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3 hours ago, ArabFC said:
Speaking as someone who is a right-footed CM (at an amateur level) I've been asked to play RB many a time and coped pretty well, but play me at LB and everything goes out the window. It's about more than kicking the ball, it's body shape, muscle memory etc etc and if you're not used to one side of the park it is more difficult.
Obviously professionals would be expected to cope better, but practice makes perfect and some players adapt to alternate sides of the pitch better than others.
I'm the same - right footed centre back, have played right back several times no bother but my few games at left back have mostly been horror shows. But these issues that you bring up with body shape, muscle memory etc. are mainly down to us being predominantly one footed imo - we're used to jockeying showing players onto our stronger side, dribbling with our stronger foot on the outside away from players closing us down, knowing how to get the ball onto our strong foot easily before playing a long pass etc.
In my eyes when a player is fully ambidextrous these issues may not be completely removed, but they are far less of a problem compared to a player who is more one footed.
Wingers swap sides all the time without this debate, I really think the risk of playing Hickey at right wing back is very minimal particularly when we play a back 3/5.
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22 minutes ago, General dissaray said:
Any decent full back can play either sides its absolute nonsense the people saying otherwise aren't really been paying attention especially with Scotland and especially before we had Robbo and Tierney
I wouldn't go that far, usually when a fullback plays on their weaker side they seem less confident in the tackle and more uneasy/clunky in possession (still have nightmares about Stevenson's run at right back for hibs).
However that is down to them normally being predominantly one footed, not due to it being a new position for them to learn, so we wouldn't have that issue with Hickey imo.
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4 hours ago, No_Problemo said:
The amount of people unable to realise that being able to kick the ball with two feet isn’t the only aspect of switching from left to right wing back.
What further aspects are there if you are equally strong both feet? Its the exact same position and he'll be doing the exact same things during different phases of play etc.
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4 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said:
Why does he play pretty much exclusively on the left then?
he was a centre mid at youth football right up until breaking into the first team at hearts. They had Michael Smith playing well for them at right back at the time so he was played at left back and made the spot his own.
Makes sense for him to have continued playing their for Bologna when he will have been playing there for Hearts every game they scouted him. Bologna have also had very strong right backs in Tomiyasu and De Silvestre the whole time he's been there so there will have been no need for them to switch his flank.
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16 hours ago, accies1874 said:
I think there's a real difference to someone playing on their wrong side as a wing-back compared to full-back. Tierney played RB for us five times and always had Forrest or Phillips (natural right-wingers) ahead of him. That's not to say it isn't possible, just that you'd need to set the team up quite differently (maybe limit Tierney at LCB to have the RCB more attacking, play Armstrong or Christie on the right of the midfield three to make runs on the outside, or go 343 with Forrest or Fraser playing wider). I remember watching Belgium against Wales back in March and being quite interested in how they went about having a right-footed LWB.
Btw I think Hickey at LWB has its own issues but they'd be offset by having Tierney behind him.Completely agree with this, but from everything I've read or seen on him Hickey doesn't have a weak side - he's not just relatively strong on his right he's completely two footed.
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16 hours ago, Rodhull said:
He never really has though? Don't get me wrong I'm definitely not against the inclusion of Hickey at all but for all the talk of him being two footed and can play on the right etc, playing him in a position that be pretty much never, ever plays would still be a risk in itself.
I'd disagree that it poses much of a risk.
I don't like players playing at either fullback or wingback on their weaker sides, but Hickey doesn't have a weaker side.
If you're as two footed as he is, there's no difference between playing left wing back or playing right wing back, its the exact same position
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4 hours ago, craigkillie said:
The one thing all of those players have in common is that they have much better players already in the squad playing in their position. How can Hickey be "demonstrably worthy of inclusion" when the other two left wing-back options are a country mile ahead of him, and indeed are probably two of the best in the world in that position, for example? Jack Hendry didn't have any issues getting picked from a foreign league, because our other centre-back options were limited.
