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Post by nickhtafc82 on Jul 31, 2024 12:57:58 GMT 1
I'd have taken Hungbo all day long. Why he's ended up back in England and with Rotherham... am I missing something?
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Post by arry11 on Jul 31, 2024 12:58:58 GMT 1
And like it or not now Sorba has gone our already weak attack has just been weakened further. We nay miss his deliveries but i see in Duff a more attacking style which will give us more from open play time will tell.
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Post by 2ellandback on Jul 31, 2024 13:03:05 GMT 1
Scott High is leaving on a permanent deal They say that God loves a trier. But in your case I think he would tell you to fuck off.
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Jul 31, 2024 13:03:21 GMT 1
And like it or not now Sorba has gone our already weak attack has just been weakened further. Evans is the new set piece specialist.
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Post by Detective Boyle on Jul 31, 2024 13:09:40 GMT 1
I'd have taken Hungbo all day long. Why he's ended up back in England and with Rotherham... am I missing something? Think he was another in the similar vein of Sinani who was really overrated by town fans. Warnock managed to get a bit of good form from him but he was lacking in a lot of areas.
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Post by RickDangerous on Jul 31, 2024 13:11:45 GMT 1
And like it or not now Sorba has gone our already weak attack has just been weakened further. Evans is the new set piece specialist. The free kicks he's been hitting in the friendlies are leaps beyond anything we ever got from Rudoni and Sorba.
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Post by dezzly on Jul 31, 2024 13:14:02 GMT 1
And like it or not now Sorba has gone our already weak attack has just been weakened further. Evans is the new set piece specialist. And he can shoot as well as put a decent ball in.
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Post by dooky82 on Jul 31, 2024 13:14:58 GMT 1
Evans is the new set piece specialist. The free kicks he's been hitting in the friendlies are leaps beyond anything we ever got from Rudoni and Sorba. We haven't had anyone capable of scoring direct from a free kick since the days of Kenny Irons and Rob Edwards
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Post by fredcarno1 on Jul 31, 2024 13:23:14 GMT 1
And like it or not now Sorba has gone our already weak attack has just been weakened further. Lord Ward and Harratt will do just fine!! Tbf we’ve had the annual ‘Danny Ward is looking sharp in preseason’ posts from the usual quarters. As it stands our squad looks old, lacking in pace and Healey apart devoid of decent striking options.
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Post by htafcokay on Jul 31, 2024 13:23:42 GMT 1
The free kicks he's been hitting in the friendlies are leaps beyond anything we ever got from Rudoni and Sorba. We haven't had anyone capable of scoring direct from a free kick since the days of Kenny Irons and Rob Edwards Martin McIntosh used to take a mean free-kick at times. And I remember Graham Carey scoring one at Wednesday in 2010.
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Post by theterrier42 on Jul 31, 2024 13:29:31 GMT 1
Lord Ward and Harratt will do just fine!! Tbf we’ve had the annual ‘Danny Ward is looking sharp in preseason’ posts from the usual quarters. As it stands our squad looks old, lacking in pace and Healey apart devoid of decent striking options. I can’t wait for our social media team to tweet “Lord Ward” if he scores against Stevenage after being dross for about 2 years now
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 31, 2024 13:37:01 GMT 1
Lord Ward and Harratt will do just fine!! Tbf we’ve had the annual ‘Danny Ward is looking sharp in preseason’ posts from the usual quarters. As it stands our squad looks old, lacking in pace and Healey apart devoid of decent striking options. If Ward starts he will look sharp etc as long as its going well. His 'interest' has faded in the last 2 seasons as it got worse and worse results wise. Wether a 'sharp' Ward can cut it anymore is the question, a less than fully 'sharp' one cant..
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jul 31, 2024 13:37:57 GMT 1
I'm going to miss predicting which man in the wall Sorba would hit with his free kicks.
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Post by sapphireblue on Jul 31, 2024 13:38:38 GMT 1
The free kicks he's been hitting in the friendlies are leaps beyond anything we ever got from Rudoni and Sorba. We haven't had anyone capable of scoring direct from a free kick since the days of Kenny Irons and Rob Edwards Mbenza.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 31, 2024 13:40:55 GMT 1
Lord Ward, who is this ? Danny Warnock more like. The lad will play if we are doing well, if not he will pull a sicky. He has done that all his career, nothing will change. Plus over the last few years, bar the strike against Sheff u, when he does play does anyone even care? He has such a little impact on the game it mainly passes him by.
