There’s hope for us all yet

[ncRover]

Jordy Hiwula has signed a professional contract for Morecambe until the end of the season.

We play them April 6th.

[drfchound]

He always seemed to play well against us.

[NickDRFC]

He always seemed to play well against us.

2 goals in 7 appearances against us and only beaten us twice. One of those was for Walsall, though, in a 2-0 win against us just over 10 years ago in February 2014. Uche Ikpeazu, now unable to get in Darren Moore’s Port Vale squad, played up front for us that day.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Jordy Hiwula has signed a professional contract for Morecambe until the end of the season.

We play them April 6th.

That's blown the story's end.

I thought the lad's final touch in English professional football was going to be the worst pass in the history of the game.

[Cramby10]

Jordy Hiwula has signed a professional contract for Morecambe until the end of the season.

We play them April 6th.

remarkable

[Filo]

This total inability to control a simple pass is etched into my mind

https://x.com/nocontextrovers/status/1760740829369651627?s=61&t=DCRm1C_BBr5pt7J45jXUsA

[drfchound]

It was really poor wasn’t it, his reaction to it was incredible too.

[Metalmicky]

In his presser he says...

"I feel this is a perfect opportunity for me to come and play the remaining games of the season, hopefully we can do something special," he said.

"There's a really good bunch of lads here, everyone has been welcoming as well so I've enjoyed it so far.

"[The fans can] expect hard work, determination and an eye for goal as well, I'll always give 100% for the team."


I think they must have mixed up interviews....... although the bit about there being a 'perfect opportunity' and there being a 'really good bunch of lads'..... etc etc is just the regular bollox they put on every interview with a new player....

However, he will obviously score a brace against us and be a world beater on the day....

[roversdude]

The lad was a decent player…..then he came to us

[drfchound]

The lad was a decent player…..then he came to us

Yep, I remember him playing against us a few times and I seem to think he usually played well.
In one game, might have been for Coventry, he ran us ragged and was virtually unplayable.
I wonder what happened to him to make him become so poor for us.

[Filo]

In his presser he says...

"I feel this is a perfect opportunity for me to come and play the remaining games of the season, hopefully we can do something special," he said.

"There's a really good bunch of lads here, everyone has been welcoming as well so I've enjoyed it so far.

"[The fans can] expect hard work, determination and an eye for goal as well, I'll always give 100% for the team."


I think they must have mixed up interviews....... although the bit about there being a 'perfect opportunity' and there being a 'really good bunch of lads'..... etc etc is just the regular bollox they put on every interview with a new player....

However, he will obviously score a brace against us and be a world beater on the day....

100% for the team?

The reaction to that clip shows he gives up, it still gives me nightmares that a professional football gave up just like that

[Prez]

The lad seemed shot to pieces whilst he was with us. Wouldn’t surprise me if he had some sort of mental breakdown.

[MachoMadness]

Was an interesting time on here when he was so bad we had people genuinely worried he was having some sort of mental breakdown.

Edit: Prez beat me to it and proved my point! I've seen plenty of crap players but never any that were so crap they sparked that kind of discussion.

[Draytonian III]

He’s 30 in September and has been a professional footballer all his adult life, making close on 300 first team appearances.

[Prez]

Anyone else see his miss for Morecambe yesterday?

Really really bad.

[Filo]

Anyone else see his miss for Morecambe yesterday?

Really really bad.

That’ll be this one?

https://x.com/morecambefcfeed/status/1761688840530518135?s=61&t=DCRm1C_BBr5pt7J45jXUsA

[Spilsby Red]

Nice to see he hasn’t lost his class

[turnbull for england]

Any one seen Port Vales skippers pass for them to go one 1-0 down ? Squared a quick free kick straight to their player who promptly slotted home

[drfchound]

Any one seems Port Vales skippers pass for them to go one 1-0 down ? Squared a quick free kick straight to their player who promptly slotted home

TBF that should have been retaken as the Lincoln player was only five yards away when the free kick was taken.
Bad error though as you suggested.

[rover-n-out]

God that is really bad by Hiwula, zero thought and technique into how he was gonna slot that ball home.

[GazLaz]

Absolutely gone ant the game and still gets a club. Managers sign players on memory a lot of the time.

[drfchound]

The strange thing is though that he must show something in training that gets him a place in the team.

[donnievic]

Any one seems Port Vales skippers pass for them to go one 1-0 down ? Squared a quick free kick straight to their player who promptly slotted home

TBF that should have been retaken as the Lincoln player was only five yards away when the free kick was taken.
Bad error though as you suggested.

not really if it was a quick free kick and the opposition wasn’t trying to stop him taking or wasn’t looking to gain an advantage,it’s the same as a goal kick if an attacker is still making his way out of the area and it’s played he can then go for the ball

[drfchound]

Any one seems Port Vales skippers pass for them to go one 1-0 down ? Squared a quick free kick straight to their player who promptly slotted home

TBF that should have been retaken as the Lincoln player was only five yards away when the free kick was taken.
Bad error though as you suggested.

not really if it was a quick free kick and the opposition wasn’t trying to stop him taking or wasn’t looking to gain an advantage,it’s the same as a goal kick if an attacker is still making his way out of the area and it’s played he can then go for the ball

Interesting point there donievic.
It could be argued that the attacker did gain an advantage by intercepting the pass.
Is it down to the refs interpretation or what you say. in your post?
The laws of the game can be so complicated now.

[IDM]

I remember a game at Belle vue when our own 50p head was walking away from an opposition free kick.  Their player kicked the ball at him deliberately, resulting in a yellow card for LFW.!

[Mike_F]

not really if it was a quick free kick and the opposition wasn’t trying to stop him taking or wasn’t looking to gain an advantage,it’s the same as a goal kick if an attacker is still making his way out of the area and it’s played he can then go for the ball
[/quote]

Not so. This is covered in the FA refs course. If an attacking player is in the box when to goal kick is taken, it's a re-take.

The law does however state that attackers can enter the box as soon as the ball has been struck and can "clearly be seen to have moved." The instructor on my course said about half a rotation is ebnough for it to be "clear."

[idler]

I remember a game at Belle vue when our own 50p head was walking away from an opposition free kick.  Their player kicked the ball at him deliberately, resulting in a yellow card for LFW.!

I will always remember that decision. It still bemuses me after all of these years. If anybody wanted booking it was the player deliberately kicking the ball at an opponent.

[turnbull for england]

Up there with Rufus brevett getting yellow for deliberate hand ball, when he caught it over his head on touchline for what would have been our throw in

[turnbull for england]

not really if it was a quick free kick and the opposition wasn’t trying to stop him taking or wasn’t looking to gain an advantage,it’s the same as a goal kick if an attacker is still making his way out of the area and it’s played he can then go for the ball

Not so. This is covered in the FA refs course. If an attacking player is in the box when to goal kick is taken, it's a re-take.

The law does however state that attackers can enter the box as soon as the ball has been struck and can "clearly be seen to have moved." The instructor on my course said about half a rotation is ebnough for it to be "clear."
[/quote]



https://youtu.be/lV5TKATd77s?si=b63xvSEieQjKxBQ2

[Chris Black come back]

Morecambe had a total wage bill in League One last season of £4m. I’d guess that was materially more than us, although in the higher league.