| Bright spot? 20:06 - Mar 5 with 2343 views | MrSheen |
Dare I say Dozzell looked better than Hendrick? At least he’s our player. Moved the ball forwards very smoothly. |  | | |  |
| Bright spot? on 20:37 - Mar 5 with 2263 views | bosh67 |
Yes I do feel that Dozzell and Amos deserve a lot more minutes. As you say, they are ours and they have youth and energy on their side. |  |
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| Bright spot? on 20:39 - Mar 5 with 2237 views | RuislipHoop |
They both move the ball forward,that’s why they don’t get a game,remember ,sideways or backwards. |  | | |
| Bright spot? on 20:48 - Mar 5 with 2194 views | Hastings_Hoops |
Totally agree - they need to be on the team sheet ahead of Hendrick |  | | |
| Bright spot? on 20:50 - Mar 5 with 2183 views | Myke |
| Bright spot? on 20:39 - Mar 5 by RuislipHoop |
They both move the ball forward,that’s why they don’t get a game,remember ,sideways or backwards. |
Can't remember anybody grumbling that Chaz, Steph, Jordi or Sam were not 'ours' this time last year | | | |
| Bright spot? on 21:13 - Mar 5 with 2075 views | The_Beast1976 |
| Bright spot? on 20:48 - Mar 5 by Hastings_Hoops |
Totally agree - they need to be on the team sheet ahead of Hendrick |
Not sure at all Hendrick brings to the party that Amos doesn't. It was a strange loan at the time, and looks even stranger a month or so later when we've lost most of the games since he came in on loan. Amos all the way for me. He's 'ours' and he's a great little player | | | |
| Bright spot? on 22:12 - Mar 5 with 1948 views | toboboly |
| Bright spot? on 20:50 - Mar 5 by Myke |
Can't remember anybody grumbling that Chaz, Steph, Jordi or Sam were not 'ours' this time last year |
Because they were improving the team. I know you love Hendrick myke but he isn't what we need and isn't performing. |  |
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| Bright spot? on 22:13 - Mar 5 with 1933 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
How many games is it in a row for Yoann Barbet? |  |
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| Bright spot? on 22:37 - Mar 5 with 1855 views | MrSheen |
Barbet was fine at the back today (unlike Dickie to be honest, 39 had him on toast).
Dozzell was consigned to outer darkness after a poor half at Coventry. I thought Hendrick started well for us but was poor at Blackburn and anonymous today. There’s a cult of Amos but I think Dozzell has done more for us this year than Hendrick or Amos. Good on the ball, admittedly from a deeper position than Amos, takes us forwards. | | | |
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| Bright spot? on 22:40 - Mar 5 with 1821 views | Myke |
| Bright spot? on 22:12 - Mar 5 by toboboly |
Because they were improving the team. I know you love Hendrick myke but he isn't what we need and isn't performing. |
Interestingly enough I don't , even though I accept I seem to be spending a good deal of time defending him on here. I think he is decent player, gets his head up and spots options. He has 70 odd caps for us (Ireland) and has always looked neat and tidy, but considering the overall quality of our midfield (don't get me started on Rice and Grealish!) he never stood out that much and if he had been around when we had better players he wouldn't have near that many caps.
The reason I am defending him is he has been scape-goated for our demise , which is absurd. It is almost like he is viewed as some kind of consolation price for not getting THAT striker (Paterson or Lawrence or whoever) and it actually his fault that we didn't get said striker, which is equally absurd.
The fact is (second half today excepted) he has been one of our better players since he arrived, but this has been over-looked as the results have been shite. I get that we are all very frustrated to see our early work falling apart, but my goodness we do love a scapegoat, and a player who is not 'ours' is an easy target. | | | |
| Bright spot? on 22:45 - Mar 5 with 1782 views | T_Block |
Hendrick was fine you are just looking for a scapegoat when you have not got a ******* clue what you are talking about. | | | |
| Bright spot? on 22:52 - Mar 5 with 1759 views | MrSheen |
| Bright spot? on 22:40 - Mar 5 by Myke |
Interestingly enough I don't , even though I accept I seem to be spending a good deal of time defending him on here. I think he is decent player, gets his head up and spots options. He has 70 odd caps for us (Ireland) and has always looked neat and tidy, but considering the overall quality of our midfield (don't get me started on Rice and Grealish!) he never stood out that much and if he had been around when we had better players he wouldn't have near that many caps.
