| Junior Hoilett 16:05 - Sep 25 with 6190 views | 08olesen |
He was on Nedem Onouha's podcast this week and actually came across as quite a decent bloke.
They discussed the relegation season under Hughes and reading between the lines it sounds like Mackie, Hill, Derry etc. were not blameless in the bad atmosphere. Without naming names he mentioned that there was quite a bit of jealousy floating around from some. Probably because Boswanka and co. refused to be on the bench though.
Also interesting to hear Nedem say that he reckons the most hated players were
1. Boswanka
2. Mbia
3. Hoilett
4. Him
I am not sure what you lot think but I reckon the chief is held in high regard by most. You cant play over 200 games for the club and not hold some standing. SWP, Julio Cesaer are a lot worse than JH & Nedem IMO.
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| Junior Hoilett on 16:11 - Sep 25 with 4646 views | loftboy |
Surely Barton should be in that list |  |
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| Junior Hoilett on 16:14 - Sep 25 with 4615 views | CroydonCaptJack |
Pretty sure the only time I hated Mbia was when he gave away that series of free kicks near the end of Wigan at home culminating in their late equaliser. |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 16:17 - Sep 25 with 4600 views | DavieQPR |
| Junior Hoilett on 16:11 - Sep 25 by loftboy |
Surely Barton should be in that list |
Most hated by whom? The players, staff or fans. |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 16:19 - Sep 25 with 4586 views | loftboy |
| Junior Hoilett on 16:17 - Sep 25 by DavieQPR |
Most hated by whom? The players, staff or fans. |
All of those | |
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| Junior Hoilett on 17:58 - Sep 25 with 4428 views | izlingtonhoop |
| Junior Hoilett on 16:17 - Sep 25 by DavieQPR |
Most hated by whom? The players, staff or fans. |
I was toying with putting a thread up before this.
Players you wish we never had.
Joseph Barton is a stain on this club. A disgrace. I wish it could be cleaned.
I couldn't really think of any others.
Boswanker, a mercenary, a mistake, shamed himself, not us... [Post edited 25 Sep 2020 18:00]
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| Junior Hoilett on 18:04 - Sep 25 with 4402 views | WestbourneR |
| Junior Hoilett on 17:58 - Sep 25 by izlingtonhoop |
I was toying with putting a thread up before this.
Players you wish we never had.
Joseph Barton is a stain on this club. A disgrace. I wish it could be cleaned.
I couldn't really think of any others.
Boswanker, a mercenary, a mistake, shamed himself, not us... [Post edited 25 Sep 2020 18:00]
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Odious he may be but the simple fact is Barton was seriously good player. It baffles me how no one could see his ball retention, drive, touch, short passing, even vision were top notch. He played wonderful blind passes round the corner. Great in the tackle too.
The year we went up, he was the difference.
I love Clive's reports but his (often justified) rants about Barton's penchant for long passes or rubbish corners seems to have given all our fans the impression he wasn't a good overall player. He was a very good player. |  |
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| Junior Hoilett on 18:07 - Sep 25 with 4388 views | izlingtonhoop |
| Junior Hoilett on 18:04 - Sep 25 by WestbourneR |
Odious he may be but the simple fact is Barton was seriously good player. It baffles me how no one could see his ball retention, drive, touch, short passing, even vision were top notch. He played wonderful blind passes round the corner. Great in the tackle too.
The year we went up, he was the difference.
I love Clive's reports but his (often justified) rants about Barton's penchant for long passes or rubbish corners seems to have given all our fans the impression he wasn't a good overall player. He was a very good player. |
"Odious he may be but the simple fact is Barton was seriously good player."
If Adolf Hitler..!
Flew in today,
They'd send a limousine,
Anyway.
I don't think this is Godwin..
It's contextual | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 19:43 - Sep 25 with 4190 views | californiahoop |
I have NEVER believed the Hill hero crap, I am NOT in the lease but surprised by these revelations, only the name of Mackie is a “bit” of a shock. |  | | |
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| Junior Hoilett on 19:48 - Sep 25 with 4163 views | californiahoop |
| Junior Hoilett on 18:04 - Sep 25 by WestbourneR |
Odious he may be but the simple fact is Barton was seriously good player. It baffles me how no one could see his ball retention, drive, touch, short passing, even vision were top notch. He played wonderful blind passes round the corner. Great in the tackle too.
