Bishop Mackem
Striker
He is incredibly poor
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I agree with you but who can we realistically get who's better? pretty much noone from your list. So who? and if you have 10 million in Jan do you buy an RB? Who?
I just don't think it's as easy as everyone makes out....'ohhh I hate Bardo cos everyone says he's shyte. we must ditch him now and play anyone else there' This is a fools idea. He's not that bad and he doesn't need replacing immediately. As you admit.... it's quite easy to be a better team than us with players at RB worse the Bardsley.
Give it up, Ten Trenches Deep.
It doesn't matter if we have major problems in the midfield and can't score, RB is the reason we are where we are and is a priority to sort.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is first choice right back because Gardner is better at that position.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is relatively good defensively because he is woeful at distribution and is gash going forward even though he contributes goals (which Rose has yet to do).
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is made captain by two successive managers because he's their third choice after all.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley was player of the year because it is voted on by people who don't know football and reward effort over quality.
It doesn't matter what positive arguments you put forward, you won't sway the opinions of the anti-Bardsley brigade. They've fingered the real weak link in the squad and the scapegoat for our performances over the past year. The rest of us just haven't caught up with them yet![]()
Bardsley is only at the club because the replacements various managers have signed have either not settled or we couldn't sign permanently. Onuoha, Hutton, Chimbonda and Angeleri.
They are all current Premier League players.
Why does it have to be someone from the Premier League? He's simply not good enough, the fact he tries hard is all well and good but right back is a serious problem for us. The success of Rose at left back highlights that it's not that hard to get an improvement.
Give it up, Ten Trenches Deep.
It doesn't matter if we have major problems in the midfield and can't score, RB is the reason we are where we are and is a priority to sort.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is first choice right back because Gardner is better at that position.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is relatively good defensively because he is woeful at distribution and is gash going forward even though he contributes goals (which Rose has yet to do).
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is made captain by two successive managers because he's their third choice after all.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley was player of the year because it is voted on by people who don't know football and reward effort over quality.
It doesn't matter what positive arguments you put forward, you won't sway the opinions of the anti-Bardsley brigade. They've fingered the real weak link in the squad and the scapegoat for our performances over the past year. The rest of us just haven't caught up with them yet![]()
Give it up, Ten Trenches Deep.
It doesn't matter if we have major problems in the midfield and can't score, RB is the reason we are where we are and is a priority to sort.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is first choice right back because Gardner is better at that position.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is relatively good defensively because he is woeful at distribution and is gash going forward even though he contributes goals (which Rose has yet to do).
It doesn't matter if Bardsley is made captain by two successive managers because he's their third choice after all.
It doesn't matter if Bardsley was player of the year because it is voted on by people who don't know football and reward effort over quality.
It doesn't matter what positive arguments you put forward, you won't sway the opinions of the anti-Bardsley brigade. They've fingered the real weak link in the squad and the scapegoat for our performances over the past year. The rest of us just haven't caught up with them yet![]()
He is abysmal.
He's steady defensively, but god awful going forward.
He is the best right back we have at the club and is of mid table Premiership quality.
He is not the problem...
Seriously, Bardo comes in for a lot of stick on here despite being a former player of the year. I'm ever more convinced that most clowns who say this have little or no perspective on SAFC or RBs.
In the top flight the only proven RB we've had in the last 20 yrs was Chris Makin. He crossed the half way line with an oxygen mask and his lack of shooting or scoring earned him a chant that would erupt from the stands if he got 40 yards up from his own goal line of 'shooooooooooot'. He never made a decisive pass, never beat a man and never supported forward runs. Yet he became a legend.
Why was this? because he never let a man beat him at RB. Sure the ball might go past but we all knew the man never did. We'd regularly concede free kicks but we never cared and we came 7th twice.
Compared with this, Bardoi is class. He scores, he tackles and comes away with the ball, he can make a pass (sometimes very good), he can (at times) cross, he gives away fewer free kicks, he's totally committed. He is a defender when considering this information.
He is far in excess of players we've had in the past.
Post here if you can think of players we've had who are better than him in that position and justify your decision.
Bardo is just another scapegoat for the twisty fuckers who like to get on someones back. He is not better or worse than most of our players.
I wouldn't take what you read on here as what the majority of match going fans think.
FFS some on here still slag Cattermole off... the 'he can't pass' one is my personal favourite :roll: