Dean Hammond - Poor finisher

[FalmerforAll!**]

I'm sorr yto all who thought he had a good game today.I partly agree,I though he defended well and made a much bigger impact thatn the one he made at QPR,but how many chances did he need today?He had a great chance on his left foot to put us 2-0 up and he didn't.Right after it they went on the attack and got the equaliser.This season,I have never known a player to miss so many sitters.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Hammond has cost us alot of points this season with his finishing, today is another example. He needs to work on his finishing in training.

 

[Easy 10]

That was hardly a sitter. He was angled away from the goal and had a defender and the goalkeeper to beat. He got a decent left foot shot away on target and worked the keeper, but to call that a sitter is a little unfair.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

That was hardly a sitter. He was angled away from the goal and had a defender and the goalkeeper to beat. He got a decent left foot shot away on target and worked the keeper, but to call that a sitter is a little unfair.

No,he made the chance very well,beat two defnders and was one-on-one with the keeper and blasted straight at him.He did well,and the keeper did make it tight but surely they should work on stuff like that in training.Having said that,Chippy's chance to shoot with his left when he didn't really annoyed me.He just waited and waited until he lost,which looked to me like he coul,dn't shoot left footed.

 

[Easy 10]

No,he made the chance very well,beat two defnders and was one-on-one with the keeper and blasted straight at him.He did well,and the keeper did make it tight but surely they should work on stuff like that in training.Having said that,Chippy's chance to shoot with his left when he didn't really annoyed me.He just waited and waited until he lost,which looked to me like he coul,dn't shoot left footed.

That was NEVER a one-on-one with the keeper - he wasn't through on goal. The defender was forcing him wider and wider, he took the shot when he could and the keeper beat it out. Hammonds HAS been culpable with some dreadful misses this season, but today wasn't one of them.

Agree with the Chippy chance though - couldn't believe he didn't pull the trigger when that ball held up in the mud and tee'd it up perfectly for him. Other than that though, Chippy had his best game in months today, he was superb.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

Agree with the Chippy chance though - couldn't believe he didn't pull the trigger when that ball held up in the mud and tee'd it up perfectly for him. Other than that though, Chippy had his best game in months today, he was superb.

Agreed

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I thought Hammond had a fairly good game. Moved out to the flanks and never stop running. Yes he had a chance, but these were difficult conditions.

Kev - I am sure he has been working on his finishing, were you expecting him to turn into Lampard or Gerrard?

 

[Caveman]

I thought he played well and the goal keeper pulled off a great save, when you're down the bottom things don't go your way.

I was more concerned with yet another ref who simply was not good enough.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

I thought Hammond had a fairly good game. Moved out to the flanks and never stop running. Yes he had a chance, but these were difficult conditions.

Kev - I am sure he has been working on his finishing, were you expecting him to turn into Lampard or Gerrard?

No-one said that but it would be nice if he could actually score the odd goal

 

[Barrel of Fun]

No-one said that but it would be nice if he could actually score the odd goal

He's got four! Not bad for a midfielder that isn't a natural finisher.

The fact is that we shoudln't have to rely on him to score goals.

4 is not a bad return considering we are heading down and our top scorer has six.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

He's got four! Not bad for a midfielder that isn't a natural finisher.

The fact is that we shoudln't have to rely on him to score goals.

4 is not a bad return considering we are heading down and our top scorer has six.

But what annoys me so much is that we could be so much higher if we had got a striker sooner,or we had put away some of those chances.Dean Hammond is no acception,if he'd scored half his chances this year he'd be by far our top scorer

 

[Les Biehn]

I was trying to work out who Hammond reinded me of and realised it was David Platt. If he isn't scoring he's not doing much else (or doing it poorly). He needs a mobile work horse with a bit of passing ability beside him. I think he looked like he has goals in him today.

 

[mona]

Dean Hammond's simply crap. He isn't a championship footballer and never will be.

Strange that he scored twice against West Ham a year ago isn't it.

This thread proves how unpleasant our "fans" are to home produced players. I now have to live north of the Thames and a work colleague recently asked me if Brighton fans were as ignorant as Saints or Pompey. What do you say?

 

[mona]

The key words there being "a," "year," and, "ago." Since then, he hasn't really lived up to the promise he showed, er, a year ago.

Well I suppose it's time to tell him what a useless xxxxe he is then isn't it!

 

[London Irish]

The key words there being "a," "year," and, "ago." Since then, he hasn't really lived up to the promise he showed, er, a year ago.

It's actually his first season when he has held down a regular place in the team rather than just had a bunch of games here and there. I think that's a great step forward for him and he is developing well.

 

[Albion Dan]

Lets be honest Deans lack of finishing when given easy opportunities has cost us at least 6 points this season.