The reason I am defending him is he has been scape-goated for our demise , which is absurd. It is almost like he is viewed as some kind of consolation price for not getting THAT striker (Paterson or Lawrence or whoever) and it actually his fault that we didn't get said striker, which is equally absurd.
The fact is (second half today excepted) he has been one of our better players since he arrived, but this has been over-looked as the results have been shite. I get that we are all very frustrated to see our early work falling apart, but my goodness we do love a scapegoat, and a player who is not 'ours' is an easy target. |
Myke, I thought he started very well but looked stale at Blackburn and was worse today. The extreme demands of so many games weigh as heavily on him as anyone, I don’t think he’s our best option at the moment. | | | |
| Bright spot? on 22:57 - Mar 5 with 1722 views | daveB |
I didn't think Dozzell contributed anything when he came on to be honest, Henrick played well the first half I though |  | | |
| Bright spot? on 23:01 - Mar 5 with 1690 views | toboboly |
| Bright spot? on 22:40 - Mar 5 by Myke |
Interestingly enough I don't , even though I accept I seem to be spending a good deal of time defending him on here. I think he is decent player, gets his head up and spots options. He has 70 odd caps for us (Ireland) and has always looked neat and tidy, but considering the overall quality of our midfield (don't get me started on Rice and Grealish!) he never stood out that much and if he had been around when we had better players he wouldn't have near that many caps.
The reason I am defending him is he has been scape-goated for our demise , which is absurd. It is almost like he is viewed as some kind of consolation price for not getting THAT striker (Paterson or Lawrence or whoever) and it actually his fault that we didn't get said striker, which is equally absurd.
The fact is (second half today excepted) he has been one of our better players since he arrived, but this has been over-looked as the results have been shite. I get that we are all very frustrated to see our early work falling apart, but my goodness we do love a scapegoat, and a player who is not 'ours' is an easy target. |
Fairplay.
I disagree in terms of even when he has played better than today he seems to have thrown the balance of the team and has negatively impacted us. | |
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| Bright spot? on 23:11 - Mar 5 with 1658 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Bright spot? on 22:40 - Mar 5 by Myke |
Interestingly enough I don't , even though I accept I seem to be spending a good deal of time defending him on here. I think he is decent player, gets his head up and spots options. He has 70 odd caps for us (Ireland) and has always looked neat and tidy, but considering the overall quality of our midfield (don't get me started on Rice and Grealish!) he never stood out that much and if he had been around when we had better players he wouldn't have near that many caps.
The reason I am defending him is he has been scape-goated for our demise , which is absurd. It is almost like he is viewed as some kind of consolation price for not getting THAT striker (Paterson or Lawrence or whoever) and it actually his fault that we didn't get said striker, which is equally absurd.
The fact is (second half today excepted) he has been one of our better players since he arrived, but this has been over-looked as the results have been shite. I get that we are all very frustrated to see our early work falling apart, but my goodness we do love a scapegoat, and a player who is not 'ours' is an easy target. |
That's a great reply, Myke.
I know we viewed his Blackburn performance differently, and you're a bit higher on his overall performances for us since joining, but I still think he'll improve as he settles in.
I haven't seen today's game yet, but I get your point - "It is almost like he is viewed as some kind of consolation price for not getting THAT striker (Paterson or Lawrence or whoever) and it actually his fault that we didn't get said striker, which is equally absurd."
