a yellow. Gifs below may take some time to load but most of this below is Thor'd from the ref thread.

As for the actual yellow he got, given the ref's position I can see why he thinks it's a yellow as Brobbey's elbow does catch Porro's chin, albeit not that hard. It was initially a free kick to us as Porro was all over the back of Brobbey but Brobbey is taking that ball all day long anyway. However yet again Brobbey grabs the shirt of a defender and then pushes his body back and moves his arm and his elbow must brush Porro's mush but nowt much in it but then helps shove Porro to the deck. Given the ref's position, viewing angle and watching in real-time speed then it's understandable how he can mistakenly see it as an elbow.

Brobbey ideally needs to cut down on shirt pulling as refs can see this more clearly unlike his strength of holding a player off. I think this is why he doesn't get as many fouls as some think he should. It's clear here that Brobbey has the strength even though Porro's is clambering all over him to get to the ball, unable to even move Brobbeyand Brobbey has the option of playing the ball as Porro is nowhere near.

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Out of the 3, this is the one I'd book him for. Romero knows Brobbey is coming and tried to jump but Brobbey catches the side of Romero's left leg at the knee and also possibly hooks his foot. After he got booked he did seem to he keep a cool head the rest of the game and enjoyed Van de Ver getting booked.

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It's more the lunging that worries me with him, more generally. Seems to like to rake his feet in to try and win the ball and is often a bit late and a bit high. In the VAR era, they love that kind of shit. Got away with one similar against the Mags at home too iirc. Definitely not a major concern though and can be coached out of him relatively easily - especially as a striker who just doesn't need to be doing it
safcfan4 said:
Surprised there hasn’t been a statement put out about the racism he’s got on instagram like, fuck me its shocking
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It'll come in the morning, won't be anyone left in the club at 9pm on a Sunday night
 
dred73 said:
I am not an armchair fan and today I witnessed something I missed regarding the big man.
I had not realised the turn of speed this blokes has from a standing position. I bet he does well in the training sprint challenges.
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You are not going to out physical Brobbey in a standing one on one position.

The defender should be either running in to jump and win the header or standing off and putting in a tackle when he brings it down.

Or having one defender blocking his path to let another defender get there first.

Basic stuff tbh.
 
safcfan4 said:
Surprised there hasn’t been a statement put out about the racism he’s got on instagram like, fuck me its shocking
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Really? Haven't seen anything about this. If so there's some utter f***ing bastards about and we know that. FFS
 
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