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Post by royrace on Feb 6, 2020 13:45:12 GMT 1
He appears to have spent his time on the treatment table cultivating the full on Leprechaun look 🤣🤣🤣 Even more concerning is that Jan is back organising the shuttle runs
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Post by Torquayterrier on Feb 6, 2020 14:02:10 GMT 1
If he comes back and plays well that's great, if he doesnt we have another window in the summer if he attracts interest from other clubs.
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Post by brighousebandbred on Feb 6, 2020 14:29:06 GMT 1
He needs to start performing quick as players are ahead of him now in his position (ESR). Pritchard fit or not will become a bit part player and find it difficult to get back in this side.
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Post by Headless Chicken on Feb 6, 2020 14:50:27 GMT 1
There's not an 'anti Pritchard mob', it's just we support Town and he has been consistently shit for us. Maybe there are mitigating factors, but I haven't seen others having these excuses made for them, whilst they have generally got much more shit at the same time. I'm sure any sane fan will be delighted if he turns it around. There's degrees of shitness, he's nowhere near Diakbenza and Sobhi levels of shitness as a player or in attitude, and nowhere near Kongolo in attitude. He did OK in the PL playing in a terrible team. He's barely played in the championship, a league he has excelled in previously, due to a long standing injury. Think what you like about the injury but he has obviously had pain in his knee and been unable to play. None of us know if he could have, maybe now he's been given the green light psychologically he will be able to play through it. If he plays every game from now on and doesn't produce then that will be the time to give him shit. Tom Cairney didnt exactly pull up any trees playing in a crap Fulham team last season, is he shit too? Agree on most of the opening. The next bit moves into where it's subjective and we clearly don't see things the same. Probably an agree to disagree. I honestly think he was terrible in the main; generally adding little creatively to a blunt attack and causing problems in and out of possession with his surprising lack of athleticism. The amount times he failed to get onto a pass that looked 60:40 in his favour was astonishing. I can only remember being impressed with him against Bournmouth, QPR first half and I think for a short period v Derby. In terms of his attitude, he should get the benefit of the doubt, but there have been murmurings he was told he was fit to play, but opted not to. This is whilst Mounie's declares himself fit for Wigan, makes his own way there, his introduction changes the game and he still gets pelters off some (he was clumsy, but effective).
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Post by Amigo on Feb 6, 2020 14:51:28 GMT 1
There's not an 'anti Pritchard mob', it's just we support Town and he has been consistently shit for us. Maybe there are mitigating factors, but I haven't seen others having these excuses made for them, whilst they have generally got much more shit at the same time. I'm sure any sane fan will be delighted if he turns it around. There's degrees of shitness, he's nowhere near Diakbenza and Sobhi levels of shitness as a player or in attitude, and nowhere near Kongolo in attitude. He did OK in the PL playing in a terrible team. He's barely played in the championship, a league he has excelled in previously, due to a long standing injury. Think what you like about the injury but he has obviously had pain in his knee and been unable to play. None of us know if he could have, maybe now he's been given the green light psychologically he will be able to play through it. If he plays every game from now on and doesn't produce then that will be the time to give him shit. Tom Cairney didnt exactly pull up any trees playing in a crap Fulham team last season, is he shit too? He's created 1 goal in the equivalent of 42 full games but you want him to play every game until the end of the season just to prove to you he's been shit for us. Don't you think we're struggling enough? Tom Cairney is a strange comparison, plays in a different position and has more importantly performed for Fulham before and since last season.
