Matt Somner?!

[Belcher_3]

is it me or is matt somner officially the most useless player of all time, his lack of pace, and tackling ability make his use as a defender...shocking

Wally should "TRY" to get rid of him asap even out on loan if like Slough reserves need a left bck he might make the team, jus gettin rid of him would cause wally to stop picking him and to get his 50p a week wages off the wage list, every little helps.

 

[Banana]

I've removed the obvious biased poll off this thread in order to have a more balanced discussion

 

[Claire]

well i personally like the lil boy, but only because hes a local lad, im not going to comment on his footballing ability, but i dont think any other club would have him. lol

 

[Belcher_3]

yea he might be local but that doesnt give him reason to play week in week out if he cnt run...? he is a lyability (excuse the spelling) and needs to go

 

[Sweepy]

He's not a left back. He doesn't appear to be a right back either.

If he is beind Sonko, Frampton and Roget in the pecking order for a centre-back slot, then perhaps it will be for the best if he is listed. But can we please stop playing him in positions where his lack of pace is exposed?

 

[Belcher_3]

but isnt frampton more of a full bck and roget cant really defend jus dnt leave him back on the halfway line marking players when we have a corner specialy if we take it short

 

[Stanley]

He's a good squad player, solid but not exceptional perhaps, the best I have seen him play is as CB but he needs to play alongside a Sonko type as he is not the tallest.

He was run ragged on Saturday but he was exposed a bit.

With our wage structure he is the type of player you need in the squad to be able to do a decent cover job in a number of positions, having said that he wouldn't necessarily be first choice for any one of them.

He's a bit like the young Jamie Bates when he first got into the squad.

 

[Sweepy]

He's a bit like the young Jamie Bates when he first got into the squad.

And what was Jamie Bates?.........
























(please keep the responses of a footballing nature! )

 

[Boston Bee]

Funny how many people beat up on Scott Marshall because he too was slow. Was hard to find a contingent that defended him. But Marshall had experience to compensate for lack of pace. Not so true here.

 

[davewfilms]

matt somner shouldnt ever play for brentford he has no pace doesn't tackle he isn't a football league player maybe non lge a majority of all our goals we let in come from his side of the pitch it shows how bad our manager is by keep picking him wally seems to think he is good enough to play second div football,wally has no idea,how u can compare bates to somner is a joke bates head and shoulders above somner bates bates was very good player when he came into team as youngster great tackler great in the air and great reader of game while we keep playing somner we will keep letting in goals as he never cuts out any crosses may of not played a right back saturday .

 

[Belcher_3]

well said my point exactly!

 

[BenMoses]

matt somner shouldnt ever play for brentford he has no pace doesn't tackle he isn't a football league player maybe non lge a majority of all our goals we let in come from his side of the pitch it shows how bad our manager is by keep picking him wally seems to think he is good enough to play second div football,wally has no idea,how u can compare bates to somner is a joke bates head and shoulders above somner bates bates was very good player when he came into team as youngster great tackler great in the air and great reader of game while we keep playing somner we will keep letting in goals as he never cuts out any crosses may of not played a right back saturday .

Quite!

Wales U21s must have either seen Somner in a different light, or he is just underperforming, like the rest of the squad

 

[Simon C]

matt somner shouldnt ever play for brentford he has no pace doesn't tackle

One thing Matt can do is tackle. Fair point about no pace though.

I like Matt. Despite being a crap full back he doesn't let that get him down and always puts in the effort. Now we have a left back and have found our best central defensive pairing its time for him to return to the bench. He would be perfect as defensive cover as he has played every position across the back four but is not good enough to be first choice in any of them. Perfect low wage substitute in the current financial climate.

 

[BFC T.O.M]

Sorry he don't look comminted enough to me he stands off players too long lets them get the cross over and consequently sometimes a goal. Sorry !!!!!!!!

 

[Simon C]

Sorry he don't look comminted enough to me he stands off players too long lets them get the cross over and consequently sometimes a goal. Sorry !!!!!!!!

Thats just not being good enough. There is a difference.

 

[love and mercy]

Matt is low on cofidence created by a manager who is hell bent on ruining his career .
There are 2 / 3 other players who could be good players but the
way they are coached they have no chance.
how many of the players play well under Downes?
Julian and Hunt are the only 2 I can think of .
He has done wonders with Tommy Wright hasnt he.
Well done Wally

 

[Bee49]

I dunno about Matt but didn't Bully have a crap second half as well?.

 

[Snappy]

I think Matt is in a bad run of form at the moment, he looks out of sorts, fatigued and unsure when confronted with decisions.

However, I still maintain that he is not a bad player. He is still being played out of position as he is a CB (not a RB and certainly not a LB), and I think with Roget and Kitimirike coming back, hopefully Matt will be on the bench or left out of the squad altogether to help him recharge his batteries.

The Wales U-21 coaches aren't blind, they would have seen some good qualities in Matt to call him up to the squad and I just think that given a bit of a break and played in his correct position, he will prove a lot of people wrong.

 

[gj]

at least matt tries & does care hughes is much worse

 

[bees66]

is it me or is matt somner officially the most useless player of all time, his lack of pace, and tackling ability make his use as a defender...shocking

Wally should "TRY" to get rid of him asap even out on loan if like Slough reserves need a left bck he might make the team, jus gettin rid of him would cause wally to stop picking him and to get his 50p a week wages off the wage list, every little helps.

If we had a new manger would he play better then?

 

[love and mercy]

Re: Re: Matt Somner?!

If we had a new manger would he play better then?

I think all the players would .
Wally has no idea how to motivate the players and no tactical no how.
I have said it before he is turning average players into terrible players.
Its their future and ours he is playing with.

 

[bees66]

Re: Re: Re: Matt Somner?!

I think all the players would .
Wally has no idea how to motivate the players and no tactical no how.
I have said it before he is turning average players into terrible players.
Its their future and ours he is playing with.

I'm just feed up at present waiting for Wally to go. waiting for the day that we finally get rid of him, I see Rovers had 8,500 on saturday to show there support of a new manager after getting rid of Graydon.