| Karl Henry 03:57 - Apr 28 with 4809 views | JAPRANGERS |
What happened to him?? The new SWP?? |  | | |  |
| Karl Henry on 13:02 - Apr 28 with 1111 views | FredManRave |
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| Karl Henry on 14:24 - Apr 28 with 1064 views | R_from_afar |
| Karl Henry on 10:59 - Apr 28 by TacticalR |
The point is that we need someone in the Derry/Henry/Barton (when his mind was on the job) role. That's why our stats with and without Hall are so dramatically different as shown in Jack Supple's tweet. Oppo teams are taking free shots from the edge of our box, not being tracked from midfield, and as we saw for the first Brentford goal, not being tracked in the box from corners. |
We do need someone in that role but there is no reason why some of the players we already have couldn't provide better defensive cover in the midfield. Tracking, covering, marking and blocking crosses is not some black art, it just requires concentration, effort and determination, in other words, some of the most basic elements of being a good footballer. Our players need to take a lot of the blame for this themselves, at least as much as Ollie and the coaches.
Oh, and on the Faurlin front, I would love for him to still be here but remember that the reason he went is that he wanted a greater likelihood of playing than JFH would offer him. JFH did not ditch him, a contract was offered, as I understand it (I do not have access to any inside sources).
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| Karl Henry on 15:08 - Apr 28 with 1041 views | vegasranger |
Doughty is Division 1 at best. |  | | |
| Karl Henry on 15:15 - Apr 28 with 1026 views | LunarJetman |
| Karl Henry on 08:08 - Apr 28 by toboboly |
Wasn't it more that IH said he wasn't going to get game time and could look for another club, KH came out saying IH was unprofessional etc and then got sent to the kids training?
KH was and has always been a terrible player for us. No one should or needs to be defending him. He shouldn't have been signed from Wolves, shouldn't have had an extension and shouldn't have been playing.
Would any of you take him ahead of Hall, Manning, Freeman or even Luongo?
Faurlin and Hill would have been better ways to have spent that money. JFH's judgement clearly questionable. |
From what I remember, Holloway was criticising the previous regime and JFH which Henry wasn't happy about and told him, which then caused them to fall out. |  | | |
| Karl Henry on 15:39 - Apr 28 with 1010 views | PinnerPaul |
| Karl Henry on 08:56 - Apr 28 by Toast_R |
Never thought I'd see the day when the pining starts for Karl Henry. Desperate days indeed. |
Rule 124 again - see Shodipo thread! | | | |
| Karl Henry on 16:37 - Apr 28 with 967 views | Northernr |
This is the most extreme example of Dave Barton's theory that everybody at QPR becomes a better player by not playing any games.
Henry's done. |  | | |
| Karl Henry on 17:22 - Apr 28 with 927 views | eghamranger |
| Karl Henry on 16:37 - Apr 28 by Northernr |
This is the most extreme example of Dave Barton's theory that everybody at QPR becomes a better player by not playing any games.
Henry's done. |
My understanding at the end of last season and I had a tiny bit of inside knowledge was that JFH wanted Hill and Faurlin out and wanted to keep Henry..
Appalling decision and we should of known then that JFH was gonna fail |  | | |
| Karl Henry on 18:43 - Apr 28 with 883 views | TacticalR |
@R_from_afar 'We do need someone in that role but there is no reason why some of the players we already have couldn't provide better defensive cover in the midfield. Tracking, covering, marking and blocking crosses is not some black art, it just requires concentration, effort and determination, in other words, some of the most basic elements of being a good footballer.'
In theory it's true that any player could do those things. But there are players who are naturally inclined towards defence, coupled with an ability to read the game. Recall John Sitton's observation about Anton Ferdinand: 'You could light a bunsen burner under his big toe and he still wouldn't sense danger'. 
At the moment there is a widely recognised dearth of good defensive midfield players and centre-backs.
In theory Luongo might be able to play this role, particularly as he often emerges from midfield scrums with the ball. However, I think he is more forward inclined player and maybe a little bit too lightweight to play a holding role. I've also noticed that sometimes he can't get across the pitch fast enough to snuff out oppo breaks - this has led him to make professional fouls on more than one occasion. |  |
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| Karl Henry on 19:06 - Apr 28 with 872 views | hoopdog |
For me we are a poor side defensively lack concentration , m/f too light weight without Hall , Henry the best stand in for Hall at the club , would have I preferred Faulin to cover Hall damn right I would but that doesn't make Henry any worse than what he is | | | |
| Karl Henry on 19:37 - Apr 28 with 855 views | TacticalR |
For the record I wasn't arguing for the return of Henry (even if that were possible, which doesn't seem likely).
We will just have to make do with what we've got. | |
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| Karl Henry on 11:07 - Apr 29 with 705 views | SomersetHoops |
| Karl Henry on 12:32 - Apr 28 by bosh67 |
Henry is nowhere as bad as his pantomime baddy reputation amongst most fans here. Arguments and worse happen all the time in training and I think Ollie has treated him harshly. Luongo has struggled to play that position and Ollie has also got rid of Doughty for contention. I am concerned that Ollie doesn't have the man management skills to deal with some of these players.
Doughty lasted one game. Was he that bad? I was at that game. He needed games under his belt but he got bombed out the squad. The Polish lad that left looked pretty good in that holding role, but he went as well. Obviously Hall has been doing a fine job and ultimately could be the long term Derry style midfield enforcer, but I do worry that a player who has been very professional here gets frozen out completely over a row. There were a number of games where Henry, while limited, was actually one of the better players on the pitch. He broke up play, he did the simple things. He wasn't a Derry or Hill, but I don't think we would have capitulated as badly in the deep line midfield with him as an option.
I think he has been pretty poorly treated here by fans. SWP perhaps deserved a lot of criticism, I really don't think Henry has deserved half of it. We've had a lot worse players who the fans have embraced like a long lost son. Henry has had it in the neck here from many from day one. Personally, given what we face, I would have him available. Ollie thinks differently. I think he's wrong. |
Well Hall's season is over and after the way things have worked out Henry is not in the best frame of mind to fill in and give his all for the club that has always criticised him even when he does a good job. He may have done a job for us in the last two important games, but now He would only be playing to get a move and not as a committed QPR man. |  |
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