When you don't give players a chance
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Scored more in the last two than we have.
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A chance? Didn't see him put in a sub semi-professional performance at Fulham then?
2 in 2 means nothing when he's been thoroughly appaling for 18 months solid, come back when he's scored 10 in 10.
This club has spent too much of the last 40 years giving losers a chance and what have they achieved? Less than f**k all
2 in 2 means nothing when he's been thoroughly appaling for 18 months solid, come back when he's scored 10 in 10.
This club has spent too much of the last 40 years giving losers a chance and what have they achieved? Less than f**k all
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Posted before that given equal games Higdon would score several more goals than Sammon but apparently goals aren't what we need from a striker we just need workrate and effort !!! Correct me if I am wrong but Sir Keith did bugger all outside the box but did what matters and scored !! Its a shame but peoples minds are made up re Higdon and its fashionable to slate him to get approval from others on here !!
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Our issue isn't scoring goals, it's that we have no platform to play on.
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Did you really choose a game against a championship team to which we lost 3-0 abs an example of how shit he is? Come on
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I'd agree, Higdon was a joke. Nick Blackman on the other hand...
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Our problem this season has been the ridiculous "give everyone a chance attitude", rather trying to trim the bloated squad from day one.
I'm a big Nige fan, but I don't agree with his overgenerous attitude to players who'd already badly underachieved.
I'm a big Nige fan, but I don't agree with his overgenerous attitude to players who'd already badly underachieved.
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Hidgon won't have changed anything, we have the goalscorers in the team, its just the midfield is just not breaking teams down well enough.
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Wow there, aren't we one of the top scorers in the league? Are you now saying all those goals should be sacrificed for playing a lump of lard who rarely looks interested? I know you like your thread bait but this is off the scale. Had you come on and complained about the defensive issues or the fact we don't have any real spine in midfield you could have been on to something, but you pick the worst possible example.
Higgo and Forte up front eh? That your preferred option?
Ashtonsmashton
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Wow can't believe you are questioning Adkins judgement on Higdon. All the strikers we have at the moment are 10x better. Just because Higdon has scored two in two doesn't mean we should bring him back. One player might work better with another team because they suit the playing style of that team.
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If Higdon is the answer, then the question is: what implement shall I use to kill myself?
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The answer he may not be, hes still not been given a chance this season.
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Would you say the same come the end of Higdons loan if he's scored 10-15 goals? I'd argue Sammon and Higdon are the same type of player, and Higdon would be more than capable than what Sammon is doing right now, maybe with a goal or two more.
Ashtonsmashton
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Yes I would, because my same point is still relevant. It would show Higdon fits Oldham's style of play and definitely doesn't suit ours. Higdon is fat un-fit old man (in terms of football, he's still young outside of football). Higdon doesn't even try, doesn't win any balls in the air and is shows less movement than a brick. While Sammon wins nearly all or at least most balls that are kicked up to them, gives a lot of effort, is actually fit and can actually score.
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I would say all this squad have been given a chance and basically they aren't fit for purpose, the only problem is we can't get rid because nobody else wants them permanently.
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I don't think you quite get this. I've bolded the main points..
He's a fat un-fit old man, that doesn't try and shows less movement, yet he's scored two very good goals in a week for Oldham. That doesn't quite fit your description of him, sorry.
Sheff de party
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Because he isn't good enough. I don't care how many he's scored for Oldham, he isn't good enough to play for us.
Sharp got 6 in 6, so I assume you were quoting that record as well?
Higdon is a lazy, over the hill footballer who we needed to move on. We've all seen it.
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Tell me Sammons goal to games ratio from starting games, this season for us.
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I really don't see that Higdon can do what Sammon does. He's nothing like as mobile and wins virtually nothing in the air,but he can score. He was given a couple of chances this season, having been terrible last season, and he didn't take them. The story of our season, isn't problems up front
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Maybe Oldham aren't useless at corners and other set pieces?
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I have probably been Higgos biggest critic in his time at the Lane.
But a move to Oldham was in the best interest of all. Including Higgo.
I hope he scores a bucket full, finds his feet, then joins back up with our squad for the final push to get us over this god forsaken line we have struggled with for 5 yrs.
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But a move to Oldham was in the best interest of all. Including Higgo.
I hope he scores a bucket full, finds his feet, then joins back up with our squad for the final push to get us over this god forsaken line we have struggled with for 5 yrs.
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Says more about the way we support the strikers than the player himself. If Higdon had a chance he invariably got it on target. Trouble is, the way we play he looks like a big useless lump as we were expecting him to beat three defenders on his own and pop one in without support. No crosses of any quality. No corners of any quality. If that's what you dish up then no one will look like a striker
Sheff de party
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He's got 3 for us, not sure how many games. In all the time Higdon has played for us I only remember him getting 3.
That's not the point. What has Higdon ever contributed? He wanders around miscontrolling the ball. At least Sammon is doing the hard yards and proving for Billy Sharp. They have 9 between them. When Porter went on loan, he scored a couple, but he was still terrible.
Do you honestly think Higdon-Sharp would have been as successful? Just let him go, he's shite.
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And how crap we are that we aren't scoring
mattbianco1
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Not sure if you've noticed, Oldham are in the same division. Therefore he's scoring against the same teams as we are playing.
He scored 1 and assisted two yesterday.. At Gillingham, who tonked us 4-0 and had a 100% home record.
On Tuesday he scored against Port Vale. Again, a team we lost too.
So - he helped Oldham obtain 2pts against teams we got a grand total of 0pts against. So if he's good enough for Oldham but not good enough for us.. How does that work?
I could understand if they were in a lower league to us but unfortunately, they're not.
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