Spector on the bench. TEAM 36. Thomas Myhre 2. Luke Young 24. Jonathan Fortune 3. Hermann Hreidarsson 22. Chris Powell 19. Dennis Rommedahl 8. Matthew Holland 20. Bryan Hughes 13. Danny Murphy 10. Darren Bent 17. Shaun Bartlett SUBS 16. Stephan Andersen (GK) 7. Radostin Kishishev 12. Kevin Lisbie 18. Darren Ambrose 17. Jonathan Spector
1544: Everton have retaken the lead against Charlton as Tim Cahill's header goes in off the underside of the bar. 1-2 Everton
59' Foul by Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton) on Leon Osman (Everton). Indirect free kick taken right-footed by Mikel Arteta (Everton) from right wing, headed goal by Tim Cahill (Everton) (bottom-right of goal) from left side of penalty area (6 yards).Everton 3-1 Charlton. Assist (cross) by Mikel Arteta (Everton) from right wing.
Which is why he said, "...in January" instead of "before January." On topic...Spector is getting the shaft IMO. I have now seen, read, and heard enough of Charlton to know that their central defenders are average at best most weeks yet Spector ("the best defender (playing centrally at the time) of the preseason") can't buy a start. It's sad really.
I could see one of the teams needing back-up in the fight to stay up trying to get him, like Everton or WBA. Who knows, even United might want him back due to the poor form that Silvestre is currently experiencing.
whatever the reason id like to see spector playing again soon, what is it like 2-3 games with no pt?! thats lame, kid cant definately play so i dont know what the issue is forza inter
This is something to keep in mind when people say that "Yank A shouldn't go to Megateam B because he won't get playing time" or "Yank C should get a transfer to a lower level premiership team." Each situation has to be evaluated on its own, but there are no guarantees, even when it seems that a player should be getting more time.
True - issue on that is that tweety-pie was always better as a LB than a CB and could easily be moved there. Not only that there are the rumours floating around about Man U moving for Evra as well who also plays at LB
I always like Silvestre better at LB than CB. But Evra would surely command the left-back spot until late April if signed.
....Spectors relative lack of playing time has to be a concern, not only for the player but also for Man Utd. How many games has he played ? The situation reminds me a bit of Cooper's time at Academica De Coimbra.....Cooper played in 8 games, started in 4 (all wins, though he didn't score) in half a season....has Spector played in more than 10/12 games ??
Well it isn't that bad, but yeah -- if he can't get time for Charleton, getting time for ManU in the immediate future seems unlikely. Good news for Chris Albright, Frank Hejduk and Heath Pearce.
Yeah, since the EPL is the same as Academie's league... I'll keep that in file. England sez ... btw, I think Spector has 5 starts and 6 subs including the two cup appearances, but not including a handful of friendlies. I also think that Spector has not shown quite enough to make him a must-call.
you may find....if you check recent games....that the teams from portugals "super liga" have done quite well against Man Utd...and Cooper did play several times in the super liga...
I'm not arguing England. You say that Acadamie is at the level of the EPL. I'm just marking it down for further record. And Spector's had 11 appearances, which is right in the 10/12 number. So do you take him to Germany? Me, I'm still on the fence. I'd give him a try in some friendlies, but I'd try others there as well.