30 Jan 2017 06:35:15
think its time for Halliday to sit on the bench to think about his poor performances might be the kick up the butt he needs but he know Warburton won't drop him and who would use put in his spot

1.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 11:49:31
feel for Halliday he plays in a postion where you can't hide, does his best every week, ok may not be the best but he is willing to stand up and be counted and that is what we need

2.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 11:55:22
He will be the best player we have for that position until Rossiter is fit again then put him in there for Halliday 👌🏻😜

3.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 14:01:39
Blacknessgaffer If by 'stands up to be counted' you mean you mean for example at a throw in he hides behind the defending players and points at somewhere else to pass the ball then you are bang on!

He constantly makes passes to the nearest man to him whether they have 2 men on them or not just to get rid of the ball rather than do anything with it!

4.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 15:06:11
He shouldn't be playing the holding mid role. Either he is good enough for a game in his own position or we should be deploying a defensive midfield player in that role.

Halliday is poor in that position. He is not comfortable under pressure, he panics, he makes short passes that put the team under pressure or gives the ball away and his tackling and positional sense for a defensive player is poor.

As a result Wallace and our two centre backs are put under unnecessary pressure and it messes up the entire defence.

While we have been unlucky with the Barton saga, Rossiter's injury problems and Crooks lack of match fitness none of this is an excuse for deploying a player in a position that they just can't play.

All that is happening is that we are seeing Halliday getting the same sort of stick that McCulloch got because the manager knows that he will play anywhere for the Club and as a result is playing him out of position to the detriment of the player and the team.

5.) 30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017 18:17:06
tomusa who would u play in there as our holding midfielder is injured the other one left after 5 mins at the club so what cdm are u talking about.

he is good enough to play in his own position but is also the only player that is able to play there to an extent it isn't his forte but he tries his best and all that about hiding away I've personally not seen that at the games. I will be looking out for it non the less.