Boris the Contradiction
Cancelled
I have long thought that Dayne Beams is one of our best players. In fact if I rated our players 1-40 I'd have him in the Top 10.
He's an all round footballer without very many weaknesses in his skill-set. He's one of the best kicks at the club, hard, has a good football brain, can find it with ease, is good inside or outside, is an excellent endurance athlete, a goalkicker and is strong overhead for his size.
I think the last couple of weeks have shown that AS A MIDFIELDER he is a better player than Wellingham, easily. Wellingham has his good games but his disposal is erratic and he has more average games than he has good games IMO. Every time Beams plays in the midfield he performs and he only ever seems to struggle when we play him as a high half forward or in a pocket. It's just not his natural position and even though he can perform there, he's wasted IMO. He was in our best 2 or 3 early last week when we weren't playing well and this week he was clearly our best player early and set us up for the win. This is all after 8 weeks out of the team.
Personally I think everyone jumped off him after his GF performance last year and forgot how good he actually is. It amazes me that so many people say he is fighting for his spot. As I said, he is a better midfielder than Wellingham and has easily been the better of the two from less games so far this year. I just think the kid's a gun and a future club champion and should play as a full-time mid, at Wellingham's expense to improve us as a side.
Thoughts?
*EDIT. I am not saying that Wellingham should be dropped, just that his role as a fulltime mid over Beams should be re-thought. He's just not consistent enough and doesn't effect enough contests.
He's an all round footballer without very many weaknesses in his skill-set. He's one of the best kicks at the club, hard, has a good football brain, can find it with ease, is good inside or outside, is an excellent endurance athlete, a goalkicker and is strong overhead for his size.
I think the last couple of weeks have shown that AS A MIDFIELDER he is a better player than Wellingham, easily. Wellingham has his good games but his disposal is erratic and he has more average games than he has good games IMO. Every time Beams plays in the midfield he performs and he only ever seems to struggle when we play him as a high half forward or in a pocket. It's just not his natural position and even though he can perform there, he's wasted IMO. He was in our best 2 or 3 early last week when we weren't playing well and this week he was clearly our best player early and set us up for the win. This is all after 8 weeks out of the team.
Personally I think everyone jumped off him after his GF performance last year and forgot how good he actually is. It amazes me that so many people say he is fighting for his spot. As I said, he is a better midfielder than Wellingham and has easily been the better of the two from less games so far this year. I just think the kid's a gun and a future club champion and should play as a full-time mid, at Wellingham's expense to improve us as a side.
Thoughts?
*EDIT. I am not saying that Wellingham should be dropped, just that his role as a fulltime mid over Beams should be re-thought. He's just not consistent enough and doesn't effect enough contests.