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What’s happened to Harvey Knibbs?

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  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,959
    Always behind the game, had such high hopes for him. Runs around a lot but never gets to the ball.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 16,411
    Scoham said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    That free-kick alone was of a higher quality than I've seen from 80% of our attackers in the past two months. 
    A rare moment of quality we’ve seen from Knibbs since he signed aside from grabbing a few goals.

    A rare moment of Knibbs actually being on the pitch will lead to us not seeing much, I agree. 
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,884
    Sword65pf said:
    Always behind the game, had such high hopes for him. Runs around a lot but never gets to the ball.
    Thats how i see him unfortunately, just hasnt made the step up. Like apter. 

    He was desperate to take that free kick! 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,582
    SELR_addicks said:
    Scoham said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    That free-kick alone was of a higher quality than I've seen from 80% of our attackers in the past two months. 
    A rare moment of quality we’ve seen from Knibbs since he signed aside from grabbing a few goals.

    A rare moment of Knibbs actually being on the pitch will lead to us not seeing much, I agree. 
    I was thinking about last season as well as this one. Although he didn’t get a run of starts he didn’t show much when he did play.

    Just feels like a player not quite up to Championship standard to me. We don’t have a first choice 10 yet he’s struggled to get a chance.

    He’s 27 so doesn’t have time on his side.
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 2,364
    Too easily brushed off the ball, that's when he gets to it. There's a player in there but he needs to gain more strength and show more determination.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 16,411
    Scoham said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    Scoham said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    That free-kick alone was of a higher quality than I've seen from 80% of our attackers in the past two months. 
    A rare moment of quality we’ve seen from Knibbs since he signed aside from grabbing a few goals.

    A rare moment of Knibbs actually being on the pitch will lead to us not seeing much, I agree. 
    I was thinking about last season as well as this one. Although he didn’t get a run of starts he didn’t show much when he did play.

    Just feels like a player not quite up to Championship standard to me. We don’t have a first choice 10 yet he’s struggled to get a chance.

    He’s 27 so doesn’t have time on his side.
    So like most of our midfield then? I feel that he's done no worse than Carey and actually had more goals per 90 than Carey did. Just doesn't get the gametime and then is judged on the 10-15 minutes at the end of games when all the strikers around him are exhausted. 

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,822
    I thought he was stronger. Needs more upper body strength to play in this league
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,788
    edited 7:51AM
    Saw a few concerning signs of Gilbey-esque behaviour in marking one of their players when we had the ball. Shame about the FK though. He could have been the hero of the hour.
  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,802
    It was a great free kick and the keeper pulled off. A Worldie ! Shame 
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 11,726
    ct_addick said:
    It was a great free kick and the keeper pulled off. A Worldie ! Shame 
    As soon as the free kick was given he grabbed the ball and his body language made it clear no one else was going to take it. That is definitely what you want to see one of your players do  every time you get a free kick. None of that namby pamby, half hearted shit, it’s pure intent that is what you need to see in those situations.

    once the defensive wall was in place I did think he had no chance from the angle I was watching from so the shot with power and coming close enough like that to force a save was pretty impressive imo. He needs to be on the pitch a lot more to take the free kicks for us though I agree he did seem a bit lightweight when tackled and needs toughening up a bit in that respect.

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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 15,280
    Scoham said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    That free-kick alone was of a higher quality than I've seen from 80% of our attackers in the past two months. 
    A rare moment of quality we’ve seen from Knibbs since he signed aside from grabbing a few goals.
    That's what he is entirely. He's a player who contributes very little to the overall play but adds goals. He's a good sub off the bench as a result but then for him to be worth it moments like that free kick have to go in. Otherwise it's a nearly moment and you can't really justify the 15 minutes he spent on the pitch. It's tough on him because he has to become impossible clinical, but equally if he could add more to the actual game he wouldn't need to score every time he appears to offset what he costs
  • MickeyBennett
    MickeyBennett Posts: 837
    Garrymanilow said:
    Scoham said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    That free-kick alone was of a higher quality than I've seen from 80% of our attackers in the past two months. 
    A rare moment of quality we’ve seen from Knibbs since he signed aside from grabbing a few goals.
    That's what he is entirely. He's a player who contributes very little to the overall play but adds goals. He's a good sub off the bench as a result but then for him to be worth it moments like that free kick have to go in. Otherwise it's a nearly moment and you can't really justify the 15 minutes he spent on the pitch. It's tough on him because he has to become impossible clinical, but equally if he could add more to the actual game he wouldn't need to score every time he appears to offset what he costs
    Shocked by how weak his overall game is, but he definitely has a goal in him and think we should be using him off bench more when chasing a game.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 23,433
    Thought yesterday put pay to the argument you sometimes see that we should make use of his height off the bench. Only got close to one ball up from the back and then he was comprehensively beaten. He's not strong enough to be an aerial threat
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 2,959
    It seems it was was just me that thinks the free kick was straight at the keeper and would have been really pissed off with himself had he not saved it, it was a hard shot on target but the keeper didn’t have to move much.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 23,433
    edited 9:47AM
    Sword65pf said:
    It seems it was was just me that thinks the free kick was straight at the keeper and would have been really pissed off with himself had he not saved it, it was a hard shot on target but the keeper didn’t have to move much.
    I’m closer to your view than it being a great free kick. Considering the short distance I still think it was a good effort though 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 30,151
    Sword65pf said:
    It seems it was was just me that thinks the free kick was straight at the keeper and would have been really pissed off with himself had he not saved it, it was a hard shot on target but the keeper didn’t have to move much.
    I wouldn't say straight at the keeper, but certainly too close to the keeper and with no discernible deceptive movement. Sure he would have been pissed off not to save it, it was one of our free kicks. We waste them all. Oh to have a Kermorgant or a Jackson in the team, never mind a Jensen or El Karkhouri. 

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