Of our current squad, only four players are playing in the English lower leagues - McKenna, Christie, Brown and Dykes. Of those, Christie will almost certainly be in the Premier League next season and is a Championship player in name only. McKenna, Brown and Dykes are all in our weakest areas of the park in terms of squad depth. Remember that even at the absolute peak of his powers, Johnny Russell never played above Championship level in England.
Hickey can play RWB.
When players are as ambidextrous as he is, playing on the opposite flank is not some great challenge.
Levein has stated he wasn't even sure which foot Hickey was strongest on.
He could play on the right for us no bother, and is currently playing at a higher level against a better standard of player week in week out than O'donnel or Patterson.
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22 hours ago, General dissaray said:
Would you not put big Kenny McLean on if you wanted to go down that route?And just tell him to sit,or bring on a defender and put McSauce into CDM?Probably the later being the most obvious choice depending on when the change is being made at what point in the game?
I mean yeah I'd rather see McTominay moved in there to see out a game, but Ferguson would be solid enough as well IMO.
Wouldn't fancy asking Kenny McLean to do that though (seems more the technical type as opposed to an energetic ball winner), especially if we already had McGregor or Gilmour playing the deep playmaker role.
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On 02/11/2021 at 21:24, General dissaray said:
Is Lewis Ferguson better than him?I seriously doubt it myself,would absolutely love to know what Ferguson can do better than Henderson as as a footballer or vice versa
Personally think we are missing a trick here and I'm not the only one
That's a good point, Henderson is obviously playing at a higher level and is at a better stage in his career than Ferguson.
I feel like Ferguson is currently in the squad for if we need to add some energy and physicality into the midfield off the bench, to come on and play a pressing ball winning role similar to Ryan Jack.
I think Ferguson is better at this role than Hendo. Henderson is definitely better going forward but we are very well stocked for attacking central midfielders. I know he has played more box to box in Italy a few times, but his best performances for hibs came as a 10 and I know he's been playing there in Italy as well a lot of the time.
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Absolutely love the boy, but I can't see him getting in the next squad.
We're too well stocked for centre midfielders at the moment.
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On 28/10/2021 at 20:25, Ewan8472 said:
Mmmm !
One rash tackle doesn't change my opinion.
Up until that point he'd been excellent this season, including being much better at playing the ball out from the back than in previous years. Hibs' build up play in our own half has gotten much worse while he's been out.
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18 minutes ago, thruthenight said:
Team could be interesting for this one. I kind of expect Adams to be dropped to fit McTominay in and push McGinn further up, something like:
Gordon
Hendry Cooper Tierney
O'Donnell Gilmour McTominay McGregor Robertson
McGinn
Dykes
I'll be raging if that's the line up.
Way too defensive, surely even for Clarke.
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On 22/09/2021 at 11:19, craigkillie said:
I see people saying this a lot, and obviously he does have the potential to play that role in the future, but as of right now he has just turned 19 and is still learning his own position, never mind being asked to play an unfamiliar one which he has barely played in his career.
"his own position" that he's learning is full back.
If you're two-footed there's no difference between playing left back and playing right back.
Swapping sides will be no bother to him, not as if we're suddenly asking him to play as a target man or something.
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Would love to see Hickey get a shot at right back.
Remember Levein saying in an interview that he genuinely didn't know which was Hickey's strongest foot, played most of his career at LB but if he's as ambidextrous as the specky fud made out then surely he'd be just as comfortable on the right?
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On 18/09/2021 at 10:41, Binos said:
He can’t play on the right of one either
He's had several good games there for Scotland, don't think its much of an issue.
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14 hours ago, 2426255 said:
and McTominay?
Could see him going back to RCB, although Hendry has probably done enough to keep his place there.
