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Post by manulike on Mar 11, 2023 19:57:05 GMT
Starman back to the starting lineup v Cardiff How did he do? I only had 45 minutes to spare, but I opted for the first half of the Bristol Rovers game. That was a very decent first half. Savage was very decent and Collins was a little Anonymous.
reading Ben's stats. He played 60' and had an excellent passing accurecy rate (85%) - sounds like he was heavily involved in their victory?
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Post by surge on Mar 11, 2023 23:13:50 GMT
@redwallnews1 asked how he did today and responses weren't positive with some comments neutral and some negative.
Sofascore stats website allows direct comparison to Daniel Johnson and Robbie Brady as the three players who played in similar positions for Preston today. Ben has best passing accuracy, has greater number of dribble attempts (50% success rate), was involved in by far most ground duals (winning 57% - better percentage than Johnson, worse than Brady) and put in more tackles than the other two.
He was dribbled past more than other two, he was less productive in attacking sense than the other two, lost possession most but arguably only because he was more involved.
Obviously stats mean a great deal or nothing at all depending on how they're used, and I can't say why twitter was more negative to his performance today.
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Post by redwallnews on Mar 11, 2023 23:41:41 GMT
@redwallnews1 asked how he did today and responses weren't positive with some comments neutral and some negative. Sofascore stats website allows direct comparison to Daniel Johnson and Robbie Brady as the three players who played in similar positions for Preston today. Ben has best passing accuracy, has greater number of dribble attempts (50% success rate), was involved in by far most ground duals (winning 57% - better percentage than Johnson, worse than Brady) and put in more tackles than the other two. He was dribbled past more than other two, he was less productive in attacking sense than the other two, lost possession most but arguably only because he was more involved. Obviously stats mean a great deal or nothing at all depending on how they're used, and I can't say why twitter was more negative to his performance today. Preston fans to less than impressed with him. |
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Post by talyfan on May 18, 2023 9:23:41 GMT
Contract extended there for another year. Good to have some stability.
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Post by manulike on May 18, 2023 17:30:42 GMT
Well done, Starman!
Looking forward to seeing him Getting more than the odd 25-30 minutes per game, tho.
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Post by welshrover on Aug 8, 2023 23:15:04 GMT
Managed a goal tonight for PNE.
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Post by manulike on Aug 9, 2023 21:46:27 GMT
Managed a goal tonight for PNE. Get him on the plane! #Starman
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Post by manulike on Apr 20, 2024 15:50:37 GMT
STARMAN IS BACK!
For your viewing pleasure, from 5.15pm ;-)
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Post by welshrover on May 19, 2024 6:28:24 GMT
Released by Preston, what a waste of a career!
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Post by marsvolta on May 19, 2024 7:20:06 GMT
Released by Preston, what a waste of a career! Amazing that when he first played for us despite being born in England,Adrian Durham had a meltdown and dedicated an entire programme to why the dual nationality rule in international football should be changed ha ha. *I realise that most of his, and everyone else in Talksport, meltdowns are fake to generate people phoning in and commenting on social media, but still. |
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Post by winsumluzsum on May 19, 2024 16:09:29 GMT
Released by Preston, what a waste of a career! Pretty harsh that. Troubled with injuries and doesn't have the physicality and pace to perform at the highest level. But there's still time for him to carve out a career at Championship level. |
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Post by ar108 on Jul 23, 2024 16:23:09 GMT
Signed for Salford
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Post by manulike on Jul 23, 2024 16:55:45 GMT
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Post by dai on Jul 23, 2024 18:23:24 GMT
Incredible really, gone from being the 'next big Welsh star' to non-league in 3 or 4 years.
Actually that Austria goal was in 2017.......so not quite such a quick downfall.
Will probably retire and end up running a bar in a few years.
A harsh lesson that there's no real point getting too excited about young players.
