This sums Hamilton up for me

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td53 said:
Because you watch the games as a whole and judge players well.

I agree with you on his defecits but I also think it's unfair not to credit what he does and rightly you do so.

Fwiw I really noticed how uncomfortable he is turning with the ball yesterday. Carey, Coulson, Byers and Kaddy in particular are very good at taking it on their instep, spinning and turning play round. He seems often to only be able to pass it back the way it came.

No sooner had I said that out loud "he can only play the way he's facing..." than he spun like a veritable whirling dervish and hammered into the box and created a penalty shout.

I'm much less annoyed with CJ than with a manager who makes him a key man in a system that demands technically able wide men. He's not the answer but I'm also not sure Gabriel is (despite being one of our best players)
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It's frustrating that we don't seem to play to so many of our players strengths. Feels to me like Critchley knows how he wants us to play, and maybe because he's been at Liverpool where players are technically so good you can make them play any way and they can adapt, he can't see past the problem with trying to do that with less complete players (and I don't mean that as a dig at the players we have!).
 
we_need_a_bob_hatton said:
Just was looking at Grimmys magnificent save at the end of the game last night..its been posted on a few media outlets...if you look at the build up to this ...the left winger runs down the wing with Hamilton in pursuit....Hamilton is running at a cantor like he is going through the motions with very little intention of stopping the winger from getting in a cross which so nearly cost Blackpool 2 points....professional footballer...your having a laugh.
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He does seem to have given up the ghost since he signed his new contract. Why the manager keeps selecting him is beyond me.
 
FessParker said:
Maybe because his crosses have led to winning goals in the last 2 home games.
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True, but I'm talking about his overall play during matches where he just jogs up and down the pitch not getting stuck in.

But hey, if he supplies one good pass that results in a goal every game. Does that one good pass cancel out his poor performance during 99.9% of the match?
 
Blackpool_Gaz said:
True, but I'm talking about his overall play during matches where he just jogs up and down the pitch not getting stuck in.

But hey, if he supplies one good pass that results in a goal every game. Does that one good pass cancel out his poor performance during 99.9% of the match?
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There's the dilemma. We can all see his flaws but he can produce moments that lead to goals . For me if we play 3 5 2 then he is still the best
option at RWB .
 
Razzledazzle53 said:
Some strange comments on here. Last 2 wins wouldn't have happened without CJ's input. Factamundo.
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Agree however if someone else had played instead they could have set or 2/3 goals.. scored etc... all ifs and butt's.

The one fact as stated above for majority of game he offers very very little ...doesn't look for ball from throw ins... can't tackle.. control is shocking.. like I've always said for me he is impact sub to come on when defenders are tired and to run onto balls over top... but critch won't play this way or stick him on half way line (even if we need to win).

Let's see tomoz... we need to attack... win and have a good performance against a team bottom.. could it be a CJ masterclass 🤔
 
FessParker said:
There's the dilemma. We can all see his flaws but he can produce moments that lead to goals . For me if we play 3 5 2 then he is still the best
option at RWB .
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Maybe 3-5-2 is the problem with CJ. Has the offensive side of his game been knocked out of him playing RWB and he's now just going through the motions. I don't think he's happy playing RWB as that's not his natural position.

I was one of a few on here who supported CJ when most were dissing him. Afterall, we could never afford to pay the silly money it would cost to replace his pace. I was hoping that the coaches would work with CJ on things like his ball control and crossing but that doesn't seem to of happened.

To be fair to CJ and the rest of the team, we cannot judge them playing a system they are not comfortable with. Drop 3-5-2 and play Gabriel at RWB and stick CJ on the wing.
 
voyeur said:
CJ has the pace and the athleticism for the Premier League, but there are plenty of technically more capable players in the NW Counties games I watch. Seriously.

We'd be a hell of a lot more effective with Gabriel and Apter on the right, in my opinion. Critch's faith in CJ has undermined my faith in Critch this season. What is he thinking?

Plus, Beesley and Joseph cost us about £1.5m in fees. There are plenty of better strikers in L1 that cost very little. And Critch proudly told us that Norburn is one of the best L1 midfielders when he signed him. And made him captain. He was wrong on both counts, I think.

He also messed about with Ekpiteta for a good while this season, and dismantled his confidence.

It's been a poorly led campaign, by any standards. In my opinion.
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A very good summary of things.
 
