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Michael Hector - March 2025: signed for Dagenham and Redbridge til end of season (p31)

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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,223
    65 minutes for Hector yesterday v Bournemouth. The same for Aneke. Wollacott back in goal 
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    shirty5 said:
    65 minutes for Hector yesterday v Bournemouth. The same for Aneke. Wollacott back in goal 
    Glass half empty version = he's not ready/able do more than 65 minutes yet
    Glass half full version = they rested him up so he can play a part in the next senior fixture.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,315
    They're making Chuks do full hours? Oh god haha
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Thanks Shirty. That’s good news. I’m guessing it was a behind closed doors game?
    If Aneke could regain some sort of fitness it’d feel like a new signing. 
    Also have a good feeling about Hector. 
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    edited February 2023
    Leuth said:
    They're making Chuks do full hours? Oh god haha
    To be honest I am not sure if I would have him in the team if he couldn’t get to the fitness levels where he can start doing 90 minutes. ‘Managing’ his minutes this year clearly has not worked. 

    From first game in per season it’s looked like he’s had about 10 - 15 minutes running in him. So no wonder he breaks down so easily.

    I’m not buying that we have some niche player who can come on for 10 minutes and change the game. What do we do in games where we are 2 - 0 down at half time, or it’s 0 - 0 and there’s 30 minutes left and we are really under the pump. 

    Anyway. Good to see Hector get some minutes. 
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,738
    Chuks v Stockers on Saturday ? 

    Battle of the light weights  :smile:
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    "Michael Hector played in a back three with Deji Elerewe and Harris O'Connor"

    Unless Holden is considering this for the first team it seems strange that the U21s would play this formation.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited February 2023
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    "Michael Hector played in a back three with Deji Elerewe and Harris O'Connor"

    Unless Holden is considering this for the first team it seems strange that the U21s would play this formation.

    I would imagine because we won't always play 4-3-3 but will change to 3-5-2 especially if Penney is at LWB and Sessegnon or anyone else with pace is at RWB.
    Holden favours at least a couple of different formations.

    Football is always a battle to out think the other manager. Bowyer went too far at times and was the ultimate ' Tinker man' and JJ was successful with 3-5-2 at home in many games (not Oxford) but should have had another option up his sleeve away from home.

    Michael Hector could do well but it's good that he has had time to bed in before starting a league match. 65 minutes isn't too shabby for first game in a while.
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,252
    JamesSeed said:
    Thanks Shirty. That’s good news. I’m guessing it was a behind closed doors game?
    If Aneke could regain some sort of fitness it’d feel like a new signing. 
    Also have a good feeling about Hector. 
    Oh James, James, you know in your heart Aneke will never be reliable.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    That’s good news, just hope he didn’t go off injured.
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  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,252
    Also interesting that Zak Mitchell played as a defensive midfielder. From what I have seen of him he could be really great in that position.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Southbank said:
    Also interesting that Zak Mitchell played as a defensive midfielder. From what I have seen of him he could be really great in that position.
    And that was with us playing 3 CBs behind him. I'd forgotten about O'Connor.
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,232
    Southbank said:
    Also interesting that Zak Mitchell played as a defensive midfielder. From what I have seen of him he could be really great in that position.
    He had a good game in the position for the under 21s against Millwall last week. 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Southbank said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Thanks Shirty. That’s good news. I’m guessing it was a behind closed doors game?
    If Aneke could regain some sort of fitness it’d feel like a new signing. 
    Also have a good feeling about Hector. 
    Oh James, James, you know in your heart Aneke will never be reliable.
    I know, I know :-( 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Southbank said:
    Also interesting that Zak Mitchell played as a defensive midfielder. From what I have seen of him he could be really great in that position.
    From what I’ve seen of him, he could have a massive future. 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    JamesSeed said:
    Southbank said:
    Also interesting that Zak Mitchell played as a defensive midfielder. From what I have seen of him he could be really great in that position.
    From what I’ve seen of him, he could have a massive future. 
    Sign up for the CAST Q&A next Thu eve and ask him all about it. 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Weegie Addick said:
    JamesSeed said:
    Southbank said:
    Also interesting that Zak Mitchell played as a defensive midfielder. From what I have seen of him he could be really great in that position.
    From what I’ve seen of him, he could have a massive future. 
    Sign up for the CAST Q&A next Thu eve and ask him all about it. 
    I'm too shy.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    LargeAddick said:
    That’s good news, just hope he didn’t go off injured.
    Why are you obsessed with him being injured?  He never has been....
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Well he's fit enough and well enough to come off the bench and do a job. Not the most stylish or sophisticated of performances but it worked.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    My sort of old school centre half clear your lines and how………Ave It! 💪😁
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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,846
    edited February 2023
    RedChaser said:
    My sort of old school centre half clear your lines and how………Ave It! 💪😁

    https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/597c4ee2-6ffd-4202-9839-073f0e60faf4
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    So is he a cheat code or a donkey?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,846
    edited February 2023

  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    Hector played it canny tonight - knows he's not match fit, keep it simple, take no risks.
    Don't get drawn out of position. No fannying around with slow passing at the back, clear the lines, if in doubt Row Z.

    He's a defender needing to first defend. He did the basics well.

    Curbs would have approved.


  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,487
    Be interesting to see how he does from the start against half decent opposition but he did what he needed to do. Great hoof on him. 
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,367
    Very imposing when he came on tonight. Was quite a sight seeing him stood next to Jack Payne when they were subbed on together. 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    edited February 2023
    Those two towering clearances weren’t quite as agricultural as they looked. It’s a deliberate ploy, I reckon. 
    We were under siege at the time, and whenever we cleared the ball it came straight back. 
    But his clearances went so high that it actually gave us time to get further up the pitch before the ball re-entered the earth’s atmosphere. 
    Tbh I thought he looked very good. One of those players with presence. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Michael Hector used the 'Gary Owen' 🏈 up and under to clear his lines; not pretty but effective in the situation and Jack Payne replaced Kilkenney for his height 🙄
  • Pavoren007
    Pavoren007 Posts: 2,525
    Hector’s cameo was critical to keeping the 3 points IMHO. He is renowned for being a ball playing centre half, but last night his wise head told him to go back to basics and buy time/run down the clock (as others also recognised) and it worked a treat. His style will little doubt change in full game mode, but talking style anybody else notice his Chris Perry ‘rash’ like defending style. He gets very tight to his man.

    I’m excited to see him playing from the start and can see him displacing Inniss within then next 2-3 weeks.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    I assume Holden told him to be nonsense, as it's hardly how he would have played at Fulham!

    He was quite an imposing figure out there.

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