Young right sided CB feels his nose put out of joint when club gets a young left-sided CB in on loan? Blimey - must be hyper-sensitive, poor lamb!
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Hudson Hawk
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To be fair on Webster, I still think Haaland fouled him on the led up to the goal.
My one criticism about RDZ last year was that JPVH, Gilmour and Undav were all kind of ignored till the end of the season when injury/fatigue forced RDZ to play them. None of them were given enough game time to make much of a case for themselves and tbh they all looked like they’d be on the way out.
Now all three could (if Undav hadn’t wanted to go!) play a big part of this season and you have to wonder if we would have just sold them on as not good enough if he hadn’t been forced to give them a chance.
As a club that as a model relies on playing young players and bringing them through, I kind of worry about that.
This. Odd how people use 'shipped out on loan' in a negative context when it's an absolutely key part of our player development strategy.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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I saw him i the club shop in Churchill Square yesterday. He was looking at the away kits.
I think that's the first time I've seen a player out and about since I saw Nicky rust and junior McDougal coming out of the hmv in Western road.
Not the most exciting/interesting/pertinent post in the world but you know, that's just how my life rolls.
I think that's the first time I've seen a player out and about since I saw Nicky rust and junior McDougal coming out of the hmv in Western road.
Not the most exciting/interesting/pertinent post in the world but you know, that's just how my life rolls.
Neville's Breakfast
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Very much a part of our plans. The loan was a key part of his development (see Ben White) and he is now on the verge of regular game time. Excellent prospect who would be too expensive for Ajax. Nothing to see here.
Badger Boy
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That's the GB News interpretation.
It may be meant as a negative, but in my view comparisons to a young Dunk are a massive plus - maybe in a few years he could actually be Dunk's replacement! There is plenty of room in the squad now for JPVH, I think - Dunk may get injured, Veltman might get injured or be needed at RB (where JPVH can play too, if needed), and I agree with #BevBHA - my gut feeling is that RDZ rates him above Webster.
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LamieRobertson
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Agreed and I’d add
Agreed and I’d add that while I think VH had a great game he did lose Haaland in the lead up to his assist for Fodens goal and on another occasion when Steele came to the rescue …this shouldn’t distract though from a fine performance against a player that has scored how many goals last season
The Fits
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No it wasn't negative. I mentioned Dunk at the beginning because he had moments of utter lunacy so players can develop that side of their game. Not writing JPVH off at all, just think he has a long way to go to be fully trusted and reliable.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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You'd have thought they give them the shirts for free. Times must be tough.I saw him i the club shop in Churchill Square yesterday. He was looking at the away kits.
I think that's the first time I've seen a player out and about since I saw Nicky rust and junior McDougal coming out of the hmv in Western road.
Not the most exciting/interesting/pertinent post in the world but you know, that's just how my life rolls.
Justice
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100% it was a foul, at the time the media couldn’t stop raving about Haaland it was sickening, the end of the season he wasn’t getting away with it.
Justice
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Secret shopperI saw him i the club shop in Churchill Square yesterday. He was looking at the away kits.
I think that's the first time I've seen a player out and about since I saw Nicky rust and junior McDougal coming out of the hmv in Western road.
Not the most exciting/interesting/pertinent post in the world but you know, that's just how my life rolls.
The actual answer is 'but Haaland had nothing to play for and was only concentrating on the CL final'.
That's far too exciting for me. I haven't seen a player out and about since I stood behind Gerry Fell in the post office on Blatchington RdI saw him i the club shop in Churchill Square yesterday. He was looking at the away kits.
I think that's the first time I've seen a player out and about since I saw Nicky rust and junior McDougal coming out of the hmv in Western road.
Not the most exciting/interesting/pertinent post in the world but you know, that's just how my life rolls.
In OCTOBER!?
JPVH for me, is still a long way behind Webster, who is hugely under-rated by a lot of folk on here.
Not sure that's totally fair. I think Gilmour's different as he is clearly good enough but as we've subsequently found out, he had a lot going on away from football. However with Undav and JPVH, I think he managed them well.
JPVH was/is not as good as Dunk, Webster, Colwill or Veltman so had a lot less game time until the end when we needed hi. He played away to Leicester in the winter and was woeful - the players were deliberately not passing to him. He played well in a couple of games towards the end of the season and looked decent in America too so hopefully he is now coming good. He's just turned 23 so is still young in CB terms.
Undav looked way off the pace earlier in the season and again, is not as good as Welbeck or Ferguson so it's fair enough he wasn't played much till later in the season when we needed him. By then he'd had months to work with RDZ and benefited from that. I'm of the opinion loaning him out now is the correct call too so again, I think he's been managed well.
Bang on.