Comments on: Why Hernandez isn’t Fred – and that’s ok

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:18:51 +0000

Fred became quite talismanic towards the end of last season but that was partly due to the understanding he’d developed with Archie and Danny. As you say there were several squad changes and I think this has been the reason for the stuttering start rather than “Fred’s gone” being the reason. I hope Carlos gets to play in positions/formations that utilise his undoubted qualities, and that he doesn’t become a scapegoat, but you’ll always get those “I’ve paid my money I can say whatever the f*ck I want” types. You’d think they’d understand that offering a mis-firing player support is more likely to assist their improvement.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:34:24 +0000

Where Hernandez really has impressed me is with his passing ability. He can fly under the radar for periods of the match and then with one insightful touch tear apart the opposition’s defence. We saw this on Sunday when he lobbed a beautiful ball through to Archie (or was it Allsopp?), which Vukovic unfortunately had well covered. I still think he needs to come into his own in this league, but if Merrick finds the right way to exploit his talent, I have no doubt that he is an excellent member of our squad. Certainly not a player worthy of being a scapegoat!

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:29:08 +0000

I have to agree you with everything you say. We can’t be making comparisons between the two when they are completely different types of players. Hernandez will have more influence if we start playing the ball through him. At the moment we seem to bypassing the midfield and playing a lot of long balls. I think the problem may be role of Brebner – he is in the position that Hernandez should be playing. he should be deeper in the midfield rather than in the hole behind the strikers. I would like to see a midfield that was made up of Broxham, Muscat, Hernandez and Caceres.