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Pope has his say, even big Tone gets a mention.

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  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,145
    Big Tone? Jimenez? Can't see anything...
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    "You can’t say it was just the overseas boys because Johann [Berg Gudmundsson] was one who really cared and gave everything every week."

    So can we put the "he didn't try when they qualified" thing to bed please? I don't put any faith in reading body language or facial expressions, and every match I saw Johann worked harder than he ever got credit for, but things didn't come off for him due to lack of creativity and ability elsewhere on the pitch.

    The same thing happened during the year before, teams were able to double up on him when we had Harriott and Igor up front, but when Watt and Bulot came into the team they were good enough to create space and drag defenders all over the place, freeing up space for Johann.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,420
    Sorry.. @ibborg is going to be mad at me. :(
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467

    Big Tone? Jimenez? Can't see anything...

    "When you are in a relegation battle you need people to man up and show some cojones and get on with it. We didn’t have enough."

    Apparently we didn't have enough Tony Cojones? Maybe if we had more there would be some work done on redeveloping Sparrows Lane...
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    edited July 2016
    Also, can we keep this thread and rename it "SDAddick's quest to secure the legacy of Johann Berg Gudmundsson?"
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,725
    SDAddick said:

    "You can’t say it was just the overseas boys because Johann [Berg Gudmundsson] was one who really cared and gave everything every week."

    So can we put the "he didn't try when they qualified" thing to bed please? I don't put any faith in reading body language or facial expressions, and every match I saw Johann worked harder than he ever got credit for, but things didn't come off for him due to lack of creativity and ability elsewhere on the pitch.

    The same thing happened during the year before, teams were able to double up on him when we had Harriott and Igor up front, but when Watt and Bulot came into the team they were good enough to create space and drag defenders all over the place, freeing up space for Johann.

    He is always going to big up Johann as they have both just signed for the same team...
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521

    Big Tone? Jimenez? Can't see anything...

    Whoosh.

    "cojones"

  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967

    Big Tone? Jimenez? Can't see anything...

    Whoosh.

    "cojones"

    Saw that and thought "Top man Popey"
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,985
    Not a massive revelation is it? Pretty sure another player has already said the same.
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Cojones.
  • cafcinse6
    cafcinse6 Posts: 59
    SDAddick said:

    "You can’t say it was just the overseas boys because Johann [Berg Gudmundsson] was one who really cared and gave everything every week."

    So can we put the "he didn't try when they qualified" thing to bed please? I don't put any faith in reading body language or facial expressions, and every match I saw Johann worked harder than he ever got credit for, but things didn't come off for him due to lack of creativity and ability elsewhere on the pitch.

    The same thing happened during the year before, teams were able to double up on him when we had Harriott and Igor up front, but when Watt and Bulot came into the team they were good enough to create space and drag defenders all over the place, freeing up space for Johann.

    Surely you need to take a pinch of salt with the JBG quote as he is playing with Pope at Burnley next season? Not saying JBG did or didn't perform, only questioning the reliability of the information.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    cafcinse6 said:

    SDAddick said:

    "You can’t say it was just the overseas boys because Johann [Berg Gudmundsson] was one who really cared and gave everything every week."

    So can we put the "he didn't try when they qualified" thing to bed please? I don't put any faith in reading body language or facial expressions, and every match I saw Johann worked harder than he ever got credit for, but things didn't come off for him due to lack of creativity and ability elsewhere on the pitch.

    The same thing happened during the year before, teams were able to double up on him when we had Harriott and Igor up front, but when Watt and Bulot came into the team they were good enough to create space and drag defenders all over the place, freeing up space for Johann.

    Surely you need to take a pinch of salt with the JBG quote as he is playing with Pope at Burnley next season? Not saying JBG did or didn't perform, only questioning the reliability of the information.
    Okay, I agree to take it with a pinch of salt, but given that a lot of the criticisms of him are based on "body language" and "facial expressions," I think that pinch of salt should certainly go both ways.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    T.C.E said:
    A very decent read that.

    Fingers crossed this better set up will help us keep some players... oh wait...