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Post by royrace on Feb 6, 2020 15:21:36 GMT 1
There's degrees of shitness, he's nowhere near Diakbenza and Sobhi levels of shitness as a player or in attitude, and nowhere near Kongolo in attitude. He did OK in the PL playing in a terrible team. He's barely played in the championship, a league he has excelled in previously, due to a long standing injury. Think what you like about the injury but he has obviously had pain in his knee and been unable to play. None of us know if he could have, maybe now he's been given the green light psychologically he will be able to play through it. If he plays every game from now on and doesn't produce then that will be the time to give him shit. Tom Cairney didnt exactly pull up any trees playing in a crap Fulham team last season, is he shit too? He's created 1 goal in the equivalent of 42 full games but you want him to play every game until the end of the season just to prove to you he's been shit for us. Don't you think we're struggling enough? Tom Cairney is a strange comparison, plays in a different position and has more importantly performed for Fulham before and since last season. Maybe read my post properly before replying? Apologies I hadn't realised Cairney had switched to playing in goal, I was thinking of the attacking midfielder who was one of the best championship players in his position but did next to nothing in the PL.
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Post by Amigo on Feb 6, 2020 16:20:20 GMT 1
He's created 1 goal in the equivalent of 42 full games but you want him to play every game until the end of the season just to prove to you he's been shit for us. Don't you think we're struggling enough? Tom Cairney is a strange comparison, plays in a different position and has more importantly performed for Fulham before and since last season. Maybe read my post properly before replying? Apologies I hadn't realised Cairney had switched to playing in goal, I was thinking of the attacking midfielder who was one of the best championship players in his position but did next to nothing in the PL. He's a central midfielder. Just because he has better stats doesn't mean he plays as far forward as Pritchard. Lossl has twice as many assists as Pritchard and he still plays in goal though.
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Post by royrace on Feb 6, 2020 20:30:06 GMT 1
Maybe read my post properly before replying? Apologies I hadn't realised Cairney had switched to playing in goal, I was thinking of the attacking midfielder who was one of the best championship players in his position but did next to nothing in the PL. He's a central midfielder. Just because he has better stats doesn't mean he plays as far forward as Pritchard. Lossl has twice as many assists as Pritchard and he still plays in goal though. He’s an attacking midfielder. My point is it was a perfectly valid comparison; not a strange one as you incorrectly stated. Comparing Lossl with Pritchard is strange though.
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Post by Porrohman on Feb 6, 2020 20:45:02 GMT 1
He's a central midfielder. Just because he has better stats doesn't mean he plays as far forward as Pritchard. Lossl has twice as many assists as Pritchard and he still plays in goal though. He’s an attacking midfielder. My point is it was a perfectly valid comparison; not a strange one as you incorrectly stated. Comparing Lossl with Pritchard is strange though. Yeah, one assists more often than the other 😉🤣
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Post by Amigo on Feb 6, 2020 21:10:20 GMT 1
He's a central midfielder. Just because he has better stats doesn't mean he plays as far forward as Pritchard. Lossl has twice as many assists as Pritchard and he still plays in goal though. He’s an attacking midfielder. My point is it was a perfectly valid comparison; not a strange one as you incorrectly stated. Comparing Lossl with Pritchard is strange though. Pritchard is a number 10. Ahead of central midfield and just behind the striker. Cairney plays in central midfield. You mentioned Cairney doesn't play as a keeper intimating I was using the fact that he doesn't play the same position as Pritchard as an excuse for him not getting many goals or assists last season. I was just pointing out that a goalkeeper has twice as many assists as Pritchard.
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Post by royrace on Feb 6, 2020 23:36:53 GMT 1
He’s an attacking midfielder. My point is it was a perfectly valid comparison; not a strange one as you incorrectly stated. Comparing Lossl with Pritchard is strange though. Pritchard is a number 10. Ahead of central midfield and just behind the striker. Cairney plays in central midfield. You mentioned Cairney doesn't play as a keeper intimating I was using the fact that he doesn't play the same position as Pritchard as an excuse for him not getting many goals or assists last season. I was just pointing out that a goalkeeper has twice as many assists as Pritchard. Lol, you said it was a strange comparison, which it wasn’t, it’s a valid one which if you’d bothered reading the post properly in the first place you’d have realised but don’t let that stop you going off on a tangent about which position in midfield they play and how many assists they may or may not have Maybe have another careful read of my original post and see if you can understand it better.
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Post by irverino on Feb 7, 2020 2:49:43 GMT 1
I really think there is a good player somewhere inside Pritch, maybe needs massive kick up the arse to prove we didn't sign the wrong guy from Norwich......it's time to shine AP!