The year we went up, he was the difference.
I love Clive's reports but his (often justified) rants about Barton's penchant for long passes or rubbish corners seems to have given all our fans the impression he wasn't a good overall player. He was a very good player. |
The bloke was a walking self advertising waste of place, padding free kicks, corners, discipline all poor!
The king Rat in a team of rats, worst bunch in our history!! | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 19:51 - Sep 25 with 4157 views | TW_R |
| Junior Hoilett on 19:43 - Sep 25 by californiahoop |
I have NEVER believed the Hill hero crap, I am NOT in the lease but surprised by these revelations, only the name of Mackie is a “bit” of a shock. |
None of it should be a shock. If I’d worked my ass off for a year, helped get my company become a decent business and then the management brought in people doing the same job as me, but were only there for the money, 5 times what I was earning and gave no shits about the company progressing, I’d be pissed off too. |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 19:56 - Sep 25 with 4134 views | Superhoops2808 |
No one has actually answered the question - For me, The Chief was a really good guy and not a bad player - Hate is a strong word and I dont see how anyone could hate him. And whilst Hoillet was Marmite, he never gave up to win the ball to cross to Zamora so again the are far far worse than him too.
And these podcasts by the Chief are superb listening |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 20:27 - Sep 25 with 4065 views | BrazilNutR |
Didn't get the feeling anyone ever hated Ned or Junior, at most they both disappointed slightly that they never quite lived up to the high expectations/hopes we had for them. Nedem certainly always seemed like a top bloke and was well liked I felt. |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 20:42 - Sep 25 with 4042 views | Esox_Lucius |
Derry was shifted out fairly quickly, closely followed by Mackie and Hill was made club captain and stopped complaining about his fellow players. This all seems to fit in what the dressing room was about in those days. The foreign factions created in the dressing room were a direct result of several of the older promotion team players making their feelings known in training. Bartons treatment of Zamora was nothing to be proud of in a human being either. Barton wasn't as good a player as he imagined himself to be and he had a habit of being a complete bully boy in the dressing room. For the sake of full disclosure, this information is second hand from one of the 1st team coaches at the time that I used to see and chat to at games. |  |
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| Junior Hoilett on 20:45 - Sep 25 with 4032 views | The_Beast1976 |
| Junior Hoilett on 19:48 - Sep 25 by californiahoop |
The bloke was a walking self advertising waste of place, padding free kicks, corners, discipline all poor!
The king Rat in a team of rats, worst bunch in our history!! |
^This | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 21:05 - Sep 25 with 3960 views | Phildo |
| Junior Hoilett on 18:04 - Sep 25 by WestbourneR |
Odious he may be but the simple fact is Barton was seriously good player. It baffles me how no one could see his ball retention, drive, touch, short passing, even vision were top notch. He played wonderful blind passes round the corner. Great in the tackle too.
The year we went up, he was the difference.
I love Clive's reports but his (often justified) rants about Barton's penchant for long passes or rubbish corners seems to have given all our fans the impression he wasn't a good overall player. He was a very good player. |
Leave it go Joe |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 21:08 - Sep 25 with 3954 views | Hunterhoop |
I heard second hand that Ned couldn’t stand Barton.
I liked Clint. We all did. But I do wonder about his close association with Barton.
Barton is a thunderc*nt of a person. He’s not misunderstood, unfairly treated or in any way a “thinker”. He’s BS merchant who could not back it up on the pitch. Christ, it was a running joke on here and in Clive’s report how bad his set pieces were and how many “Barton Balls” sailed into touch. He was a bang average footballer who played like he thought he was better than Beckham. He got way too generous a ride from fans. The singing of “one Joey Barton” upon his return to Marseille after slagging the club off and saying the Championship was beneath him was distinctly muggy behaviour from our fanbase. I refused to join in.
Bosw*nker was clearly a mercenary and we signed many others. But Barton was the king rat. Ned knew this. I always questioned why Hill couldn’t. |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 21:22 - Sep 25 with 3925 views | GroveR |
| Junior Hoilett on 18:04 - Sep 25 by WestbourneR |
Odious he may be but the simple fact is Barton was seriously good player. It baffles me how no one could see his ball retention, drive, touch, short passing, even vision were top notch. He played wonderful blind passes round the corner. Great in the tackle too.
The year we went up, he was the difference.
