rodders0223 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Looked bright, linked well with Jack towards the end of the half and Brentford looked rattled, then I am 99% Bruce told them at HT to stop fannying around with the ball, hit diagonals to Hutton and "get it in the mixer." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Did he go off at half time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowlersrs Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Felt a bit sorry for him if im honest. Hes a player that obviosuly feeds of play through the middle of which we have None. One time tonight we pushed through he netted it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted December 26, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2017 His career here was summed up in the second minute today for me. Adomah got sent free down the left. Hogan made a good run to the near post which would have been immediately in Adomas eyeline. Adomah hoofed a cross so long to absolutely no one at the far post that it nearly went out for a throw in before a Brentford defender just about got there to keep it in. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Only watched the 2nd half, Don't remember seeing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 If we had a midfield that feed Grealish further up the pitch he could then slip balls through to Hogan to score from. It's who goes first him or Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Brilliant first half when we actually tried to play and press. Anon second when we resorted to Bruce-ball. I am now in the 25% Hogan's fault and 75% Bruce's camp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Did he go off at half time? No, the rest of the team certainly did though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 He'd of scored tonight if he was in a brentford shirt. Not implying a loyalty thing, just we were horrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Living off a cross for a few more weeks then. How these types of performances continue to be so strongly defended baffles me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 There is no doubt he is very limited. No doubt we bought badly. But equally no doubt that you can see clear as day why he scored goals for Brentford. Jack put him through once, with almost the first proper forward pass he’s had since he got here, and he finished well, albeit offside. How many times, going forward, did Brentford chop and change the play, get men into dangerous areas, look for free men etc ? How many times did we ? How many times did we basically just “launch it “ ? Im not excusing his poor return , he of course should have done much better even if we don’t play “ his way”..... but he’s not been helped one bit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Living off a cross for a few more weeks then. How these types of performances continue to be so strongly defended baffles me. His first half performance was very good. He won plenty in the air. Made good runs and worked the back 4. He was a fraction away from scoring his first league goal this season. It didn't surprise me that this happened with Grealish getting plenty of the ball and us pressing high. Once we reverted to type he became anonymous. He is a limited player but his strengths are there to see. If you don't play to them then I cant see why you would ever sign him. It's not his fault we spent the money we did on him and it's not his fault that Bruce doesn't know his arse from his elbow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 hour ago, omariqy said: Brilliant first half eh? One good cross aside he was as crap as he usually is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: eh? One good cross aside he was as crap as he usually is. I disagree and so do many others I have spoken to today. He was very lively and even the commentators mentioned he seemed up for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I don't think he was 'crap' but I don't think he was 'brilliant' either. What I have to admit is that he showed more spark than Davis has for weeks. So he should rightfully start on Saturday. Then we'll see if he can keep the same intensity, at least, against a side he doesn't have a point to prove. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: I don't think he was 'crap' but I don't think he was 'brilliant' either. What I have to admit is that he showed more spark than Davis has for weeks. So he should rightfully start on Saturday. Then we'll see if he can keep the same intensity, at least, against a side he doesn't have a point to prove. I thought he was ‘good’. Unfortunately he’s now under such scrutiny each minute he gets that if it is anything less than excellent he’s getting the rough end of the stick. Edited December 27, 2017 by a m ole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Of all players on both sides who completed 90 mims, hogan once again, had the least amount of touches and the lowest pass completion. Once again he was unable to get into the game and when he did have the ball his ability to keep it was poor. Bruce is a terrible manager and should be sacked but there is no way he's the main reason Hogan looks so poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 hour ago, DCJonah said: Of all players on both sides who completed 90 mims, hogan once again, had the least amount of touches and the lowest pass completion. I counted 4 times he chased long balls out for goal kicks. That is clearly not his fault but the system The only passing move if match we had we scored and he assisted. Nobody has said he was brilliant but the lad is living off scraps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, Zatman said: I counted 4 times he chased long balls out for goal kicks. That is clearly not his fault but the system The only passing move if match we had we scored and he assisted. Nobody has said he was brilliant but the lad is living off scraps And the other one he scored albeit he was just offside. The way he finished that shows you what he has. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 2 hours ago, DCJonah said: Bruce is a terrible manager and should be sacked but there is no way he's the main reason Hogan looks so poor. Disagree. Bruce is solely responsible for the way we setup, which doesn't suit Hogan at all, as we know. Then again it's an altogether different issue, should we change the way we play, just to suit one player... Dunno about you, but I'd like to see us try it once at least. Bench all the grafters, play all the footballers. Play a possession game. Play through the middle. Keep the ball. Press high when we loose it. It's not rocket science, but it does entail Bruce can't play all of Jedinak, Whelan, Hutton, Davis, et.al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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