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Post by runner76 on Jul 31, 2024 13:42:27 GMT 1
Lord Ward and Harratt will do just fine!! Tbf we’ve had the annual ‘Danny Ward is looking sharp in preseason’ posts from the usual quarters. As it stands our squad looks old, lacking in pace and Healey apart devoid of decent striking options. …although I’m sure with KN saying at least one attacking option inbound, we should see some strengthening in that department before season starts….
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Post by Tiro on Jul 31, 2024 13:56:51 GMT 1
I wouldn’t swap anyone of Rovrums players for ours. McWilliams? Hungbo? Personally I'd consider that they have a few options up front that I'd happily have here alongside Healey as well. I don't think Hungbo would fit in our system; we haven't played wingers at all during pre-season. And McWilliams is no better than Kasumu in my humble opinion (he doesn't have Champ exp. for one). I also don't think their strikers, even the much coveted DATM wonderkid JCH, offer anything we haven't got.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 31, 2024 14:00:02 GMT 1
Crawley have signed a player, that they should be bragging about really.
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Post by Tiro on Jul 31, 2024 14:00:55 GMT 1
Lord Ward and Harratt will do just fine!! Tbf we’ve had the annual ‘Danny Ward is looking sharp in preseason’ posts from the usual quarters. As it stands our squad looks old, lacking in pace and Healey apart devoid of decent striking options. What's the usual quarters? Can something not be said even if it's true? For what it's worth, I don't think he is clinical enough. But we also created the square root of fuck all the last two years. Is he looking sharp and fitter than last season though, no doubt. Is he a good squad option at this level? He sure is.
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Post by Tiro on Jul 31, 2024 14:01:32 GMT 1
Crawley have signed a player, that they should be bragging about really. Looks like you're doing it for them.
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Post by Terriersmad on Jul 31, 2024 14:01:46 GMT 1
McWilliams? Hungbo? Personally I'd consider that they have a few options up front that I'd happily have here alongside Healey as well. I don't think Hungbo would fit in our system; we haven't played wingers at all during pre-season. And McWilliams is no better than Kasumu in my humble opinion (he doesn't have Champ exp. for one). I also don't think their strikers, even the much coveted DATM wonderkid JCH, offer anything we haven't got. Hopefully once we have some strikers in situ beyond that we already have! At the moment, we lack firepower. What firepower we have lacks capacity to be fit over 46 games. That's the one area where they have an edge over us - strikers (plural) who are fit and proven at this level, albeit not of a standard I would want us to be looking at.
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Post by Tiro on Jul 31, 2024 14:03:35 GMT 1
I don't think Hungbo would fit in our system; we haven't played wingers at all during pre-season. And McWilliams is no better than Kasumu in my humble opinion (he doesn't have Champ exp. for one). I also don't think their strikers, even the much coveted DATM wonderkid JCH, offer anything we haven't got. Hopefully once we have some strikers in situ beyond that we already have! At the moment, we lack firepower. What firepower we have lacks capacity to be fit over 46 games. That's the one area where they have an edge over us - strikers (plural) who are fit and proven at this level, albeit not of a standard I would want us to be looking at. That wasn't the point being made. And Ward and Healey are proven at this level, if we want to be accurate. But I don't discount we need another, especially with our injury records. Ideally with some pace. But I also don't doubt one (if not two) will happen.
