Ricky Holmes - now at Southend (p4)

Hasn’t played in about 18 months by the looks.

ForeverAddickted said:

I thought he'd retired

Me to

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/football/delighted-curle-says-holmes-will-make-things-happen-cobblers-3022969

He's been doing rehab and training with them in recent weeks

Pleased for him if he's able to give it another go, though it's a short term deal so no real risk for either side

Hope he smashes it. Class player for us. 

soapboxsam said:

I believe it was the second home game of the season when he scored the hatrick against Shrewsbury. One straight from a corner, one goal from 25 yards and ?
I can't remember the other goal but I'm know he was magic that day and had a magic spell until he was head hunted by Sheffield United and his form fell away over the last 6 weeks or so. An exciting player who was good in a mediocre team.

https://youtu.be/64uEji6eE9s

Lovely hat-trick. He was a fantastic player was Ricky Holmes, but I felt we ended up playing some of our worst, as well as best football with him in the team.

Under Robinson we became so predictable - pass it along the back line, get it out to Holmes who would then have to essentially take it past the whole team as there were no other options. 

Thanks @FishCostaFortune for posting that. My memory wasn't totally accurate with the 3 goals but I knew they were crackers.  
Agree with the summing up of Ricky Holmes where everyone passed the responsibility on to him and we became so predictable. I'm sure he played with injuries after the many kicks he received. 

Sad to see his career fall away after his move to Sheffield United. 

I tried to see the booing he received by the covered end when he was on loan at Oxford as being at a panto but still feel their tossers for doing that and the sheep who joined in.

His goals/assists and attacking play is what I'm expecting from Maddison at this level. Once we work out whether his ankle is injured, needs recovery or is in the squad for the next game.

CAFCTrev said:

soapboxsam said:

I believe it was the second home game of the season when he scored the hatrick against Shrewsbury. One straight from a corner, one goal from 25 yards and ?
I can't remember the other goal but I'm know he was magic that day and had a magic spell until he was head hunted by Sheffield United and his form fell away over the last 6 weeks or so. An exciting player who was good in a mediocre team.

It was the away game that had his hatrick. Two cracking goals from him in the home game though, I think JJ got our other goal that night, incidentally his final Charlton goal. 

If only we could recreate that form against Shrewsbury when we played them the following season!

I have finally lost it, I must be colour blind !
Cheers Trevor, one of those goal was identical to the one he scored at the valley.
No goal straight from a corner was the give away. JJ getting his final Cafc goal slipped my memory.
Six months from being at the valley and I forgot what the stadium looks like.

Must put my glasses on next time I look at a video 

allez les addicks said:

Mark Marshall on one wing, Ricky Holmes on the other. Who thought that CAFC 2017 was such a vintage year that others would copy it 😂

4th or 5th highest budget in the league we had too I think?

My favourite memory of Ricky was on the day of the famous "pigs on the pitch" protest. He spotted a pig flying towards him, bounced it on his thigh and volleyed it beautifully back into the stand with a smile on his face. Quality.

Looks like he has joined Southend.

Hope his back issues are behind him (No pun intended)

Where was he at before, was it Northampton?

cafcnick1992 said:

Bloody hell. Can we have him back?

Not a Bowyer player. Too much of a maverick & not a team player.

Probably the best player we had in the Karl Robinson era.