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Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Yeah right. SH believed in rotation for rotation's sake but CH very clearly picks the appropriate team for the matches on form. It's no surprise to me that we've been much more consistent in his tenure as a result.

Just repeating what I read.
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Pavilionaire

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
30,685
JFC was not the only player who looked ordinary under Hyypia.
 




Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
61,821
Location Location
JFC's simply not up to it at this level yet. Lightweight, hesitant, instinctively conservative with his passing, zero presence, and a passenger we could ill afford given our position this season. Central midfield is the engine room where you need a player who is capable of stamping his authority on a game. JFC simply looked out of his depth. Look at the difference in performances and results since him and Gardner were binned off to get a proper midfield together. Now we have Kayal and Ince, and with Stephens coming back, we're a completely different proposition and far more competitive. I tell you now, if JFC/Gardener had continued as our midfield hub for much longer, we would be in serious shit right now.

I'm not totally writing JFC off. But he has got a long, long way to go before he can be considered a Championship midfielder IMO.
 






durrington gull

Well-known member
Aug 29, 2004
2,323
Worthing
JFC's simply not up to it at this level yet. Lightweight, hesitant, instinctively conservative with his passing, zero presence, and a passenger we could ill afford given our position this season. Central midfield is the engine room where you need a player who is capable of stamping his authority on a game. JFC simply looked out of his depth. Look at the difference in performances and results since him and Gardner were binned off to get a proper midfield together. Now we have Kayal and Ince, and with Stephens coming back, we're a completely different proposition and far more competitive. I tell you now, if JFC/Gardener had continued as our midfield hub for much longer, we would be in serious shit right now.

I'm not totally writing JFC off. But he has got a long, long way to go before he can be considered a Championship midfielder IMO.

Spot on
 




TWOCHOICEStom

Well-known member
Sep 22, 2007
10,617
Brighton
JFC is a fantastic prospect, but his confidence has been hammered and it's no wonder. The pressure he must have felt playing under Hyypia must have been immense.

He must have known how badly he'd played in some matches, but still he was the club's poster boy being selected week in, week out all whilst having his face plastered over every piece of marketing material the club could put out.

Way too much too soon for such a young player.
 




BigGully

Well-known member
Sep 8, 2006
7,139
FFS how old is the kid?
If he had never made the first team or just come off of the bench a few times and mainly playing in the development squad (like most players his age) people would be clamouring for him to be in the first 11 like they do with Monokana.
Can't people just accept JFC for what he is: A young prospect who has been asked to do a job, due to injuries and some suspect player acquisition, that should not be asked of for a player of his age and experience.

Personally I think people should stop the agenda to ruin a young and just let him develop in peace and cut him some slack. That actually goes for a lot of our players recently. It is getting to be quite embarrassing really.

Absolutely, as you say the self same people having a pop would have been banging a drum for him to be included if he was on the peripheries of the squad, sometimes you can have your best spells when not in the side, a couple of defeats and everyone will be scurrying around trying to claim that 'such and such' is the answer and CH is clueless.

Retrospective management is easy.
 




WATFORD zero

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 10, 2003
26,020
Wasn't Tex playing league one and making very little impact this time last year (possibly lightweight and ineffectual) when he was still older than JFC is now ?

Just saying, like
 




Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,870
West west west Sussex
Put JFC in the side with Kayal, in front of a solid defence and behind strikers 'in the zone'.
Then NSC would probably be pronouncing him the new...





...Jake Robinson.
 


Marshy

Well-known member
Jul 6, 2003
19,740
FRUIT OF THE BLOOM
JFC is a very decent young player, he will come good again I have no doubt.

the likes of Kemy, Crofts and even Holla need to be shipped out first in our central midfield area.
 


Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
15,013
What the **** is AML... or DMC?

I'm guessing, but, Attacking Midfielder (left) and Defensive Midfielder (centre)???

Where is JFC? He's on the front of the club shop, promoting the Albion's One Ambition (which is seemingly TBC) :jester:
 




Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,917
Brighton
JFC's simply not up to it at this level yet. Lightweight, hesitant, instinctively conservative with his passing, zero presence, and a passenger we could ill afford given our position this season. Central midfield is the engine room where you need a player who is capable of stamping his authority on a game. JFC simply looked out of his depth. Look at the difference in performances and results since him and Gardner were binned off to get a proper midfield together. Now we have Kayal and Ince, and with Stephens coming back, we're a completely different proposition and far more competitive. I tell you now, if JFC/Gardener had continued as our midfield hub for much longer, we would be in serious shit right now.

I'm not totally writing JFC off. But he has got a long, long way to go before he can be considered a Championship midfielder IMO.

This perfectly sums it up. Best thing for JFC would be a loan out to a midtable League One side for a while, get some game time under his belt in a lower pressure situation.
 


marshy68

Well-known member
Jul 10, 2011
2,868
Brighton
I'll be slated for saying this but I kind of wanted to stick a "I was right about JFC" thread up the more and more it became clear that CH doesn't value him or his ability to contribute at this level.

Genuinely surprised he's not been sent out on loan.

Also where are all those who defended him clamoring for him to be in the starting XI?

Completely agree with you. I know he is young but I thought he was terrible this season. I dont know why he was continually picked. I bought Fifa 15 just so I could sell him!
 




BigGully

Well-known member
Sep 8, 2006
7,139
I apologise if abbreviations are difficult for you, but fat thumbs on an android phone don't help.

Attacking Midfielder (left) AML
Defensive Midfielder, though it was auto corrected to DMC when it should have been DM.

Is that easier to understand?

Well it is now that you have decoded you abbreviations that didnt make any sense :)
 




seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,691
Crap Town
Put JFC in the side with Kayal, in front of a solid defence and behind strikers 'in the zone'.
Then NSC would probably be pronouncing him the new...





...Jake Robinson.

"Robinson , Robinson , Robinson , Robinson. Scoring goals for Whitehawk , Robinson , Robinson" :lolol:
 




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