Last I saw of him, he was rowing and shouting at Adkins away to Colchester.
I dont care if ur not Harding biggest fan...... but out of interest ..... why not????
In my opinion i think he is under rated by us and has in fact been one of our best players and his form and consistancy has been excellent in the 2nd half of the season in particular!
I behind every one of them!!! COYRs
I think that it's fantastic that we're now talking about someone who can't get into the match 18. Shows that we do now have a squad, with various options in it.
At the end of the day, who would N'Guessan get in ahead of? Of course I would love to have him on the bench as an option, but I'd prefer Connolly, Forte and Chaplow/Stephens even more. That said, we could always leave a defender out of the squad (Harding, cough cough*), and be left with a bench of say, Bart, Seaborne, Butterfield, Chaplow, N'Guessan, Forte, Connolly.
*[For those of you who have not moved across from 606, and therefore don't yet know me, I am not Harding's biggest fan. In fact, I am so far the opposite of being his biggest fan, it's untrue.]
What has happened to him??? :/
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Nashy & Beddy - In my opinion, Harding cannot defend for toffee. He wonders out of position, he lets his marker go, he gets brushed off the ball. For an example of the latter, just look at Rochdale's 1st goal this week - how weak was Harding? He seemed to pretty give up, and left the player have the header. (Though the two examples which I always think of are Plymouth's goal on the opening day, and Peterborough's 2nd goal in the 4-4 draw - both of which are examples of Harding being out of position and/or losing his marker).
Going forward, I've got no real problems with him. However there are even issues here: 1) I think Dickson is even better than him going forward; 2) A full-backs first job is as a defender. I don't care how good they are going forward if they cannot defend. Being good going forward is a luxury in a full-back for me. It's fantastic to have, but it is not the most fuindamental, essential quality. Being able to defend is.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not some sort of person who hates half the team. I stuck up for Puncheon for a long, long time. I complained to people around me, and to posters on 606, when they were booing him earlier season. Likewise I never turned on Jaidi or anything when he had a few problems earlier. But I just cannot defend Harding, I just can't. He is a liability in our defence in my opinion.