Simon Makienok's post-match comments (mainly about the impact of being jeered) seem a complete contradiction of the claims Fraeye and the regime are trying to make, namely our opposition to the owners is impacting on the side.
"The protest doesn't affect me and I don't think it affects the other players but, of course, the situation we’re in affects us. We know we don't have the highest confidence and that we don't play the best football we've played."
This comment - “We have tried a lot of different things, systems, some have worked, some haven’t" - also hints that Fraeye doesn't have much of a clue either.
http://goo.gl/LZywYY
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(1) Makienok is a tall bloke (only a bit taller than myself) and I can vouch that tall people cannot jump very far off the ground, just look at Peter Crouch who barely gets off the ground himself...
(2) So that means if the ball is hit too high, he'll be stretching to receive the ball, it means that the ball wont hit the sweet spot on his head which naturally means that if Simon makes contact, its going to be a lottery where the ball ends up.
(3) Yes Simon doesnt bother to jump sometimes yet thats usually because you can easily see he don't stand a chance of getting the ball because its far too high, but at the same time why should he, if he goes for every lost cause its telling his team mate they can just hit and hope and that Simon will go chasing for any pathetic pass... By ignoring some hoofs he's sending a message that if they want the pressure eased off them, they have to pass better
(4) We saw against Ipswich the above is the case... We saw against Forest that if you aim for Simon's chest (or ribs), he can then control the ball and bring other players into play rather than a pointless hopeful flick on, on Saturday every time that happened we started a dangerous attack.
(5) At the same time you dont want to see the ball given to Makienok's feet (Using myself as an example), its a long way down from your eyes to your feet so his ball control on the floor is pretty shocking
I like him a lot more after reading those quotes though. He was open enough to acknowledge those sarcastic cheers, brave enough to go against the party line and honest about it all too. Top man, Simon.
He aided this with his movement, strength to hold off defenders, and his timing/ running into the cross
Watching him Saturday he's far too concerned about what his marker is doing. It's like he knows he's in a more physical league so that's all he's worried about. Then when his body shape is all wrong and he fucks up, he moans to the ref.
Tbh mate all the above sounds like a Sunday league footballers excuse for having a shit game.
Or a fan who just doesnt like a player and refuses to accept when he has a good game!!
Not me mate, I don't dislike him, but from the little I've seen of him I simply don't think he's good enough, nothing personal to him.
Good players make something out off bad crosses and passes.
He's all we got at mo so will always support him, just don't think even putting him a side with giggs and Beckham would make ahim a decent striker .
Hmmm where do YOU think the chest / ribs is located on a Human?
I cannot think of a world class high jumper under 6 foot and most are considerably taller than that.
This man is a good example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohdan_Bondarenko
That said I agree that a lot of the service he receives is dire.
a) The manager hasnt got a clue how to set up best to match the players strengths and
b) The players cant settle into a style meaning they just wont perform as well as they can
So whilst I'll admit I like SM's attitude which may be affecting my judgement I really dont think the biggest problems lie with the players
Perhaps it's a case of altitude sickness mate for footballers
Seriously though I think shorter stockier forwards are physically more adept at springing upwards from a standing position, Uwe Seeler and Gerd Muller, top German Strikers of yesteryear and even our own Igor immediately come to mind.
Like I said, I know they're young, but, like our inexperienced manager, they're just not good enough for us.
For now all players deserve every breath of encouragement and the blame of if their good enough or not at the owner and ceo,
The Masai can jump about 2' off the ground with no run up.
They're a tribe who live in really tall grass which can be annoying because they can't actually see where they are, to actually tell their location they're forever jumping up and down going... Where the feck are we, where the feck are we?
We give our foreign players 10 minutes, and then decide that they are shit.
He definitely controls it with his chest before passing on to Harriott