Wright (32 Viewers)

[Tommo1993]

Micky Quinn was another, didn't cover much ground, and wasn't the quickest, but was lethal in the penalty box

How dare you comprehend a point on here, you fucking maniac.

 

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[Speedie's Head]

The Haji hate on here, Twitter and Facebook is hilarious. Feel sorry for the guy. Imagine uprooting your family, turning up at a club off the back of a World Cup, being top scorer in your first season in English football, scoring a huge goal with a great finish to send us to Wembley Semi, to then score a monumentally high pressure penalty in the Semi in front of millions. Start your second season on fire. Get injured. Come back and ultimately STILL finish top scorer with 12 in 29 and the 3rd highest PPG after Piroe and Sargent in the league.

Yet continuously get pelters from the fanbase about work rate and his entire career here based off of “yeh but he was shit in that one game where I thought he’d turn up”. All in his unfavoured position aswell playing LW. Sakamoto (who I love) in the same position on the opposite side doesn’t even come close to Haji’s output, but is the fanbases child.

It really is embarrassing on all platforms. The guy is the most 2 footed natural finisher we have had for many years.

The problem we might well have with Haji this summer is hanging onto him. All this blame game stuff will not help in the slightest and he'll be very expensive to replace.

 

[stevefloyd]

Alot of people find religion later on in life, I remember Roy Slater finding Jesus in nick

What was Jesus doing in nick?

 

[SkyBlueStallion_89]

Not sure you'd have to ask the old bill what they fitted him up with

What was Jesus doing in nick?

 

[procdoc]

The Haji hate on here, Twitter and Facebook is hilarious. Feel sorry for the guy. Imagine uprooting your family, turning up at a club off the back of a World Cup, being top scorer in your first season in English football, scoring a huge goal with a great finish to send us to Wembley Semi, to then score a monumentally high pressure penalty in the Semi in front of millions. Start your second season on fire. Get injured. Come back and ultimately STILL finish top scorer with 12 in 29 and the 3rd highest PPG after Piroe and Sargent in the league.

Yet continuously get pelters from the fanbase about work rate and his entire career here based off of “yeh but he was shit in that one game where I thought he’d turn up”. All in his unfavoured position aswell playing LW. Sakamoto (who I love) in the same position on the opposite side doesn’t even come close to Haji’s output, but is the fanbases child.

It really is embarrassing on all platforms. The guy is the most 2 footed natural finisher we have had for many years.

Absolutely spot on. Some morons said they’d accept less than his market value as well

 

[AJB1983]

The Haji hate on here, Twitter and Facebook is hilarious. Feel sorry for the guy. Imagine uprooting your family, turning up at a club off the back of a World Cup, being top scorer in your first season in English football, scoring a huge goal with a great finish to send us to Wembley Semi, to then score a monumentally high pressure penalty in the Semi in front of millions. Start your second season on fire. Get injured. Come back and ultimately STILL finish top scorer with 12 in 29 and the 3rd highest PPG after Piroe and Sargent in the league.

Yet continuously get pelters from the fanbase about work rate and his entire career here based off of “yeh but he was shit in that one game where I thought he’d turn up”. All in his unfavoured position aswell playing LW. Sakamoto (who I love) in the same position on the opposite side doesn’t even come close to Haji’s output, but is the fanbases child.

It really is embarrassing on all platforms. The guy is the most 2 footed natural finisher we have had for many years.

I know he can blow hot and cold, but I wonder what our fans deserve sometimes.
“We want a 20 goal a season striker”…. We’ve actually got one?

What exactly do we want from a striker?

stern John got the same - just cos he didn’t run around a lot like Andy morrell.

 

[procdoc]

I know he can blow hot and cold, but I wonder what our fans deserve sometimes.
“We want a 20 goal a season striker”…. We’ve actually got one?

What exactly do we want from a striker?

stern John got the same - just cos he didn’t run around a lot like Andy morrell.

Andy Morrell was garbage weren't he. Some fans cheered more for him chasing a lost cause than they did for a lot of Stern John's goals

 

[SBT]

Andy Morrell was garbage weren't he. Some fans cheered more for him chasing a lost cause than they did for a lot of Stern John's goals

Sounds like another one of our strikers today

 

[HuckerbysQuiff]

If someone showed you this about a striker we’d been linked with or were potentially signing we’d all be licking our lips with excitement…

I agree he goes missing for periods but I’d rather have him at the club, then try replace the goals he’s scores, could be very costly in more than one way!

 

[shmmeee]

If someone showed you this about a striker we’d been linked with or were potentially signing we’d all be licking our lips with excitement…

I agree he goes missing for periods but I’d rather have him at the club, then try replace the goals he’s scores, could be very costly in more than one way!

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How the hell did he get a red?

 

[AJB1983]

Andy Morrell was garbage weren't he. Some fans cheered more for him chasing a lost cause than they did for a lot of Stern John's goals

I mean don’t get me wrong, watching the Champions League final the other night, there are players out there that do it all, but they cost €75m each……

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Andy Morrell was garbage weren't he. Some fans cheered more for him chasing a lost cause than they did for a lot of Stern John's goals

I don't agree with the Haji hate and am with those who think we are better keeping him, but I don't see the point in finding an alternative hate figure instead.

Morrell was not garbage. Yes he didn't have the quality that Stern John had, but you can't have a team of Stern John's or Haji Wright's, and you need hardworking players around them to allow those luxury players to perform. Ultimately Morrell's willingness to run all day also probably did him no favours, as it encouraged managers to play him out of the position on the wing, which was a waste of his best quality as a finisher.

