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Must have been at a different match Gave the ball away far too often, kept turning back into the Colchester players crowded round him, lost possession too easily. Thought that Rose and Whitmore playedbetter than Harry tonight. Cannot fault the effort though he did try and twice got elbowed in the back for his efforts. As for Colchester they didn’t really get too many chances except when we backed off them and allowed them to keep pumping the ball forward. Good goal for Thomas and lucky for us they could only hit the bar from six yards out.
Onwards and hopefully upwards!
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Him and Rose make a good pairing and give us some real balance.
Great that he’s getting a run in his favoured position. People need to have the patience to allow him to develop and grow in confidence.
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Harry certainly gives everything and also tries things, sometimes they come off and sometimes he gives away possesion (which i thought happened quite frequently tonite). He also has masses and masses of energy. Massive improvement on that hider berrett, how he kept Harry out the side last year I don't know. - oh yeah I do we had the clueless gormless buffoon slade in charge. You never make a mistake if u never try to do anything with the ball...
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I'm hoping the goals and assists will come. Managed 5 goals in a season at Grantham and seemed to be getting assists for them all the time so there's definitely potential there.
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Think he just lacks a little composure when he gets into good positions in the final third at the moment. He looks more composed in other areas of the pitch now though so I'm confident that composure will come in the final third the more he plays and the more he gets into those sort of positions.
Thought he competed excellently tonight. There's a video going round Twitter of him getting up and winning a towering header over 6"4 Harry Pell. Although he was cynically taken out 2 or 3 times when going up for headers whilst Colchester guys just jumped into him with no attempt to head the ball.
Top man H. Keep up the good work. Deserving his place in the team and it's a great blend between him and M.Rose. To the point were we're looking ok with playing a 2 in the middle and not needing to put a third man in there all the time.
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If JJ Hooper gave away possession as many times as Clifton did last night, he'd be absolutely lynched on here.
Clifton has real energy and drive, he mopped most second balls in the middle which I think we've lacked for years, and looks to drive on forwards. Unfortunately, he just lacks that bit of creativity and nous of doing the right thing at the right time at the moment. Hopefully it comes with experience and he could be a good player for us.
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If JJ Hooper gave away possession as many times as Clifton did last night, he'd be absolutely lynched on here.
Clifton has real energy and drive, he mopped most second balls in the middle which I think we've lacked for years, and looks to drive on forwards. Unfortunately, he just lacks that bit of creativity and nous of doing the right thing at the right time at the moment. Hopefully it comes with experience and he could be a good player for us.
Clifton earns the right to make a few mistakes by making up for it with the rest of his play. Hooper does not. I was at FGR last game of last season. Hooper showed what he is capable of. It’s in his locker (which I guess is why he gets picked), he just needs to show it more. My guess is that Clifton will improve, but on present showing, Hooper will not.
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If JJ Hooper gave away possession as many times as Clifton did last night, he'd be absolutely lynched on here.
Clifton has real energy and drive, he mopped most second balls in the middle which I think we've lacked for years, and looks to drive on forwards. Unfortunately, he just lacks that bit of creativity and nous of doing the right thing at the right time at the moment. Hopefully it comes with experience and he could be a good player for us.
When Gary Croft says 'Harry Clifton was outstanding tonight' I tend to believe him.
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Clifton earns the right to make a few mistakes by making up for it with the rest of his play. Hooper does not. I was at FGR last game of last season. Hooper showed what he is capable of. It’s in his locker (which I guess is why he gets picked), he just needs to show it more. My guess is that Clifton will improve, but on present showing, Hooper will not.
I just think Hooper is continually scapegoated when he isn't that bad. He works hard for the team and helps out the fullback despite that not being his game. He seems more guilty of lack of concentration than lack of effort to me. One thing that he does do is get himself into good positions in the box and cause a threat, it's not been quite falling for him so far, but at least he's giving defenders a difficult time. I actually thought last night was one of his worst performances this season, but he has played in almost every game that we've got points and I don't think he played any of the 6 defeats in a row.
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When Gary Croft says 'Harry Clifton was outstanding tonight' I tend to believe him.
I wasn't saying Clifton was bad, I think he was very effective as part of the midfield that stopped a good team from getting control of the match. I wouldn't take too much of what Gary Croft says as gospel. He spent half of the game confusing Clifton with Embleton. He also couldn't tell the difference between Mitch Rose, JJ Hooper and RHJ.
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