Headley

[utttrooper]

Absolutely fucking awful.
I want him to succeed as he came through the ranks but Jesus fucking Christ.
I would not be upset if he never played for the club again.
He was far from the only shite player on the pitch but for me he was the shittest which says a lot.
Please do not extend his contract, Town.

[Wingman]

Nov 1, 2024 23:15:18 GMT 1 utttrooper said:

Absolutely fucking awful.
I want him to succeed as he came through the ranks but Jesus fucking Christ.
I would not be upset if he never played for the club again.
He was far from the only shite player on the pitch but for me he was the shittest which says a lot.
Please do not extend his contract, Town.

Sorry to say it but he is awful. Ruffels has been cast aside for this lad, which in itself feels wrong to say.

[pterrier]

He wasn’t as bad as radulovic

[Million Dollar Babies]

That head down trying to shuffle around 360 degrees but actually carrying the ball off the pitch in the process has become a particular party piece I love to see from him.

He was a far better player when he first broke through playing on instinct. He's actually been coached in to a poorer player

[jp]

Give Josh Ruffels a go. Can not be any worse.

[menstonterrier]

Shocking but we knew he would be.

Apart from Morecambe, where we had the advantage of scoring in the first minute, he has been terrible.

BUT WE STILL PLAY HIM. WHY?

[E4b]

Nov 1, 2024 23:25:49 GMT 1 jp said:

Give Josh Ruffels a go. Can not be any worse.

Ten times the player Turton is!

[htafcdreams]

Headley is purely an impact player from the bench. Warnock used him well in this role.

Headleys overall game is poor, lacks concentration, poor positioning, defensively soft. Honestly think he’s more suited to being a left winger than a full back / wingback

I’m not particularly impressed with last year attitude however Duff made him one of the vice captains which to me is bizarre

[HuddsTerrier]

I think there's a player there but it won't be at Town. The lad will be at someone like Colchester next season

Such a shame. A few years ago I watched our B team demolish Watford. A quick were are they now - all these played in our first team

Bilo - warming the bench at Peterborough
Ayina - still on the books but not even worth a player profile in the B team. Move to a smalll club awaits this summer
Olagunju - playing in non league (Ebbsfleet)
Russell - Barnsley ..for now
Camara - plays for Charleroi who finished 13th out of 16 in the Belgium league and play in front of 6500 fans on average
Diarra - playing in the UAE for Al Wahda (me niether). Seemingly they average 2600 fans a game
Jones - injured again. This time at Exeter
Bright - without a club

So Headley should be grateful he still has the opportunity at Town because if he looks at his peers the only direction is downwards after they leave.

[royrace]

Nov 1, 2024 23:33:44 GMT 1 menstonterrier said:

Shocking but we knew he would be.

Apart from Morecambe, where we had the advantage of scoring in the first minute, he has been terrible.

BUT WE STILL PLAY HIM. WHY?

I've no idea. We can all see he's garbage. I'm not a fan of ruffles but he's a much better shout and L1 is his level.

Could it be the DoF has a favourite backup LWB and it's not the one that Warnock re signed?

After all they need to keep up the pretence that they were right to sack Warnock! Which reminds me have they even owned that monumental balls up yet? Maybe a question for the next diary.

[royrace]

Nov 2, 2024 9:45:41 GMT 1 HuddsTerrier said:

I think there's a player there but it won't be at Town. The lad will be at someone like Colchester next season

Such a shame. A few years ago I watched our B team demolish Watford. A quick were are they now - all these played in our first team

Bilo - warming the bench at Peterborough
Ayina - still on the books but not even worth a player profile in the B team. Move to a smalll club awaits this summer
Olagunju - playing in non league (Ebbsfleet)
Russell - Barnsley ..for now
Camara - plays for Charleroi who finished 13th out of 16 in the Belgium league and play in front of 6500 fans on average
Diarra - playing in the UAE for Al Wahda (me niether). Seemingly they average 2600 fans a game
Jones - injured again. This time at Exeter
Bright - without a club

So Headley should be grateful he still has the opportunity at Town because if he looks at his peers the only direction is downwards after they leave.

