Joe Gatting

[portslade seagull]

This is the problem with Dick Tights chuck all the youth team a contract cheap option.
What potential some have is being ruined by them being thrown into first team action before they are physically and mentally ready.

exactly the rate he's going at were have the under 16's out there soon.....

 

[bullshit detector]

'This is the problem with Dick Tights chuck all the youth team a contract cheap option.
What potential some have is being ruined by them being thrown into first team action before they are physically and mentally ready.'

LET"S THROW £500000 WE HAVEN'T GOT AT A COUPLE OF OVERPRICED DONKEYS AND THEN GO OUT OF BUSINESS SHALL WE?

YOU THICK WIND UP TWAT

 

[Basil Fawlty]

'This is the problem with Dick Tights chuck all the youth team a contract cheap option.
What potential some have is being ruined by them being thrown into first team action before they are physically and mentally ready.'

LET"S THROW £500000 WE HAVEN'T GOT AT A COUPLE OF OVERPRICED DONKEYS AND THEN GO OUT OF BUSINESS SHALL WE?

YOU THICK WIND UP TWAT

This is Ernest's Son.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Yes he looks one paced, and that concerns me as you can coach the kids all day long but you can't coach pace into someone.

However, give him time, perhaps if he was loaned out to a non league side, scored a few goals he might come back with a bit more confidence.

Always got loads of goals for the Youth team - don't write him off yet.

 

[Bromley shrimp]

Yes he looks one paced, and that concerns me as you can coach the kids all day long but you can't coach pace into someone.

However, give him time, perhaps if he was loaned out to a non league side, scored a few goals he might come back with a bit more confidence.

Always got loads of goals for the Youth team - don't write him off yet.

So Gatting's non-league (yet considered good enough to lead the line in Div 2 last year) and CKR's in the Prem, let go a week before McGhee left and yet evidently not good enough for us in Div 3.

We certainly know a good player when we see one.

 

[bhaexpress]

Gatting was playing as a target man due to injuries and I don't think that helped him much, the bloke needs a bit more time. On the plus side I thought Jake Robinson had a blinder and looks wealth worth his place.

If that line up wasn't the youngest first team the Albion have ever put out I'd like to know what is. I felt it was a satisfactory result under the circumstances.

 

[Guinness Boy]

If that line up wasn't the youngest first team the Albion have ever put out I'd like to know what is. I felt it was a satisfactory result under the circumstances.

Totally agree with that part. If the defence had been awake to the quick throw we'd have got 3 points. I was in D block on Saturday and the blokes who booed off Gatting got yelled at by other Brighton fans so it evened itself out. It was very harsh to boo him off IMO. He does lack pace and ariel ability but that would suggest to me that he was out of role (no suprise given the number of injuries) and would be maybe better off just behind a proper target man as his ball control seems decent.

He certainly needs to be given more time and we as fans have to back the kids up a lot more, not boo the individually. I thought our youngsters put in a fantastic effort on Saturday.

 

[the wanderbus]

The most evident in the booing of Gatting was the same person who was leading the witchhunt against Henderson a few weeks ago,one of those gobby people that makes sure everybody hears his opinion even when its a load of old bollocks.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

The teenage prattling on here is understandable but ridiculous... last year Joe Gatting proved himself to be one of the better young players in the country

it is great that he is at our club...

whether it is great to have him in the starting line up right now is obviously a different question

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Well that was his 7th start. NIce to see that he has been written off by some!

Unfortunately, we do not have the luxury of sending our youngsters out on loan and blooding them in a team with 7 or 8 seasoned pro's. From what I have seen of him, he has showed glimpses of being a decent forward. He has a good shot on him and a good work ethic.

It is a confidence game and we just have to be patient.

 

[Mr Blobby]

Some prick in D/E Block booed Joe Gatting off the pitch today. What a f***ing cretin. Okay, he didn't have a great game but take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror tonight and ask yourself if that's the right way to support a kid who is trying his best for the cause.

One of the few people booing was sat a couple of rows behind me in D block (must have been row E or F). He normally vents his abuse on Mayo (who had a reasonable game) or Hammond (who went off injured), so this time tunred on Gatting.

He then moaned about Santos getting offside, what did he expect when you throw a centre back on as centre forward? Gatting only started because Hart, Revell, Williams & Molango are all out injured.

If we had players that are 16 and world beaters or just brilliant footballers the chances are they will not be playing for the Albion. What do people expect?

I hate all seater stadoiums because you can stuck near to some complete w*****s and sadly D block has some of the best moaners in the country. All I can say is that if I was a player I would say how sh!t our home support is compared to the loyal away fans that get behind the team.

WITHDEAN MOANERS OUT!

 

[Mr Blobby]

Totally agree with that part. If the defence had been awake to the quick throw we'd have got 3 points. I was in D block on Saturday and the blokes who booed off Gatting got yelled at by other Brighton fans so it evened itself out. It was very harsh to boo him off IMO. He does lack pace and ariel ability but that would suggest to me that he was out of role (no suprise given the number of injuries) and would be maybe better off just behind a proper target man as his ball control seems decent.

