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Offline Ad@m

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #45 on: October 23, 2011, 04:31:29 PM »
Would much prefer to see Cuellar play there.

What does Carlos offer at right back that Hutton doesn't?

Carlos can't cross or pass.  He doesn't think about what he's doing and as a result either just hoofs it or gets caught in possession.

I like Carlos, but as a centre-half.  At best he's an average right back.  Just like Hutton.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #46 on: October 23, 2011, 04:33:15 PM »
He's better than Hutton. I also prefer him at centre-half, though.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #47 on: October 23, 2011, 04:34:41 PM »
I don't recall Cuellar coming as close to giving away penalties and getting sent off as often as Hutton has managed to do this season.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #48 on: October 23, 2011, 04:45:14 PM »
I don't recall Cuellar coming as close to giving away penalties and getting sent off as often as Hutton has managed to do this season.

Hutton's played almost every game for us this season and hasn't given any pens away or been sent off as far as I can recall.  In fact, he's only had two yellows in all those games which isn't too bad for a defender in the modern game.

I think a lot of the anti-Hutton comments are the same as the anti-McLeish comments.  Some didn't want him here so they're not going to give him a chance.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #49 on: October 23, 2011, 04:57:10 PM »
I don't recall Cuellar coming as close to giving away penalties and getting sent off as often as Hutton has managed to do this season.

Hutton's played almost every game for us this season and hasn't given any pens away or been sent off as far as I can recall.  In fact, he's only had two yellows in all those games which isn't too bad for a defender in the modern game.

I think a lot of the anti-Hutton comments are the same as the anti-McLeish comments.  Some didn't want him here so they're not going to give him a chance.

Fair enough, he had a poor game for the time he was on, but who didn't. I think the fact he has replaced a reliable defender doesn't help his cause though.


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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #50 on: October 23, 2011, 06:33:52 PM »
He's a dirty clown. Looked likely to either get sent off or give a penalty away in every game I've seen him play.

Waste of money.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #51 on: October 23, 2011, 07:17:28 PM »
Would much prefer to see Cuellar play there.

What does Carlos offer at right back that Hutton doesn't?

Carlos can't cross or pass.  He doesn't think about what he's doing and as a result either just hoofs it or gets caught in possession.

I like Carlos, but as a centre-half.  At best he's an average right back.  Just like Hutton.

Cuellar can defend.

Hutton is an accident waiting to happen.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #52 on: October 23, 2011, 07:18:11 PM »
I think a lot of the anti-Hutton comments are the same as the anti-McLeish comments.  Some didn't want him here so they're not going to give him a chance.

Why would people have had an agenda against Hutton before he came here? It's not as if we had any "previous" with him, is it?

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #53 on: October 23, 2011, 07:19:29 PM »
It shows the level of his performances that Cuellar is a better option at right back... at least he can defend.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #54 on: October 23, 2011, 07:30:53 PM »
A question for those who have defended Hutton's challenge on this thread:

Would you be willing to pass it off merely as a "strong, hard tackle" if Mulumbu had made it on Gabby, breaking his leg in the process?

We are all one eyed from time to time, but I feel that some are defending the indefensible on here.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #55 on: October 23, 2011, 07:40:14 PM »
I don't really give a flying one about his challenge. Yes, it was a bad challenge, and he was lucky not to get sent off, but it was one tackle in one match, and you can't really judge a player fairly on that.

What you can judge players on, though, is how they do in matches over a longer period of time, and Hutton has, in his admittedly short time here, looked like the least composed, least capable full back we've had for a long time.

I used to think Aaron Hughes was shit, but Hutton makes him look like Ashley Cole.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #56 on: October 23, 2011, 07:46:57 PM »
A question for those who have defended Hutton's challenge on this thread:

Would you be willing to pass it off merely as a "strong, hard tackle" if Mulumbu had made it on Gabby, breaking his leg in the process?

We are all one eyed from time to time, but I feel that some are defending the indefensible on here.

He didn't break his leg though did he? That's just Hodgson's spin. Football used to be a contact sport.

You're very keen  to stick up for the Baggies on a couple of threads, is it Bob Taylor's work rate you are celebrating? ;-)

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #57 on: October 23, 2011, 07:52:23 PM »
A question for those who have defended Hutton's challenge on this thread:

Would you be willing to pass it off merely as a "strong, hard tackle" if Mulumbu had made it on Gabby, breaking his leg in the process?

We are all one eyed from time to time, but I feel that some are defending the indefensible on here.

He didn't break his leg though did he? That's just Hodgson's spin. Football used to be a contact sport.
And it's not anymore.

Which is why it deserved a red card.

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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #58 on: October 23, 2011, 07:54:58 PM »
A question for those who have defended Hutton's challenge on this thread:

Would you be willing to pass it off merely as a "strong, hard tackle" if Mulumbu had made it on Gabby, breaking his leg in the process?

We are all one eyed from time to time, but I feel that some are defending the indefensible on here.

He didn't break his leg though did he? That's just Hodgson's spin. Football used to be a contact sport.

You're very keen  to stick up for the Baggies on a couple of threads, is it Bob Taylor's work rate you are celebrating? ;-)

I've actually met Bob Taylor, nice bloke  ;)

Gerrard didn't break George Boateng's leg in 2001, didn't make it any less of a bad challenge (although that one was worse)


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Re: Alan Hutton
« Reply #59 on: October 23, 2011, 08:00:14 PM »
A question for those who have defended Hutton's challenge on this thread:

Would you be willing to pass it off merely as a "strong, hard tackle" if Mulumbu had made it on Gabby, breaking his leg in the process?

We are all one eyed from time to time, but I feel that some are defending the indefensible on here.

He didn't break his leg though did he? That's just Hodgson's spin. Football used to be a contact sport.
And it's not anymore.

Which is why it deserved a red card.

No, it didn't. You can quote laws all day at me if you feel so inclined but we all know that referees interprate them differently so trying to make out it that there is no debate doesn't wash.

If he'd gone over the top of the ball then I'd have agreed with you, but he didn't so to me and it was just a hard but fair challenge where his momentum caused the collision with Long.

 


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