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2006 play-off final

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1mickylyons
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It’s amazing how far you can get in L2 if you some genuine pace and power in the side which is something Hurst never added in any of his transfer windows with us. Even in the NL he never signed an actually quick player did he?

Loved Reddy, what a player.


Did you never see Liam Hearn
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Did you never see Liam Hearn


Yes I did. He wasn’t a slouch but he wasn’t quick either. He had good acceleration over a short distance and was good at going past a man but wasn’t quick over longer distances.
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I'd say Hearn was more of a powerful runner than quick.  He was good at surging with the ball, in tight areas and often through or round players.  He wasn't ever going to win much in a foot race though.  Mackreth was quick as hell when he played against us, yet when he came here he seemed to have lost a yard or we definitely didn't play to his strengths.

To my memory the quickest player Hurst signed was Tom Bolarinwa.  A player who genuinely had those turbo boosters to knock it past a man and show them clean heels.   I always liked him and thought he was incredibly useful on the rare occasions when he played down the middle.  But I always presumed his end product wasn't the best, in either position.  A quick look on transfermarkt shows his only full season here (16/17) brought 8 assists and 2 goals from 34 games with only 16 of those as starts.  If we're talking goal contributions per minute on the pitch it's 1 every 173 minutes.  Not too shabby at all!
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Hearn simply wasn't at all quick. It was one of the things people have always claimed about him, but he simply wasn't particularly pacy.

He beat men by moving the ball past the defenders cleverly with deceptive movement. Got them going one way while he went the other. A skilful player and good goalscorer who would have had a much better career but for his injury problems (which is a recurring theme with players mentioned in this thread).
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I always think it's a shame most of Hearn's goals were scored with those rubbish Fila balls.


JESUS AT THE CENTRE
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