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  1. 26-08-2015 09:42 PM #1
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    Fontaine Headers

    The big man often wins the ariel battle but never seems to get the ball on target.

    If he cracks that - then he'll be worth a few goals!
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  2. 26-08-2015 10:06 PM #2
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    He's got a heid like a thrupenny bit.
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  3. 26-08-2015 10:09 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Clash View Post
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    The big man often wins the ariel battle but never seems to get the ball on target.

    If he cracks that - then he'll be worth a few goals!
    You could say that about most of the team...
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  4. 26-08-2015 10:24 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Clash View Post
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    The big man often wins the ariel battle but never seems to get the ball on target.

    If he cracks that - then he'll be worth a few goals!
    Towards last season he was getting better at nearly scoring.

    But this season he's gone back to jumping too early and flat.

    Delay the jump and start deeper and at an angle and he would score more.
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  5. 26-08-2015 11:30 PM #5
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    Said at match that he should be on 3 or 4 goals so far.....Needs to find target more.....
    "There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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  6. 27-08-2015 03:04 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by E10 Rifle View Post
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    You could say that about most of the team...
    Did you mean that answer for the quote above?
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  7. 27-08-2015 03:21 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Baldy Foghorn View Post
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    Said at match that he should be on 3 or 4 goals so far.....Needs to find target more.....
    If he did, then he would probably be playing centre forward for the rest of the season and not centre half!
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  8. 28-08-2015 08:21 PM #8
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    Been saying for ages to my nephews that he waits for the ball to reach him where as big jordan attacks it from yards away and at great pace, no one is stopping him. If fontaine attacked with that fervour then maybe a better outcome ?
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  9. 28-08-2015 08:28 PM #9
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    There's been a huge gap between the regular goal scoring centre halfs I've seen at hibs and I think it stopped with big Rob Jones. Fontaine on his game can be a classy defender.

    "I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"

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  10. 28-08-2015 09:10 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenDevil View Post
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    Towards last season he was getting better at nearly scoring.

    But this season he's gone back to jumping too early and flat.

    Delay the jump and start deeper and at an angle and he would score more.
    Begs the question why the coaching Staff ,aren't working on that with him and improving that aspect of his game .
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  11. 28-08-2015 11:11 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostonhibby View Post
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    There's been a huge gap between the regular goal scoring centre halfs I've seen at hibs and I think it stopped with big Rob Jones. Fontaine on his game can be a classy defender.
    Oh for another Big John MacNamee
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  12. 28-08-2015 11:19 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Forza Fred View Post
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    Oh for another Big John MacNamee
    Aye, what fun he'd have in the current version of Scottish football!

    "I did not need any persuasion to play for such a great club, the Hibs result is still one of the first I look for"

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  13. 28-08-2015 11:30 PM #13
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    On the "predict the first scorer" competition I always take Fonts at about 4 or 5 minutes and it's never happened. I will not go for this tomorrow, which means he'll probably do it.
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  14. 29-08-2015 06:02 AM #14
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    Fonts gets on the end of a few corners but very rarely hits the target which is a skill in its self.
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  15. 29-08-2015 07:09 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by GreenDevil View Post
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    Towards last season he was getting better at nearly scoring.

    But this season he's gone back to jumping too early and flat.

    Delay the jump and start deeper and at an angle and he would score more.

    Agree with this - he's always on the way down when he makes contact with the ball. Maybe useful getting to get up early in defensive situations where direction is less important than just winning it, but hes a terrible attacking header of the ball.

    Made even more frustrating by the fact that he does get his head on loads of corners/free kicks.
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