Tommy Elphick - Is it just me?

[Storer68]

or is he playing rubbish at the mo

He was a really good e ncouraging prospect last season, but this season he has been a bit rank. Could it be time for a change and a Hawkins Butters-esque rehabillitaton?

still - confident he can have a really good second half

 

[hans kraay fan club]

He's limited, that's all.

In a game where we need to do a lot of defending - winning headers, blocking shots, etc he does a great job [see St.Mary's, etc]

In a game where we have a lot of posession and he's asked to play his part in ball retention and distribution - less able.

 

[blue and white army]

Need someone decent alongside him that's all.

 

[Left Footer]

He went downhill rapidly once Dean Wilkins was given the heave-ho.
Should be a major player for us, has the ability but needs to sort his confidence out.

 

[NMH]

As a defender, he ought to stay in defence.
Not really rocket-science, there.

 

[The Large One]

He went downhill rapidly once Dean Wilkins was given the heave-ho.
Should be a major player for us, has the ability but needs to sort his confidence out.

I'm going to challenge that and say he went downhill rapidly once Guy Butters was given the heave-ho.

I know that they went at basically the same time, but I hope you get my drift.

 

[HseagullsH]

Need someone decent alongside him that's all.

Hawkins

Gus needs to give everyone a chance

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

For a start I wish he would start playing Dickeresque style passes instead of the Hoddlesque ones which he seems to fail at continuously.
Would also love him to try and forget his obligatory first minute lunge. There are ways of stamping ones authority without a leading to a booking.

 

[Left Footer]

Probably right there Large One, i think we could do with another butter-esque to get him back on track. Still has the potential to be a good player

 

[Spiros]

I'm going to challenge that and say he went downhill rapidly once Guy Butters was given the heave-ho.

I know that they went at basically the same time, but I hope you get my drift.

Agree. Elphick is fine as the junior partner who's told what to do and where to go by a senior defender like Butters, but he should really have 'grown up' a bit by now. His distribution is shocking and he has a tendency to give away a free kick just outside the box in each half by trying to get away with a crafty shove in the back of a forward. I'd really like him to become the senior centre half but sadly I don't think he has the brains for it. If we're going to get a proper, experienced centre half in I'd rather see Tunnicliffe alongside him now.

 

[Easy 10]

I am getting a tad fed up with his club foot.

 

[porkypie]

I thought he was playing much better to be honest!

 

[Rookie]

I'm going to challenge that and say he went downhill rapidly once Guy Butters was given the heave-ho.

I know that they went at basically the same time, but I hope you get my drift.

Personally disagree Lynch and Elphick were superb towards the end of that season once Lynch had come in for Butters. Elphick has gone backwards fast since Adams came back but has looked to becoming the old player on a few occasions just needs to do it consistently.

 

[Storer68]

obviously not just me then

 

[SNOOBS]

get el-abd in the middle

 

[Jam The Man]

I've noticed he tries to play a Hoddle-esque 60 yard diagonal wonder pass about 6 times a game..which invariably goes into touch. Great for Rugby territory, but really he just needs to keep it a bit more simple until he gets some confidence back.

 

[GT49er]

Seems to be improving again under Poyet, isn't he? Keep the faith time, for me.

 

[Mackenzie]

I think he's working through a dodgy spell and has shown improvement of late. Too soon to write him off just yet.

 

[BensGrandad]

Everybody keeps on about an experienced centre back, myself included, but both he and Virgo have played well over 100 games each so they are not novices anymore.

 

[Fef]

I think he's working through a dodgy spell and has shown improvement of late. Too soon to write him off just yet.