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Post by ffsterriers on Jul 31, 2024 14:34:38 GMT 1
The free kicks he's been hitting in the friendlies are leaps beyond anything we ever got from Rudoni and Sorba. We haven't had anyone capable of scoring direct from a free kick since the days of Kenny Irons and Rob Edwards Pretty sure Norwood scored a few in his time with us
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Post by wigster on Jul 31, 2024 14:35:52 GMT 1
Hopefully once we have some strikers in situ beyond that we already have! At the moment, we lack firepower. What firepower we have lacks capacity to be fit over 46 games. That's the one area where they have an edge over us - strikers (plural) who are fit and proven at this level, albeit not of a standard I would want us to be looking at. That wasn't the point being made. And Ward and Healey are proven at this level, if we want to be accurate. But I don't discount we need another, especially with our injury records. Ideally with some pace. But I also don't doubt one (if not two) will happen. How on earth is Ward proven at this level ?? Apart from looking at how he's done at Town, when he's bothered to play, look at his career record - season by season or his stats over his whole career - they are awful. I accept that he's going to be with us for the length of his dubiously expensive contract - nobody will pay him a fraction of what we apparently are doing - but if we go into yet another bloody season expecting him to be prolific or even fit then we deserve everything we get. Anybody seen anything from him pre-season that suggests he's remotely different to the Danny Ward we know ?
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 31, 2024 14:36:10 GMT 1
We haven't had anyone capable of scoring direct from a free kick since the days of Kenny Irons and Rob Edwards Pretty sure Norwood scored a few in his time with us for all his falls, Mbenza was really good at direct free kicks.
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Post by H6dds on Jul 31, 2024 14:50:48 GMT 1
Pretty sure Norwood scored a few in his time with us for all his falls, Mbenza was really good at direct free kicks. scored 3 or 4 plus hit the woodwork a couple of times as well in about half a season (when he played for a good move away or whatever).
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Post by shawsie on Jul 31, 2024 14:55:07 GMT 1
for all his falls, Mbenza was really good at direct free kicks. scored 3 or 4 plus hit the woodwork a couple of times as well in about half a season (when he played for a good move away or whatever). In the champshp ! Great return for 20m + investment - not! Along with his sprint partner diakhaby and pritchard they must be laughing all the way to the bank. Utter shite - him and pritchard make my blood boil. At least diakhaby can claim he was truly horrendous. The other two are just lazy but wealthy wastrels.
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Post by shawsie on Jul 31, 2024 15:00:02 GMT 1
for all his falls, Mbenza was really good at direct free kicks. scored 3 or 4 plus hit the woodwork a couple of times as well in about half a season (when he played for a good move away or whatever). In the champshp ! Great return for 20m + investment - not! Along with his sprint partner diakhaby and pritchard they must be laughing all the way to the bank. Utter shite - him and pritchard make my blood boil. At least diakhaby can claim he was truly horrendous. The other two are just lazy but wealthy wastrels.
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Post by theterrier42 on Jul 31, 2024 15:01:18 GMT 1
That wasn't the point being made. And Ward and Healey are proven at this level, if we want to be accurate. But I don't discount we need another, especially with our injury records. Ideally with some pace. But I also don't doubt one (if not two) will happen. How on earth is Ward proven at this level ?? Apart from looking at how he's done at Town, when he's bothered to play, look at his career record - season by season or his stats over his whole career - they are awful. I accept that he's going to be with us for the length of his dubiously expensive contract - nobody will pay him a fraction of what we apparently are doing - but if we go into yet another bloody season expecting him to be prolific or even fit then we deserve everything we get. Anybody seen anything from him pre-season that suggests he's remotely different to the Danny Ward we know ? Lord Fraud!
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Post by Terriersmad on Jul 31, 2024 15:02:19 GMT 1
That wasn't the point being made. And Ward and Healey are proven at this level, if we want to be accurate. But I don't discount we need another, especially with our injury records. Ideally with some pace. But I also don't doubt one (if not two) will happen. How on earth is Ward proven at this level ?? Apart from looking at how he's done at Town, when he's bothered to play, look at his career record - season by season or his stats over his whole career - they are awful. I accept that he's going to be with us for the length of his dubiously expensive contract - nobody will pay him a fraction of what we apparently are doing - but if we go into yet another bloody season expecting him to be prolific or even fit then we deserve everything we get. Anybody seen anything from him pre-season that suggests he's remotely different to the Danny Ward we know ? He's effectively spent 2 seasons of his career in the third tier. 83 games, 17 goals, 15 assists - primarily as a winger. He has since played 12 years in the Championship or Premier League. In his defence, he's not proven in League One because his career has been primarily a division above, where he's been a jobbing player. Equally, Tom Lees isn't a proven League One player, but that's because he has 485 Championship games under his belt in a career of over 600 matches. He's never played in League One because he's always been a level above to now.
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