Quote from: ChicagoLion on October 30, 2017, 11:48:43 AMQuote from: JUAN PABLO on October 30, 2017, 08:54:30 AMyou cant play Hogan on the wing. He is a good sub to have If only you play him where he should be playing.Agree about not playing him on the wing, but he has shown nothing to suggest he is a good sub either.Look at the impact Ohare had in 10 minutes against Wolves.We have far better players than Hogan, Bruce keeps chucking him on to justify the ridiculous fee he paid for him.Another Bruce fuck up.kind of agree Chicago but we only need to get an (bad) injury to JK or KD and does not leave us a lot of cover . Id be depressed if Gabby became the No 1 striker .
Quote from: JUAN PABLO on October 30, 2017, 08:54:30 AMyou cant play Hogan on the wing. He is a good sub to have If only you play him where he should be playing.Agree about not playing him on the wing, but he has shown nothing to suggest he is a good sub either.Look at the impact Ohare had in 10 minutes against Wolves.We have far better players than Hogan, Bruce keeps chucking him on to justify the ridiculous fee he paid for him.Another Bruce fuck up.
you cant play Hogan on the wing. He is a good sub to have If only you play him where he should be playing.
I don't see why Hogan is seemingly blameless in his not being very good. If he is unable to adapt to different systems then he is not a very good footballer. He's a dud, a waste of money.
Quote from: Meanwood Villa on October 30, 2017, 12:28:18 PMI don't see why Hogan is seemingly blameless in his not being very good. If he is unable to adapt to different systems then he is not a very good footballer. He's a dud, a waste of money.Not being good wouldn't be his fault though, would it? It would just be a fact. If he wasn't trying or something then fair enough people are entitled to have a pop at him. Personally I still think there is a decent striker in there if we play to a system that suits him. It is reasonable to expect players to be adaptable but that has to be within reason. There would be no point e.g. playing a long ball game with a five foot four striker or expecting Peter Crouch to play a dynamic running game.
Kodjia is out for the Preston game so Hogan needs to step up
Quote from: mr underhill on October 30, 2017, 12:27:10 PMKodjia is out for the Preston game so Hogan needs to step upWould think he'll play Davis up top by himself with Albert and Snodgrass in a 5 man midfield pushing on and supporting.Elmo Chester Terry HuttonSnodgrass Jedinak Whelan Hourihane AlbertDavis
Quote from: Risso on October 30, 2017, 12:38:30 PMQuote from: mr underhill on October 30, 2017, 12:27:10 PMKodjia is out for the Preston game so Hogan needs to step upWould think he'll play Davis up top by himself with Albert and Snodgrass in a 5 man midfield pushing on and supporting.Elmo Chester Terry HuttonSnodgrass Jedinak Whelan Hourihane AlbertDavisIs Grealish available yet? Jedinak and Whelan in midfield won't be pretty, might be time to give Whelan a breather. Has a lot of games played. Didn't happen for Onomoah yesterday but Preston game might be just what he needs.
Quote from: Meanwood Villa on October 30, 2017, 12:28:18 PMI don't see why Hogan is seemingly blameless in his not being very good. If he is unable to adapt to different systems then he is not a very good footballer. He's a dud, a waste of money.He was signed as a forward that primarily gets on the end of through balls. We do not play that style of football at all. If we wanted a forward that can play different roles then we should of signed one instead. It was poor use of our transfer funds.
I'm moving more from "it's just not happening for him" to " he's not good enough".To be a quality player you've got to at least be able to adapt your skills somewhat. He can't seem to be effective in any system we play. If money is tight I'd offload as soon as possible and try and bring in someone that doesn't resemble a spirited Daschund fruitlessly chasing German Shepards.
Quote from: LeeB on October 30, 2017, 09:53:36 PMI'm moving more from "it's just not happening for him" to " he's not good enough".To be a quality player you've got to at least be able to adapt your skills somewhat. He can't seem to be effective in any system we play. If money is tight I'd offload as soon as possible and try and bring in someone that doesn't resemble a spirited Daschund fruitlessly chasing German Shepards.The use of "any" makes it sound like we're playing a number of noticeably stylistically-different systems though, when we really aren't. Fair enough with the rest of your post, but even the good performances have involved the centre forward basically being used as a lamp-post.