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Post by liathroid on Aug 8, 2019 10:59:45 GMT
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Post by thestatusquo on Aug 8, 2019 11:02:16 GMT
At a bit of a loss FM !! If the seen him play I can’t see what they see in him. I think he’s finished here though. Is Diouf out of contract the end of this season? Yeah. This is Diouf's last year. Surprised, based on that, that no-one's in for him. You'd think we'd let him go for nothing? Gets him off the wage bill!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2019 11:06:56 GMT
Consistent with Nj being the anti Nj Having signed quick keen, young something to prove, give me my chance, players for Luton Town He now wants to sign slow old, nothing to prove, one last pay day, one last fat contract please, players for Stoke City Nj is the anti Nj I know!!!! Confusing! Isn't it! Did he though?
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Post by christhepotter on Aug 8, 2019 11:12:20 GMT
This is a Keith Scott signing , totally fucking uselessl
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 8, 2019 12:36:55 GMT
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 8, 2019 14:49:05 GMT
Another Goalscorer with experience?!? As we stand right now we have three strikers with a combined age of 85 and over 1000 appearances in the bag. I think we are doing alright for experience, goals on the other hand.... Something has clearly freaked Jones out over young players, Edwards bombed out, Verlinden dumped, Campbell used sparingly. Collins I fear was more of necessity than a choice on Saturday and wont be playing regularly. I wouldn't mind if the old heads hadn't pretty much all performed abysmally for him these past 8 months.
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 8, 2019 15:25:27 GMT
He said god willing in his interview.
No guessing who’s signed him.
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Post by berahinosgoals on Aug 8, 2019 16:24:07 GMT
Hogan will be buzzing now with benik going to Bristol, he's odds on to get the nod for the season as main striker. I think he will do well prove to be a shrewd move
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2019 6:30:45 GMT
Low key loan signing - tick Ropey goals record at his current club - tick Signed from the reserves at his current club - tick Says "yer know" a lot when giving interviews - tick
It isn't the second coming is it?
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Post by neilb987 on Aug 9, 2019 6:56:18 GMT
Low key loan signing - tick Ropey goals record at his current club - tick Signed from the reserves at his current club - tick Says "yer know" a lot when giving interviews - tick It isn't the second coming is it? 😜 You mean the new Golden One, Mark Stein?? Only time will tell ....😺😺😺
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 9, 2019 7:08:54 GMT
He comes across well - but get the impression his confidence has taken a hit at Villa, which is understandable.
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Post by SCFC92 on Aug 9, 2019 7:15:13 GMT
He comes across well - but get the impression his confidence has taken a hit at Villa, which is understandable. 15+ goals this season given the game time!
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Post by Rt Hon Reverend Luvpump on Aug 9, 2019 7:16:26 GMT
It says lightning quick striker! Does anyone know if he is quick ?
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Aug 9, 2019 7:22:06 GMT
Another Goalscorer with experience?!? As we stand right now we have three strikers with a combined age of 85 and over 1000 appearances in the bag. I think we are doing alright for experience, goals on the other hand.... Something has clearly freaked Jones out over young players, Edwards bombed out, Verlinden dumped, Campbell used sparingly. Collins I fear was more of necessity than a choice on Saturday and wont be playing regularly. I wouldn't mind if the old heads hadn't pretty much all performed abysmally for him these past 8 months. The obsession with youth is getting weird. Every now and again a relatively young side comes good - Ajax last season for example - and all of sudden its the answer to all ills, The fact is teams with experience do better than those without experience and the number of relatively old successful teams massively outnumber successful young teams. Statistically if we adopt a policy based on playing youth we will do worse than we would if we field an experienced side. It's not as though Jones hasn't given young players a chance - in fact he's fielded far more youngsters than the last 4 predecessors. His first 11 selection policy is to play the best 11 available - regardless of age. The only reason a young player should make it to the first team is because they deserve their place - not because they are young. We're a professional football club - not a youth club.
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 9, 2019 7:23:55 GMT
He comes across well - but get the impression his confidence has taken a hit at Villa, which is understandable. I don’t know if it’s deliberate but right at the start he goes ‘get away from, I mean, leave villa’ Sticks of an incredibly bad time for him.
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Post by Gods on Aug 9, 2019 7:33:18 GMT
Beam me up!
