or might it be...
that it doesn't make sense to build your team around an ageing maverick whose future at the club isn't guaranteed and who if he loses his pace will have nothing left (his decision making is sh*t, he doesn't score goals and he doesn't tackle).
We have been commenting for ages now on how we haven't solved the problem of how to accommodate him. If you play him up front he doesn't score and wanders off onto the wing. The same thing happens if you try to give him a free role behind the strikers. Play as a left midfielder and your fullback gets exposed.
If we're going to make a fresh start and build a new team, maybe it would make sense to do it with players who can play in proper formations like 4-4-2?
I'm not neccesarily saying that is what we should do, but it has to be considered seriously. While Hucks is already a club legend for 2003/4 we have to face the fact that he makes team shape difficult and that from this point on he is highly unlikely to get better and will probably get worse.
Posted By: mr carra on November 21st 2006 at 13:51:58
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- Anyone else slightly worried that (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:40:42
- TBH, Grant must be wondering what all the fuss about Safri is. (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 21, 14:12:21
- He is (and we are) still far better than any of the other 3 (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 14:16:41
- or might it be... (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 21, 13:51:58
- Maybe but players like Hucks are (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:59:07
- of course none of the 3 midfielders played on the left hand side (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 21, 14:09:22
- I always thought the Christmas tree was the best formation for Hucks (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 21, 14:14:19
- Spot on..........which is unfortunate (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 21, 14:14:15
- I don't mean wide on the left (and of course hucks has to track back a bit) but (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 14:11:49
- Absolutely right (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 21, 14:04:08
- Well, we've seen for 2 and a half seasons now that... (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 14:03:33
- of course none of the 3 midfielders played on the left hand side (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 21, 14:09:22
- Maybe but players like Hucks are (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:59:07
- I have fears that Grant is gonna be a Worthy MK2 (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 21, 13:49:39
- Pfft. Nah, I doubt it. (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 13:50:58
- Does anyone have links to Grants comments about Safri? (n/m) (NCFC) - Clare, Nov 21, 13:42:55
- All he said was... (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 13:51:39
- safri had flu, (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Nov 21, 13:41:32
- Grant said he had dropped him anyway before he got flu (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 21, 13:56:56
- Apparently. (n/m) (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 21, 13:42:27
- conspiracy theories abound! (n/m) (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Nov 21, 13:43:12
- TBH, Grant must be wondering what all the fuss about Safri is. (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 21, 14:12:21
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