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It is so difficult to sign players in january....One of our best January window signings
Hitchen masterclassOne of our best January window signings
Wait... what?!?one of the most consistent player of the squad
Yea, kept them busy.He was a constant pest to Leicester last night. His running, pace and dribbling kept them busy all night,
if your judgement about player performance is all about goal and assist, we see football in a different wayWait... what?!?
I would say that he is totally among most inconsistent ones in fact.
He had this brilliant game against Crystal Palace, after which people started to rave about how he is totally underestimated, but let's take a look what has happened since -
28.12 - vs Soton; we are 11 against 10, comes on for 30 minutes, totally invisible, gave us nothing
01.01 - vs Watford; played full 90 minutes, gave us absolutely nothing, we lacked clear cut chances in this game
05.01 - vs Chelsea; started and played 80, gave us absolutely nothing, first touch bounced meters off him
09.01 - vs Morecambe; came on for last 20 minutes - scored a good goal and helped us to turn the tie around against League One side - well done in this one
12.01 - vs Chelsea; played 90, gave us nothing, again - heavy first touch and Chelsea players gladly picked the ball from him
19.01 - vs Leicester; played 90, only moment where he posed any threat was his long range effort that Schmeichel kept out, during 2nd half we had so much room, but he never posed any attacking threat
So after his really good game against Palace his tally is - 400 minutes played and 1 goal (though important one!) against League One side.
When we do not have any scoring threat from midfield and we use 2 or max 3 forward-players than they HAVE to come up with more than 1 goal and 0 assists over 400 mintutes. This is not good enough return. And not consistent return.
if your judgement about player performance is all about goal and assist, we see football in a different way