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Harrop

Not been a fan of Harrop but did ok against Stoke and took his goal really well. He does have skill and movement but tends to over elaborate imo. He has quick feet and fits in to AN’s pass and move mode of play. Wednesday ‘s performance was promising but I wouldn’t go overboard in saying he’s arrived as a ‘must start’.
 
Joshua_Rand said:
IMHO in our squad we need a ‘selfish’ player to take on the odd long shot. We’re always trying to pass it into the net!
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Think Pearson could do this. He's shown he can hit them before, but always panics and doesn't take on the shot. It would make an already exceptional player truly the best player in the Championship.
 
Joshua_Rand said:
IMHO in our squad we need a ‘selfish’ player to take on the odd long shot. We’re always trying to pass it into the net!
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Actually I just saw some facts that said this season we have the most goals from outside the box, more than any other Championship team.
 
BigMarkLeonard said:
Clearly we have very, very different recollections of Pearson's previous "efforts". His shots are invariably shockingly miscued.
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Hence the tongue in cheek comment that the closest they get to the goal is wiping out the person trying to block it, see joe garner, leaving Wigan undermanned in the box when we scored. Didn’t really think it needed explaining
 
MrHodgeheg123 said:
Some comments on here and other threads basically sum things up as when we lose we're shit and when we win, the opposition are shit.
Alternatively, perhaps we're just a decent Championship side who can compete with bigger clubs on bigger budgets and have done so now for a while.
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agree and disagree:

we beat the # teams , we should of
we beat the "big teams " oooooo havent we done well ( despite our lack of recruitment)
barring another savage injury-hit season we should finish..... some where in the middle ....

off topic , Ben Stokes take a bow
 
jamesOB said:
Hence the tongue in cheek comment that the closest they get to the goal is wiping out the person trying to block it, see joe garner, leaving Wigan undermanned in the box when we scored. Didn’t really think it needed explaining
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Sorry my friend, I misunderstood. I was implying the lack of need to even block Pearson's shots given the implication it means they must therefore appear to be on target.
 
I agree that almost invariably, Pearsons shooting hasn't been great, but he does seem to be improving. He's hit a few absolute rockets this season, but they've all been blocked.

The one that wiped Garner out would have flown in the top bag. It was an absolutely ferocious, evil, drive at goal. We all know Garner is no pussy, and it completely did him in and ended his game.
 
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