RG30 Harper isnt helped in the slightest when he has a midfield partner who has failed to grasp the movement/positional play of what the Premier League is all about.
Irony alert.
Harper has no positional sense whatsoever, he's as thick as a brick.
by Royalee » 13 Apr 2008 21:13
RG30 Harper isnt helped in the slightest when he has a midfield partner who has failed to grasp the movement/positional play of what the Premier League is all about.
by rg6royal » 13 Apr 2008 21:30
RoyaleeRG30 Harper isnt helped in the slightest when he has a midfield partner who has failed to grasp the movement/positional play of what the Premier League is all about.
Irony alert.
Harper has no positional sense whatsoever, he's as thick as a brick.
by Royalee » 13 Apr 2008 21:43
rg6royalRoyaleeRG30 Harper isnt helped in the slightest when he has a midfield partner who has failed to grasp the movement/positional play of what the Premier League is all about.
Irony alert.
Harper has no positional sense whatsoever, he's as thick as a brick.
Harper is a motivating player who will run around the park like a mag dog for 90 minutes with no real effect!
by madreadingfan » 13 Apr 2008 22:02
winchester_royalmadreadingfanrfcjoe Harps lives an extremely charmed life. The way he is anonymous in the majority of games sometimes leaves me saying to myself " I forgot Harper was playing"This shouldn't be happening - we need 11 influential players out there.
How some of you doubt Matejovsky's class and him in general is a joke- he is our most creative player, the other players aren't as clever as him though meaning some of his passes go astray.
OK, apart from the goal against liverpool where has he actually created a goal for us, or scored a goal? Marek is overrated i say.
The only reason Marek has not created goals is because our strikers make f*ckin awful runs, if they even run at all, and if they do get in a good position they oxf*rd it up.
I take it you are one of the fans who judges players on how far they run rather than actual class
by leon » 13 Apr 2008 23:45
madreadingfan [Nope i judge the players by if they actually want to wear the shirt for pride, and whos always looking to win and how much effort they put in, if they dont want to wear the shirt they can feck off (doyle in particular)
by 11.30 from paddington » 13 Apr 2008 23:51
by Ian Royal » 14 Apr 2008 00:29
rfcjoe Harps lives an extremely charmed life. The way he is anonymous in the majority of games sometimes leaves me saying to myself " I forgot Harper was playing"This shouldn't be happening - we need 11 influential players out there.
How some of you doubt Matejovsky's class and him in general is a joke- he is our most creative player, the other players aren't as clever as him though meaning some of his passes go astray.
by Alan Partridge » 14 Apr 2008 00:52
by Ian Royal » 14 Apr 2008 01:11
by Royalee » 14 Apr 2008 10:00
Ian Royal b) he can try and close down all he wants but it doesn't matter if the player he's closing down has 4 easy attacking passing options.
by Gordons Cumming » 14 Apr 2008 10:15
by 3 veesinarow » 14 Apr 2008 11:02
Gordons Cumming HNA is pathetic when we lose.
by IMAMATEOFJOVSKY » 14 Apr 2008 11:37
by West Stand Man » 14 Apr 2008 11:43
by Ian Royal » 14 Apr 2008 11:51
RoyaleeIan Royal b) he can try and close down all he wants but it doesn't matter if the player he's closing down has 4 easy attacking passing options.
Yes, but the thing is the player doesn't even need to pass the ball - he just has to run through Harper, which has been the case in so many instances this season where the opposition midfield are able to take the ball and dribble it to the edge of our area completely unchallenged.
As for attacking options, when we have the ball Harper often hides and gets into the wrong positions. How many times is one of our defenders on the ball only to find that Harper, our central midfielder, is ten yards BEHIND them! The guy has so little anticipation and tactical awareness that I'm embarassed for him - the amount of times I've screamed at him to get out from our defence's toes is unbelievable. To play in central midfield, you have to be able to do one of the following: tackle and defend, run at players with the ball and hold off opponents, or pick killer passes. Harper can't do any of these, which is why he simply isn't good enough and we have been carrying him for most of the season.
by brendywendy » 14 Apr 2008 12:19
by Platypuss » 14 Apr 2008 12:48
by Ian Royal » 14 Apr 2008 12:50
Platypuss Harper is no way as bad as some are making out, but by the same token many are severely overstating his ability.
He does have boundless energy, but he does have a really annoying habit of marking space rather than men.
It is the sheer lack of midfield options that has hobbled us this season - there is just not enough competetion which means it's hard to squeeze out the extra couple of percent you get from a player who really feels he has to fight for his place.
Platypuss Harper is no way as bad as some are making out, but by the same token many are severely overstating his ability.
He does have boundless energy, but he does have a really annoying habit of marking space rather than men.
It is the sheer lack of midfield options that has hobbled us this season - there is just not enough competetion which means it's hard to squeeze out the extra couple of percent you get from a player who really feels he has to fight for his place.
by bcubed » 14 Apr 2008 13:19
winchester_royalmadreadingfanrfcjoe Harps lives an extremely charmed life. The way he is anonymous in the majority of games sometimes leaves me saying to myself " I forgot Harper was playing"This shouldn't be happening - we need 11 influential players out there.
How some of you doubt Matejovsky's class and him in general is a joke- he is our most creative player, the other players aren't as clever as him though meaning some of his passes go astray.
OK, apart from the goal against liverpool where has he actually created a goal for us, or scored a goal? Marek is overrated i say.
The only reason Marek has not created goals is because our strikers make f*ckin awful runs, if they even run at all, and if they do get in a good position they oxf*rd it up.
I take it you are one of the fans who judges players on how far they run rather than actual class
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