Matt Ritchie

If our tactic against teams is to stay compact and hit them on the break then he's going to struggle as he's not got much pace.

On the other hand, he's capable of producing really good pieces of quality like that right footed shot in the first half today and he helps defensively more than Atsu

He's one of the few players we have of prem league quality. He's not a beat a man & cross it type of winger, he's more about intelligent play & quick one two's into space. Through balls & shots etc

Was held back having Mbemba behind him today & you cant really judge our 10 men v Spurs. Be mental to drop him tbh.

i like him, but it's strange he has almost no qualities as a winger. No pace, can't beat a man, his crossing is pretty average

He's a bit like a likeable Damien Duff.

 

yeah, its strange, he always cuts back instead of going past someone and it's starting to really annoy me

Probably because he's a left footer playing on the right would be my guess.

He's one of the few players we have of prem league quality. He's not a beat a man & cross it type of winger, he's more about intelligent play & quick one two's into space. Through balls & shots etc

 

Was held back having Mbemba behind him today & you cant really judge our 10 men v Spurs. Be mental to drop him tbh.

That's why I think he looks a lot better in a team that presses high up the pitch, generally it's wingers with pace who like the sitting deep and counter style.

He'd be fine if we liked having the ball, but we don't. Murphy or Aarons would be infinitely more suited to that setup.

Ritchie needs Yedlin. End of story really. No legs behind him to overlap and he'll be pretty ineffectual.

Ritchie needs Yedlin. End of story really. No legs behind him to overlap and he'll be pretty ineffectual.

Ritchie needs Yedlin. End of story really. No legs behind him to overlap and he'll be pretty ineffectual.

I was just coming to say this exact point. He played miles better (atleast consistently) with Yedlin overlapping because teams have to respect the pace of Yedlin. So Im waiting to see how he does when Yedlin is back. Should have more time and space and if teams still collapse towards him then its up to Yedlin to make them pay by putting dangerous balls into the box and at that point the attackers doing their job.

Think he might be worth a try in the number 10 role, can play decent through balls and has a good shot off both feet - just doesn't have the legs to take on Premier League full backs.

I like him but these first two games he's been atrocious.

That first time shot in the first half was fantastic technique. Technically very hard to pull that shot off.

That said, he's not going to have anywhere near the influence this year.

Ritchie needs Yedlin. End of story really. No legs behind him to overlap and he'll be pretty ineffectual.

Yep. The injuries to both him and Dummett have been very influential to us so far.

Ritchie was on the left today because our left-back was very much a makeshift one; having Atsu in front of Mbemba would have been the riskier call. But from an attacking point if view it meant that Ritchie's only option was to either beat his man (which he doesn't have the pace to do), or cut in on his right (which is very much his weaker side). Atsu then having a poor game down the other flank left us completely toothless down both wings.

Ritchie made no difference in the middle either. Can't see him being any use in that role.

We really are devoid of both quality and depth when it comes to our attacking options; it's really quite worrying. We're gonna have to hope Murphy makes the grade but when he was stood on the touchline I noticed how slight he is, which leaves me quite concerned too.

Gulp, basically.

Ritchie had a disrupted preseason, tbf. He doesn't look completely fit and needs to play into a bit of form. He's not a top Premier League wide man but he is better than he's shown so far this season and is good enough for a midtable/lower midtable outfit.

Is he even likeable? Seems an angry dirty bastard sometimes.

Yeah but he's our angry, dirty bastard.

He was very pap at the start of last season IIRC and seemed to grow into the season the more he played.

As if other people are saying pap now ffs

As if other people are saying pap now ffs

Anah, not enough in the world.

Sorry, didn't realise a word I have used 5 times in the past 12 months on here was totally sickening.

How utterly childish.

Fuck off

Fuck off

Aye, okay like.

Anyone care to have an adult conversation and explain why that word is so offensive?

I don't think Ritchie was "very pap" () at any stage last season. His form dipped around Christmas time but his start and end of season form was good

TCD uses that term all the time and I think it grates on people.  Understandably so

I don't think Ritchie was "very pap" () at any stage last season. His form dipped around Christmas time but his start and end of season form was good

Maybe the Christmas form is what I was wrongly thinking of, having looked back it does look like he had a decent start. Just recalled him going through a poor patch where he was playing similarly to how he has in the last two weeks.

Probably missing Yedlin, who I think he works very well with.

TCD uses that term all the time and I think it grates on people.  Understandably so

Obviously when I used the term as little as 3 months ago and KI managed to respond to the post without being a child and overreacting, it wasn't such a problem.

Back to discussing Ritchie then.

TCD uses that term all the time and I think it grates on people.  Understandably so

 

Obviously when I used the term as little as 3 months ago and KI managed to respond to the post without being a child and overreacting, it wasn't such a problem.

 

Back to discussing Ritchie then.

IP brought it up tbf, take it up with him. But aye, it's profoundly annoying and in nigh on every single TCD post.

He was very pap at the start of last season IIRC and seemed to grow into the season the more he played.

That's the championship though, i genuinely feel like his lack of pace will prove to be a problem in the PL. At least on the wing anyway.