Johnny B reckons don’t ‘wing’ it!
Posted on November 11th, 2009 | 71 Comments |
Of course Bez had several ‘wingmen’, some more accomplished than others, notably Scott Sellars and David Ginola. And of course, he and Ginola had a bit of a ding-dong over ‘covering duties’ back in the day and Beresford was dragged off and reprimanded by Keegan. It was all water-under-the-bridge soon enough though and explained away as a misunderstanding, well that and the unspoken rumour that Davy G was a lazy git? Never!
Despite Ginola’s reluctance to track back on occasion, they got on well enough and Bez reckons that’s crucial to an effective partnership.
“I think you’ve got to get on with each other – and Jonas and Enrique certainly seem to be good pals,” Beresford told the Chronicle.
“I think Enrique does that well but I want to see him do it more often.
“Really you want to see a full-back breaking their neck to get to the byline and offer something different.
“It will get to a stage when the opposition see through your winger and manage to combat it, so you want to make sure there is a different option.
“It means that your full-back is running 60 yards there and then 60 yards back!
“So that telepathy is vital because you don’t want to run all that way for nothing.”
However, he implies what we all know, that is up to now, Gutierrez has been found wanting in terms of creating chances for the team and has not been contributing enough. Of course, Jonas got his first goal the other day and we can only hope he kicks on from there. But Bez points out there has to be a consistent contribution.
“You’ve got to have a killer touch, whether it’s getting amongst the goals or teeing up your strikers.
“I want to see Jonas deliver more and I hope that his goal against Peterborough United is the start of it. You want those killer crosses coming in from both sides.
“You want to see wingers beating defenders and causing those ripples of excitement.”
Few would argue with the wise words of the Yorkshireman and it’s clear that Gutierrez and Enrique have the basics of a good understanding already. But he’s right that we need to see more of it. Enrique could be a lethal weapon in this league and is already showing his intent to run at teams. He gave their right back ten yards again on Saturday and may as well have said “meep, meep” as he pushed it and ran past him with ease. Gutirrez just needs to stop fannying around with it so much and get the ball moving into his path quicker. Then we could really see some sparks.
John Craver is looking for a job. CH should sign him up. He is a good coac and he wld help CH to know Newcastle united more and put some sense in those players.