I love Clive's reports but his (often justified) rants about Barton's penchant for long passes or rubbish corners seems to have given all our fans the impression he wasn't a good overall player. He was a very good player. |
No-one apart from Marseille then, who quickly realised he was a bit of a cùnt.
The thing is, you'll wear players that are bombed out of other clubs because of their problems - and QPR do it most - if they produce on the pitch. Barton will be remembered more for gobbing off than for anything he actually did on the pitch.
Something to tell the grandkids though. |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 21:34 - Sep 25 with 3894 views | GroveR |
| Junior Hoilett on 21:08 - Sep 25 by Hunterhoop |
I heard second hand that Ned couldn’t stand Barton.
I liked Clint. We all did. But I do wonder about his close association with Barton.
Barton is a thunderc*nt of a person. He’s not misunderstood, unfairly treated or in any way a “thinker”. He’s BS merchant who could not back it up on the pitch. Christ, it was a running joke on here and in Clive’s report how bad his set pieces were and how many “Barton Balls” sailed into touch. He was a bang average footballer who played like he thought he was better than Beckham. He got way too generous a ride from fans. The singing of “one Joey Barton” upon his return to Marseille after slagging the club off and saying the Championship was beneath him was distinctly muggy behaviour from our fanbase. I refused to join in.
Bosw*nker was clearly a mercenary and we signed many others. But Barton was the king rat. Ned knew this. I always questioned why Hill couldn’t. |
"I always questioned why Hill couldn’t."
The first rule of Scouse Mafia is... | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 21:38 - Sep 25 with 3881 views | thame_hoops |
This subject has been done to death hasn’t it. A horrible period in supporting the club |  | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 22:14 - Sep 25 with 3810 views | Myke |
A very interesting discussion. A few points I would raise.
I think Derry was well liked because he was Taarabt's fall guy in our promotion year. I think we all knew he was forced to bite his tongue and provide the shield in front of the back four (which he did superbly) while Taarabt worked his (selfish) magic further forward. He and Hill, were also the go to guys when the sh1t really hit the fan after being initially dropped for the mercenaries. I would be very interested to know what Taarabt's team -mates really thought of him. I would imagine he was a very 'difficult' colleague.
I think Hill also benefited from having Neilson ( a genuine good guy) beside him for six months as they were both perceived as 'stalwarts' in a sea of fickle mercenaries .
For me, Hoilett was quite the mercenary too. 'Disappearing' on the pitch for months on end, before revealing his obvious talents when his contract was due for renewal. Once safely in his back pocket, he became anonymous again.
Barton,like a lot of that team, banked huge credit for getting promoted. His refusal to play in the championship initially, plus all his many other faults were overlooked in the immediate aftermath. For me, his sending off against Man City summed him up perfectly. When you needed him most to stand up and be counted, he self-destructed and let the side down.
Boswanker was the ultimate mercenary and treated with the same disdain he treated the club with. But his behaviour was 'explained' by the fact that he was a foreigner. Which is what made SWP's decision to rot in the reserves and keep taking the money all the more galling. It just was not the British (or Irish) way. Hence, I personally despise him above all the rest. (Notwithstanding his winning goal V Chelsea)
Onuoha - I have no negative feelings about him at all, except, as already pointed out, that he didn't turn out to be as amazing as we all hoped. | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 22:25 - Sep 25 with 3785 views | ted_hendrix |
| Junior Hoilett on 22:14 - Sep 25 by Myke |
A very interesting discussion. A few points I would raise.
I think Derry was well liked because he was Taarabt's fall guy in our promotion year. I think we all knew he was forced to bite his tongue and provide the shield in front of the back four (which he did superbly) while Taarabt worked his (selfish) magic further forward. He and Hill, were also the go to guys when the sh1t really hit the fan after being initially dropped for the mercenaries. I would be very interested to know what Taarabt's team -mates really thought of him. I would imagine he was a very 'difficult' colleague.
I think Hill also benefited from having Neilson ( a genuine good guy) beside him for six months as they were both perceived as 'stalwarts' in a sea of fickle mercenaries .
For me, Hoilett was quite the mercenary too. 'Disappearing' on the pitch for months on end, before revealing his obvious talents when his contract was due for renewal. Once safely in his back pocket, he became anonymous again.
