Match Day Thread Fulham v Hull City

[Steven Toast]

Henriksen has never been anything other than a consummate professional both on and off the pitch. I don’t envy his situation, he should be playing week in, week out at this level but then, he isn’t going to dislodge any of our current midfield given our form.

Rather than say “never again”, it would be nice to have him on the bench.

 

[hullborn]

What would you add to the team in January to make us real top 6 contenders?

I still think we need a top striker to take some of the pressure off Bowen. It would mean spending money but hopefully the owners will realise what they missed out on last year by not investing at the right time.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

HENRICKSEN

Was it his fault the club agreed a contract with him... NO
Has he slagged the club off at any stage even though he's not playing...NO
Was he prepared to move if an offer came in for him despite perhaps a lucrative contract...YES
Was/Is he prepared to play for this club/ our club and give his best if selected... YES
Was it his fault that he didnt' feature in McCanns plans...NO
Was he perhaps likely about to trigger a bonus...MAYBE WHO KNIOWS
Are we missing him at this time..NO
Were we missing him immediately after the QPR game... YES

When are thick ****s of this club Going to realise the team and the club are far more important than any individual!!? Never with this ****s ****
Terry our manager won’t have him won’t play him, while henriksen thinks of his own bank account. **** him.
Good enough for me.

 

[Steven Toast]

What would you add to the team in January to make us real top 6 contenders?

I still think we need a top striker to take some of the pressure off Bowen. It would mean spending money but hopefully the owners will realise what they missed out on last year by not investing at the right time.

I wouldn't add much, to be honest. Some proper cover for Lichaj at RB would be nice and maybe a bit of cover on the left wing for Grosicki if he gets injured. Neither of those would really mean spending a lot of money either. Maybe, if I was being greedy, I'd go for Maddison at Peterborough because I can't see Jon Toral lasting any length of time without getting injured and our two wingers, though they could probably fill in, would be wasted there. He has 8 goals and 6 assists in 14 games and is still only 26.

We have Eaves, Magennis, Balogh and KLP battling for the one striker spot, I think another would be overkill, especially given that we are now playing Bowen through the middle as well.

I suppose it depends on who leaves too. If, for example, Bowen, Grosicki or, nightmare scenario, both left, the money we received would have to be reinvested to maintain the quality. But we all know it wouldn't be.

I'd look to send Dan Batty out on loan as I think we're covered well enough in the CM midfield area and obviously Henriksen and Milinkovic will be leaving. That still leaves Honeyman, Lopes, Stewart, Irvine, Toral and young Elliot Bonds scrapping for 3 spots.

 

[City Man]

What would you add to the team in January to make us real top 6 contenders?

I still think we need a top striker to take some of the pressure off Bowen. It would mean spending money but hopefully the owners will realise what they missed out on last year by not investing at the right time.

Every club in the country will be looking at bringing in a better striker in January.

 

[Steven Toast]

When are thick ****s of this club Going to realise the team and the club are far more important than any individual!!? Never with this ****s ****
Terry our manager won’t have him won’t play him, while henriksen thinks of his own bank account. **** him.
Good enough for me.

Can I ask, and I'm sorry if this is personal, but how many times did Markus reverse over your dog? Because that's the only logical conclusion that I can draw from this irrational barrage of bilge you're chucking at him.

He isn't interested in his own bank account, he's sat in the stands on matchdays. He turns up for training like a professional. If he was ****ing it off and sat playing FIFA every day, I'd understand. He's still getting picked for Norway, so why is he to blame for his situation?

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Can I ask, and I'm sorry if this is personal, but how many times did Markus reverse over your dog? Because that's the only logical conclusion that I can draw from this irrational barrage of bilge you're chucking at him.

He isn't interested in his own bank account, he's sat in the stands on matchdays. He turns up for training like a professional. If he was ****ing it off and sat playing FIFA every day, I'd understand. He's still getting picked for Norway, so why is he to blame for his situation?

Finished sucking his cock have you? we wanted him gone he refused a move
We then offered anew contract
He won’t sign
Bank balance time
**** him
Get it? No you won’t

 

[Steven Toast]

Finished sucking his cock have you? we wanted him gone he refused a move
We then offered anew contract
He won’t sign
Bank balance time
**** him
Get it? No you won’t

Oh shut up you prancing ****, you're making a fool of yourself.

He was never going to sign a new contract, he was stripped of the captaincy and told he was to be shipped out. Obviously he wouldn't sign a new deal if he was told he was being pushed out. Yet, despite that, he's turned up to training everyday with a smile on his face, even though he knows he isn't going to get picked. If you can't recognise professionalism and give praise when it's due, **** off.

Even the staff who aren't picking him have praised him for his attitude around the club, obviously that sort of behaviour is alien to you.

****ing pathetic. Sort yourself out man, you're better than this.

 

[Howdentiger2]

Oh shut up you prancing ****, you're making a fool of yourself.

