just-here-4-coffee
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I've been observing this forum for a while, but what has compelled me to register and post is my inability to digest all this Freddie bashing that so many threads seem to develop into.
This kid comes under fire regularly for his performances, but there is no logic behind it.
Even in the couple of pre-season fixtures i managed to catch (Nuneaton/Hinckley), he was clearly far from fit and wasn't 100% but he didn't fail to get involved either.
In the Nuneaton game he was relatively quiet, but he held and distributed the ball well, even playing in McSheff with the goal that was ruled offside.
In the Hinckley game, admittedly he wasn't involved in every play, but when the ball came to him, he held it confidently, spread it around well, linked up promisingly with the youngsters, netted a goal, and in another passage of play confidently took the ball around the keeper and was unlucky not to net a second.
This kid is an excellent reader of the game, is happy to take a shot whenever he finds himself in space with the ball, he has trickery, he has vision, and his distribution is SUPERB, and his goal to game ratio in the games where he's actually played a full game in his preferred position is far from the picture that is regularly painted. How other people cannot see this is beyond me; Instead of digitally regurgitating the moans and groans of the miserable oldies in the stands, perhaps you should open your eyes and have a good look at Fredster! He could be GREAT for us.
I wont tell you how he contributed 6 goals last season, even though he played only a handful of games due to a long term injury (please nobody tell me he didn't score in the games that Boothroyd didn't sub him on until minute 87 because frankly it doesn't and shouldn't count). This same season that saw Juke net 9 (Several from penalties), and our old buddy Marlon only doubled Freddies tally even though he was the favoured one.
Watching David Bell regularly run around like a headless chicken, go nowhere with the ball, get consistently caught in possession, ruin developing attacking plays by getting trapped and sending the ball back to our defence, it baffles me how you people can't appreciate Freddie!
Him and Lucas started to strike up a decent little partnership last year, and I look forward to peacocking around here when they do so again this season.
If you want to slate a player, we have some really viable candidates; I don't feel like Freddy is one of them!
This kid comes under fire regularly for his performances, but there is no logic behind it.
Even in the couple of pre-season fixtures i managed to catch (Nuneaton/Hinckley), he was clearly far from fit and wasn't 100% but he didn't fail to get involved either.
In the Nuneaton game he was relatively quiet, but he held and distributed the ball well, even playing in McSheff with the goal that was ruled offside.
In the Hinckley game, admittedly he wasn't involved in every play, but when the ball came to him, he held it confidently, spread it around well, linked up promisingly with the youngsters, netted a goal, and in another passage of play confidently took the ball around the keeper and was unlucky not to net a second.
This kid is an excellent reader of the game, is happy to take a shot whenever he finds himself in space with the ball, he has trickery, he has vision, and his distribution is SUPERB, and his goal to game ratio in the games where he's actually played a full game in his preferred position is far from the picture that is regularly painted. How other people cannot see this is beyond me; Instead of digitally regurgitating the moans and groans of the miserable oldies in the stands, perhaps you should open your eyes and have a good look at Fredster! He could be GREAT for us.
I wont tell you how he contributed 6 goals last season, even though he played only a handful of games due to a long term injury (please nobody tell me he didn't score in the games that Boothroyd didn't sub him on until minute 87 because frankly it doesn't and shouldn't count). This same season that saw Juke net 9 (Several from penalties), and our old buddy Marlon only doubled Freddies tally even though he was the favoured one.
Watching David Bell regularly run around like a headless chicken, go nowhere with the ball, get consistently caught in possession, ruin developing attacking plays by getting trapped and sending the ball back to our defence, it baffles me how you people can't appreciate Freddie!
Him and Lucas started to strike up a decent little partnership last year, and I look forward to peacocking around here when they do so again this season.
If you want to slate a player, we have some really viable candidates; I don't feel like Freddy is one of them!
