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Post by 1973ranger on Oct 28, 2023 19:49:43 GMT
This lad needs to get his finger out and earn himself a move to a club where he can fulfil his potential.
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Post by Stanley75 on Oct 28, 2023 20:24:05 GMT
This lad needs to get his finger out and earn himself a move to a club where he can fulfil his potential. He doesn't seem to understand that it's an incredibly short career in which literally every game of every season matters, so every missed game is a missed opportunity. He's 25 now, 73 so will regret these times when he's older.  |
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Post by 1973ranger on Oct 28, 2023 20:39:47 GMT
This lad needs to get his finger out and earn himself a move to a club where he can fulfil his potential. He doesn't seem to understand that it's an incredibly short career in which literally every game of every season matters, so every missed game is a missed opportunity. He's 25 now, 73 so will regret these times when he's older. Warburton and Beale got a tune out of him so heres hoping the next man will. He could be crucial especially with no money to spend. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Nov 4, 2023 10:59:24 GMT
Really big game for him today assuming he starts as seems likely.
Does he still really want it?
Is he fully recovered and sharp?
Will he be motivated by a manager who clearly believes in such players?
Will he be played in a formation which allows him to link closely with Chair like we saw in the training vids?
Or was there a reason Ainsworth basically humiliated him restricting him to these apparently pointless 2 min cameos?
Not expecting him to get back to where he was overnight and think we should be patient with him. As the manager says everyone starts with a fresh piece of paper now. Crucial player for us if we are to somehow get out of this predicament
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Post by Timmy Doc on Nov 4, 2023 11:30:27 GMT
Has he gained weight?
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Post by acricketer on Nov 4, 2023 13:17:51 GMT
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 5, 2023 13:39:27 GMT
Cifuentes:
“I like good players and Chris is a good player. He has technical quality to play in small spaces and he needs to be decisive, so hopefully we can get him back to his best level. I think he tried a lot in a very difficult game for him. He will be an important player for us."
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Post by Hitman34 on Nov 5, 2023 13:51:40 GMT
Cifuentes: “I like good players and Chris is a good player. He has technical quality to play in small spaces and he needs to be decisive, so hopefully we can get him back to his best level. I think he tried a lot in a very difficult game for him. He will be an important player for us." Brilliant. The only way he will get up to speed, is by playing. What willock needs is a run of games. We are going to have to swallow some poor performances from him in order to gain fitness and confidence. This is exactly what I want to hear from our manager. |
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Nov 5, 2023 21:49:37 GMT
Cifuentes: “I like good players and Chris is a good player. He has technical quality to play in small spaces and he needs to be decisive, so hopefully we can get him back to his best level. I think he tried a lot in a very difficult game for him. He will be an important player for us." Brilliant. The only way he will get up to speed, is by playing. What willock needs is a run of games. We are going to have to swallow some poor performances from him in order to gain fitness and confidence. This is exactly what I want to hear from our manager. Totally agree, and Willock needs an arm round him at the moment too which is what I think Cifuentes will do. Hopefully before long we'll get our Willock back, the one we all know and love. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Nov 5, 2023 22:08:30 GMT
Cifuentes: “I like good players and Chris is a good player. He has technical quality to play in small spaces and he needs to be decisive, so hopefully we can get him back to his best level. I think he tried a lot in a very difficult game for him. He will be an important player for us." Impressive that the new manager is already completely up to speed on players. He must have been briefed on the situation regarding Willock - that he pulled the strings for us but that something has gone wrong - and recognises that he has to get him firing. Great news for player and us that we once again have a manager with a brain who sees it as his job to get the best out of our best players. |
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Post by Shania on Nov 11, 2023 21:19:57 GMT
I'm still not convinced he`s trusting his hamstring. Here`s hoping he will fully recover of course!
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 11, 2023 21:35:59 GMT
I'm still not convinced he`s trusting his hamstring. IMO they wouldn't risk playing him if it wasn't healed by now. Would have thought it's more just a matter of getting his match fitness back. |
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Post by Bill on Nov 12, 2023 8:02:18 GMT
Said it before.
Just running his contract down,avoiding injury and probably has a deal in place to go to pastures new.
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 12, 2023 9:49:47 GMT
I'm still not convinced he`s trusting his hamstring. IMO they wouldn't risk playing him if it wasn't healed by now. Would have thought it's more just a matter of getting his match fitness back. Possibly a mental issue now, needs to believe he’s fit? |
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Post by hubble on Nov 12, 2023 18:45:16 GMT
Thought he played well yesterday. He's going to keep improving under Marti, I think we still might see the scintillating player that we saw at the start of last season.
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Post by sparks on Nov 12, 2023 20:06:44 GMT
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Post by 72bus on Nov 12, 2023 20:43:11 GMT
Still not working hard enough , pulls out of 50/50s .
Talks about chances we made yesterday... Did we .
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Nov 12, 2023 20:52:58 GMT
Still not working hard enough , pulls out of 50/50s . Talks about chances we made yesterday... Did we . I thought we made plenty. Just had no one on the end of them. |
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Post by Corbray on Nov 12, 2023 21:24:17 GMT
Still not working hard enough , pulls out of 50/50s . Talks about chances we made yesterday... Did we . I thought we made plenty. Just had no one on the end of them. yep. lots of half chances and pushing to score. i think we had a half decent chance from a corner which would have gone in but was blocked by a defender. armstrongs penalty appeal, his header too. richards piss poor shot attempt when he should have crossed, dykes not passing to a wide open willock etc. there were lots of opportunities but poor decision making resulted in a lot of "what ifs..." as for willock i thought he looked lively and worried them at times. his best game in a while which isn't saying much but he was poorly utilized by gaz. |
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Nov 12, 2023 21:46:08 GMT
Certainly in the last couple of games we've probably created more chances than we have all season, albeit without converting.