He was never going to sign a new contract, he was stripped of the captaincy and told he was to be shipped out. Obviously he wouldn't sign a new deal if he was told he was being pushed out. Yet, despite that, he's turned up to training everyday with a smile on his face, even though he knows he isn't going to get picked. If you can't recognise professionalism and give praise when it's due, **** off.

Even the staff who aren't picking him have praised him for his attitude around the club, obviously that sort of behaviour is alien to you.

****ing pathetic. Sort yourself out man, you're better than this.

TBF it was both parties, he said he wanted to leave and the club also wanted him to leave. Terry planned without him as ALL parties expected him to move on. Yes he is being professional but he is under contract and has to turn up and train if he wants to get paid.

 

[Steven Toast]

TBF it was both parties, he said he wanted to leave and the club also wanted him to leave. Terry planned without him as ALL parties expected him to move on. Yes he is being professional but he is under contract and has to turn up and train if he wants to get paid.

But he isn't obliged to accept the first offer that comes along. If the offer was from Bordeaux (as reported), a team much richer than City, it doesn't make sense he'd turn it down to go and play in a better league with better players for a higher wage. The offers that came in must've been ****ter, so he's well within his rights to stay and fight for a place if it's not the right deal for him and his family. Maybe he thought that McCann would relent and play him, obviously that hasn't happened so it's easy to see him leaving in January now he knows he won't get into the team.

But I'm not having abuse chucked at him for the decision, that isn't fair.

 

[Leon...]

When are thick ****s of this club Going to realise the team and the club are far more important than any individual!!? Never with this ****s ****
Terry our manager won’t have him won’t play him, while henriksen thinks of his own bank account. **** him.
Good enough for me.

Regardless of discussing MH or whichever player - it comes down to this time and time again on this forum.

On par with the 'ooh I hope he doesn't sign for us cos we might ruin his career' line that was prevalent until now we're on the cusp of the top 6.

 

[GLP]

Let Henriksen go. He wouldn’t improve performances/results over our current 3 midfielders.

I’ve never rated him anyway. Neither does the gaffer. That’ll do for me.

 

[King Curtis]

Great result yesterday. Best way to describe City's defensive performance yesterday was me being completely unaware that Knockaert, a competent Premier League player, was on the pitch during the 2nd half. Think we can call yesterday the perfect away performance. We contained them well and took our chances on the break. The 2nd goal came at the perfect time and really took the wind out of Fulham's sails (very well-take by Bowen as well). They were pressing us in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half and we may have been vulnerable the longer it stayed 0-1. 3 wins on the bounce is always welcome in this inconsistent division but the calibre of opponents we have faced after two poor defeats makes this run of form encouraging. Should be a great game against WBA next weekend!

 

[King Curtis]

Just looked at the table from this time last year. After 15 games, we were 2nd from bottom with 15 points. Add to that the progress we've seen with De Wijs, Stewart and Burke over the last 12 months and the emergence of players like Long we look a better side than the one that was at its peak in the middle of last season.

 

[Steven Toast]

Just looked at the table from this time last year. After 15 games, we were 2nd from bottom with 15 points. Add to that the progress we've seen with De Wijs, Stewart and Burke over the last 12 months and the emergence of players like Long we look a better side than the one that was at its peak in the middle of last season.

I agree, this side feels comfortably Championship now. Given it's young average age, it'll only get better.

 

[Trumpton Tiger.]

When are thick ****s of this club Going to realise the team and the club are far more important than any individual!!? Never with this ****s ****
Terry our manager won’t have him won’t play him, while henriksen thinks of his own bank account. **** him.
Good enough for me.

Agree. If McCann thought we needed him he'd be in the squad. No-one on here knows what has been said between Henrikson and the manager but his none appearance probably gives us an indication.
I'd actually forgot he was still at the club.
It also cannot be a bed of roses picking up x-amount of thousand pound a week for doing **** all, or for the fella signing the wage cheque.

 

[Charon]

****ing pathetic. Sort yourself out man, you're better than this.

****ing pathetic ------------- correct
Sort yourself out man ----- correct
You're better than this ---- not at all

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Regardless of discussing MH or whichever player - it comes down to this time and time again on this forum.

On par with the 'ooh I hope he doesn't sign for us cos we might ruin his career' line that was prevalent until now we're on the cusp of the top 6.

Absolutely Leon absofuckinglutely
Every single time
It’s self loathing time and again with some of this lot.

 

[Anal Frank Fingers]

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Sort yourself out man, you're better than this.

What are you basing this opinion on?

 

[Porthmeor Tiger]

Agree. If McCann thought we needed him he'd be in the squad. No-one on here knows what has been said between Henrikson and the manager but his none appearance probably gives us an indication.
I'd actually forgot he was still at the club.
It also cannot be a bed of roses picking up x-amount of thousand pound a week for doing **** all, or for the fella signing the wage cheque.

Ulrika.. it might not be a bed of roses picking up thousands a week for doing **** all but I wouldn’t mind trying it out !