Making his comeback for Hibs under 20's tonight away against Hamilton.
Good luck to the big man!
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Thread: Michael Nelson
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27-11-2013 08:22 AM #1
Michael Nelson
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27-11-2013 03:57 PM #6
I think that this boy will be very much Terry Butcher's type of player. A get it tae f*** centre half that will put his face where some players would be feared to put their feet.
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27-11-2013 04:01 PM #7
Very good news.
He wasn't pretty in any sense of the word but he done a job.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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27-11-2013 06:27 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Good to hear Michael is on the mend but I'd rather see him as back-up than as a first pick. Forster was extremely unlucky not to be fit/eligible at the start of the season. He's not really put a foot wrong when he's played
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27-11-2013 06:33 PM #10
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27-11-2013 06:42 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The biggest help to Forster (and Hanlon) would be if we could get our full-backs to reduce the number of crosses coming into our box and if we could spend more time as a team putting pressure on the opposition.
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27-11-2013 07:10 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-11-2013 07:12 PM #13
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I'm amazed Hanlon is as good as he is with that he's had to work with in a Hibs' defence.
Like we all say though, young players need the right influences around them to help them flourish. Stephen Craigan was on BT Sport's Scottish Football Review last night, and did a piece analysing the progress of Shawn Hutchinson as a CB, saying that in the last two years, he's come on leaps and bounds due to the talents of McManus, Hammell and (though he self effacingly didn't mention) Craigan himself around him, learning the tricks of the trade in a safe team. Hanlon's had the complete opposite (David Stephens?), his whole career has been in a team with little longevity, and it really is amazing he is as good as he is, but resoundingly more gutting that he's not as good as he could be had he the right role models around him from the beginning (same applies to Stevenson and Spoony).
With Jordon Forster, we have arguably a greater talent in our hands, and for him to get the game time and the guidance a young player needs, we could have a real prospect on our hands. Michael Nelson is a no nonsense defender (his distribution being more criminal than a parking attendants) who could perhaps provide the safety and confidence to enable Jordon the freedom and reassurance to learn the game.
Terry Butcher himself is of eminence regarding no nonsense defending, and I'm sure he's more than aware of how ball attackers and ball players both need each other as a foil.
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27-11-2013 09:35 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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