And Nagles plan is to chuck even more money at the academy. I know it's different but as you highlight above it's extremely difficult to produce players that are even decent enough to pad out the squad

[HuddsTerrier]

Nov 2, 2024 9:49:26 GMT 1 royrace said:

Nov 2, 2024 9:45:41 GMT 1 HuddsTerrier said:

I think there's a player there but it won't be at Town. The lad will be at someone like Colchester next season

Such a shame. A few years ago I watched our B team demolish Watford. A quick were are they now - all these played in our first team

Bilo - warming the bench at Peterborough
Ayina - still on the books but not even worth a player profile in the B team. Move to a smalll club awaits this summer
Olagunju - playing in non league (Ebbsfleet)
Russell - Barnsley ..for now
Camara - plays for Charleroi who finished 13th out of 16 in the Belgium league and play in front of 6500 fans on average
Diarra - playing in the UAE for Al Wahda (me niether). Seemingly they average 2600 fans a game
Jones - injured again. This time at Exeter
Bright - without a club

So Headley should be grateful he still has the opportunity at Town because if he looks at his peers the only direction is downwards after they leave.

And Nagles plan is to chuck even more money at the academy. I know it's different but as you highlight above it's extremely difficult to produce players that are even decent enough to pad out the squad

Two of our biggest successes have come picking off the "not quite good enough" from Man City and the rest. Tommy Smith (fantastic signing) and Harry Bunn (did a job at Championship) the two examples so rather than bemoan the fact we have the Manchester giants on our doorstep picking up the best local talent (e.g. Man City gave a debut to Simpson-Pusey midweek who I believed is from Huddersfield). We could look at it another way

Every year Man City and Man Utd release players far better than we produce (3 of the last 5 FA Youth cups have been won by Utd and City) and you would think some of those players would open to a move that enables them to stay local while playing at a good standard and training in good facilities. We should be a decent draw. We'd probably get a better standard of player than trawling London's talent academies etc

[Larry David]

Absolutely dreadful...get rid

[foxtrot666]

Nov 1, 2024 23:21:46 GMT 1 pterrier said:

He wasn’t as bad as radulovic

I was really surprised he stayed on for the 2nd half, Ward wasn't great by any means but Radulovic was awful, if he was any kind of striker he would have had a simple tap in from Ward's cross shot but sadly he was asleep and he didn't improve in the second half.
As for Headley, he shouldn't be starting and Ruffles is a far better option.

 

[bells ringing :)]

Nov 1, 2024 23:21:46 GMT 1 pterrier said:

He wasn’t as bad as radulovic

I agree but Bojan was a whole new level of dog shit, is bojan even a footballer? Bojan looked like a fan who had won a prize to play. Headley seems to think he has made it as a footballer already and has become slack since this point. When he came back from Harrogate , he was hungry and had a drive about him. But last season  he was complacent to say the least and that has carried on.

[Ginger Ogre]

Nov 2, 2024 8:51:48 GMT 1 htafcdreams said:

Honestly think he’s more suited to being a left winger than a full back / wingback

I used to think this, but seeing him play this season I don't even think he would be effective playing as winger.

Hes so reluctant to try get round a defender 1v1. He used to decent at it, so it's either a confidence thing or its been coached out if him. He doesn't look even half the player he once did and seems to be really playing within himself.

Sad as he did look hald decent when he broke though. Id suggest some time away from Town would be the best thing for him, get him out on loan if we can and see if a new environment can revive him as a person as well as a player.

[fredcarno1]

Chris Sutton who’s played at the highest level and has probably never seen or heard of Radulovic had him sussed after about 20 minutes. Absolutely shite and as weak as piss, yet Cartwright saw him as part of the answer to preserving our Championship status, it absolutely beggars belief to be fair.

The group of fans claiming ‘he’ll come good’ must be dwindling by the game. We've had some absolutely shocking strikers over the years but in terms of ability versus money spent he’s got to be up there with the very worst.

[themanfromatlantis]

Nov 1, 2024 23:21:52 GMT 1 Million Dollar Babies said:

That head down trying to shuffle around 360 degrees but actually carrying the ball off the pitch in the process has become a particular party piece I love to see from him.

He was a far better player when he first broke through playing on instinct. He's actually been coached in to a poorer player

That last bit is spot on. In carefree mode he did well, but for some reason that disappeared.

