Anderson - new deal

Not quite. He didn’t join them until 8 January and went on to play 18 times for them. When he joined, they were rock bottom on 21pts from 27 games (ave 0.78pts p/g) and already 3 away from safety having played 2 games more. They finished 2nd bottom, on goal difference, having finished with 48 from 46

This means they managed 27pts from 19 games, with O’Brien at the club (ave 1.42pts p/g). Pro-rata (yes, this is a simplistic way of looking at it), they would have been set to collect 65pts over the season, finishing at least 6th and in the play-offs

 

I expect the heat and humidity plays a part in that. Not sure that’s an issue over here. Here’s some other generalisations. We work some of the longest hours and have poor productivity. People prefer effort over productivity

 

That's weird! How did it come about that he was talking about him??

 

Adrian knows football .

 

By chance I was listening to his show the day we signed Anderson. He was reading transfers made that day and followed the announcement of Anderson by commenting how bad his injuries had been but how highly he rated him as a player and person.

Ok, nothing depth but distinctly remember it.

 

I work with a Peterborough fan who's level headed (he's bemused by their fans who believe Marriott is lazy and inconsistent rather than clearly by far their most dangerous player for the last 2-3 years... for reference see Daley / Marshall / Future Ismael for example ) and he says they thought he was going all the way... to the Championship at least.

You never know after a long injury but he only seemed to be getting stronger and he didn't seem shy of a challenge or the usual other signs of someone struggling to get back where they were

 

It’s an interesting one. I’ve seen and played with strikers who try to do everything and close everything down. Sometimes I thought why are you doing that as the defence just passed it past him. A few times he will chase things down the wing but wouldn’t be in the centre for the cross. Effort is needed in all players but clever effort. He would get clapped off for putting 100% after 65 mins but you’d rather he’d be there for the full 90 and be there in the box when the ball came in. Therefore sometimes I prefer ‘lazy’ strikers

 

I don't ever seem to remember seeing Lee Gregory run but he's always right on the spot when the ball falls in the box

 

It's the old English obsession with graft over skill.

Just because a player doesnt run himself into the ground and knacker themselves inside 60 mins it doesn't mean they're not putting in a shift.

 

If you're always running around, you're stood in the wrong place

 

There are a lot of gifted players who have failed because of their work rate.

 

Ian Rush mate he ran around but goodness he was good. He always came deep and was always on the end of stuff

 

It's posts like this that I have to read twice to figure out which bit the sarcasm is located in.

 

There is.

But hard work alone doesn't make a player. Look at Brünker for example.

 

No sarcasm in my post. If you disagree, just say so instead of the silly response...!

 

My mum always used to say "if you ask a silly question, you get a silly answer".

It's a similar situation with your post.

 

You can instill workrate and desire, you can't instill ability.

 

But it wasn’t a silly comment. Butterfield was poor each time he played for us last season. Fact. Anderson, albeit only a very small improvement, was better.

Both Hopkin and Bowyer seemed to agree with that. As I said, if you disagree fine, but it isn’t “silly” to have a difference of opinion...!

 

That's rubbish, Butterfield is much the better player and had a much bigger involvement in the games he played. Most of the time you didn't even know Anderson was on the pitch.

 

@bantam2708 as I posted yesterday at training Anderson was usually at the front of most things, no guarentees but IMO a fit Anderson will be a very good player at league two level.