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 9, 2019 8:28:07 GMT
Another Goalscorer with experience?!? As we stand right now we have three strikers with a combined age of 85 and over 1000 appearances in the bag. I think we are doing alright for experience, goals on the other hand.... Something has clearly freaked Jones out over young players, Edwards bombed out, Verlinden dumped, Campbell used sparingly. Collins I fear was more of necessity than a choice on Saturday and wont be playing regularly. I wouldn't mind if the old heads hadn't pretty much all performed abysmally for him these past 8 months. The obsession with youth is getting weird. Every now and again a relatively young side comes good - Ajax last season for example - and all of sudden its the answer to all ills, The fact is teams with experience do better than those without experience and the number of relatively old successful teams massively outnumber successful young teams. Statistically if we adopt a policy based on playing youth we will do worse than we would if we field an experienced side. It's not as though Jones hasn't given young players a chance - in fact he's fielded far more youngsters than the last 4 predecessors. His first 11 selection policy is to play the best 11 available - regardless of age. The only reason a young player should make it to the first team is because they deserve their place - not because they are young. We're a professional football club - not a youth club. He has given young players a chance. Edwards, best player at the end of last season, replaced Verlinden, blew everybody away in his first start and played well in his other appearances. The invisible man. Campbell, everyone knows he would have gone out on loan yesterday if the business had gone our way. Collins, lets see how loyal he is to this youngster in the coming weeks. Sadly, like Pulis cowering up his own arse when he found a fairly expansive way of playing with decent wingers, something has spooked Nath when it comes to kids. I wouldn't mind so much if the senior players he's picked instead had done anything other than let him down in the main.
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Post by thehoof on Aug 9, 2019 8:38:49 GMT
Another Goalscorer with experience?!? As we stand right now we have three strikers with a combined age of 85 and over 1000 appearances in the bag. I think we are doing alright for experience, goals on the other hand.... Something has clearly freaked Jones out over young players, Edwards bombed out, Verlinden dumped, Campbell used sparingly. Collins I fear was more of necessity than a choice on Saturday and wont be playing regularly. I wouldn't mind if the old heads hadn't pretty much all performed abysmally for him these past 8 months. The obsession with youth is getting weird. Every now and again a relatively young side comes good - Ajax last season for example - and all of sudden its the answer to all ills, The fact is teams with experience do better than those without experience and the number of relatively old successful teams massively outnumber successful young teams. Statistically if we adopt a policy based on playing youth we will do worse than we would if we field an experienced side. It's not as though Jones hasn't given young players a chance - in fact he's fielded far more youngsters than the last 4 predecessors. His first 11 selection policy is to play the best 11 available - regardless of age. The only reason a young player should make it to the first team is because they deserve their place - not because they are young. We're a professional football club - not a youth club. Giving youth a chance and saying that Jones has done this more so than previous managers while true, is also misleading. Yes, he played Edwards regularly but has now brought in Smith ( time will tell if he is a good signing), his use of Campbell and Verlinden can be measured in minutes not actual games, and his use of Collins was in his own words out of necessity. Statistically you are probably correct in that experienced sides trump inexperienced- but statistically teams that win 3 out of 24 games are usually relegated. You know what they say about statistics?
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Post by thisisouryear on Aug 9, 2019 8:54:00 GMT
He said god willing in his interview. No guessing who’s signed him. The man upstairs? We could rename the stadium the Holy Roman Empire.
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Post by jimmygscfc on Aug 9, 2019 9:07:13 GMT
Hogan, has reasonable pace and energy. He likes to play off the shoulder of the last defender and works well with a big man (Vokes might do alright with him, and Gregory could link well with him perhaps?). My Villa mates rate him but say he's not been given a decent run. Sounds like he needs to be loved and given a chance. This is one that could come off actually.
