Is Trent Really Worth It?

[Smell The Glove]

7 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

We’re a better team when Connor Bradley is in it instead of Trent. 
 

Is it just about effort? If so, it’s time to go. 

But what about a team with Trent and Bradley in it? All fucking irrelevant now until the new fella starts.

[VladimirIlyich]

Did we miss Trent when Bradley and Gomez were covering his position? I'd say not myself. But you could also say that about Kelleher when filling in for Alisson,but it's great to have the big man back at least even if the results arent great also.

[3 Stacks]

The best thread on this forum @Captain Turdseye. Asking the difficult,  poignant and provocative questions. 

 

There's an even ballsier one asking a similar question of Salah, but no one has the gumption for that one.

[Smell The Glove]

7 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

The best thread on this forum @Captain Turdseye. Asking the difficult,  poignant and provocative questions. 

 

There's an even ballsier one asking a similar question of Salah, but no one has the gumption for that one.

Have you seen anybody up and coming in all the leagues you watch we should try and get?

[3 Stacks]

2 minutes ago, Smell The Glove said:

Have you seen anybody up and coming in all the leagues you watch we should try and get?

Yeah, your mom. She has tremendous physical qualities.

[Smell The Glove]

Just now, 3 Stacks said:

Yeah, your mom. She has tremendous physical qualities.

She has. Amazing what you can get hold of from your room  in Canada

[razor]

His languid running style does him no favours.

 

And the fact that we don't see him actually running that much is another thing that does him no favours.

 

Someone above said he injects pace to our game.  I agree.  When he plays the ball through the thirds directly to our front line, I love it.  But his tendency to slow the game by dwelling on it, or having no urgency about him, I think is killing us.

 

I think it's time to either move him or sell him.  We have to recalibrate our thinking and never play him at RB again.  It should be Bradley and Joe fighting it out for RB and Trent fighting it out with Macca or Dom for a midfield berth.

 

Today, he played 3 or 4 balls forward that were world class.  That quality is tempered by his lack of pace (he watches too many Pirlo videos when he needs to watch a few more Gattuso videos - a bit of both, please, Trent) and things like when he chipped a ball into the centre of the pitch from the right back position to absolutely nobody which led to a West Ham attack.

 

I wouldn't sell him.  I would play him in midfield.  Put him where he's dangerous and move him out of where he's a liability.

 

Our RB can then get into wider positions running forward which has completely disappeared since Trent came back in.