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Post by Bill on Nov 13, 2023 8:42:32 GMT
Still not working hard enough , pulls out of 50/50s . Talks about chances we made yesterday... Did we . I thought we made plenty. Just had no one on the end of them. 50/50 pulls out tells you everything imo. |
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Post by 2Loftus on Nov 13, 2023 14:29:28 GMT
Said it before. Just running his contract down,avoiding injury and probably has a deal in place to go to pastures new. Agreed - sadly I suspect this is the plan... |
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 13, 2023 14:35:32 GMT
Said it before. Just running his contract down,avoiding injury and probably has a deal in place to go to pastures new. Agreed - sadly I suspect this is the plan... Which is in July 2024 - And if that's really true I wouldn't bother to play him until then because he's zero use to us if he's not fully committed to the cause |
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Post by jfrabbit on Nov 13, 2023 15:35:27 GMT
Done ok. Some nice touches and link up play.
Don’t think he’s a shirker, but I do think he’s yet to get fully fit.
Another 4-5 games alongside Chair and he’ll be flying.
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Post by MattyRangers on Nov 14, 2023 9:37:41 GMT
Done ok. Some nice touches and link up play. Don’t think he’s a shirker, but I do think he’s yet to get fully fit. Another 4-5 games alongside Chair and he’ll be flying. How I see it too, thought he was a lot better Saturday (albeit miles off his best). Marti clearly has him as part of his plans, get him some games under his belt & Marti's style to find its way into the side & I think we will start seeing something like the WIllock we know is in there. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Nov 14, 2023 14:52:14 GMT
Done ok. Some nice touches and link up play. Don’t think he’s a shirker, but I do think he’s yet to get fully fit. Another 4-5 games alongside Chair and he’ll be flying. How I see it too, thought he was a lot better Saturday (albeit miles off his best). Marti clearly has him as part of his plans, get him some games under his belt & Marti's style to find its way into the side & I think we will start seeing something like the WIllock we know is in there. I have no idea if he will ever be the same player. Some aren't after a major injury, like Faurlin. But what I do know is we have very little to lose at the moment and we may as well try to get potentially one of our two best players back to his best rather than sacrificing him for another bog-standard shirt-filler who we know in advance is not capable of turning our season round. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Nov 28, 2023 22:06:35 GMT
Don't want to overstate it as only one match, but forget for a moment the three points, how important could this be for our entire season if Willock turns it round now? It wasn't just the goal, his all round game looked much better.
Was it in part a confidence issue? Yes he will still be worried about doing another injury but there is nothing like a goal and a win to boost confidence. I remember when he first broke into the team he was lacking confidence and it took him time to get going. Some players are all about morale and he looks like one of those quite fragile players.
He could get injured next game or go back into his shell, nothing is guaranteed, but to me him scoring was the best thing that's happened to Rangers since Marti's arrival.
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Post by MattyRangers on Nov 28, 2023 22:09:43 GMT
Don't want to overstate it as only one match, but forget for a moment the three points, how important could this be for our entire season if Willock turns it round now? It wasn't just the goal, his all round game looked much better. Was it in part a confidence issue? Yes he will still be worried about doing another injury but there is nothing like a goal and a win to boost confidence. I remember when he first broke into the team he was lacking confidence and it took him time to get going. Some players are all about morale and he looks like one of those quite fragile players. He could get injured next game or go back into his shell, nothing is guaranteed, but to me him scoring was the best thing that's happened to Rangers since Marti's arrival. You know what though mate before he scored I was slating Willock. Thought he was shit and kept acting as though he was injured when he lost the ball. Fair play good goal though really hope that kicks time life into him. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Nov 28, 2023 22:12:28 GMT
Don't want to overstate it as only one match, but forget for a moment the three points, how important could this be for our entire season if Willock turns it round now? It wasn't just the goal, his all round game looked much better. Was it in part a confidence issue? Yes he will still be worried about doing another injury but there is nothing like a goal and a win to boost confidence. I remember when he first broke into the team he was lacking confidence and it took him time to get going. Some players are all about morale and he looks like one of those quite fragile players. He could get injured next game or go back into his shell, nothing is guaranteed, but to me him scoring was the best thing that's happened to Rangers since Marti's arrival. You know what though mate before he scored I was slating Willock. Thought he was shit and kept acting as though he was injured when he lost the ball. Fair play good goal though really hope that kicks time life into him. Fair enough mate. Am not saying he is anything like back to his best but seemed a definite all-round improvement to me. But more about how hopefully he will now kick on. |
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Post by sparks on Nov 28, 2023 22:12:47 GMT
Don't want to overstate it as only one match, but forget for a moment the three points, how important could this be for our entire season if Willock turns it round now? It wasn't just the goal, his all round game looked much better. Was it in part a confidence issue? Yes he will still be worried about doing another injury but there is nothing like a goal and a win to boost confidence. I remember when he first broke into the team he was lacking confidence and it took him time to get going. Some players are all about morale and he looks like one of those quite fragile players. He could get injured next game or go back into his shell, nothing is guaranteed, but to me him scoring was the best thing that's happened to Rangers since Marti's arrival. You know what though mate before he scored I was slating Willock. Thought he was shit and kept acting as though he was injured when he lost the ball. Fair play good goal though really hope that kicks time life into him. Agreed, he looked like he already played 60mins just after coming on. |
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