Just to say, I don't think like that. At least I hope I don't. I'm not mad that we didn't get a striker. And I hope I'm not subconsciously down on him because I didn't understand his transfer at the time - let's be honest, we all look for confirmation bias subconsciously if we don't fight that urge enough.
Either way, just wanted to say that your post was a long and well-thought out one.
Look forward to seeing the game when it's up. According to some friends I rang earlier, that first half was our best in a long while, and it sounds like Hendrick played his part in that. |  |
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| Bright spot? on 23:13 - Mar 5 with 1641 views | Rangersw12 |
Hendrick is shit and if he was born in England the fan boys would see that aswell
Awful player and along with Gray he can do one | | | |
| Bright spot? on 08:58 - Mar 6 with 1312 views | eastside_r |
I must admit that I didn’t think we needed that extra man in, in central midfield in January. However, I had assumed that Hendrick, a regular Prem player for a good few seasons and with his Ireland caps, would be a step up in quality. I have not seen that thus far.
I am not sure what he brings to the party. |  | | |
| Bright spot? on 09:36 - Mar 6 with 1261 views | QPROslo |
| Bright spot? on 22:45 - Mar 5 by T_Block |
Hendrick was fine you are just looking for a scapegoat when you have not got a ******* clue what you are talking about. |
I agree, Hendrick was good again for most of the game. An accurate, quick passer of the ball, also long balls- one superb diagonal must have been around 60 meters long to pick out Chair on the left near their goal line. Chair as all to often dithered and nothing came of it. If we had not signed Hendrick with Johansen sick yesterday our central midfield would have been very thin indeed, probably with Dozzell who is also a good quick passer of the ball but looks a way off the standard needed for a Championship promotion battle to me at present. | | | |
| Bright spot? on 10:07 - Mar 6 with 1192 views | dmm |
Hendrick is a good passer but I think he's a player who keeps the pot boiling rather than provides a 'penetrating pass'. This is why he's not really a stand out player.
He doesn't do the physical side of the game well though and, on that basis, I'd have Johansen ahead of him in most games. |  | | |
| Bright spot? on 10:50 - Mar 6 with 1125 views | 1JD |
| Bright spot? on 10:07 - Mar 6 by dmm |
Hendrick is a good passer but I think he's a player who keeps the pot boiling rather than provides a 'penetrating pass'. This is why he's not really a stand out player.
He doesn't do the physical side of the game well though and, on that basis, I'd have Johansen ahead of him in most games. |
I haven’t seen Johansen be “physical” all season, he is frequently lazy and let’s players run off him for fun. Certainly would not be classified as a tackling-based centre mid.
He’s good on the ball, poor off it. Half of what is required as a centre midfielder. And frankly speaking, he’s not been that good on the ball this season either. Both he and Austin have been major let downs. Made worse because both are on top dollar. | | | |
| Bright spot? on 11:52 - Mar 6 with 1037 views | ParkRoyalR |
| Bright spot? on 10:50 - Mar 6 by 1JD |
I haven’t seen Johansen be “physical” all season, he is frequently lazy and let’s players run off him for fun. Certainly would not be classified as a tackling-based centre mid.
He’s good on the ball, poor off it. Half of what is required as a centre midfielder. And frankly speaking, he’s not been that good on the ball this season either. Both he and Austin have been major let downs. Made worse because both are on top dollar. |
1JD, as usual, you've called it right! | | | |
| Bright spot? on 12:09 - Mar 6 with 1000 views | dmm |
| Bright spot? on 10:50 - Mar 6 by 1JD |
I haven’t seen Johansen be “physical” all season, he is frequently lazy and let’s players run off him for fun. Certainly would not be classified as a tackling-based centre mid.
He’s good on the ball, poor off it. Half of what is required as a centre midfielder. And frankly speaking, he’s not been that good on the ball this season either. Both he and Austin have been major let downs. Made worse because both are on top dollar. |
I take your point but would still have Johansen ahead of Hendrick who I've not yet seen put in a tackle of any sort. Johansen at least tries to put a foot in, even though he's below last season's form. | | | |
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