Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:06 pm
UllFC
Club Owner
Joined: Mar 27 2004 Posts: 17344
[quote="Chester Wednesday"]
Actually not the worst suggestion in the world, Houghton has struggled this year, and spelling him with another hooker might be for the best. Litten is learning but not quite there yet.
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:23 pm
Jake the Peg
International Chairman
Joined: Mar 22 2007 Posts: 30450
Can't tackle, has no pace, can't create space and rarely scores. rovers fans going all gooey eyed over a reasonable half season against semi pro opposition
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:30 pm
Plateface
Club Owner
Joined: Feb 03 2004 Posts: 565 Location: no where near east hull
[
quote="Jake the Peg"]There was talk of leeds being after him a while back[/quote]
Was that Leeds Building Society Jake, as a security guard.To be hoped he never gets a robber who can run,because he would never catch or tackle him.
Born Black and White
Die Black and White
Hull will give us a tough game but the key is to silence their fans in the Threepenny Stand.We have to do this because if we do'nt they will get behind their side and lift them in a way you've never seen,heard or witnessed before.
Frank Stanton. Coach to the 1982 "Untouchables" Aussie team. 1982 "
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:47 pm
rover 2000
Club Captain
Joined: Sep 06 2016 Posts: 801
Jake the Peg wrote:Can't tackle, has no pace, can't create space and rarely scores. rovers fans going all gooey eyed over a reasonable half season against semi pro opposition
not all of us, clearly a loose forward in my eyes Radford all over the place with team selections ,he always gave 100 per cent and looked promising that's all,
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:51 pm
fosdyke99
International Star
Joined: May 25 2015 Posts: 826
Abdul is a loose foreward,first match of season he came on has a third pivot in second half against hudd.not only did he play well it was hulls best attacking half of the season.radford mentioned him as adding to hulls attacking options.but he never continued with him in that role.he will never make it as a half.
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:55 pm
Jake the Peg
International Chairman
Joined: Mar 22 2007 Posts: 30450
Abdul doesn't have the fitness, workrate or size to play LF in SL. No club has a ball player at LF. They all have an extra middle player to share the workload around more. Westerman is a bit of a ball player but he's massive and has a great engine and very high workrate
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:04 pm
Mild Rover
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Joined: Jun 01 2007 Posts: 12664 Location: Leicestershire.
fosdyke99 wrote:Abdul is a loose foreward,first match of season he came on has a third pivot in second half against hudd.not only did he play well it was hulls best attacking half of the season.radford mentioned him as adding to hulls attacking options.but he never continued with him in that role.he will never make it as a half.
If we sign him (and I hope we do despite the Mail indicating it won't happen in their 'chuck him under the proverbial bus as a distraction' article), it'll be as stand-off or even a centre, I imagine. Like most clubs now, we use our fullback as our third pivot, and the last thing we need is a lightweight third 'middle' after the 'small, mobile pack' traumas of recent years. I'm not naive about last year in the second tier - but he showed a fair amount of quality and buckets of enthusiasm. I'd want a good third option alongside them, but would be happy to try to build around Abdull and Atkin in the medium term.
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Post subject: Re: Abdull hands in transfer request
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:07 pm
rover 2000
Club Captain
Joined: Sep 06 2016 Posts: 801
Jake the Peg wrote:Abdul doesn't have the fitness, workrate or size to play LF in SL. No club has a ball player at LF. They all have an extra middle player to share the workload around more. Westerman is a bit of a ball player but he's massive and has a great engine and very high workrate
this is the problem your now bulling up a player that hasn't been involved in the recent meltdown ,westerman spends most of his time running across the pitch interfering in plays as for fitness he is not that durable, decent on his day though not consistent,
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