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Title: James Hayter
Post by: glosterred on May 25, 2024, 07:49:37 am
16th anniversary of his goal

https://youtu.be/XNlx10J1M_s?si=B99OVQNk8Sr4b4MZ


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Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: DonnyNoel on May 25, 2024, 08:35:06 am
Came on to post the same thing. Happy Hayter Day

(16 years though!!!)
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: IDM on May 25, 2024, 08:45:27 am
What a day that was.!!
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: Northants Nomad on May 25, 2024, 08:59:42 am
Oh how we have gone from strength to strength since that day, building every year with barely a bump in the road. Oh…hang on…perhaps not.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: drfchound on May 25, 2024, 09:12:57 am
I just cherry picked my way through that video and still got the goose bumps when Hayter headed in that goal.
Brilliant day.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on May 25, 2024, 10:24:17 am
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: silent majority on May 25, 2024, 11:08:34 am
I've put the link to the goal and the game in the video library section
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: ncRover on May 25, 2024, 11:18:09 am
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.

We were talking about big players who were rubbish in the air the other week! Hayter was the opposite.

Remember this one from the edge of the box? Ridiculous header.

https://youtu.be/T4HKe0ILlwQ?si=s47PW7ilOiNBoXic
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: glosterred on May 25, 2024, 12:03:00 pm
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.

We were talking about big players who were rubbish in the air the other week! Hayter was the opposite.

Remember this one from the edge of the box? Ridiculous header.

https://youtu.be/T4HKe0ILlwQ?si=s47PW7ilOiNBoXic

Some header that, but the cross wasn’t half bad either


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Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on May 25, 2024, 01:28:38 pm
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.

We were talking about big players who were rubbish in the air the other week! Hayter was the opposite.

Remember this one from the edge of the box? Ridiculous header.

https://youtu.be/T4HKe0ILlwQ?si=s47PW7ilOiNBoXic

Great timing and accuracy. The only other player I can think of who rose in the air with the greatest of ease  and of similar stature was Donny's own David Speedie.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: West Stand Willy on May 25, 2024, 02:20:02 pm
If you look at his stats he scored more with his head than his feet.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: ravenrover on May 25, 2024, 02:26:36 pm
Hayter didn't rise far for that header :-))
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: IDM on May 25, 2024, 02:44:22 pm
Hayter didn't rise far for that header :-))

Didn't have to.  To this day I never know why Leeds didn't mark him.  It's not as if he escaped his marker, there wasn't one to begin with.  Absolutely shocking non-existent defending.  Not that I cared at the time, nor now!
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: drfchound on May 25, 2024, 03:01:15 pm
Good players can find space when they need to.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: i_ateallthepies on May 25, 2024, 03:52:32 pm
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.

We were talking about big players who were rubbish in the air the other week! Hayter was the opposite.

Remember this one from the edge of the box? Ridiculous header.

https://youtu.be/T4HKe0ILlwQ?si=s47PW7ilOiNBoXic

Great timing and accuracy. The only other player I can think of who rose in the air with the greatest of ease  and of similar stature was Donny's own David Speedie.

DBR, perhaps you wasn't lucky or old enough to have seen the great Laurie Sheffield leaping like a salmon.  Those tree-trunk thighs of his could propel him upwards like nobody I've ever seen.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: drfchound on May 25, 2024, 04:00:29 pm
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.

We were talking about big players who were rubbish in the air the other week! Hayter was the opposite.

Remember this one from the edge of the box? Ridiculous header.

https://youtu.be/T4HKe0ILlwQ?si=s47PW7ilOiNBoXic

Great timing and accuracy. The only other player I can think of who rose in the air with the greatest of ease  and of similar stature was Donny's own David Speedie.

DBR, perhaps you wasn't lucky or old enough to have seen the great Laurie Sheffield leaping like a salmon.  Those tree-trunk thighs of his could propel him upwards like nobody I've ever seen.

Yes, Laurie was very good, as was Big Brendan.
In more recent times, Andy Carroll didn’t lose many arial battles and not many could get up as high as Ronaldo.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: BobG on May 25, 2024, 04:38:36 pm
Alick wasn't a bad header either...

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Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: DonnyNoel on May 25, 2024, 05:11:42 pm
Hayter didn't rise far for that header :-))

Didn't have to.  To this day I never know why Leeds didn't mark him.  It's not as if he escaped his marker, there wasn't one to begin with.  Absolutely shocking non-existent defending.  Not that I cared at the time, nor now!

It's an old forwards trick. Think they used to call it POMO in the 80's/90's (Position of maximum opportunity). Stand on the keeper to make the defenders bunch then walk casually away from the goal . Defenders are by then focussing on who's walking towards them rather than away from them.
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: roversdude on May 26, 2024, 09:17:13 am
Always shocked me how small Brendan Ormsby was he didn’t lose many challenges
Title: Re: James Hayter
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on May 26, 2024, 08:16:45 pm
Hayter was a great header of a ball. One of the best I've seen.

We were talking about big players who were rubbish in the air the other week! Hayter was the opposite.

Remember this one from the edge of the box? Ridiculous header.

https://youtu.be/T4HKe0ILlwQ?si=s47PW7ilOiNBoXic

Great timing and accuracy. The only other player I can think of who rose in the air with the greatest of ease  and of similar stature was Donny's own David Speedie.

DBR, perhaps you wasn't lucky or old enough to have seen the great Laurie Sheffield leaping like a salmon.  Those tree-trunk thighs of his could propel him upwards like nobody I've ever seen.

Yes, Laurie was very good, as was Big Brendan.
In more recent times, Andy Carroll didn’t lose many arial battles and not many could get up as high as Ronaldo.

I was too young to remember Laurie and only have very vague recollections of Alec.

Probably fair to say Brendan (who I do remember well) and Carol were expected to win their share of headers and score a higher proportion of headed goals.  I think Hayter was one who exceeded expectations in that department.

Unfortunately, it's probably a skill that's on the decline in football.