Butters & Hinsh- the new Hansen & Lawrenson?

[Lady Whistledown]

OK, a bit tongue in cheek, but since the "irreplaceable" Danny Cullip left, the defence have actually done alright, especially looking at our mini unbeaten run.

Butters was IMMENSE yesterday, look at his age and pace compared with the likes of Keane and Defoe, and yet he barely gave them a sniff. Neither goal could be blamed on him. Another colossus-like performance from the mighty Guy

Couldn't believe how good Hinshelwood was either, he looked different class against the Spurs strikers. All these clubs are supposed to be sniffing around Dan Harding, yet for my money, Adam Hinshelwood is a far better bet at the moment, certainly less prone to mistakes. He was great in the air, showed a couple of fantastic moments of coolness on the ball, and his distribution was excellent. Plus he has sufficient pace to cover Butters in that respect.

In fairness, all the defence were excellent against Spurs (I was amazed how impressive Reid was, and Mayo had a stormer too), and haven't been too bad in other recent games, but the biggest compliment to Butters & Hinsh is that people aren't particularly talking about Danny Cullip any more.

Well played fellas

 

[balloonboy]

The thing I've liked about our play recently is that we seem to have given up on the hoof from defence, and are trying to play the ball out from the back. McGhee has presumably been working on this with the team for some time, as last season we virtually never did it, but in the past 7 or 8 games it seems to be coming together. Both Butters and Hinsh are very comfortable on the ball, and seem better able to play a simple pass to the right player than Cullip ever was. Having said that, for my money Virgo is the best defender in our team.

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

I thought Virgo was excellent as well today, I'm not convinced that Hinshelwood has the necessary height to be a top-class centre half, but playing alongside Butters and Virgo that doesn't matter too much at the moment.

 

[Icy Gull]

Whilst watching the Villa v Utd game I was amazed to see Andy Cole tower above Danny Cullip. I know DC is not big but in Premiership terms it seems he is almost a midget as Cole has always looked no more than average height when I have seen him before. Not having been to a Premiership game would I be right in thinking that they are generally much taller players than in the Championship?

 

[e77]

Whilst watching the Villa v Utd game I was amazed to see Andy Cole tower above Danny Cullip. I know DC is not big but in Premiership terms it seems he is almost a midget as Cole has always looked no more than average height when I have seen him before. Not having been to a Premiership game would I be right in thinking that they are generally much taller players than in the Championship?

Am I missing something or doesn't Andy Cole play for Fulham ?

 

[Billy Seagull]

Probably Carlton Cole...who is very tall.

 

[Icy Gull]

Probably Carlton Cole...who is very tall.

that would explain it, not too up on the Premiership

 

[e77]

that would explain it, not too up on the Premiership

Seemingly so. All you need to remember about Carlton Cole is that he is a Chelsea player who was going to play for Charlton this year but decided to play for Aston Villa instead.

Simple really !

 

[Yorkie]

OK, a bit tongue in cheek, but since the "irreplaceable" Danny Cullip left, the defence have actually done alright, especially looking at our mini unbeaten run.

Butters was IMMENSE yesterday, look at his age and pace compared with the likes of Keane and Defoe, and yet he barely gave them a sniff. Neither goal could be blamed on him. Another colossus-like performance from the mighty Guy

Couldn't believe how good Hinshelwood was either, he looked different class against the Spurs strikers. All these clubs are supposed to be sniffing around Dan Harding, yet for my money, Adam Hinshelwood is a far better bet at the moment, certainly less prone to mistakes. He was great in the air, showed a couple of fantastic moments of coolness on the ball, and his distribution was excellent. Plus he has sufficient pace to cover Butters in that respect.

In fairness, all the defence were excellent against Spurs (I was amazed how impressive Reid was, and Mayo had a stormer too), and haven't been too bad in other recent games, but the biggest compliment to Butters & Hinsh is that people aren't particularly talking about Danny Cullip any more.

Well played fellas

Totally agree. I hope Guy & Hinsh sign their contracts for next season.

Can we buy Guy a painting for his attic? (Oscar Wilde)

 

[ShorehamGull]

Adam Virgo when defending is the new Danny Cullip

 

[perseus]

Micky Adams and Steve Claridge would make better TV pundits.

 

[Dover]

Edna. Spot on and fully agree.

 

[brighton rock]

 

[London Irish]

Re: Re: Butters & Hinsh- the new Hansen & Lawrenson?

Totally agree. I hope Guy & Hinsh sign their contracts for next season.

Can we buy Guy a painting for his attic? (Oscar Wilde)

What about a picture of Waynie Gray?

 

[Rangdo]

that would explain it, not too up on the Premiership

I'd be proud of that. Not embarrased