Anderson - new deal

so Fordy, I've lost count, refresh my memory please. How many players do we have who are either sh$te or utter sh$te?

 

Still believe that had O’Brien stuck around and stayed fit, we would have remained a L1 side

 

I was taking the piss. Someone earlier on in the year equated Akpans "laziness" to the fact he was Afro Caribbean/Nigerian or some other such generalisation.
However, having spent some time living in Caribbean, I can definitely vouch that life is lived at a lot slower pace than the UK - so there lies relevance of some sorts.

 

He got plenty of stick during his short stint last year. I seem to remember clapping and cheering when his number was raised to be subbed.

He’s either thick, deaf or has a point to prove. Hopefully it’s the latter.

Why anyone getting this amount of abuse, would want to stick around is beyond me. He must feel he can win the fans over so I say good luck and prove the doubters wrong.

 

I hope he benefits from a good pre season and does well. He obviously had something about him earlier in his career and went through some injuries. Perhaps he'll benefit from a season in league two and kick on. If he doesn't it's only been a year's contract. Good luck to him.

 

I’m not so sure.

I’m sure Notts County fans are saying the opposite. Had they not have signed him, they might’ve stopped up.

We were damned for relegation once Colin’s was appointed. One average player wasn’t going to stop that, unfortunately.

 

I don't think I'd have 1,425 likes on here if I was a Tommy Robinson fan

 

1,426 likes now

 

“Ooo Like Friends”......

 

He didn’t have a good game at Oxford at all. However at the end he had the balls to come over to the crowd and acknowledge them. In hindsight on the day probably not the best decision, however I see some character in him.

I like the young lad & very much ok with him signing on. I think/hope we’ll see a much improved Anderson next season.

 

Agree Olly. As I said weeks ago on another thread, when Jermaine arrived he had been injured, had very little game time and was a bit off physical and match fitness and a bit oversight.
He improved with game time and with a hard pre season lets see.and give the lad a chance.

 

Good signing for me. He improved and looked more of a physical presence. Bowyer, might play him wide and if he carries on the improvement, he'll be one unit which at least should stop the full back attacking as much.

The problem is we have fans who basically give players about six matches and if they've averaged five out of ten or below, they are apparently rubbish.

If they were in charge, goodness knows where Gareth Bale or Jamie Vardy would be now, given their dubious starts to their Spurs and Leicester careers respectively

And before anyone says anything, I'm not comparing Anderson to them two - but saying it takes some players a while to settle in

 

You're under the impression that players take notice of mindless booing / jeering. The mentally tough ones don't - maybe he's one of these. Hence, why Bowyer signed him

Unless they've had an absolute mare, where they are more or less soley responsible for the defeat - I've never ever in 40 years of supporting understood why anyone booing a player thinks it has an effect. I assume they think it's going to help them understand how annoyed the fan(s) are with them and help them improve. Rarely does shouting at someone improve any of their 'work'

 

He is with a manager who believes in him and trusts him. That will mean a lot

Fans are fickle, a few good games and they will be back on side. Anderson will know that

 

Anderson was very highly rated by Peterborough fans before he had two serious injuries... there was talk of him going to the championship for well over a million. Given he definitely improved by the end of the season and looked really strong on the ball once he got a bit of fitness, I think he's well worth signing... particularly as a player with a point to prove and who wants to repay the faith shown in him by a manager. I think it's low risk with potentially very high reward.

I would still be keen to sign another two class for this level midfielders though and slotting the remaining midfielders around them

 

I don't think anyone is under the illusion it does have any 'effect' but when the player has failed to show up it's the only way of showing our displeasure.

better than clapping like a seal, in any case.

 

But did NC fans actually believe that? I’ve not seen any comments to that respect and they almost got out of a massive hole with him in their team. They looked dead and buried before he signed.

 

TalkSPORT’s Adrian Durham speaks highly of him.......and he barely has a good word to say about anyone. He must be good !

 

I’m pretty sure the general consensus of Nottingham never expected NCFC to get relegated to the conference at any point - apart from the closing stages of the season. Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m sure O’Brien was with Notts for half a season.