Jack Harrison

[The Subhuman]

People are always bringing up the "system" when defending some of these players. They are professional footballers, yes their styles can be better utilized in certain systems but playing shite football is playing shite football. Narrow, wide, it doesn't matter, shite is shite. And Harrison has been pretty shite this season. In the "narrow" system I witnessed countless times where Harrison had the ball with space and time around the box to make a decision to make a simple pass to his left or right or make a decision to shoot and almost every time his decision making is so dam slow, and he makes the wrong pass, a late pass or settles for a terrible shot that he blasts nowhere near the target. I don't see what any manager has seen in him this season. Since October I've thought he should of been on the bench. He definitely should of been sold to Leicester. Id rock with Gnonto, Summerville, Aaronson, and Rutter as the wingers. Even slotting in Perkins and Joseph behind them for depth.They will make mistakes but I'd rather rock with youth for development then someone who is in his third season of premier league football and should be hitting his prime.

So you'd start a centre back on the wing? A full back in goal etc

[BlackHillsPaul]

Sending him down to Leicester on deadline day, having him go through a medical, then not selling him was a huge risk due to the chances of it unsettling him.

Looks like that is what has happened here.

I understand the criticism's of Jack. Most of us think he has a different level to his game that he seldom reaches. We only see it in glimpses. And it's frustrating.

I agree with you Ian. He's been unsettled since the Newcastle rumors in August. He certainly started the season brightly. But he has not been the same since the August transfer deadline passed. And the January fiasco has just made things worse.

[King Hennessy]

So you'd start a centre back on the wing? A full back in goal etc

No

[The Subhuman]

No

See?

[Finnatic]

Well played Harrison for Bamford’s goal

[Cjay]

God knows how to mark him today.

Had some absolute awful moments, ruined multiple attacks.

Lost the ball dozens of times.

Scored an own goal because he forgot he had a right foot

But did well for Bamford's goal

Put in a great cross for Ayling

And Obviously scored a great goal

[1964white]

[weasel]

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Must admit I fancied him to score after he got the own goal. Could sense a determination in him to put it right and think thay showed in his celebration.

[Tyzy]

He does have the ability to score great goals trouble is he doesn't do it often enough

[SG90]

He does have the ability to score great goals trouble is he doesn't do it often enough

Amazing what happens when our players actually shoot, rather than trying to overplay all the time.

[GreennWhite]

Maybe with some of our players its down to lack of confidence when it comes to shooting. Afraid to pull the trigger and mess things up when its easier to take the simple option and pass to someone else.

[mentalcase]

Harrison scored a cracker, assisted one (big deal) thats what team mates do really isn't it, nothing to get over excited about.
Scores a shocking own goal because he's so thick he never thought to use his other foot, then goes and scores, with his other foot.
How many times did he lose possesion yesterday, I lost count it was that many, wtf does the manager see in him !!!

[Cjay]

That game summed Harrison up tbf.

He has the occasional really good game.

But he has far more really poor games.

And then poor games overall where he manages a goal or an assist. Was like that in the behind closed door games hence why he rarely appeared in MOTM polls.

He is an enigma.

[1964white]

BRIGHTON

The good, the bad & the ugly

Good
7 good passes
2 decent crosses
2 runs
1 assist
1 sublime goal
1 interception
1 tackle
1 other shot

Bad
7 lost possession
3 poor passes
1 poor cross
1 caught out of position

Ugly
1 own goal (should have cleared the ball away with his right foot)

[weasel]

It was a hugely mixed game for Harrison but he showed why managers like and want him because they know that if they can get the good stuff out of him more often he is a great player. His part in the first goal mustn't be underappreciated. He got the tackle in but also then sprinted to keep the ball in, many would have just accepted it was going to go out for a throw. Often players would have disappeared after the own goal but you could sense in him a determination to set things right. Hopefully the goal will give him a lift because, like Bamford, we could do with him going on a run of good form because that in itself may be enough to save our season if he just has four or five cracking performances.

[whiteswan]

Must admit I fancied him to score after he got the own goal. Could sense a determination in him to put it right and think thay showed in his celebration.

Pity he doesn't show that determination every game

[1964white]

It was a hugely mixed game for Harrison but he showed why managers like and want him because they know that if they can get the good stuff out of him more often he is a great player. His part in the first goal mustn't be underappreciated. He got the tackle in but also then sprinted to keep the ball in, many would have just accepted it was going to go out for a throw. Often players would have disappeared after the own goal but you could sense in him a determination to set things right. Hopefully the goal will give him a lift because, like Bamford, we could do with him going on a run of good form because that in itself may be enough to save our season if he just has four or five cracking performances.

Indeed

Jack works hard & gives his all, his play is erratic though, hence the good, bad & the ugly

[1964white]

A 50% pass completion rate from Jack vs Brighton

[Cjay]

A 50% pass completion rate from Jack vs Brighton

He's got one of the worst pass completion rates in the squad.

To me it highlights poor technical ability, slowness of mind, or both

Not good characteristics.

The players below him are Ayling, Kristensen, Greenwood and Rutter.

And it fits all of them as well.

Interestingly Rodrigo and Bamford are only just above Harrison.

And tbf I think carelessness fits them as well.

We don't take care of the ball well as a group and the fact many of our senior players are the worst offenders is very poor.


For comparison Aaronson who we bemoan for his weakness and whatnot has a nearly 80% rate compared to Harrison whose only 70.2

Sinisterra is 83%

Younger players like Summerville and Gnonto are 77% and 76%.

It's really poor from Rodrigo, Ayling, Bamford Bamford Harrison

[1964white]

He's got one of the worst pass completion rates in the squad.

To me it highlights poor technical ability, slowness of mind, or both

Not good characteristics.

The players below him are Ayling, Kristensen, Greenwood and Rutter.

And it fits all of them as well.

Interestingly Rodrigo and Bamford are only just above Harrison.

And tbf I think carelessness fits them as well.

We don't take care of the ball well as a group and the fact many of our senior players are the worst offenders is very poor.


For comparison Aaronson who we bemoan for his weakness and whatnot has a nearly 80% rate compared to Harrison whose only 70.2

Sinisterra is 83%

Younger players like Summerville and Gnonto are 77% and 76%.

It's really poor from Rodrigo, Ayling, Bamford Bamford Harrison

One reason why we couldn't play the same system as Brighton, as we are not technically good enough with the ball, the amount of times we lost possession due to poor passes was abysmal on Saturday.