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37 minutes ago, Pie Of The Month said:
Rankings aren't used for the Euro qualifiers anymore, it's based on Nations League positions.
ah yeah, so it will depend on how we do in the next nations league?
Could really have done with winning that last group then
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how much would we have to improve in the rankings to be a 2nd seed for the Euros qualifying groups?
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18 hours ago, albagubrath said:
Not sure they are 'eligible' as both are currently in our system at U19 and U21 levels respectively.
ah, didn't know that.
Had just seen them mentioned on twitter as potential future Scotland players that have dual nationality
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Lewis Fiorini on the books at City.
Ewan Urain at Bilbao's B team.
Sure there was another scots-spanish player on the books at a la liga club but can't remember his name.
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4 hours ago, Scumjob said:
Keeper is a problem position.
Our defence could shape up a bit better in the future, with wingbacks/fullbacks covered by Doig, Patterson, Ramsay, Hickey and of course Robertson and Tierney. In the middle we'll still have Tierney and I'd like to think Welsh, Hamilton and Morrison could continue to develop in the former case and fulfill the potential in the latter two. Is there a young player in the Hanley/Gallagher mould though who has more of that physical presence?
Midfield should be OK, we generally look to be bringing through a better standard here with the likes of Turnbull and Ferguson compared to the array of shitkickers and stodge we've occasionally had to use in the past. Although it would be good to see a shithouse sitting midfielder coming through.
Up front seems like another continued problem area.
I'm obviously biased as a hibs fan but think we'll see Porteous playing that role regularly for Scotland in a couple of years.
At least if he keeps up his development trajectory of the past couple of seasons.
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18 minutes ago, Detournement said:
Aye but so was the majority of the team. If we have a 6/10 or 7/10 from RWB we still lose that match.
Over the run SOD has cost 2 or 3 of goals and created 2 or 3 goals with . Not athestically pleasing but in terms of end product similar to Robertson.
I think that's a bit harsh, our performance overall wasn't that bad.
We created far more clear cut chances than the Czechs, who are probably slightly better than us on paper, they just had an elite finisher whereas we don't.
O'donnel was definitely a weak link against them.
You say we still lose with a 7/10 RWB, but I'm not sure that's the case. If we had a wing back playing with any sort of key threat in the final third - be it pace, dribbling ability, consistent final ball etc. - we might have actually scored.
If we played a system with a back 4 I'd be more than happy with O'donnel starting every match, solid defensively and never lets you down. As a wingback in a system with a very narrow midfield and forward line he's far too limited going forward to be a first choice starter. Every single Scotland game I've watched the past year or so, so many attacks break down when he gets the ball high up the pitch on the right flank, can't do anything dangerous with it so turns and plays it back to the centre backs. Nothing against the guy but I find it really frustrating.
In a system with a back three, two sitting midfielders, a 10 and two central strikers - the wing back needs to be good going forward more than they need to be a great defender IMO.
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11 hours ago, Craigieboy86 said:
Souttar, Halkett, Kerr, McCart for right centre back, centre back, Left centre back
Clarke look blood bright player in centre back at world cup final squad after if Scotland quality stage group
Thankfully Halkett and McCart will be nowhere near any future squads.
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he had a good game last night, but our system would look so much better if we had a decent attacking right wing back.
His final ball is inconsistent, he isn't particularly fast and never looks to take players on, general passing in build up play is very poor as well unless there is an obvious easy ball on.
Defensively he is fine but our wingbacks need to provide all of the attacking width when we play the 5-2-1-2 like last night, and he really isn't cut out for that.
Unpopular opinion but I still think Forrest should be given a run there if he can get fit again.
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I'm obviously biased as a hibs fan, but that's a nonsense take.
Point me in the direction of any violent incidents or dangerous tackles that have gone unpunished since the Barisic incident in winter 2019? That side of his game has matured since then.
Debates over the Aribo tackle have been done to death, but I'm still not convinced it was a red and that's been his only other sending off since then.