Players who play like that will always have a mistake or two in them, but the good stuff outweighs the bad.

I feel a bit for the lad because there must be a part of him that wants to say ‘fuck it, I’ll just have a go’…

It doesn’t help that most of our team are like statues in the final third, we must be amongst the slowest teams in the league in the front third of the pitch.

[Million Dollar Babies]

Nov 2, 2024 14:11:03 GMT 1 themanfromatlantis said:

Nov 1, 2024 23:21:52 GMT 1 Million Dollar Babies said:

That head down trying to shuffle around 360 degrees but actually carrying the ball off the pitch in the process has become a particular party piece I love to see from him.

He was a far better player when he first broke through playing on instinct. He's actually been coached in to a poorer player

That last bit is spot on. In carefree mode he did well, but for some reason that disappeared.

Players who play like that will always have a mistake or two in them, but the good stuff outweighs the bad.

I feel a bit for the lad because there must be a part of him that wants to say ‘fuck it, I’ll just have a go’…

It doesn’t help that most of our team are like statues in the final third, we must be amongst the slowest teams in the league in the front third of the pitch.

This is one of the main reasons why our recruitment team should find their heads on the chopping block. They've amassed a group of 6 strikers and not one of them has any pace. Koroma is nearest to being classed as quick but he will never be able to sprint away from anyone.

How can they have not seen this and targeted their recruitment accordingly?

[jp]

Cartwright and co don’t know football. It’s as simple as that. They can’t see a player themselves so rely on second & third hand information and we end up with someone from Finland & so many other shitters.. people like healey that has not had more than 20 games for years.. etc etc

[Detective Boyle]

Nov 2, 2024 13:03:05 GMT 1 fredcarno1 said:

Chris Sutton who’s played at the highest level and has probably never seen or heard of Radulovic had him sussed after about 20 minutes. Absolutely shite and as weak as piss, yet Cartwright saw him as part of the answer to preserving our Championship status, it absolutely beggars belief to be fair.

The group of fans claiming ‘he’ll come good’ must be dwindling by the game. We've had some absolutely shocking strikers over the years but in terms of ability versus money spent he’s got to be up there with the very worst.

Do wonder if our stats team under Cartwright know what they’re doing. Can only imagine they saw his goals and thought he’d do, rather than actually look into the fact he has about 10% of the pace, strength and mentality needed to play in English football.
I see them sometimes sat in McDonald’s in their big coats on their iPads. Can only imagine they’re having a big game of Mario kart.

[themanfromatlantis]

Our DoF, in McDonalds?

Do they not have decent facilities at Canalside?

[kennyk2]

Headley was getting some poor abuse a month or so ago... not good for a young player.

But, I really don't think he's good enough. Probably needs to move on to reinvent himself.

[nickhtafc82]

He's not even that young now. At 23 you'd be expecting to have cemented your place in a starting 11.

I thought he started OK last night, but like so many, just vanished.

[Frankiesleftpeg]

Nov 2, 2024 13:03:05 GMT 1 fredcarno1 said:

Chris Sutton who’s played at the highest level and has probably never seen or heard of Radulovic had him sussed after about 20 minutes. Absolutely shite and as weak as piss, yet Cartwright saw him as part of the answer to preserving our Championship status, it absolutely beggars belief to be fair.

The group of fans claiming ‘he’ll come good’ must be dwindling by the game. We've had some absolutely shocking strikers over the years but in terms of ability versus money spent he’s got to be up there with the very worst.

I think part of the problem these days is that don't actually see the players live. There appears to be too much emphasis on meaningless stats and highlights videos, rather than getting off their arses and going to see the player(s) live. I remember Warnock saying that he went to see Darren Bullock playing for Nuneaton but only needed 10 minutes to make up his mind that he was what he wanted.

I doubt Cartwright went to see few, if any of the players that we've signed since he was appointed. If he did and still signed that likes of Radulovic and Lapado, then he really is the clown that folk think he's is.

[Up the Duff.]

Another Critchlow or Rarmani Edmods Green. Absolutely bang average and cash someone said will work his way down the leagues.

