| Is SS a centre forward or attacking midfielder? 18:56 - Aug 3 with 5037 views | hunty21 |
Even though desperate for a centre forward would he actually beable to hold up player and play like our other centre forwards one to rival chaplin hence we still need a centre forward to plug the gap |  | | |  |
| I'd describe him as.... on 09:06 - Aug 4 with 601 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| I'd describe him as.... on 04:07 - Aug 4 by franz_tyson |
One was a dead-rubber penalty and the rest were tap-ins /deflections. And he missed a vital penalty which nearly cost us,
Sorry, i like him, but I definitely think his contribution has been over-exagerated hence why I'm being a bit too critical. |
We'll see. |  |
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| I'd describe him as.... on 09:56 - Aug 4 with 530 views | billlm |
| I'd describe him as.... on 07:35 - Aug 4 by Len_Brennan |
I'm going to sound like I'm being unfair on Al Hamadi here, but I actually think those who are suggesting that he should be our 3rd centre forward this season, in the Premier League, are the ones who are putting unfair expectations on him.
He had a great 6 months playing in League 2 last season, where he scored 13 league goals, before he joined us for Feb - May & scored 4 more in the Championship. On the face of it that is a good return; but we have to be honest about the 4 goals he scored before we start suggesting he could rip it up against Premier League defences, while deputising for an injured Hirst, & we certainly have to examine his capacity to play the role of winning & retaining possession with his back to goal, as the sole centre forward (against PL defenders) and turning them, or laying off a clever, concise ball to the supporting forwards.
We will be getting so little possession in the opposition half this season, in comparison to last, that it is vital we win & retain as much as possible up front, and not just have balls forward coming straight back to put more pressure on our holding midfielfers & defence. Do we really see Al Hamadi playing that role successfully? Even Delap, who is far more technically suited to play it, is having to work his socks off in trying to adapt to what McKenna wants, as we saw in his improved performance yesterday.
I like AAH, I really do; I like his attitude, his confidence, his effort, his directness, his tricks, but at this moment I see him as Championship player who needs minutes at that level to continue his development.
His goals for us were a penalty, 2 tap ins from crosses a yard out, & another tap in that was going in anyway. Now he had to get himself into those positions to be there, and that is not an inconsequential ability, in fact I think the 'fox in the box' striker is a role that we have lacked for quite some time, so I'm not discussing his goals for us to disparage his ability, I'm just pointing out that sometimes statistics when quoted don't give the full picture of a player's potential in a league where 'easy' goals will be very hard to come by & the centre forward role will require a hugely different skillset than what we have yet seen from him.
Putting such expectations & pressure on a young player (I know 22 isn't 17, but when you've jumped from L2 to the PL in half a season) could be a disaster for him & set back his development, which I can't see KMcK allowing to happen. A season of regular Championship football would be great for him & I'd imagine there will be no shortage of clubs willing to take him, even with a guaranteed minutes clause attached to the loan. |
Good post,
Our shot ratio is going to be so low compared to the last two seasons we have to be so clinical to get anything out of games,
The last two seasons we squandered so many chances,
I think that's where we need to be clinical how ever mckenna changes that I have no idea,
AAH has promised for sure but like a few players in our squad stepping up so quickly will see some favourites fade away,
If we went down then they would be back in contention as at championship level there good, |  | | |
| I'd describe him as.... on 10:16 - Aug 4 with 492 views | SheffordBlue |
| I'd describe him as.... on 09:56 - Aug 4 by billlm |
Good post,
Our shot ratio is going to be so low compared to the last two seasons we have to be so clinical to get anything out of games,
The last two seasons we squandered so many chances,
I think that's where we need to be clinical how ever mckenna changes that I have no idea,
AAH has promised for sure but like a few players in our squad stepping up so quickly will see some favourites fade away,
If we went down then they would be back in contention as at championship level there good, |
Agree we'll have fewer shooting opportunities but the idea we were particularly wasteful doesn't really match the data. All teams miss lots of chances.
In our League One promotion season we converted 10.9% of our chances which was the best in the league that year.
Last season we converted 10.5%, only just behind the most clinical side which was Preston with 10.7%.
For comparison even the most clinical side in the Prem, Newcastle, only converted 12.2% of their shots last season and we'd have been in 5th place behind Newcastle, Villa, Man City and Arsenal. | |
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| I'd describe him as.... on 10:23 - Aug 4 with 479 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I'd describe him as.... on 10:16 - Aug 4 by SheffordBlue |
Agree we'll have fewer shooting opportunities but the idea we were particularly wasteful doesn't really match the data. All teams miss lots of chances.
In our League One promotion season we converted 10.9% of our chances which was the best in the league that year.
Last season we converted 10.5%, only just behind the most clinical side which was Preston with 10.7%.
For comparison even the most clinical side in the Prem, Newcastle, only converted 12.2% of their shots last season and we'd have been in 5th place behind Newcastle, Villa, Man City and Arsenal. |
It’s funny how you can perceive things when watching. It sometimes looks as though we’re really wasteful, when that stats prove otherwise. |  |
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| I'd describe him as.... on 10:41 - Aug 4 with 447 views | SheffordBlue |
| I'd describe him as.... on 10:23 - Aug 4 by Swansea_Blue |
It’s funny how you can perceive things when watching. It sometimes looks as though we’re really wasteful, when that stats prove otherwise. |
I think it's fairly natural to view it this way. We probably see more of our games in their entirety whereas a lot of our views of other clubs will be of highlights packages which don't show as many misses. I think because we're more emotionally invested in our own team's performances the misses probably also register a bit more for us. | |
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| I'd describe him as.... on 10:52 - Aug 4 with 403 views | billlm |
| I'd describe him as.... on 10:16 - Aug 4 by SheffordBlue |
Agree we'll have fewer shooting opportunities but the idea we were particularly wasteful doesn't really match the data. All teams miss lots of chances.
In our League One promotion season we converted 10.9% of our chances which was the best in the league that year.
Last season we converted 10.5%, only just behind the most clinical side which was Preston with 10.7%.
For comparison even the most clinical side in the Prem, Newcastle, only converted 12.2% of their shots last season and we'd have been in 5th place behind Newcastle, Villa, Man City and Arsenal. |
Interesting, maybe when your watching live and chances go begging it looks worse | | | |
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