Efe Sodje

[Reg]

Who writes these news articles?

Not sure it's appropriate to comment on his performances on the official website!

[HenneysKnee]

Whats the craic with O'Donnell? If we are signing someone else on loan I'd rather see us gambling on bringing another striker in than yet another defender

[Nigel Bamford]

Who writes these news articles?

Not sure it's appropriate to comment on his performances on the official website!

It isn't at all appropriate. The official site should be for facts not opinions in, er, my opinion.

[barrowfan]

Who writes these news articles?

Not sure it's appropriate to comment on his performances on the official website!

It isn't at all appropriate. The official site should be for facts not opinions in, er, my opinion.

Agreed.

I think it will be Russell Dodd who wrote that but could be John McKay.

[phud]

... time for Hessey to step up ...

How desperate must we get before Bayliss puts the needs of the team before his own petty vendetta against another player?
Get Hessey in now!!

[Jim]

... time for Hessey to step up ...

How desperate must we get before Bayliss puts the needs of the team before his own petty vendetta against another player?
Get Hessey in now!!

He was in on Saturday - and to quote someone who was at the match:

4) Hessey - you seem to have your fans on here and I won't fault your effort today but ability wise it just isn't there

[bobbie moore]

Sorry to see him go did think he added presence to our back line.
Thought on saturday at end of game he had made his mind up about extending his loan period just walked off at final whistle alone.
look forward to this new loanee DB has lined up.......... mcnulty ?

[sanddevil-temp]

How desperate must we get before Bayliss puts the needs of the team before his own petty vendetta against another player?
Get Hessey in now!!

He was in on Saturday - and to quote someone who was at the match:

4) Hessey - you seem to have your fans on here and I won't fault your effort today but ability wise it just isn't there

That's the diplomatic and polite verdict of his performance. He was gash.

[BERSATUBOY]

Cheers Sodje. U been a diamond. Class says it all and you still have plenty. Been a pleasure watching you strut your stuff. Take care.

[phud]

He was in on Saturday - and to quote someone who was at the match:

That's the diplomatic and polite verdict of his performance. He was gash.

Defenders need to play together regularly so they get to know each other, trust each other and their reading of moves and timing of tackles gets honed. If you freeze a player out so they don't train together properly and get demoralised and lose confidence and lose match sharpness you do them and the team no favours and can expect a rusty performance when you throw them in. It ain't rocket science.

[Barrowabc]

That's the diplomatic and polite verdict of his performance. He was gash.

Defenders need to play together regularly so they get to know each other, trust each other and their reading of moves and timing of tackles gets honed. If you freeze a player out so they don't train together properly and get demoralised and lose confidence and lose match sharpness you do them and the team no favours and can expect a rusty performance when you throw them in. It ain't rocket science.

+1

[Si_Nichols]

Hessey was a liability when he was playing regularly earlier in the season. Now some of those games were at left back but a good player at this level should be able to adapt. Whether he has been "frozen out" or not is not the issue here. He is not the great player as some of you seem to think he is.

I don't question his commitment or effort - just don't think he has the ability.

[SKIPPER]

The centre-back situation is precisely why our defence this season has at time been an utter shambles. On Saturday we had a 41 year old loanee playing his last game ( and incidentally limped off a week earlier with a knee so swollen it looked like his season was over), another playing his first game for a month or so because of 'illness'. On the bench was a bloke who hadn't kicked a ball in anger for FIVE years and in the stand a player we fought tooth and nail to get, gave an 18 month contract, and after a month has yet to play a full 90 minutes. As I said 'utter shambles' .

[spirit of 1990]

Hessey was a liability when he was playing regularly earlier in the season. Now some of those games were at left back but a good player at this level should be able to adapt. Whether he has been "frozen out" or not is not the issue here. He is not the great player as some of you seem to think he is.

I don't question his commitment or effort - just don't think he has the ability.

Agree.

We are on about the same player who earlier in the season was getting slated on here aren't we? (yes he was playing out of position, but so is Hunter & he's been one of our best players of late) but even at CB he was very average yet now because the "frozen out" theory is being thrown around he's the saviour to our problems that can't get a game.

I'm not saying he hasn't had some sort of fall-out or whatever with DB because none of us know, but he's still the same average player he was six months ago.

[snortypig]

The centre-back situation is precisely why our defence this season has at time been an utter shambles. On Saturday we had a 41 year old loanee playing his last game ( and incidentally limped off a week earlier with a knee so swollen it looked like his season was over), another playing his first game for a month or so because of 'illness'. On the bench was a bloke who hadn't kicked a ball in anger for FIVE years and in the stand a player we fought tooth and nail to get, gave an 18 month contract, and after a month has yet to play a full 90 minutes. As I said 'utter shambles' .

+1

Desparate times these, sometimes you just couldn't make it up.