‘Young players should be more like Moritz’

Andre Moritz once again supplied the sting in the tail for Wanderers, drawing grand praise from Dougie Freedman.

In a season flecked by injuries, just six of the Brazilian’s 21 appearances for the Whites have been from the start.

Nevertheless, Moritz sits as the club’s second highest goalscorer with seven strikes, including an absolute gem to finish off the rout at Elland Road.

Finding a regular start for the man he brought from his old club Crystal Palace has not been easy for Wanderers boss Freedman. But he says the 27-year-old’s willingness to play his part in a squad should be an example to young players on the fringes of the first team.

“When I first came to the football club and didn’t pick someone, they thought it was personal and would be knocking on my door,” he said.

“I couldn’t quite believe the culture of the football club, and it needed to change.

“Andre understands his role and he’ll play, there’s no doubt he’ll play games before the end of the season.

“But he knows the best way to question a manager is to not only come on and score but to get hold of the ball.”

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Getting hold of the ball unless you're the keeper and in your own box is a no no dougie, you should know that.   

And if you mean getting Andre grabbing his OWN ball that's much more information than I need or want thank you.  

If he'd said these things only a couple weeks ago, it would have sparked a very different reaction. Now that we've won three on the bounce, I suppose nobody wants to argue with any "change" that he's brought about or tried to bring about since being at the club.

Let's be honest, he's been known to drop players for no apparent reason whatsoever. Remember when he dropped all the goalscorers from the 5-3 defeat at Leicester, and none of the defenders?
Call me old-fashioned (incidentally, I'm a 4-4-2 advocate) but there's been numerous situations where players have had every right to be pissed off at being dropped.

I don't think players have a right to expect a game every week and sometimes they need to be dropped for the benefit of the team regardless of their personal performance although there have been many more occasions this season where poor performance has justified non-selection. However Dougie is talking about the culture where players expect to be picked regardless of who we're playing next or how they played before and Dougie is spot on.

when i read tht title of this, the first comment i expected to see was from Nat calling him a fat lazy ponce  

Norpig wrote:when i read tht title of this, the first comment i expected to see was from Nat calling him a fat lazy ponce  

Get it right Norpig, Moritz is an injury prone lazy fat ponce.

doffcocker wrote:If he'd said these things only a couple weeks ago, it would have sparked a very different reaction. Now that we've won three on the bounce, I suppose nobody wants to argue with any "change" that he's brought about or tried to bring about since being at the club.

Let's be honest, he's been known to drop players for no apparent reason whatsoever. Remember when he dropped all the goalscorers from the 5-3 defeat at Leicester, and none of the defenders?
Call me old-fashioned (incidentally, I'm a 4-4-2 advocate) but there's been numerous situations where players have had every right to be pissed off at being dropped.

We had 3 games in 5 days with Leicester being the first, the reason for rotation is pretty obvious to be fair and both Moritz and Beckford have been in and out with their fitness this year.