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Post by jimbo82 on Jul 23, 2024 18:41:36 GMT
Incredible really, gone from being the 'next big Welsh star' to non-league in 3 or 4 years. Actually that Austria goal was in 2017.......so not quite such a quick downfall. Will probably retire and end up running a bar in a few years. A harsh lesson that there's no real point getting too excited about young players. It's quite a downfall, but I'm pretty sure Salford are still in the Football League. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Jul 23, 2024 19:32:24 GMT
Incredible really, gone from being the 'next big Welsh star' to non-league in 3 or 4 years. Actually that Austria goal was in 2017.......so not quite such a quick downfall. Will probably retire and end up running a bar in a few years. A harsh lesson that there's no real point getting too excited about young players. It's quite a downfall, but I'm pretty sure Salford are still in the Football League. Yeah they're in League 2 Still only 24 so a little time to turn things around Also shows the importance of going somewhere that will actually play you, he had 3 loans in 3 seasons where he played less than 30 games - total. |
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Post by dai on Jul 23, 2024 21:12:22 GMT
Sorry, yep, Salford are in League 2.
I think this is the last chance saloon for him.
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Post by talyfan on Jul 23, 2024 21:34:20 GMT
So important playing as many senior 90 minutes as possible between ages 17 to 21 at a decent level. Injuries and mismanaged loans hampered him.
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Post by CrackityJones on Sept 2, 2024 19:40:33 GMT
On this day in 2017, Woodburn scored on his debut against Austria and a star man was born. I doubt anyone thought that seven years he would be plying his trade at Salford City
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Post by manulike on Sept 2, 2024 19:46:43 GMT
On this day in 2017, Woodburn scored on his debut against Austria and a star man was born. I doubt anyone thought that seven years he would be plying his trade at Salford City Well put. Still, he gave me personally one of the happiest five weeks since the Euros in France ;-)
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Post by dragon64 on Sept 2, 2024 20:44:04 GMT
On this day in 2017, Woodburn scored on his debut against Austria and a star man was born. I doubt anyone thought that seven years he would be plying his trade at Salford City 7 years ago that has flown by wasnt he nominated for European Golden Boy too? he got about a dozen caps but was hoping he was going to be a starter for many years, what a shame |
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Post by winsumluzsum on Sept 2, 2024 21:04:36 GMT
His defensive stats last season were surprisingly excellent (best in league for his position for tackles won and interceptions, well above average for 9 out of 11 defensive metrics).
Shame his in possession stats were so poor. But with that work ethic if he can get his mojo back offensively then he could yet make a case for a Cymru recall.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 3, 2024 17:36:37 GMT
The only way I can see him coming back into the fold for internationals is if he tries to become more of a 6 or a centre mid. He probably has the technical ability and work rate to do it, probably just needs a place to call home where he can build a bit of confidence
Given our lack of CM options I think that's his best route back
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Post by dragon64 on Sept 3, 2024 19:03:24 GMT
The only way I can see him coming back into the fold for internationals is if he tries to become more of a 6 or a centre mid. He probably has the technical ability and work rate to do it, probably just needs a place to call home where he can build a bit of confidence Given our lack of CM options I think that's his best route back good call that would be good to see him make his way back into contention |
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Post by surge on Sept 3, 2024 19:27:42 GMT
That Austria goal is one of my best football memories ever. I'd rate it as our best goal until Bale's double against Austria...
And our best goal since Allen's against Austria. Wait a minute, what is it about then that makes all our goals absolute screamers?
I would love Ben to make it back up the leagues and back into contention. It might be a long ol' journey, but I would love it.
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Post by jimbo82 on Sept 13, 2024 9:27:42 GMT
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Post by manulike on Sept 14, 2024 17:30:23 GMT
Thanks for the link. The best paragraph in that article reads: "It is so far so good on that front as the 24-year-old has started four games and come off the bench on two occasions so far this season, equalling his minutes played for the entirety of last season!" #Starman |
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Post by winsumluzsum on Sept 14, 2024 19:41:01 GMT
Lovely assist.
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