Schalke_FY4 said:
His confidence is shot...he has Pennington behind him who rarely gives him a decent pass, certainly never one "over the top" for him to run on to which is effectively is strength so I do have a little sympathy for him...he certainly favours a full back behind him in a 4-4-2 type of formation.....that said he can't trap a bag of cement.
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Or tackle head shoot cross etc
 
FessParker said:
So which part of ' his crosses have led to winning goals in the last 2 home games ' is a ' bare -faced lie' ?
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His cross in the last game was an assist and if you are going to go 4 touches before the ball is in the net the game before you are taking the proverbial piss.
 
we_need_a_bob_hatton said:
Just was looking at Grimmys magnificent save at the end of the game last night..its been posted on a few media outlets...if you look at the build up to this ...the left winger runs down the wing with Hamilton in pursuit....Hamilton is running at a cantor like he is going through the motions with very little intention of stopping the winger from getting in a cross which so nearly cost Blackpool 2 points....professional footballer...your having a laugh.
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Sums up a sad sack fan ,where they have gone out of their way to point out a players fault who they don't rate . It does not matter that it was CJs assist that actually gave us our goal . It is more important to study a game in detail to find a fault that didn't effect the result ,just so they can slag off a player that is with us next season no matter what .
I am pretty sure that if we slagged of every time a player did not come back and defend properly we would have a very long list. Also the worst offender for this was Bowler who regularly gave up on the defending side of things .
 
Simonized said:
His cross in the last game was an assist and if you are going to go 4 touches before the ball is in the net the game before you are taking the proverbial piss.
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You can play it down all you like but the cross into the box was the catalyst for the goal being scored. The respected insiders post no 18 on this
thread says it all for me .
 
FessParker said:
You can play it down all you like but the cross into the box was the catalyst for the goal being scored. The respected insiders post no 18 on this
thread says it all for me .
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Tell us all one positive from him today as he slips back into Northwest Counties level mode......
He is absolutely tragic to the point of the ☠of⚽
 
Is this a thread about Republic of Ireland International winger Christopher Hamilton?

Which suggests despite what we see, coaches deemed him to be International class 😂
 
CJ‘s a real conundrum - because >90% of games he’s anonymous/shocking, and that’s the case for most games. IMO.

However he does play a role, he does offer an outlet and he gets into positions more frequently than most do in our team which threaten the opposition. Once in those positions though he often makes the wrong choice or his final ball just isn’t good enough.

If we don’t play him we’re reliant on players who don’t get into those same positions and therefore our chances of creating are reduced.

I suppose the question is - is he worth persisting with due to the potential of him doing something no one else can make happen or do we rule out that possibility and play someone else who gets into attacking positions less frequently but is more impactful from those positions.

From what I’ve seen from other attacking players in our squad (Dembele aside) the decision making and final balls aren’t much better and therefore that must be the thinking behind CJs constant and infuriating inclusion !
 
Because of his pace I bet opposing fans think he's a real threat. If they signed him at the end of the season those same fans would be flocking to see their new flying winger. Gordon Owen anyone.
 
FessParker said:
There's the dilemma. We can all see his flaws but he can produce moments that lead to goals . For me if we play 3 5 2 then he is still the best
option at RWB .
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But just how many 'structural flaws' should one player be allowed to bring to his game?

I know you can't really 'quantify' the precise total by even attempting to put forward a 'ball-park' figure, but, however you calculate it, with regard to the sheer 'volume' of shortcomings CJ has 'in his locker', you are clearly looking at a number well in advance of what any pundit, worth his salt, would consider as 'acceptable' for a professional footballer.

So, I'm sorry, but even we were to play a system better suited to his game, I'm still not convinced CJ 'brings enough to the table' to warrent selection. I just feel opponents would quickly find ways of containing him, and that would therefore seriously limit whatever he might otherwise have been in a position to offer us as a team.
 
tarantula said:
But just how many 'structural flaws' should one player be allowed to bring to his game?

I know you can't really 'quantify' the precise total by even attempting to put forward a 'ball-park' figure, but, however you calculate it, with regard to the sheer 'volume' of shortcomings CJ has 'in his locker', you are clearly looking at a number well in advance of what any pundit, worth his salt, would consider as 'acceptable' for a professional footballer.

So, I'm sorry, but even we were to play a system better suited to his game, I'm still not convinced CJ 'brings enough to the table' to warrent selection. I just feel opponents would quickly find ways of containing him, and that would therefore seriously limit whatever he might otherwise have been in a position to offer us as a team.
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I think he has warranted selection partly because who else would you play at RWB. With Lyons injury there is only really Gabriel who could play there
imo and he has made no contribution in the final third when in that position recently. Hamilton has at least provide the crosses that have led to goals in the last 2 home games. I fully accept he was very poor yesterday and that he can look like an amateur at times but occasionally , just occasionally.....
 
Just back from a weekend in Carlisle. Have to say Hamilton produced one of the most inept displays I've ever seen in a Blackpool shirt. How he even lasted 66 minutes was a mystery. No wonder the crowd were singing for Gabriel minutes earlier.
 
Let's remind ourselves kids ...

"Hamilton will be at Bloomfield Road for the next two seasons after this one, with the option of an extra 12 months on top of that."
 
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