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Talentless buffoon

Talentless buffoon

Sports Lawyer said:
DJ has just had a baby. I am sure there has been a strain on him of late in his personal life, so perhaps that has not helped his performances. He's only human. Watch him flourish now again.
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Sorry

I try to pride myself on being an understanding, patient and pragmatic man
but
no matter how hard I try I simply cannot understand how becoming a father of a child can do anything else other than give you an extra positive dimension and flourish to your career ?
the only strain could be a lack of sleep but without getting into the easy life for a footballer debate one suspects there should be a many a moment to catch up
 
edgy said:
Sorry

I try to pride myself on being an understanding, patient and pragmatic man
but
no matter how hard I try I simply cannot understand how becoming a father of a child can do anything else other than give you an extra positive dimension and flourish to your career ?
the only strain could be a lack of sleep but without getting into the easy life for a footballer debate one suspects there should be a many a moment to catch up
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From what i understand, DJ's missus lives in Brum. All the travel backwards and forwards can't help surely.
 
Sports Lawyer said:
From what i understand, DJ's missus lives in Brum. All the travel backwards and forwards can't help surely.
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aha
I can sort of see that but I guess there is a touch of welcome to fatherhood and the real world somewhere in there ?

Back on Hugill - To play him tonight seems to be a major debate and talking point since Saturday, I guess based on current perfornce on paper the only real choice is to sit him down for the starting eleven and play Beckford or May but we are not the manager and he sees the team as a cohesive unit on and off the pitch
What I do think as I wrote earlier is if Mr Hugill does play tonight there is only one way to silence the critics ?
 
edgy said:
What I do think as I wrote earlier is if Mr Hugill does play tonight there is only one way to silence the critics ?
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The standard procedure is to remind the critics that he tries really hard and used to work in a bar.
 
edgy said:
Sorry

I try to pride myself on being an understanding, patient and pragmatic man
but
no matter how hard I try I simply cannot understand how becoming a father of a child can do anything else other than give you an extra positive dimension and flourish to your career ?
the only strain could be a lack of sleep but without getting into the easy life for a footballer debate one suspects there should be a many a moment to catch up
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As the father of a 1 month old (a gentry day baby as it happened!) I can vouch that its done nothing for my professional life. Quite apart from the sleep issues, no matter how hard I try my mind is always elsewhere.

I suppose you could expect a high level sportsman to be able to put that "in a box" when training and playing. However, Johnson has always been a bit inconsistent at this level up to now anyway.
 
edgy said:
Sorry

I try to pride myself on being an understanding, patient and pragmatic man
but
no matter how hard I try I simply cannot understand how becoming a father of a child can do anything else other than give you an extra positive dimension and flourish to your career ?
the only strain could be a lack of sleep but without getting into the easy life for a footballer debate one suspects there should be a many a moment to catch up
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Eh?
 
sedgeldinho said:
This ^^^

Constructive and balanced criticism is one thing but the OP betrays his own shortcomings more than the player he attacks. For me Hugill has had a great season. He has his shortcomings but in addition to bagging more goals than last years departed hero he smashes defenders and runs them ragged. This creates mayhem that our more talented ball players thrive on. He never gives less than 100%.

Mick McCarthy is no mug and is probably a better judge than OP. He bid a lot of money for Jordan in January. Simon Grayson is no mug, particularly with Thommo alongside him. They clearly want to keep Jordan.

Just want to add thanks to Hugill. All you can ask of a player is that, irrespective of abuse from your own supporters, he gives his all for the cause.
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A bit early at 10:02 to be on the sauce mate!!!

'....Smashes defenders and runs them ragged...' oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!!!

People are entitled to go with what they think is right, I think I'm 100% right. You may not agree, but frankly I care nothing about what you think. I knew when I posted the opening post, that the thread would be invaded by 'non-believers' that think because Mick McCarthy bid £2m we have a wonder horse on our books.

SORRY BUT WE DON'T!! 5 goals in the last 28 appearances. A goal every 6 games?

Even Mark Sale got 7 in 13 league appearances. So stop being silly Billies.
 
sedgeldinho said:
This ^^^

Constructive and balanced criticism is one thing but the OP betrays his own shortcomings more than the player he attacks. For me Hugill has had a great season. He has his shortcomings but in addition to bagging more goals than last years departed hero he smashes defenders and runs them ragged. This creates mayhem that our more talented ball players thrive on. He never gives less than 100%.

Mick McCarthy is no mug and is probably a better judge than OP. He bid a lot of money for Jordan in January. Simon Grayson is no mug, particularly with Thommo alongside him. They clearly want to keep Jordan.

Just want to add thanks to Hugill. All you can ask of a player is that, irrespective of abuse from your own supporters, he gives his all for the cause.
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100%
 
roofer32 said:
Why oh why is Simon Grayson sticking with the buffoon for the whole game?

He had another shocker today. In 90 minutes he controlled the ball and found his own player once.

Can't head it, can't tackle, doesn't link up play, squanders chances, struggles to stay on his feet. He has not scored in months. In fact he does not even look like scoring!!

He wasn't alone today, but when you have two other strikers sat on the bench, it makes you wonder why SG fails to freshen things up??

DROP THE BUFFOON!!!
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Bollocks.
 
roofer32 said:
A bit early at 10:02 to be on the sauce mate!!!

'....Smashes defenders and runs them ragged...' oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!!!

People are entitled to go with what they think is right, I think I'm 100% right. You may not agree, but frankly I care nothing about what you think. I knew when I posted the opening post, that the thread would be invaded by 'non-believers' that think because Mick McCarthy bid £2m we have a wonder horse on our books.

SORRY BUT WE DON'T!! 5 goals in the last 28 appearances. A goal every 6 games?

Even Mark Sale got 7 in 13 league appearances. So stop being silly Billies.
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So I was right! He did shag your missus
 
Sports Lawyer said:
I really don't get the criticism of DJ tbh.

He is a goal scoring midfielder who does score goals when used correctly. He has shown that in the two years he has been here.

Who are people comparing him to from years gone by as a comparative goal scoring midfielder? We've not exactly been blessed with lads who can bag from midfield have we!?
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For years we have wanted someone who will try and play passes through the opposition defence, get onto balls at the edge of the box, score a few goals etc. but when we get one he gets hammered for giving the ball away to much and being weak in the tackle.
 
edgy said:
Sorry

I try to pride myself on being an understanding, patient and pragmatic man
but
no matter how hard I try I simply cannot understand how becoming a father of a child can do anything else other than give you an extra positive dimension and flourish to your career ?
the only strain could be a lack of sleep but without getting into the easy life for a footballer debate one suspects there should be a many a moment to catch up
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Ah the old "he's a footballer so things like this shouldn't affect him" malarky.

No one knows how the pregnancy has been, how the birth went, how his girlfriend is, was he up for 2 days without sleep, how much training has he missed etc. etc.

Hopefully he'll be back, but if he isn't then that will be because Grayson has allowed him to miss the game, which considering he'll know the ins and outs is good enough for me.
 
simo said:
As the father of a 1 month old (a gentry day baby as it happened!) I can vouch that its done nothing for my professional life. Quite apart from the sleep issues, no matter how hard I try my mind is always elsewhere.

I suppose you could expect a high level sportsman to be able to put that "in a box" when training and playing. However, Johnson has always been a bit inconsistent at this level up to now anyway.
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May i offer you my congratulations and a hearty welcome to your new born
 
edgy said:
May i offer you my congratulations and a hearty welcome to your new born
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Thank you very much! It's going to take some careful parenting over the next few years. We live on the dark side of the pennines and the missus is a dirty Leeds fan...
 
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