Just watched Fletcher grab another goal for Burnley on MOTD. He also set up their late equaliser. Think he's scored 5 or 6 goals for them now. I think a lot of us felt he was a bit over-hyped due to the fact he was so left-footed, but he's always been very highly regarded by the managerial fraternity and he did score a decent number of goals for Hibs. Be interesting to see if he continues to progress down south as there are barely any SCOTTISH players from the SPL who can hold their own at that level these days. Craig Gordon, I guess, has done quite well but he's in and out of the Sunderland team, while Garry O'Connor and James McFadden are only fleetingly effective. Haven't seen enough of Barry Ferguson and Christophe Berra to know if they've been doing well or not. Any others?
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07-11-2009 11:59 PM #1
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Fletch starting to look the part in Premiership
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08-11-2009 12:03 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm starting to think Fletch should have gone sooner. He has improved already after stagnating at Hibs for 2 years. We'd also have got more cash for him.
Good luck to him-he's looking like one of the few Scots who might actually do ok down south in recent years.
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08-11-2009 12:03 AM #4
Cheers for that. I'm away to watch it
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08-11-2009 12:10 AM #6
craig gordon had just got back into the starting eleven for sunderland but will be out for a spell again as he broke his arm today against spurs.
im proud to see fletch doing so well, and has staked his place in the burnley team
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08-11-2009 12:10 AM #7
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08-11-2009 12:15 AM #8
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08-11-2009 02:40 AM #10
For me, Gordon's a player that has his on and off days.
On his best days, he's one of the best goalies in the league.
But on his poor days.... he's well down there.
So although he can be fantastic at times.... he's far to inconsistent to be rated one of the overall best goalies in the League IMO.
Still.... Fantastic for Scotland.
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08-11-2009 03:52 AM #11
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Fletcher on the other hand is coming along nicely and under Coyle is getting better every week. Scored today and set up the winner for another good Scotsman McDonald
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08-11-2009 07:29 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Agreed then and do still now. Should have snapped him up!
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08-11-2009 08:29 AM #14
My granny could have tapped in that goal as good as Fletcher. How we got £2.5m or whatever it was for him I'll never know.
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08-11-2009 10:26 AM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Defoe was never getting the ball and should have pulled out of the "tackle"!
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What about Bent's dive for the pen though? Started about thirty seconds before he got near Gomes. Shearer: "it was a pen - ok he started to go down early, but he made the pen" FFS
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08-11-2009 10:46 AM #24
Fletcher may well get double figures in the Premiership this season which would be a good benchmark for next season if Burnley stay up. He has also had a few assists and goals in the cup.
Well done Fletcher
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08-11-2009 01:08 PM #26
Fletcher is the best player (so far) to come through our youth system since John Collins and I have been saying this since I first saw him play. He was our best player last year by some distance and without him I think we would have had a real relegation battle on our hands.
He is settling in nicely in the Premiership and even if Burnley were to go down he will get an even bigger move to bigger side, his movement for his goal yesterday was superb which made it look easy and then his set up play for McDonalds goal was excellent. Man City's defence cost best part of £50m to assemble, he scored one and set up another. Not bad for a player that cost Burnley less than a year of Tevez's wages....
It really pisses me off how negative some hibs fans are about Fletch. What has he ever done to deserve this?
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08-11-2009 01:20 PM #27
He really is looking the part and glad hes making it. Not going to be prolific, never has been (although 6 goals in 14 appearances is pretty good!), but he has so many parts to his game that if he keeps developing will do well in the Premiership.
Surely hes proving that he should be the first choice striker for Scotland, he brings so much more than most of the other strikers in the squad (him and Faddy are our two best strikers imo), if Burley sticks with that lump of pish Miller in a 4-5-1 we are never going to progress.
Think Berra and Gordon have taken a bit of stick in this thread, Gordon is absolute quality but has been unlucky with injuries, and Berra is solid enough for Scotland, and a better option than the OF muppets.
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However, a great performance from him yesterday - his movement and awareness are both top class, and he is doing well.
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08-11-2009 01:40 PM #29
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Good to see Fletcher playing well though!
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08-11-2009 03:43 PM #30This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Ouch and ouch.
His positional play has been shown to be poor and he's not strong enough.
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