Frutos or Albert?

[eastlondonseagull]

New boy seems keen to start against Leeds judging from his comments on other thread. But would you rather stick with Jarrett and feed his confidence than ditch him after such a great game on Monday?

I'd start with Albert for sure.

 

[Beeercan]

Try them out first

 

[GUNTER]

Definetely. It's his place and he can keep it by being consistent. Frutos has to prove he is worth a place.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

How are we meant to know, I doubt anyone here's ever seen Fruity play.

 

[rogue]

We are already getting stick from another team


Brighton bring down your new signing fruity and all the other sweeties





That made me laugh

 

[The Great Cornholio]

How are we meant to know, I doubt anyone here's ever seen Fruity play.

What he said!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

How are we meant to know, I doubt anyone here's ever seen Fruity play.

My point exactly. Why play him from the off when we don't know what he's like. The lads gelled superbly on Monday, so why break them up now? Leave Albert in, and let Fruity chew it out in the reserves / on the bench for a bit so he's really fired up. If Albert has a 'mare then bingo, one in the wings. But Albert needs out faith atm.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

How are we meant to know, I doubt anyone here's ever seen Fruity play.

Ah, true. None of us on here will have seen him yet

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Alb's done well but I don't think he's ever gonna be the answer on our left side, McGhee's obviously seen this kiddie play and in training?

 

[GUNTER]

But could Fruitos play at LEFT BACK??

 

[Easy 10]

Missing the point.
Whether its Albert or Fruity, this signing will surely mean that Hammond can stay in the centre of midfield where he belongs.

Good work Mr M

 

[Silent Bob]

Missing the point.
Whether its Albert or Fruity, this signing will surely mean that Hammond can stay in the centre of midfield where he belongs.

Good work Mr M

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Beeercan]

Isn't Jarrett a bit friuty? (based on Charlie's Collom last season)

 

[London Irish]

Missing the point.
Whether its Albert or Fruity, this signing will surely mean that Hammond can stay in the centre of midfield where he belongs.

Good work Mr M

As long as we can get someone else to replace his 6 goals in about 14 or 15 appearances from the left, that should work out fine

 

[aftershavedave]

shouldn't there be an option for tous les deux?

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Hammond will need to work on his defensive skills though if he's gonna play in the middle with Carpenter - neither of those two are really ballwinners, similar to playing Lampard and Gerrard together for England.

 

[Easy 10]

As long as we can get someone else to replace his 6 goals in about 14 or 15 appearances from the left, that should work out fine

Would you say Hammond was more, or less, effective alongside Chippy on Monday then ? Personally I thought he was excellent, and did everything I hoped he would from a central position. He was far more involved, and for once we actually had a grip on midfield. With so much pace down BOTH flanks (as well as up front), it paid dividends. OK, Plymouth were poor, but I think Chippy and Hammond ran the show, got their foot in, and allowed the likes of Albert, Leon, Jake and Carole to do their stuff.

He'll still get goals. He's a big powerful lad who goes up for the set pieces, so I don't see how moving him inside will constrict his ability to arrive in the box at the right time. He absolutely MUST stay in central midfield, there's no two ways about it.

 

[Easy 10]

Hammond will need to work on his defensive skills though if he's gonna play in the middle with Carpenter - neither of those two are really ballwinners, similar to playing Lampard and Gerrard together for England.

You're kidding right ? Hammond not a ballwinner ? He got his tackle in more times than Hugh Heffner on a calender shoot. Plymouths players were closed down and harried at every turn and were never allowed to settle.

I accept that tougher challenges lie ahead, but nothing I've seen so far suggests to me that the HAMM won't be up to it.

 

[Silent Bob]

As long as we can get someone else to replace his 6 goals in about 14 or 15 appearances from the left, that should work out fine

Well he could have quite easily had 2 on Monday.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Could just be that Plymouth were duff though, I'm talking a player in the Keane/Makelelelelele mould, if Hammond curbs his attack-mindedness to allow Carpenter to get forward more we could miss out on a lot of goals