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Post by Convictatthemac on Feb 7, 2020 4:33:06 GMT 1
I really think there is a good player somewhere inside Pritch, maybe needs massive kick up the arse to prove we didn't sign the wrong guy from Norwich......it's time to shine AP! You can’t sign the wrong guy if the ‘right’ guy was never going to sign with us anyway. Now hypothetically if Maddison was open to signing with us, then we signed the wrong guy. It doesn’t matter what Pritch does for the rest of the season, I can’t imagine anyone coming in for him so he can rejoin the PL. Pritchard will never be better than Maddison.
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Post by Amigo on Feb 7, 2020 8:05:40 GMT 1
Pritchard is a number 10. Ahead of central midfield and just behind the striker. Cairney plays in central midfield. You mentioned Cairney doesn't play as a keeper intimating I was using the fact that he doesn't play the same position as Pritchard as an excuse for him not getting many goals or assists last season. I was just pointing out that a goalkeeper has twice as many assists as Pritchard. Lol, you said it was a strange comparison, which it wasn’t, it’s a valid one which if you’d bothered reading the post properly in the first place you’d have realised but don’t let that stop you going off on a tangent about which position in midfield they play and how many assists they may or may not have Maybe have another careful read of my original post and see if you can understand it better. Maybe try have an understanding of football and reply properly. I read your post and it didn't make sense to compare 2 players in different positions, one who has performed consistently (or even at all) and one who hasn't performed consistently (or at all). I wouldn't say Pritchard is a midfielder. He doesn't drop back in to midfield when we don't have the ball (not a dig at him most players in his position don't). His primary role in the team is to attack and not from central midfield. He doesn't have the defensive duties that Cairney does because he's not a midfielder. If you're not bothered about Pritchard getting any assists or goals what do you actually want him to do?!
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Post by midlander on Feb 7, 2020 8:36:18 GMT 1
Two things with Pritch before signing for us: Played in a Brentford side and a Norwich side where he had other good ball players around him in the final third to bounce balls and runs off. Never had that here but now that ESR is here he could have. Secondly, whilst at Brentford and Norwich and doing well his confidence is high and he thinks he has the abilities to play PL so his mental attitude is in a good place. Now, he 100% knows that he isn't good enough for that level, so motivation to get there is diminished. He has been massively disappointing for us, but needs a final chance with another baller up there before we completely write him off. In PL he only really ever had a Mounié or Depoitre in front or around him.
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Post by Melc on Feb 7, 2020 8:46:01 GMT 1
I think most fans would agree Pritchard has struggled with Premiership football, but he was bought on the back of being one of the top end performing championship players. I have been frustrated at times with some of his performances, and can see glimpses of a good player in there, but at this level he has shown before he is well capable of doing a decent job when fully fit. Who knows if he has a future here, but maybe some on here should give him a chance under the Cowleys before totally writing him off!
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Post by turbo2 on Feb 7, 2020 8:55:09 GMT 1
I think most fans would agree Pritchard has struggled with Premiership football, but he was bought on the back of being one of the top end performing championship players. I have been frustrated at times with some of his performances, and can see glimpses of a good player in there, but at this level he has shown before he is well capable of doing a decent job when fully fit. Who knows if he has a future here, but maybe some on here should give him a chance under the Cowleys before totally writing him off! I don’t think fans have written him off, we are mainly frustrated with what he’s shown in two years. He was defo a top end championship player when we bought him, can he be again??? Time will tell. He needs to get fit and get in the side first. When you consider the money we spent on him it’d be difficult to argue against someone saying he’s been largely a flop although nothing like in the same scale as diabenza
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Post by Porrohman on Feb 7, 2020 13:18:31 GMT 1
I think most fans would agree Pritchard has struggled with Premiership football, but he was bought on the back of being one of the top end performing championship players. I have been frustrated at times with some of his performances, and can see glimpses of a good player in there, but at this level he has shown before he is well capable of doing a decent job when fully fit. Who knows if he has a future here, but maybe some on here should give him a chance under the Cowleys before totally writing him off! I don’t think fans have written him off, we are mainly frustrated with what he’s shown in two years. He was defo a top end championship player when we bought him, can he be again??? Time will tell. He needs to get fit and get in the side first. When you consider the money we spent on him it’d be difficult to argue against someone saying he’s been largely a flop although nothing like in the same scale as diabenza Dunno, Diakhaby cost half as much and got more assists in the month the Krays played him than Pritchard has got in 2 years
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Post by Up the Duff. on Feb 7, 2020 20:32:28 GMT 1
Is he going to make himself available this weekend or is the poor little lamb still unfit with his cyst ? Ship him out in summer... We need players who will run through walls for us not half hearted pussies.
