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Title: Jordan Houghton
Post by: Prez on April 29, 2017, 06:09:29 pm
No coincidence we have been poor since he got injured. Made us tick.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: ravenrover on April 29, 2017, 07:39:23 pm
My player of the season, we have badly missed him
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: eastender on April 29, 2017, 07:47:45 pm
He was at the game and did the lap of honour with the team.
How p#$$ed off must he have been ,  coming all this way to watch that crap , do a lap of honour in an empty Stadium and possibly watching his medal going south.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: phil old leake on April 29, 2017, 08:40:50 pm
I wouldn't be surprised if he went elsewhere next season
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: balbyrover on April 29, 2017, 09:36:16 pm
Best player we've had this season..
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: ballysbackin on April 30, 2017, 07:22:48 am
I wouldn't be surprised if he went elsewhere next season


WEll he has been to two recent games and seen a draw and a loss, nobody saying he was there yesterday...He was going to be I understand or did I miss him
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: balbyrover on April 30, 2017, 07:52:05 am
I wouldn't be surprised if he went elsewhere next season

He was there 100%,hes put it on his social media.


WEll he has been to two recent games and seen a draw and a loss, nobody saying he was there yesterday...He was going to be I understand or did I miss him
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: RedJ on April 30, 2017, 08:33:06 am
He did the lap of honour didn't he?

The Free Press certainly seemed to think he'd be there anyway.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: Filo on April 30, 2017, 08:35:16 am
He was there, sat in the West Stand
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: balbyrover on April 30, 2017, 09:17:18 am
Yeah and he did the lap of honour too.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: roversdude on April 30, 2017, 09:54:57 am
Could have played and still been better than some of our players
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 30, 2017, 10:18:37 am
We have not replaced him in centre midfield in fact since taking Mason out of there we have gone backwards. McCullough just come back from injury but he has shown nothing in that position since his return. Yesterday we had two players there and Exeters midfield still got through to our defence.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: ballysbackin on April 30, 2017, 02:22:08 pm
I stand corrected I did not see.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: tommy toes on April 30, 2017, 02:28:46 pm
We have not replaced him in centre midfield in fact since taking Mason out of there we have gone backwards. McCullough just come back from injury but he has shown nothing in that position since his return. Yesterday we had two players there and Exeters midfield still got through to our defence.

McCulloch has been excellent as holding midfield player since he came back. And some of his long passing has been good to. Can't blame him for the slump.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: DonnyOsmond on April 30, 2017, 02:46:51 pm
McCullough is brilliant at holding onto the ball and not a bad passer either. At least his passes end up with the intended recipient unlike Mason, who reminds me of ATS.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: hamiltonrover on April 30, 2017, 02:50:56 pm
Agreed that Mccullough had been excellent, however I would put Houghton ahead of him, I think they are similar but Houghton just seems to move things forward a bit quicker and not slow things down as much.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: ballysbackin on April 30, 2017, 02:51:36 pm
first half yesterday most of his passes went backwards
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: Rovers91 on April 30, 2017, 02:53:33 pm
first half yesterday most of his passes went backwards

You can't pass forward if there's no options.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: DonnyOsmond on April 30, 2017, 03:02:19 pm
first half yesterday most of his passes went backwards

You can't pass forward if there's no options.

Well you could hoof it forward and give it to the opposition, which our fans seem to love from the amount they shout "Gerrit up!"
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: Retdon1 on April 30, 2017, 03:15:51 pm
Mccolough has been excellent since returning from injury, he hardly gives the ball away and is arguably our best passer. The problem yesterday and last week after May went off injured, was we had zero movement up front. Marquis who has been outstanding up intill 4 games ago looks like he's allready on his holidays and Rowe copps, blair and grant have offered very little either. I just hope we don't carry this poor form and low confidence into the start of next season.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: bobbymax on April 30, 2017, 03:49:21 pm
It was McCullough's 40-yard pass that put in Tommy Rowe for the goal yesterday. Luke is an outstanding prospect in that position but I'd love to see Houghton alongside him.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: ballysbackin on April 30, 2017, 04:13:50 pm
first half yesterday most of his passes went backwards

You can't pass forward if there's no options.

Sidewards tho
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 30, 2017, 07:29:25 pm
We have not replaced him in centre midfield in fact since taking Mason out of there we have gone backwards. McCullough just come back from injury but he has shown nothing in that position since his return. Yesterday we had two players there and Exeters midfield still got through to our defence.

McCulloch has been excellent as holding midfield player since he came back. And some of his long passing has been good to. Can't blame him for the slump.

I must be watching different player yes he made one good pass yesterday forward the rest were backwards. He could not live with pace in midfield.
The second goal for Exeter started with a runner in midfield and where was the defensive McCullough to stop it at source.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: drfchound on April 30, 2017, 09:54:57 pm
Luke played lots of good balls forward, not just the one.
He plays almost everything early and virtually every pass finds his man.
Passing backwards isn't a problem either if it keeps possession and sometimes a backwards pass can produced another by the receiver that opens the opposition up.
Next season Luke will be one of our outstanding players.
He has been very good in his few appearances since coming back into the team.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 30, 2017, 10:21:10 pm
I said that Luke had come back from injury and may be next season we will see him at his best. But if we can sign Jordon Houghton, and he is fit, he will be the leading light in our central midfield. He showed  before his injury and the results when he was in that role,  with the same players around him, were good.
Let's hope Luke has a good game on Saturday along with the rest of the players selected and we have a good performance and result that the team and manager deserve.
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: Bessie Red on May 01, 2017, 02:27:39 am
Luke played lots of good balls forward, not just the one.
He plays almost everything early and virtually every pass finds his man.
Passing backwards isn't a problem either if it keeps possession and sometimes a backwards pass can produced another by the receiver that opens the opposition up.
Next season Luke will be one of our outstanding players.
He has been very good in his few appearances since coming back into the team.

But he's no Jordan Houghton though!!!
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: the vicar on May 02, 2017, 08:29:06 pm
No coincidence we have been poor since he got injured. Made us tick.
how do you work that he has been poor since he has been injured, he ant played since he has been injured  lol
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: RedJ on May 02, 2017, 08:38:40 pm
If you read his post properly it says WE have been poor since he got injured...
Title: Re: Jordan Houghton
Post by: ravenrover on May 03, 2017, 09:48:57 am
The bit about fond memories of Donny worries me, not coming back? I for one hope he does, we never realky replaced him after his injury JMHO