I don't think he's looked bad from the fleeting chances he's been given. If nothing else with no one scoring and the fact he has an arse, perhaps we should give him a try even if just under the premiss that he may be luckier than the other strikers or be the next in the line of Norwich scoring arses. Its time we should be able to put Coney's arse to bed! Bring on Becchios bottom! Bah!
is this serious? ok, lets put it another way. say clint easton was still at the club. should we throw him on for the final quarter of an hour while losing 5-0 at anfield, just because he hasn't been playing? it's ridiculous. if he isn't deemed good enough by the coaching staff then why would they play him? am i going mad? it doesn't seem that difficult to comprehend. just because he did a nice flick at the end of a game doesn't mean he's up to the task. his record in the championship and league one is pretty good, so i can understand why we gambled on him but if he isn't good enough then so be it. get rid in january and try and replace him with someone who might make a difference for us.
Especially on Saturday, someone strong to hold the ball up for a spell, rather than gift possession straight back to Citeh every time.
Good enough?, based on what?, he hardly ever played, how can they judge him on the small amount of match time he's had?, your entitled to your opinion but I don't think he has been given a chance to shine and has been treated unfairly. As other people have said how worse could he be than the performances we have seen so far?
Lovely arse on him though Clint Easton, like a couple of walnuts fighting in a sock. Sign him up Hootun
2006â2008 Mérida 50 (28) 2008â2013 Leeds United 190 (75) 2013â Norwich City 8 (0) Becchio's stats since 06. Better than OK as certain people think.
He's a top player, question is though if he isn't playing as he should then why?, Hooper not playing as well as he did at Celtic, RVW same, and Becchio. Who's to blame?, the players? or CH?
not one goal in any top division though. many were scored in our third tier. doesn't make him a bad player, i quite liked him when he was at leeds and even suggested him as a possible signing. its not me who doesn't rate him - its those at the club. if they did rate him he would play. he doesn't even get in the reserve side, let alone on our bench or in the first team. and he is certainly not a top player good championship striker, yes.
I meant top player based on his time in the Championship obviously, CH should give him a shot, not a whole game. So please answer us Super why can't CH get the best out of his strikers? or are you going to say it's the players fault?
So, he is a good championship striker, but CH doesn't even rate him good enough to play in our reserves. Something doesn't add up.
it's a bit of both, quite clearly its a bit of both. hughton's system never really got the best out of holt last season but it worked for us. this season he's tried to adapt the system to incorporate our new strikers but players are choosing the wrong options or misplacing their final ball. the players need to improve their understanding of how to get the best out of the strikers and hughton and his team will have to instigate that. its very easy to pin the blame on a manager when things go wrong but we've played well enough in a few matches to win games, comfortably on occasion, and we haven't because the players haven't made enough of their openings.
well yes, that is a fair point - but we have been playing the youngsters - morris and loza - perhaps the fact they are viewed as a bigger part of our future than becchio is would answer this. its better for their development to be playing rather than becchio. i'm just guessing though
Just why are you so certain he isn't up to it, Superman? How many games has he started? If he isn't Premiership class, why are you so sure that Hooper is? Becchio did more in the last game against Man City last season than Hooper has in his Prem games this season. That one-two flick with Howson looks something totally beyond Hooper from what I've seen so far.
isn't the fact he rarely gets on the bench enough for you? i haven't seen him in training and from what i saw when he was at leeds i felt it was 50/50 as to whether he would 'cut the mustard' in the premier league, though i think it was a gamble worth taking, but from what people say from within the club he is nowhere near good enough. not fit enough, not mobile enough, not sharp enough. i don't know about his attitude - maybe even that is an issue. i've certainly seen enough of becchio and hooper to know that hooper is significantly the better player. of course, nothing i say is going to make you change your beliefs and it does seem that whatever i say is leapt upon as if i somehow say whatever suits hughton or the club, but its pretty obvious that becchio isn't good enough. we wouldn't leave him out of squad after squad if he had a role to play - we aren't in a position to chose to do that. i saw becchio up at man city last season and can't even remember him touching the ball. he was only on for about ten minutes as i recall - not too sure what you think he did that was so special. likewise, against west brom he had a couple of touches i think, albeit one very good one. in fact, i get the feeling that the whole becchio thing has come about because of that one little flick.
I don't think it's necessarily the pecking order its the fact that the other strikers aren't meeting expectations, so people feel he should be given a shot.
holt wasn't exactly flying in the 2nd half of last season. becchio couldn't even get a game then. why would he now when we have two, maybe three better players at the club? the best way for players to find form is to keep playing. up front i'd say its essential to give them as much game time as possible. elsewhere in the team, perhaps there is room for more freedom, especially in midfield.
I really don't follow, there are new strikers, who you feel as the manager are better, maybe they are not firing on all cyclinders, but the best way is to keep giving them game time to get them up to speed. And even if they are not firing on all cyclinders they are still better than the fourth choice