He certainly needs to be given more time and we as fans have to back the kids up a lot more, not boo the individually. I thought our youngsters put in a fantastic effort on Saturday.

Somebody talking sense......on NSC....whatever next, the crowd getting behind our youngsters!

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

The side is basically a youth team at the moment and over the last few games they 're holding their own in a very physical league. Whilst we'd all like to be in the play off positions, that simply isn't going to happen this year. If we do manage to avoid relegation with this side, it'll be a tremendous achievement. How many other clubs in the WHOLE league can boast 9 home grown players? So when I hear morons booing our young players, it makes me very angry. Let's get behind Wilkins and the kids - they need our support not our disdain.

 

[Gritt23]

However, he did try.

That was my problem with him actually, I don't think he did try enough. He look lacklustre. When you see a young lad come into the team you will often get the feeling that nthey are in above their head, but you get bags of enthusiasm and bags of effort from them, but I didn't see that from Gatting either.

Defenders weren't being closed down or harrassed, headers were not being challenged for - he literally ducked a few of them - and that is the minimum I expect to see, and I didn't.

I'm yet to see anything from gatting that tells me he can cut it, and Saturday was a huge disappointment because that was his BIG chance, and I don't think he did enough with it. I can forgive someone who looks to be sort of quality, but short of effort just frustrates me.

I didn't boo, but I certainly didn't applaud him off.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Isn't he only just back from injury?

 

[Moshe Gariani]

That was my problem with him actually, I don't think he did try enough.

how likely is that? i.e. that he "didn't try" - in the way that most people understand that phrase - lack of motivation, effort, desire to do well, etc...

I can understand it in a Leon or a CKR (they are black after all) but Joe Gatting is a down to earth local lad who just wants to do his best... if he isn't quite physically/technically ready to lead the line yet and/or lacks confidence then that's something else...

 

[Ernest]

'This is the problem with Dick Tights chuck all the youth team a contract cheap option.
What potential some have is being ruined by them being thrown into first team action before they are physically and mentally ready.'

LET"S THROW £500000 WE HAVEN'T GOT AT A COUPLE OF OVERPRICED DONKEYS AND THEN GO OUT OF BUSINESS SHALL WE?

YOU THICK WIND UP TWAT

But we have £150000 to spend according to Dick Tight so lets fix some loans now/to buy in the transfer window like other clubs are doing.

 

[Gritt23]

how likely is that? i.e. that he "didn't try" - in the way that most people understand that phrase - lack of motivation, effort, desire to do well, etc...

I can understand it in a Leon or a CKR (they are black after all) but Joe Gatting is a down to earth local lad who just wants to do his best... if he isn't quite physically/technically ready to lead the line yet and/or lacks confidence then that's something else...

I'll ignore the shocking racism, and assume that was in jest.

Likely or not, he wasn't putting himself about, or putting in the hard work that I was expecting. Whether that's him "not trying", or being lazy, or whether that's simply not his game, I wasn't very impressed with it.

We (those I sit with) often talked about how you'd love to have a player with Leon's ability and Hart's workrate, but I guess anyone like that wou;ldn't be with us. However, Gatting showed Knight's workrate and less than Hart ability. Sorry if that upsets being, but that wasn't nearly good enough for me.

I hope I'm proved COMPLETELY wrong, but I just can't see what he's got. I fear he has always been impressive by being simply big and strong for his age group - that often happens. But now he's in the mans game, what about his game gives him an edge over his opponent? I can't see it I'm afraid.

 

[bhaexpress]

I'll ignore the shocking racism, and assume that was in jest.

Likely or not, he wasn't putting himself about, or putting in the hard work that I was expecting. Whether that's him "not trying", or being lazy, or whether that's simply not his game, I wasn't very impressed with it.

We (those I sit with) often talked about how you'd love to have a player with Leon's ability and Hart's workrate, but I guess anyone like that wou;ldn't be with us. However, Gatting showed Knight's workrate and less than Hart ability. Sorry if that upsets being, but that wasn't nearly good enough for me.

I hope I'm proved COMPLETELY wrong, but I just can't see what he's got. I fear he has always been impressive by being simply big and strong for his age group - that often happens. But now he's in the mans game, what about his game gives him an edge over his opponent? I can't see it I'm afraid.

The basic problem is he was being played and a makeshift target man and that's not his game. Put in a position he normally plays and I think you'll see a very different performance.

 

[Gritt23]

The basic problem is he was being played and a makeshift target man and that's not his game. Put in a position he normally plays and I think you'll see a very different performance.

Then enlighten me, what is the position he normally plays? I thought he played up front with Jake in the youths until Jake started getting into the 1st team squad. So how different was the role he had on Saturday, from the role he had with the youth team?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love him to succeed, I want him to be a player, but from what I've seen .....