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Post by tepidterrier on Feb 7, 2020 20:47:03 GMT 1
not even mentioned in the pre match presser today. I don't know if it's in the best taste to speculate about these things but I hope the lad's mental health is alright. Whole squad took last season very hard, he's supposed to have been getting there in terms of fitness for a good few months now. Maybe things aren't as they appear
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Post by htfc1984 on Feb 7, 2020 21:28:17 GMT 1
not even mentioned in the pre match presser today. I don't know if it's in the best taste to speculate about these things but I hope the lad's mental health is alright. Whole squad took last season very hard, he's supposed to have been getting there in terms of fitness for a good few months now. Maybe things aren't as they appear Wasn't it in Phil's q and a last week that some of players needed or became close to needing 'help' due to the relegation impact it had on them mentally
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Post by est1908 on Feb 8, 2020 0:06:23 GMT 1
I don’t think fans have written him off, we are mainly frustrated with what he’s shown in two years. He was defo a top end championship player when we bought him, can he be again??? Time will tell. He needs to get fit and get in the side first. When you consider the money we spent on him it’d be difficult to argue against someone saying he’s been largely a flop although nothing like in the same scale as diabenza Dunno, Diakhaby cost half as much and got more assists in the month the Krays played him than Pritchard has got in 2 years That is pathetic, by the way...
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Post by Porrohman on Feb 8, 2020 10:40:58 GMT 1
Dunno, Diakhaby cost half as much and got more assists in the month the Krays played him than Pritchard has got in 2 years That is pathetic, by the way... Why ? 2 cockney brothers that do everything together and rule with a rod of iron.
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Post by buckers on Feb 8, 2020 15:03:49 GMT 1
Get him out this club with the others now enough is enough.
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Post by htfcfcfc on Feb 8, 2020 15:05:01 GMT 1
Incredible. Can’t see us witnessing any more appearances from him
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Feb 8, 2020 15:22:42 GMT 1
I don't know why folk get so het up over Pritchard. He's done four fifths of fuck all since he arrived so we're hardly missing him. I'd just write him off and hope we can get a couple of bob for him in the summer.
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Post by E4b on Feb 8, 2020 19:33:07 GMT 1
Pritchard comfortably possesses enough skill and quality to return and totally embarrass a number of posters on here and I would not be surprised to see this happen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2020 21:05:36 GMT 1
Pritchard comfortably possesses enough skill and quality to return and totally embarrass a number of posters on here and I would not be surprised to see this happen. I will gladly eat my piece of "humble pie" if that does happen .
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Post by willo on Feb 8, 2020 21:15:13 GMT 1
Pritchard comfortably possesses enough skill and quality to return and totally embarrass a number of posters on here and I would not be surprised to see this happen. Quite possibly but yet another no-show from him today and games will start running out shortly. He can’t show any skill & quality from the stands.
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Post by E4b on Feb 8, 2020 21:32:54 GMT 1
Pritchard comfortably possesses enough skill and quality to return and totally embarrass a number of posters on here and I would not be surprised to see this happen. Quite possibly but yet another no-show from him today and games will start running out shortly. He can’t show any skill & quality from the stands. This is true but it would make things a lot clearer if we, the fans, could receive a proper update from the management as to why/when we might see an appearance from Pritchard.
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