Its fair to say Hanlon has not been flavour of the month, and i have certainly not been impressed by him for a long time, but he played well yesterday, as he has done in the past too. He now needs to do this every week, and if he does perhaps he can take his place permanently in the heart of the defence?
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05-02-2012 06:43 PM #61
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05-02-2012 06:48 PM #62
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05-02-2012 06:49 PM #63
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05-02-2012 06:51 PM #64
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I've been very critical of Hanlon and with good reason too imho.
Yes, it's hard to play well when you're surrounded by wasters with poor ability but whilst Hanlon's a young lad, he's played well over 100 games for us by now I would imagine. At his development and with his exposure to first team football over the past 3/4 years, he shouldn't require an experienced head to bring out his best form.......he himself should be absolutely dominating strikers with his experience and shouting the others through the game.
Whilst not a meaningful comparison by any stretch, I spent most of my time up front whilst playing football. The first game I got told I was centre-back I made sure every defender around me knew their job, held their line and most importantly I f*****g halved their striker with the first 50/50 to set the tone. Gave away a free-kick for it but that's irrelevant, it set the tone.
As mentioned earlier, he needs to hit the gym and the protein shakes, take a few brave pills and be ten times more vocal than he is. If you can't marshal a defence with footballing ability, sure as hell make sure you do by being intimidating, lion-hearted and aggressive. John Terry is the perfect example of that, I don't rate him at all as a technical footballer but boy can that laddie defend as if his life depends on it."Play for the name on the front of the jersey and the supporters will remember the name on the back"
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05-02-2012 07:49 PM #65This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As for PH getting stick from posters well I think its been justified up until Saturdays performance and ive been just as critical of him, but cant take away he played well on Saturday. He needs to take this on and do it every week and prove me and alot of other people wrong, time will tell on this one.
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05-02-2012 07:50 PM #66
If you look over the season Paul is the only one of our centre backs who's a threat at our corner kicks and set pieces
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05-02-2012 08:00 PM #67This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-02-2012 10:04 PM #68
Agree about Hanlon - played very well
As for young David, his form is very worrying. He lost his 'engine' at the end of last season and has been laboured in his running ever since. His tackling is very poor for a young midfielder and most of the time backs off rather than committing to a 1 on 1. He seems very once paced, with a long loping stride rather than the short stride a midfielder needs. It's almost like he has worked on bulk at the expense of sprint speed.
He's a local laddie to us (Bridge of Earn) and my youngest Cammy plays the same position and has D's name on the back of his shirt. Cam reckons DW's not suited to midfield - he reckonhs David doesn't close down, has poor pace and no defensive capability.
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05-02-2012 10:14 PM #69This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What a piss poor addition to this thread that is. Small positive statement about Hanlon then another verbal bashing for your favourite whipping boy.
This isn't a thread about Wotherspoon, give it a rest man.
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06-02-2012 11:19 AM #70
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06-02-2012 01:22 PM #71
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Whether we agree or disagree about Wotherspoon, this was a positive thread about Paul Hanlon. Why do posters feel the need to ruin it by putting negative posts about other players. If they are that desperate to comment on someone else why not set up another tread?
In this case he could have saved his comments for the Wotherspoon thread
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06-02-2012 01:28 PM #72This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Best ignored IMO.
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06-02-2012 05:12 PM #73This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There had already been a number of posts on David on this thread and I was merely responding to those. Not only is David my favourite player (along with Lewis) as I stated clearly above he is also my son Cammy's favourite player. Cammy has Wotherspoon in letters on the back of his Hibs strip and met DW at Green Shoots training at East Mains. David is a Perth laddie whose family own a great wee restaurant at Bridge of Earn and my son-in law went to school with him. So he is the first player we look out for on a Saturday.
Whipping boy my ar se
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I despair
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06-02-2012 08:40 PM #74This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis is how it feels
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06-02-2012 08:51 PM #75This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But you've come out with this story before and the fact that your boy knows him, played with him, doesn't rate him, blah, blah, blah. We heard you the first time. Same as well with all that patronising 'Perth laddie' guff.
And why is yer boy running about with Wotherspoon on his back if he thinks he's that bowff? That sounds more than a bit sillyto me. Is he silly?
I blame the parents me.
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You pretty much admit above to being a troll so I'm not sure how you think I've personally abused you.
There was no need for your attack on Wotherspoon on this thread and I'm really not sure how it fits in with the uber-Hibernianite persona you like to portray the rest of the time. I agree with HH that it was also patronising...Perth laddie, nice wee family restaurant, etc.
All I'm saying is, if you're going to paint yourself as the internet fool, don't expect folk to take your views seriously.
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07-02-2012 08:13 AM #77This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My lad is not silly - he's an intelligent footballer who studies the game and how our players play. He doesn't think DW's bowf. He did prefer him at full back though. When a player changes position from full back to midfield they need to learn how to adjust their playing style. Short sprints replace loping runs. Block tackles replace slide tackles. Pass and move, pass and move. If David is going to make a success of left or central mid he needs to work on the strengths and attributes of that role. If a thirteen year old can get that one on one guidance from 2 volunteer dad coaches on a Thursday night, why not at Hibs?
And as for my messageboard stalker searching through my previous posts to dig up a tongue in cheek offering - he displays a desire to be taken seriously. Each to their own I suppose but let's not pretend we can judge each other's character off the back of internet postings. I only ever get annoyed at abuse of our supporters, our players or our team. Everything else is just light-hearted banter.Last edited by RIP; 07-02-2012 at 08:31 AM.
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