Barton,like a lot of that team, banked huge credit for getting promoted. His refusal to play in the championship initially, plus all his many other faults were overlooked in the immediate aftermath. For me, his sending off against Man City summed him up perfectly. When you needed him most to stand up and be counted, he self-destructed and let the side down.
Boswanker was the ultimate mercenary and treated with the same disdain he treated the club with. But his behaviour was 'explained' by the fact that he was a foreigner. Which is what made SWP's decision to rot in the reserves and keep taking the money all the more galling. It just was not the British (or Irish) way. Hence, I personally despise him above all the rest. (Notwithstanding his winning goal V Chelsea)
Onuoha - I have no negative feelings about him at all, except, as already pointed out, that he didn't turn out to be as amazing as we all hoped. |
I was at Villa Park the night when Nedum made his debut for us, got to say I thought at the time he looked a cut above the rest.
We went 2-0 up and as usual cocked it up 2-2 in the end. |  |
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| Junior Hoilett on 22:55 - Sep 25 with 3719 views | GroveR |
| Junior Hoilett on 22:14 - Sep 25 by Myke |
A very interesting discussion. A few points I would raise.
I think Derry was well liked because he was Taarabt's fall guy in our promotion year. I think we all knew he was forced to bite his tongue and provide the shield in front of the back four (which he did superbly) while Taarabt worked his (selfish) magic further forward. He and Hill, were also the go to guys when the sh1t really hit the fan after being initially dropped for the mercenaries. I would be very interested to know what Taarabt's team -mates really thought of him. I would imagine he was a very 'difficult' colleague.
I think Hill also benefited from having Neilson ( a genuine good guy) beside him for six months as they were both perceived as 'stalwarts' in a sea of fickle mercenaries .
For me, Hoilett was quite the mercenary too. 'Disappearing' on the pitch for months on end, before revealing his obvious talents when his contract was due for renewal. Once safely in his back pocket, he became anonymous again.
Barton,like a lot of that team, banked huge credit for getting promoted. His refusal to play in the championship initially, plus all his many other faults were overlooked in the immediate aftermath. For me, his sending off against Man City summed him up perfectly. When you needed him most to stand up and be counted, he self-destructed and let the side down.
Boswanker was the ultimate mercenary and treated with the same disdain he treated the club with. But his behaviour was 'explained' by the fact that he was a foreigner. Which is what made SWP's decision to rot in the reserves and keep taking the money all the more galling. It just was not the British (or Irish) way. Hence, I personally despise him above all the rest. (Notwithstanding his winning goal V Chelsea)
Onuoha - I have no negative feelings about him at all, except, as already pointed out, that he didn't turn out to be as amazing as we all hoped. |
No disrespect to your post but casting Ryan Nelsen as "one of the genuine good guys" shows how badly fùcked we were as a club at the time - a guy who by his own admission was "playing on glass knees and glass ankles"
A brilliant professional but one who sums up the mismanagement of this club. | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 23:03 - Sep 25 with 3693 views | Myke |
| Junior Hoilett on 22:55 - Sep 25 by GroveR |
No disrespect to your post but casting Ryan Nelsen as "one of the genuine good guys" shows how badly fùcked we were as a club at the time - a guy who by his own admission was "playing on glass knees and glass ankles"
A brilliant professional but one who sums up the mismanagement of this club. |
I agree Nelson was on his last legs (literally), but that is kind of my point. The fans appreciated and admired the way he conducted himself and played despite being in obvious pain and, from the fans perspective, Hill benefitted by extension.
But you are quite right, if we had recruited properly then there would never have been the need to sign Nelson in the first place. | | | |
| Junior Hoilett on 00:33 - Sep 26 with 3575 views | Boston |
| Junior Hoilett on 22:55 - Sep 25 by GroveR |
No disrespect to your post but casting Ryan Nelsen as "one of the genuine good guys" shows how badly fùcked we were as a club at the time - a guy who by his own admission was "playing on glass knees and glass ankles"
A brilliant professional but one who sums up the mismanagement of this club. |
Really? Crippled and played like that, only puts him up in my eyes. | |
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| Junior Hoilett on 01:00 - Sep 26 with 3556 views | timcocking |
Nedum Onuoha you mean? Not sure why anybody would have hated Chief.
Junior was badly mismanaged during his time with us. Another player who i'm not sure we could have got less out of if we'd tried. |  | | |
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