Hanson

If true(IF) then Ollie has someone similar lined up, strange that he would play and risk getting injured last night if he was going to Bradford

Wouldn’t want Hanson to leave at this stage of the season but I did comment last night that he should have scored with both the headers that led to goals at Crawley and Stevenage, basically inside the six yard box with free headers both should have been buried.

Nights like last night demonstrate he’s still required as Stevenage not the only physical team made up of six foot plus guys ( liked the left back though who went off sweet left foot) and his battling is a great contrast to the footwork of Clarke and Vernam. Puzzles me what he has to do to win free kicks gets a terribly raw deal from refs.

Quoted from bax

In a team that was terrible. He brings so so much more to games than goals.

League games that James Hanson has started,,,

Played 20
Won 5 (25%)
Drawn 6 (30%)
Lost 9 (45%)
Scored 22
Conceded 28
Goal Difference -6 (-0.3 per game)
Points 21 (1.05 per game)

League games that James Hanson hasn't started,,,

Played 8
Won 3 (37.5%)
Drawn 3 (37.5%)
Lost 2 (25%)
Scored 8
Conceded 6
Goal Difference +2 (+0.25 per game)
Points 12 (1.5 per game)

Vital member of the team. Hmmmm.....

They would be good stats if football teams consisted of 1 player, they don't...

So we are a one man team?

Statistics can be shaped to frame any argument. Who was the manager for most of those games?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

League games that James Hanson has started,,,

Played 20
Won 5 (25%)
Drawn 6 (30%)
Lost 9 (45%)
Scored 22
Conceded 28
Goal Difference -6 (-0.3 per game)
Points 21 (1.05 per game)

League games that James Hanson hasn't started,,,

Played 8
Won 3 (37.5%)
Drawn 3 (37.5%)
Lost 2 (25%)
Scored 8
Conceded 6
Goal Difference +2 (+0.25 per game)
Points 12 (1.5 per game)

Vital member of the team. Hmmmm.....

Sorry but that reasoning is flawed...it's if he'd only played in 1 league game and we won it that would give 100% win rate with him in it!!...now if it was 20 games and 20 games without then you could do a real comparison....when he's in the team he offers something else no one else does, there's always 2 defenders tied up with him and now we have players, a la Clarke and Whitehouse, that are feeding off him and finding the spaces he's even more important...oh, and the change in the style of play will pay dividends for Hanson too...
My only concern is stopping Macca returning to type and lumping it up to him, even that was doing Ollie's head in last night!!

I’d be disappointed if he went in this window as we could do with some stability while we change the way we play.

If he went in the summer and IH brought in better I’d not be too worried

Macca mixed it up last night and didn't just lump it to Hanson.

Was it just me, or were Macca's kicks flatter to Hanson instead of a big high kick?

Quoted from mimma

Macca mixed it up last night and didn't just lump it to Hanson.

Was it just me, or were Macca's kicks flatter to Hanson instead of a big high kick?

The wind

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Yeah, you're right. No one else in the history of football has ever controlled a football (with his head, chest or foot), held the ball up and played a simple pass to a teammate.

Tell me now, who else in our squad could do half as good a job as Hanson if he were to suddenly leave?

And how easy have we found it to get hold of such a player in the last several seasons since The Shop many years ago?

We've been screaming out for such an option for ages. Never mind a target man, have we even got another effective number 9 considering the 6 foot plus lumps of centrebacks in L2?

Ollie has stated it great to have 'the big man' back as it gives us the option to slam it up to him and it to stick to him enabling the rest rest of the team to push higher up the pitch.