[FloridaTerrier]

Nov 2, 2024 12:54:14 GMT 1 bells ringing :) said:

Nov 1, 2024 23:21:46 GMT 1 pterrier said:

He wasn’t as bad as radulovic

I agree but Bojan was a whole new level of dog shit, is bojan even a footballer? Bojan looked like a fan who had won a prize to play. Headley seems to think he has made it as a footballer already and has become slack since this point. When he came back from Harrogate , he was hungry and had a drive about him. But last season  he was complacent to say the least and that has carried on.

Bojan was poor yes. I understand that Bojans confidence is fragile right now. Apparently homesick previously too. But, all I've heard is the snippets from the likes of MD that he lacks that desire, that drive to want to do well. We can't keep carrying players who are low in confidence per se. Or hopefully playing them into confidence. I think hes best in a pair up with Marshall, him and Ward looked dysfunctional to me last night.

I heard over the commentary last night MD screaming at Ward and Bojan to get into their faces. Ward although was in theory our most dangerous player in their half/box, didn't look up to it whatsoever almost as if playing Tamworth and playing on an artificial pitch was beneath him. But, Bojan on the other hand looked shell shocked by the physicality.

I want him to succeed here, but as time passes I'm starting to feel he's not going to come good at all.

We desperately need to get Healey fit and consistent with another striker.

Anyway, back to Headley. I don't understand what it is with him. He looks brilliant in flashes, pacey, dynamic, but the shows flashes of low level footballing IQ. Miller looks to have much better attributes and end product for the most part (although he was playing kick and catch with their keeper Singh last night).

Headley gets dogs abuse on here, I don't think he's awful by any means, but another player who's not worth a lot to us when not very confident.

[bells ringing :)]

Nov 2, 2024 17:39:30 GMT 1 FloridaTerrier said:

Nov 2, 2024 12:54:14 GMT 1 bells ringing :) said:

I agree but Bojan was a whole new level of dog shit, is bojan even a footballer? Bojan looked like a fan who had won a prize to play. Headley seems to think he has made it as a footballer already and has become slack since this point. When he came back from Harrogate , he was hungry and had a drive about him. But last season  he was complacent to say the least and that has carried on.

Bojan was poor yes. I understand that Bojans confidence is fragile right now. Apparently homesick previously too. But, all I've heard is the snippets from the likes of MD that he lacks that desire, that drive to want to do well. We can't keep carrying players who are low in confidence per se. Or hopefully playing them into confidence. I think hes best in a pair up with Marshall, him and Ward looked dysfunctional to me last night.

I heard over the commentary last night MD screaming at Ward and Bojan to get into their faces. Ward although was in theory our most dangerous player in their half/box, didn't look up to it whatsoever almost as if playing Tamworth and playing on an artificial pitch was beneath him. But, Bojan on the other hand looked shell shocked by the physicality.

I want him to succeed here, but as time passes I'm starting to feel he's not going to come good at all.

We desperately need to get Healey fit and consistent with another striker.

Anyway, back to Headley. I don't understand what it is with him. He looks brilliant in flashes, pacey, dynamic, but the shows flashes of low level footballing IQ. Miller looks to have much better attributes and end product for the most part (although he was playing kick and catch with their keeper Singh last night).

Headley gets dogs abuse on here, I don't think he's awful by any means, but another player who's not worth a lot to us when not very confident.

Bojan last night played, like a fan who had won a comp. Headley doesn't lack confidence mate, if anything he has too much confidence. That may sound weird, but he plays like he  is far too comfy and far too good for the level he is at. It is like he has lost the hunger to improve and just goes throug hthe motions, like he doesn't have to try to get through a game.

[tepidterrier]

Videos of him by himself at a train station, minding his own business, being filmed and laughed at by Town fans. He's had some shit games lately sure but what on earth's this about? Wrong on a few levels

[detox]

Nov 2, 2024 13:03:05 GMT 1 fredcarno1 said:

Chris Sutton who’s played at the highest level and has probably never seen or heard of Radulovic had him sussed after about 20 minutes. Absolutely shite and as weak as piss, yet Cartwright saw him as part of the answer to preserving our Championship status, it absolutely beggars belief to be fair.

The group of fans claiming ‘he’ll come good’ must be dwindling by the game. We've had some absolutely shocking strikers over the years but in terms of ability versus money spent he’s got to be up there with the very worst.

Cartwrights commission of 10% sees him pocket £100,000... ?