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Something needs to be done with Britt. At the moment he is not justifying a start in the side. Was very poor an Saturday.
When a clearance comes to him he seems more concerned about rattling/fouling his marker than he does about reaching and controlling the ball. Then when he falls over he sits there waiting for a foul to be given when he was at fault. He drifts offside far too often as others who went to the Wigan game told me he did repeatedly there. On a number of occasions on Saturday he was screaming at other players for failing to pass to him in and around the box even though they could see he was standing offside and so tried something else. It's always someone else's fault with Britt. I accept that successful strikers have to be slightly selfish but Briit is almost always trying to get a shot in himself rather than picking a better option. He could have cost us the first goal on Saturday by being both offside and trying to up his goals tally at the expense of others.
But if we drop him will it put him into a shell. Does he need games to get sharper, or has he simply just lost it since his injury?
In contrast when Ben B gets the ball with his back to goal his first thought usually is to turn his marker and go at their defence. That's how he got the penalty. Defenders don't like players running at them but Britt in a similar position invariably plays the ball back to whence it came. Ben still has a lot to learn - he is also poor at handling long and high clearances - but his raw talent, directness and enthusiasm would have me put him on the team sheet before Britt. Sorry Britt, you have been a star for us but you do need to improve your game in so many areas.
When a clearance comes to him he seems more concerned about rattling/fouling his marker than he does about reaching and controlling the ball. Then when he falls over he sits there waiting for a foul to be given when he was at fault. He drifts offside far too often as others who went to the Wigan game told me he did repeatedly there. On a number of occasions on Saturday he was screaming at other players for failing to pass to him in and around the box even though they could see he was standing offside and so tried something else. It's always someone else's fault with Britt. I accept that successful strikers have to be slightly selfish but Briit is almost always trying to get a shot in himself rather than picking a better option. He could have cost us the first goal on Saturday by being both offside and trying to up his goals tally at the expense of others.
But if we drop him will it put him into a shell. Does he need games to get sharper, or has he simply just lost it since his injury?
In contrast when Ben B gets the ball with his back to goal his first thought usually is to turn his marker and go at their defence. That's how he got the penalty. Defenders don't like players running at them but Britt in a similar position invariably plays the ball back to whence it came. Ben still has a lot to learn - he is also poor at handling long and high clearances - but his raw talent, directness and enthusiasm would have me put him on the team sheet before Britt. Sorry Britt, you have been a star for us but you do need to improve your game in so many areas.