 

[Alkhen]

Just scored a nice goal for the US in the Gold Cup, typical drift in from the left. And tuck it bottom corner

 

[Alkhen]

 

[stevefloyd]

Obviously over the moon with scoring judging by the nonchalant celebration even though it was a comfortable win for the shermans

 

[CovveeBreak]

Jesus christ that defending I struggle to celebrate that too.

 

[Bristol sky blue]

Wright isn't the problem: Simms is. He has all the attributes but often puts in timid performances. Sell him, get the right man alongside Wright (!), I'm confident Wright would get 20 odd goals for us again.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Classic Wright.

I really hope we aren't in for any of their defenders though!

 

[pusbccfc]

He's a brilliant player with space in behind.

When he's closely marked or teams sit deep, he struggles.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

He looked enthralled at scoring there

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

What was Jesus doing in nick?

 

[CovLad94]

Defenders might aswell have rolled out the red carpet for him

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

He looked enthralled at scoring there

He looked like the same as those Bayern players scoring 10 against the mighty Auckland City.

 

[rob9872]

That's the kind of goal he scored in 23 24 for us, cutting in from the left. Unfortunately EMC can only play left and Haji is criticised for being poor through the middle. If we had a better striker than Simms he wouldn't play there and he'd be appreciated more.

 

[StrettoBoy]

That's the kind of goal he scored in 23 24 for us, cutting in from the left. Unfortunately EMC can only play left and Haji is criticised for being poor through the middle. If we had a better striker than Simms he wouldn't play there and he'd be appreciated more.

I was going to make exactly those points.

We need to keep Haji if we can and replace Simms with a decent striker. The only problem with this is that I think EMC would be a luxury if he is just cover for Haji.

EMC did have that good spell when he scored a few goals. Could he play as a striker? I rather suspect not but wonder if its worth giving it a go in pre-season.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I was going to make exactly those points.

We need to keep Haji if we can and replace Simms with a decent striker. The only problem with this is that I think EMC would be a luxury if he is just cover for Haji.

EMC did have that good spell when he scored a few goals. Could he play as a striker? I rather suspect not but wonder if its worth giving it a go in pre-season.

I’m not convinced scoring that against a clapped out Trinidad side proves much. Wright’s issue is his consistency or lack thereof.

Agree on Simms

 

[rob9872]

I’m not convinced scoring that against a clapped out Trinidad side proves much. Wright’s issue is his consistency or lack thereof.

Agree on Simms

It was more about the type of goal rather than the goal itself, although I agree the opposition wasn't strong.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It was more about the type of goal rather than the goal itself, although I agree the opposition wasn't strong.

He needs a high line and to be ‘on it’ to score those goals.

 

[StrettoBoy]

I’m not convinced scoring that against a clapped out Trinidad side proves much. Wright’s issue is his consistency or lack thereof.

Agree on Simms

I agree that the goal against Trinidad proved little but he is a proven goalscorer in the Championship.

A greater level of consistency would be a bonus but if he can carry on scoring at the rate of twenty over a full season then you won’t hear me complain.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I agree that the goal against Trinidad proved little but he is a proven goalscorer in the Championship.

A greater level of consistency would be a bonus but if he can carry on scoring at the rate of twenty over a full season then you won’t hear me complain.

That or just having a higher floor, when he’s off it he’s…really off it.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

He's a brilliant player with space in behind.

When he's closely marked or teams sit deep, he struggles.

Kane, Haaland, Cole also struggle. It's bloody difficult against 11 men behind the ball. Movement, overlapping width and 2 very creative no 10s can work but virtually impossible the higher quality the opposition is.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Kane, Haaland, Cole also struggle. It's bloody difficult against 11 men behind the ball. Movement, overlapping width and 2 very creative no 10s can work but virtually impossible the higher quality the opposition is.

Perhaps this is one advantage of us scoring so many from crosses into the box. Unfortunately that puts Wright at a disadvantage if he can’t make a success of playing down the middle.

 

[oscillatewildly]

The Haji hate on here, Twitter and Facebook is hilarious. Feel sorry for the guy. Imagine uprooting your family, turning up at a club off the back of a World Cup, being top scorer in your first season in English football, scoring a huge goal with a great finish to send us to Wembley Semi, to then score a monumentally high pressure penalty in the Semi in front of millions. Start your second season on fire. Get injured. Come back and ultimately STILL finish top scorer with 12 in 29 and the 3rd highest PPG after Piroe and Sargent in the league.

Yet continuously get pelters from the fanbase about work rate and his entire career here based off of “yeh but he was shit in that one game where I thought he’d turn up”. All in his unfavoured position aswell playing LW. Sakamoto (who I love) in the same position on the opposite side doesn’t even come close to Haji’s output, but is the fanbases child.

It really is embarrassing on all platforms. The guy is the most 2 footed natural finisher we have had for many years.

This is without question one of the best if not THE best critically broken down responses to the questioning of a player I have ever read on SBT.
Mind you he did go a bit pants soon after he did that hat trick thing against Sunderland in the league.

 

[wingy]

Just a quick one who was going play LW out of our squad if we hadn't brought EMC the Xmas before, some planning that, it's possible he was always off, but for me the problem is EMC simple as that.

 

[Skyblueabo1111]

Wright isn't the problem: Simms is. He has all the attributes but often puts in timid performances. Sell him, get the right man alongside Wright (!), I'm confident Wright would get 20 odd goals for us again.

Yet they scored 19 each season before.