Lags Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 A big word up for Baxter. The one shining light we've had out of this dreadful season. Could you imagine having this lad in the play off Dowie season........would we have gone up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyres_28 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Absolutely YES! either with Andrews or at the head of a midfield 3 in the 3-5-2 formation What a side that would have been. Also we're crying out for the pace of Andrews this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 As close as we were in 2003 I don't think a ten year old was the missing ingredient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC_Ryan Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Baxter is by far the best player at the club but also one of the most inconsistent imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancy lad Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 A big word up for Baxter. The one shining light we've had out of this dreadful season. Could you imagine having this lad in the play off Dowie season........would we have gone up? He is an amazing talent Lags and so much better than our level. However he does frustrate the :censored: out of me sometimes when he doesn't chase down after losing the ball. There was a ball that he completely :censored: out of heading yesterday because their lad was very committed to winning. Without him we would probably be down, but I want to see him go full into tackles and headers because he will be even more wasted in the 4th division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Baxter is by far the best player at the club but also one of the most inconsistent imo He's frustrating at times, but he's always trying to make something happen. Nobody else does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC_Ryan Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 He's extremely frustrating at times. FTFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I was at Hillsborough yesterday and if the Jermaine Johnson who turned out for Sheff Wednesday yesterday had played for us we'd have gone up, he absolutely tore Blackburn a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 JJ was infuriating .....but he was might exciting to watch as well ,fastest player I can recall at our place since the imcomparable Paul Warhurst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I was at Hillsborough yesterday and if the Jermaine Johnson who turned out for Sheff Wednesday yesterday had played for us we'd have gone up, he absolutely tore Blackburn a new one Mate of mine is a Wednesdayite, he regularly raves about JJ, but I'd have expected him to have improved from his time with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I was at Hillsborough yesterday and if the Jermaine Johnson who turned out for Sheff Wednesday yesterday had played for us we'd have gone up, he absolutely tore Blackburn a new one Instead we got the Jermaine Johnson who literally gave up mid game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Baxter is by far the best player at the club but also one of the most inconsistent imo If you mean by most inconsistent that he is consistently the best Latics player on the pitch, I'd agree. But if you mean inconsistent in the same way as players like Robbie Simpson, Connor Brown, James Wesolowski, Lee Barnard, Dean Bouzanis and James Tarkowski, then I can't agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 :censored: Baxter. Give me Kevin Betsy, Michael Ricketts and Delroy Facey any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microcuts Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 (edited) JJ was infuriating .....but he was might exciting to watch as well ,fastest player I can recall at our place since the imcomparable Paul Warhurst. Paul Edwards could shift. May have been later than JJ. Years of mediocre to :censored:e players blend into one. Edited April 8, 2013 by Microcuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 He's frustrating at times, but he's always trying to make something happen. Nobody else does. Or nobody else can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Or nobody else can? Ah, the old "are the players talented enough" question. We may never know the answer. I think they have the ability. Their attitude to make it happen is massively lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Ah, the old "are the players talented enough" question. We may never know the answer. I think they have the ability. Their attitude to make it happen is massively lacking. Oh absolutely agreed, but what I was getting at is as far as creativity in the middle of the park goes and footballing nous, Baxter is miles ahead of anyone else in the squad in my opinion. Only other player that comes close re 'making things happen' is Croft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 There was a ball that he completely :censored: out of heading yesterday because their lad was very committed to winning. Without him we would probably be down, but I want to see him go full into tackles and headers because he will be even more wasted in the 4th division. If others would have taken the chances that he created, it wouldn't have mattered that he wasn't competing for every challenge. To get the most from a talent like his, I'd be quite happy to watch others take up the leg work. Let him seek out the attacking opportunities for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukers1 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Paul Edwards could shift. May have been later than JJ. Years of mediocre to :censored:e players blend into one. I remember him catching that Keegan Parker in the Playoffs, Parker had at least 20 yards on him and he caught him... Probably one of the quickest playerd I have seen, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I remember him catching that Keegan Parker in the Playoffs, Parker had at least 20 yards on him and he caught him... Probably one of the quickest playerd I have seen, Paul Edwards was the greatest playmaker Izale McLeod ever played with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Baxter or Croft? My player of the season is Croft. Baxter goes missing and often does the wrong thing - with his skill properly applied we should not have been where we are - remember that penalty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Baxter or Croft? My player of the season is Croft. Baxter goes missing and often does the wrong thing - with his skill properly applied we should not have been where we are - remember that penalty? I'd argue Croft went missing after ballboy-gate and wasn't sighted again until the Everton game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchierich Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Talking about JJ reminds that things could be worse....anyone remember a corker he scored early in his Latics career away to Rushden & Diamonds (we got stuffed 4-1 iirc) some years ago? JJ has gone on to greater things, we have stayed where we are but Rushden have well, completely lost their sparkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Ah, the old "are the players talented enough" question. We may never know the answer. I think they have the ability. Their attitude to make it happen is massively lacking. We keep saying that the players have the ability but where is the evidence to suggest this? In the last 3 seasons we have managed only a handful of decent performances and a long awaited cup run. We have players who can't pass the ball 5 yards, players who treat the ball like a hot potato, others who hoof It anywhere and to anybody and almost none who run off the ball to find space. I've come to the conclusion that we are just plain :censored:e, and have been for some considerable time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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