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Post by stokest5 on Aug 9, 2019 9:07:52 GMT
Hogan will be buzzing now with benik going to Bristol, he's odds on to get the nod for the season as main striker. I think he will do well prove to be a shrewd move He could score 20 goals this season and people would still say he’s wank.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Aug 9, 2019 9:16:19 GMT
The obsession with youth is getting weird. Every now and again a relatively young side comes good - Ajax last season for example - and all of sudden its the answer to all ills, The fact is teams with experience do better than those without experience and the number of relatively old successful teams massively outnumber successful young teams. Statistically if we adopt a policy based on playing youth we will do worse than we would if we field an experienced side. It's not as though Jones hasn't given young players a chance - in fact he's fielded far more youngsters than the last 4 predecessors. His first 11 selection policy is to play the best 11 available - regardless of age. The only reason a young player should make it to the first team is because they deserve their place - not because they are young. We're a professional football club - not a youth club. Giving youth a chance and saying that Jones has done this more so than previous managers while true, is also misleading. Yes, he played Edwards regularly but has now brought in Smith ( time will tell if he is a good signing), his use of Campbell and Verlinden can be measured in minutes not actual games, and his use of Collins was in his own words out of necessity. Statistically you are probably correct in that experienced sides trump inexperienced- but statistically teams that win 3 out of 24 games are usually relegated. You know what they say about statistics? Most people use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post. More fore support than illumination.
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Post by vahl on Aug 9, 2019 9:16:39 GMT
Joe Allen will play well with him.
He has a bit of pressure to find form almost instantly too imo.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Aug 9, 2019 9:26:02 GMT
Joe Allen will play well with him. I can assure you he won’t. He can’t even play well in training.
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Post by berahinosgoals on Aug 9, 2019 9:28:47 GMT
Hogan will be buzzing now with benik going to Bristol, he's odds on to get the nod for the season as main striker. I think he will do well prove to be a shrewd move He could score 20 goals this season and people would still say he’s wank. Looking through the villa boards the gist I get with hogan is he's a bit of a scape goat for steve bruce who made a poor signing as in the wrong type of striker , as a result hogan didn't do too well, villa fan's pee'd off they paid 12 mill for him so some are naturally not going to rate him, others will dislike him but there are a few that conceed he was a poor buy by bruce, for his style of football, always give 100% though. They say he needs a run of games, well he'll get that here. Thing is we don't intend on playing like steve bruce we intend on using an attacking formation & attacking football. A totally different ball game and his record at brentford was very good and he also had a decent record at rochdale. Concentrate on supplying him & I'm confident he'll score. He was hot property before moving to villa
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Post by shrewspotter on Aug 9, 2019 9:29:07 GMT
Joe Allen will play well with him. I can assure you he won’t. He can’t even play well in training. personally I think the likes of Duffy, Ince and Powell should be more than enough to feed Hogan
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Post by jimmygscfc on Aug 9, 2019 9:45:19 GMT
That assumes we'll be playing a team with all three of those on the pitch at the same time. Explain that one to me.
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Post by vahl on Aug 9, 2019 10:21:49 GMT
Joe Allen will play well with him. I can assure you he won’t. He can’t even play well in training. He's started the season in bad form, I know, he couldn't even take 3 touches last Sat. We know what he's about at this point though. He will be OK.
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Post by blade01 on Aug 9, 2019 14:01:06 GMT
Another recent Blades player......so i’ll give you a run down on Hogan.
His work rate and attitude was really good. His ability was average......he was never impressive at any time but was always busy putting in a shift for the team, very good off the ball chasing down defenders and making runs playing off the shoulder of their last man. So always keeping opposition defenders busy, giving them something to worry about.
Every Blade I’ve spoke to have no good words to say about him....but (unlike Villa fans) no one has any bad words to say about him either.
He was generally sub (an insurance policy to cover injuries) and when ever he came on he was always OK (6 or 7 out of 10), looking no better than average Championship standard.
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Post by cousindupree on Aug 9, 2019 14:08:29 GMT
Another recent Blades player......so i’ll give you a run down on Hogan. His work rate and attitude was really good. His ability was average......he was never impressive at any time but was always busy putting in a shift for the team, very good off the ball chasing down defenders and making runs playing off the shoulder of their last man. So always keeping opposition defenders busy, giving them something to worry about. Every Blade I’ve spoke to have no good words to say about him....but (unlike Villa fans) no one has any bad words to say about him either. He was generally sub (an insurance policy to cover injuries) and when ever he came on he was always OK (6 of 7 out of 10), looking no better than average Championship standard. Cheers Blade.But but but some posters on hear are suggesting 15+ goals from him and looking at our strike options he has to get near that for us to score enough goals to get us anywhere near playoffs.
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