Zatman Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Just now, thabucks said: I'm worried his apparent positive personality & leadership qualities on and off the pitch are overriding the fact he is lacks ability and is actually shite. after recent results I am sure his positivity has took a beating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 True that. I was sceptical from the start about him and haven't seen anything really to warrant me changing that view. Hoped to be proven wrong but doubt I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 We are a team in the bottom reaches of the championship - we are not going to attract top quality players here at the moment and elphick is ok for £3m - there is so much chopping and changing of system and players it's hard for anyone to look consistent at the moment - there are more culpable players than elphick for our situation . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Does anyone think elphicks forms dipped since Chester was made captain? I don't see the same passion from him when we first signed him and first few games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockport_Villain Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 He's never recovered since scoring that own goal. Confidence and form dipped together from that point onwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 He was shit from moment 1. Just looked a bit pumped up at Hillsborough so the hype commenced. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Starting ahead of Baker tonight. Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I would play Baker and bloody Richards at centre back if I didnt have to watch Elphick and Chester again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Awful! Beaten in the air at the corner for the first goal because he can't mark then can't mark again from a corner and it's 2-0 and also this isn't just elphics fault but why do we defend so deep against everybody in every game. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Terrible terrible terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) On 20/02/2017 at 20:00, villa89 said: Starting ahead of Baker tonight. Interesting... Well that went as expected. Awful. Edited February 22, 2017 by villa89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 17 hours ago, punkiller1981 said: also this isn't just elphics fault but why do we defend so deep against everybody in every game. Lack of pace in the back 4 makes it a necessity really. If we had a confident keeper to sweep up, it maybe wouldn't be a big deal. But that keeper and this defence means we have to defend really deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 He's an abysmal player. On paper he has a tremendous amount of experience, but this really counts for nothing since he is continually making rookie mistakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 17 hours ago, Zatman said: I would play Baker and bloody Richards at centre back if I didnt have to watch Elphick and Chester again Don't be silly. Richards is easily worse than Elphick and Chester is a good CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Poor stuff that neither he nor Chester as captaiNs could be bothered to check on hogan whilst he spent minutes on the deck - team spirit is nil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Eastie said: Poor stuff that neither he nor Chester as captaiNs could be bothered to check on hogan whilst he spent minutes on the deck - team spirit is nil I don't get this. If I was a player, I'd let the medical staff do their job instead of crowding the injured player. They were going to find out what happened to Hogan after the match anyway. When someone is hurt, you should give them space and let them talk to the medical staff instead of going up to the player asking them what is wrong. It just stops him from getting treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 On 14/02/2017 at 18:14, Demitri_C said: Does anyone think elphicks forms dipped since Chester was made captain? I don't see the same passion from him when we first signed him and first few games He wasn't really that good in the first few games if we're honest. Total mug player imo, certainly one who was overhyped considering none of us would have really seen him play for Bournemouth. When they were promoted from the championship it wasn't because they had a great defensive record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 On 15/02/2017 at 07:14, Demitri_C said: Does anyone think elphicks forms dipped since Chester was made captain? I don't see the same passion from him when we first signed him and first few games No he was always garbage and culpable for a lot of our last minute failures under RDM. Why we signed a cast off from Bournemouth when he barely played for them last season is a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 21 hours ago, VillaChris said: He wasn't really that good in the first few games if we're honest. Total mug player imo, certainly one who was overhyped considering none of us would have really seen him play for Bournemouth. When they were promoted from the championship it wasn't because they had a great defensive record. I think it was the reputation that he came with as a leader and an inspiration which people got excited about. especially since we had come off a season of unprofessionalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 The understanding is there, the ability is not. Very poor. Struck gold by happening to be at Bournemouth when they went up like a meteor. That alone has made him a millionaire. If he was at Plymouth, he'd never have made it out of League 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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